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The N + 1 problem is common performance issue. Ruby on Rails provides tools and methodology for preventing it from happening in you applications.

I will walk through the steps my team followed to set up a pretty nice Rails development environment using Docker and VS Code Dev Containers.

We need to build a better web. A web by and for humans.

Mandatory AI generated image Introduction Litestack, and its Litedb component in particular, provides powerful and flexible full text search capability via the Litesearch module. Any context that u…

Judoscale's guide to architecting a perfect Sidekiq setup, easily!

If you’re migrating to AWS from another cloud like Heroku, or starting a new project and want to build your infrastructure on AWS, this guide is for you!

Large Language Models (LLMs) are widely available and easily accessible and are increasingly a part of business. Whether you’re interacting with an LLM via the provided interface or connecting via an API and integrating it into other systems, it’s helpful to understand how to get the best possible results out...

The flexibility of JavaScript and React means there are lots of ways to achieve the same result. Let's consider why we might choose one way over another when it comes to React. Specifically, when to choose a more verbose solution with composition over the DRYest code possible.

Simple Form helps you to build and manage forms in Rails. Let's examine what Simple Form is, why we might need it, and some real use cases.

Want to write a Rails API controller test and make sure it includes exactly what your Jbuilder serializer returns? Set `render_views`. Learn why in this post.

We took our Suspenders to the tailor and made some alterations.

Check the health and security of your Rails app with these quick guide to Ruby on Rails Code audits. These are the steps to take to review your ruby on rails...

Ruby pattern to connect multiple APIs to your project more easily with async requests approach

All new applications using Rails 8 will have Kamal by default.

In order to master our craft we need to master our tools. Slack is one of those tools. Here are my tips for Slack.

Learn how we discovered what was slowing down large database queries, and what we did to make Postgres queries 1000x faster.

Note: This is part of the Production vs Tutorial Code Series.

We're making improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.

Thruster is a new zero config proxy from 37signals. Here’s how to add it to an existing Rails projects deployed with Kamal.

Many applications feature cmd+k search modals. This includes documentation websites like Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS, as well as applications I use every day, such as GitHub and Basecamp. I recently had to build one, and it was so easy thanks to Hotwire that I wanted to share how I built it with you. Imagine we have a documentation websi...

All new applications using Rails 7.2 will have GitHub CI workflow by default.

There's a very specific reputation I want to have on a team: "Nat helps me solve my problems. Nat get things I care about done."

The database is often the bottleneck in our application, both in terms of performance and developer velocity. Changing the database is a lot harder than changing the code.

The Ruby ecosystem offers a wide range of tools for building an audit trail, each with its pros and cons. So, which one is the best choice?

Recently I wanted to set up nightly backups of my Postgres databases hosted on Neon.tech. Yes, they have backups and PITR but I knew I’d feel better if I had backups just in case. My business…