Senior Software Engineer Wolfgang Rittner

Hi, I'm Wolfgang

Copy to Clipboard async using Clipboard API

Copy to Clipboard async using Clipboard API

Copy to Clipboard async (think from a Promise like fetch returns) using Clipboard API, working in Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

How to use Clipboard API in Safari async

How to use Clipboard API in Safari async

Safari support the Clipboard API, but only when directly triggered by a user interaction. You can't write to the Clipboard in an async context. Or can you?

My Fish Shell config

My Fish Shell config

My shell of choice is Fish, and here's my basic setup, including setting the locale to English for Terminal, while my main system language is German.

bundle exec be gone

bundle exec be gone

I can't be bothered prefixing every ruby command I run with `bundle exec`. bundle binstubs to the rescue!

Rails unpacked: tailwindcss without webpack

Rails unpacked: tailwindcss without webpack

I'm no fan of webpack and Rails' attempt to integrate it using the webpacker gem. I try to get tailwindcss running using DHH's tailwindcss-rails gem on a new webpack(er)-less Rails app.

Switching to asdf

Switching to asdf

Switching from rbenv to asdf for managing my Ruby installations, and start using asdf for managing Node.js runtimes.

Starting over

Setting up Mac OS Big Sur from scratch. And getting (back) into the habit of writing. Sounds unrelated, probably is. Then again, not so much.

Using GitLab CI to deploy my Ghost theme

Using GitLab CI to deploy my Ghost theme

See how I use GitLab CI to deploy my customized theme to my Ghost.org powered blog.

Mac OS downloads on iCloud drive

Mac OS downloads on iCloud drive

iCloud Drive integration on Mac OS and iOS is handy for Documents and Desktop, so I wanted to see if I could get Downloads sync to iCloud Drive on my Mac too.

Deploy a static middleman site on Heroku

Deploy a static middleman site on Heroku

You are using Heroku already? You need hosting for your static site you built using middleman?

RuboCop & rbenv & vscode

RuboCop & rbenv & vscode

Finally figured out how to get RuboCop linting in vscode working consistently with my rbenv setup. 🎉

Hello World!

I tried and failed at getting into the habit of publishing something here. Regularly, or at all. This is another attempt.