Honeybadger Developer Blog

Be careful with time durations in Rails

Rails' date and time helpers are great. They save us from duplicating simple add-duration-to-time logic across our applications and make the code more readable. However, complex date manipulations are dangerous places full of edge-cases. This article discusses some of them. 😅

By Jonathan Miles
Ruby
Jan 2, 2023

Reducing Errors With Type Hinting in PHP

Errors are unavoidable, but you can always have less of them! In this article, Adebayo Adams walks through how to use type hinting in PHP.

By Adebayo Adams
PHP
Dec 19, 2022

Build a Discord Bot with Python and Flask

In this tutorial, learn how to use Python to interact with the Discord API—and build a bot using Flask.

By Muhammed Ali
Python
Dec 15, 2022

Building a New Programming Language in Ruby: Wrapping Up

The conclusion to Alex Braha Stoll's 5-part series on how to build a toy programming language in Ruby.

By Alex Braha Stoll
Ruby
Dec 12, 2022

An Introduction To Hanami 2.0

Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular Ruby frameworks, but it's not the only one. Hanami 2.0 is faster than Rails and packed with exciting features—it might be the tool you need for your next project!

By Aestimo Kirina
Ruby
Dec 8, 2022

How to Create PDFs in PHP

PDF files are foundational for sharing documents across platforms. In this article, learn how to generate PDF files in PHP.

By Michael Barasa
PHP
Dec 1, 2022

Working with Markdown in Python

Markdown makes it easy to add syntax to your plain text documents for readability and machine parsing. In this article, learn how to work with markdown in Python using the python-markdown package.

By Ravgeet Dhillon
Python
Nov 28, 2022

An intro to dry-schema in Ruby

Data structure and type validations are so essential in modern Rails apps. You've probably used Active Model validations and strong parameters, but did you know there is a better way? This article introduces the dry-schema gem—a faster alternative to the defaults!