Managing your threads with Queue
One of my favourite utilities in the Ruby standard library is the Queue class. Queue provides you with a delightfully simple way to synchronise communication between threads. Typically, Queue is...
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Improved Exceptions
We've given the exception reporting in Codebase a bit of a revamp in the last few days. Up until now, each individual exception has been displayed on the exceptions page...
Sending desktop notifications with Noti
A little while ago we launched Noti which is a little tool to help sending desktop notifications from web applications to desktop machines when you're not actively browsing the website.
Keep Up To Date With New Features
We try to post all major feature updates to our blog to keep you informed of new tools and features in Sirportly, but sometimes we make smaller changes that might...
Preparing a new Mac
I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my trusty Macbook Pro from Mavericks to Yosemite and taken the opportunity to give the machine a bit of a cleanup. I...
String Interpolation in Rails
A while ago I wrote a small library to handle string interpolation in a Rails application. The library allows you to safely allow users to insert variables into strings they...
UI improvements to Codebase
For the last couple of months, we've been working away on a bunch of new UI improvments to Codebase.
Easier Ticket Attachments
We're introducing a couple of enhancements to Sirportly that should make working with attachments easier.
Enhanced Responses
We all know how useful it can be to have replies written and ready to go for quick replies to common enquiries. Sirportly's Responses takes care of this quickly and...
A new lick of paint for my personal blog
I was feeling at a bit of a loose end last night so I decided that my blog could do with a bit of a facelift.
Creating MOSS returns for HMRC with JSON
HMRC (the UK tax authority) have finally announced how UK businesses should submit details of their digital sales to other EU countries for their new VAT MOSS system. In my...
Improved Ticket Navigation
The best features are the ones that let people get on with their work quicker and easier. Sometimes that just means making a small, simple addition to your user interface.