Given Ncube

@flixtechs

Software Engineer | Rails Enthusiast

Harare, ZWEJoined August 2024

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Given is a Full Stack Engineer specializing in building monolith web applications from idea to MVP.

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Ruby full stack developer positions, consulting

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GNGiven Ncubegivencube.hashnode.devJan 20 · 8 min read

Why You Shouldn't Hire Me

Let me be completely honest with you. I'm about to tell you exactly why you shouldn't hire me as a software engineer. Unless, of course, you actually want software that works. Look, I get it. You're probably looking for someone who can seamlessly ble...

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GNGiven Ncubegivencube.hashnode.devMay 1, 2025 · 5 min read

Vibe Coding Is Not The Future Of Software Engineering

For as long as I can remember, the industry has been peddling the fantasy of replacing software engineers, especially those of us who work on the web. Remember Microsoft Frontpage and Adobe DreamWeaver? They were supposed to make web developers obsol...

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GNGiven Ncubegivencube.hashnode.devOct 8, 2024 · 3 min read

Deploying Rails Apps to a Caprover Instance

A few days ago I wrote an article on deploying rails apps with nginx + puma + mina. Some people in the comments suggested I try Caprover, Dokku and other open source PaaS software. Dokku didn’t cut it for me, it’s a good piece of software it just was...

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GNGiven Ncubegivencube.hashnode.devOct 1, 2024 · 11 min read

Deploying Multiple Rails Apps on The Same Server with Puma + Nginx

If Kamal is not for you then this article is for you. There’s a lot of my opinions in this article, feel free to jump to the setup section After coming back to rails from Laravel I found that it wasn’t clear how to run multiple rails apps on the same...

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GNGiven Ncubegivencube.hashnode.devSep 21, 2024 · 5 min read

Securing your Rails application with Action Policy and Rabarber

There is lot of yapping going on in this article if you just want to see the implementation you can jump to the Setup section Recently, when I was building Pulse, I wanted an admin dashboard of sorts, I wanted to be able to manually create startups o...

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Why You Shouldn't Hire Me

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Deploying Multiple Rails Apps on The Same Server with Puma + Nginx

Securing your Rails application with Action Policy and Rabarber

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Given Ncube's blogs

Recently published

Why You Shouldn't Hire Me

Vibe Coding Is Not The Future Of Software Engineering

Deploying Rails Apps to a Caprover Instance

Deploying Multiple Rails Apps on The Same Server with Puma + Nginx

Securing your Rails application with Action Policy and Rabarber