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The problem Within my 10 years of developer experience, over and over again I see an...

Since Rails 7, there's more and more tooling that enables us, developers, to roll our own...

HotwireCombobox is at an early stage of development. It's nearing a beta release, but the API might change and bugs are expected. Please continue to use the library and report any issues in the GitHub repo.

For a long time, and probably still today, the reference for authentication in Rails is using a gem like Devise. Thing is, you’ll probably end up customizing it a lot: views, emails, onboarding flow, etc. Since Rails 7.1, we have access to several new features that make it easier to...

Turbo Refreshes update the entire current page in place while keeping some UI state e.g. the page’s scroll position. This might seem like overkill in some cases and they’re slower that Turbo Streams, but they can really simplify response code (and the performance hit may not matter anyway).

With the introduction of authenticate_by in Rails 7.1, we can now prevent enumeration attacks based on response times.

Delegated types are a modelization pattern introduced in Rails in 2020. And developers have mostly been scratching their head for a few years trying to use them in their applications. Today, I want to share a real-world use case. I'll walk you through my pre-existing domain architecture, my initial requirements, my mistakes, how I eventually used delegated types, what I learned and my open questions.

How can we use the Dual-Boot technique efficiently to upgrade our Ruby or Rails application when the workflow involves using Docker? Let's see 2 approaches.

As a software engineer, you may consider having a professional email account along with your own website, like "[email protected]". But this may cost a certain amount that you'll not be willing to pay. But do you know you can do it for free? There is actually a way to do

After instantiating your rails application, we have codes generated for us. Let’s focus on a particular section. Focus on the environments…

We examine approaches to API documentation, with a case for why the documentation-first approach is beneficial, plus, we'll not only introduce a new Ruby gem, Skooma, that will be a revelation for those who are ready to follow this path, you can also read on for practical tips and advice for jumping in.

The Rails robots that comprise Active Record do their best to be helpful by keeping your db/schema.rb file up to date — and tend to create pesky unwanted changes in your schema. Here’s an easy fix.

Learn how to optimize model auditing in your Rails application using the PaperTrail gem by setting up separate audit tables for each model, enhancing performance and organization in the auditing process

If you like fast CI builds, hate having to wait for an eternity for CI to complete a build after you open a PR, and love reducing infra costs, read on.

In this part, I want to shortly explain, what partitioning actually is and how you can implement this mechanism for newly created table as partitioned table in Rails application. In the second part, I'll demonstrate an approach to migrate an existing table. So, let’s dive into the topic.

A whimsical (but useful!) code style guideline

Why would you spend your cognitive capacity on useless choices?

This post covers almost everything you need to know about HTTP cookies in the context of Rails. We'll explore what a cookie is, why we need it, how to set & get a cookie, how to restrict cookies to a particular domain/path, prevent JavaScript access, how to sign & encrypt cookies, and much more.

In this video, CJ shows hands on examples of when and where you can start using docker in your apps. He shows usage of the docker CLI, Docker Desktop, docker...

It's a myth that more developers will speed up delivery. You can achieve more with less with simpler processes, simpler communication and fewer cross-team dependencies – which is why smaller teams …

This article reviews the new normalizes feature in Ruby on Rails 7.1 and shows how to increase reusability by creating normalizer modules.

Rollup and Esbuild can both handle JavaScript files in a Rails app. I made some little experiments, both locally and in-production.

Using Ruby on Rails and Turbo 8 to create a sortable table that maintains scroll position and page content as it sorts

Legacy codebases are often like tangled mazes, with convoluted logic, outdated practices, and patches upon patches. Here's what you need to know about rewriting vs. refactoring a legacy codebase.