Making RVM and NVM Play Nice with PATH

I love environment managers like virtualenv (Python) and RVM (Ruby). I have been tooling around with node.js lately and was excited to find nvm.

After installing NVM and activating a non-system node RVM started complaining that it wasn't the first thing in the PATH environment variable.

Rails 5 with Bootstrap Using Rails-Assets Gem

Frontend asset management can be a pain. The rails-assets gem makes it simple to include frontend javascript and css frameworks in your Rails project. It converts the packaged components (css and javascript) into gems that are dropped into the asset pipeline. This article explains why you should use the rails-assets gem and how to use it to get Bootstrap going with your Rails app.