We often think production bugs happen because of big oversights or complex logic failures. But sometimes, it’s the smallest things—a single typo—that sneak past every safeguard and cause trouble in live environments. Recently, I had one such experience in a Rails project. It wasn’t a major crash, but it did break a piece of business logic under specific conditions. More importantly, it taught me valuable lessons about code reviews, rubocop, and testing discipline—lessons I’d like to share here. The Safeguards We Already Had Like most teams, we don’t push code directly to production. Instead, we follow a layered safety net: ✅ Pre-commit checks to catch obvious mistakes ✅ RSpec test cases to validate logic ✅ CI pipelines to enforce standards and run checks ✅ Code reviews to ensure human oversight ✅ QA testing before deployment You’d think with all this in place, no typo could possibly slip through. So how did it happen? Where Things Went Wrong: Rubocop and a “Helpfu...
A ccess history, passwords, etc. on all your devices Google Chrome syncing makes using the browser on multiple devices a breeze. All your information is backed up to your Google account and then used for every instance of Chrome that’s logged into the same account. If you have a new computer, syncing Chrome would be beneficial so that none of your bookmarks are misplaced during the transition. You can also set up Chrome sync between your phone and computer to access saved passwords, history, and more. Let’s look at why someone might set up Chrome sync and how easy it is to do. Why You Should Set Up a Chrome Sync If you’ve ever lost a bookmark or forgot a password you saved to Chrome years ago, you’ll want to set up Google Chrome sync. It’s the fastest, easiest, and most reliable way to keep all your Chrome information stored in your Google account, should anything happen to the local copy on your computer or phone. Of course, Chrome syncing comes in handy in other situations too, like ...