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29th October 2024

I just learned that ruby supports re-writing this: 

total = plus_shipping(with_taxes(subtotal(items)))

As: 

subtotal(items).then { |subtotal| with_taxes(subtotal) }.then { |total| plus_shipping(total) } => total
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Posted 29th October 2024 at 8:23 pm · Follow me on Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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