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Last week, while creating a small Rails app for myself, I had to import data from an XML file. I wanted to add a command line task for it. I could’ve used rake for this, but I needed to input the path to the file through a command line parameter, and rake isn’t ideal for that. Fortunately, there’s another tool that’s better suited for this task: Thor.

If the role of a good cloud architect is to design and build cost-effective software, is there a formula to achieve that goal every time?

A hash merge, but backwards for readability

It is sometimes impossible to render HTML directly in Rails, for example, when you need to procedurally generate HTML from JavaScript. There are some approaches, but one sticks out: Template tags && t...

This is an update to Securing User Emails in Rails with a number of improvements: Works with Devise’s email changed notifications Works with...

Rails security best practices. Contribute to ankane/secure_rails development by creating an account on GitHub.

Check our eight top PostgreSQL extensions, along with sample queries and instructions.

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Animation and accessibility are often seen as two separate powers at odds with one another. How is it possible to strike a balance between elements that move and the possible negative effects they expose to users who are sensitive to motion? Oriana García explains how her team at Mercado Libre tackled the challenge by creating guiding principles for applying animation to user interfaces and incorporating them into the team’s design system.

Today, we are excited to launch Angular.dev — the future home for Angular developers.

In today’s technical landscape, deep expertise in niche areas is often celebrated. However, the value of being a versatile 'Jack of all trades' should not be overlooked. Technical fields have grown increasingly divergent, with a clear split between front-end and back-end development leading to a surge in specialization

Choose a scalable and maintainable real-time solution today to stay happy and productive tomorrow. Consider an open source service you can run on a modern cloud with one command as an alternative to expensive PaaS.

How we improved project organization in Basecamp using Hotwire to build on top of a legacy drag-and-drop interface.

Let's discuss how we use Kafka in Smily, how we got where we are now, and how the overall architecture has evolved over time.

A 3 part framework for saying "no" + how to apply it + examples

The query_constraints config introduced in Rails 7.1 is helpful for pre-setting the DB query constraints on the ActiveRecord models.

Let's say you're fed up of the state of screen recorders' paywalls and limitations and want to go on...

Here’s one way of a cloud-independent deployment of Rails, Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, and Redis on single virtual server with Kamal.

Read this the next time you need to build a complicated form.

A few years ago I used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view. It’s like I had to be first with an opinion – as if being first meant something. But what it really meant…

In this post we are going to set up a custom domain in Netlify using Cloudflare. We will also install a self signed Cloudflare certificate on Netlify to ensure end-to-end encryption.

We are excited about some of the Active Record updates with Rails 7.1! Chris reviews some of the notable new features for working with Postgres including async queries, composite primary keys, native support for ctes, unlogged tables, and syntax normalization.

This article explains what rails app:update is, why you might not want to run rails app:update when upgrading Rails applications, and what you can try instead.

Rails performance audits and tuning have been my main occupation and source of income for over a year now. In this blog post, I'll share a few secrets of my trade. Read on if you want to learn how I approach optimizing an unknown codebase, what tools I use, and which fixes are usually most impactful. You can treat this post as a generalized roadmap for your DIY performance audit with multiple links to more in-depth resources.

Learn more about how we use GitHub to build GitHub, how we turned our guiding communications principles into prescriptive practices to manage our internal communications signal-to-noise ratio, and how you can contribute to the ongoing conversation.