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The inspect method on Active Record models returns a string including the model’s class and a list of all its attributes and their values. In Rails 7.2, you can configure which attributes are included in the output of inspect. In this post, I’ll discuss the performance issue that led me to implement this feature. I’ll also talk about how this feature can be used to improve developer experience.

Handling remote data state is one of the most common things we do in React apps, so it makes sense to carefully consider how we model it.

Learn about JavaScript’s FileReader interface to preview user images before they are upload with Hotwire/Stimulus.

After searching for a simple, interactive, and easy-to-use tool to document the APIs I build with Rails, and not finding the right one, I decided to create my own: OasRails.

The daily stand-up was intended to help teammates remove any blockers to commitments. But at many companies, stand-ups have devolved into tedious one-sided status reports.

Rails added the filter option to in_order_of to prioritize the specified values without filtering the results

Rails 8.0 adds a generator that streamlines the process of adding basic authentication to Rails applications

Test doubles likes mocks and stubs can help us with isolating code under test with the rest of the system. Here’s how to mock in Minitest.

A conversation with the CTO and Co-founder of Clara, a recent thoughtbot client, about the strategy behind their decision to build their startup product with Rails and Hotwire.

Discover how to automate the releases and publication of your gems on RubyGems using release-please and GitHub Actions.

The convenience and power of Active Record allows you to interact with your database in a more Ruby-like way, making it easier to write efficient and readable code. However, as with any complex system, performance can sometimes take a hit when using Active Record. One common scenario where performance may suffer is when counting records in your database. In any Rails app, A simple count method call can quickly become a bottleneck, especially for larger datasets. In this post, we’ll dive into some optimization techniques for using Active Record’s count method in your Rails app.

Good software design is - in part - realized by the capability to introduce changes in a way that isn’t painful. (If you’d like to read up on code smells that violate this principle, take a look at this list of change preventers.)

Do you have a web application deployed with Kamal, but want to know how to set up secure HTTPS connectivity to it? In this video, you’ll learn how easy it is...

A hidden Rails feature that can level up your debugging game.

The first professionally designed UI components for Rails. Built with ViewComponent, designed with Tailwind CSS and enhanced with Hotwire.

Learn how to implement semantic search in Ruby on Rails using the Neighbor gem, Anthropic's Claude API for summarization, and OpenAI for text embeddings. Enhance your app's search capabilities with meaning-based results.

Learn how to implement a Todoist-style task creation feature in your Rails app using Hotwire and Stimulus. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create a seamless, JavaScript-free UX for adding new tasks with auto-focus functionality. Perfect for Rails developers looking to enhance their app’s user experience.

GitHub Staff Engineer Sarah Vessels discusses her philosophy of code review, what separates good code review from bad, her strategy for finding and reviewing code, and how to get the most from reviews of her own code.

Adds additional postgres functionality to an ActiveRecord / Rails application - GeorgeKaraszi/ActiveRecordExtended

What is row pattern recognition feature? Row pattern recognition (RPR) is a feature defined in the SQL standard. It allows to search for a s...

A practical guide to understand the new accessibility requirements and get started with your plan to comply.

Event sourcing is a jargon filled mess, but we can build a lean version with just ActiveRecord, callbacks, and a bit of boring code. Learn how to create simple, yet powerful event-driven systems in Rails.

Ruby is such an expressive language. You can often do surprisingly much with just a few lines of code. It’s why I find it so satisfying to think about how to accomplish the same thing in fewer lines of Ruby1. If we accept the claim that that number of bugs correlates with number of lines of code this is not just a fun exercise. There’s real business value in accomplishing a feature with less lines of code. ↩

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