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This is an updated version of the post I wrote about MRKS in the past.

Here’s an important distinction to make in life.

Introduction Hey there, fellow web adventurers! 😄 Building web applications can be a wild...

How I used artificial intelligence and async programming to transform interesting conversations into blog posts.

Syntactical sugar to avoid comparison operators

Career changers have a lot more to offer than meets the eye—especially in tech!

How to plan and execute the refactoring of you Ruby application

Choosing the right web framework for your project is a crucial decision. In this article, we'll take a look at Ruby on Rails and three pros and cons for the framework from a developer's perspective.

Building out a basic Ruby API client using the http gem, tested with webmock.

Recently for RelationKit.io I wanted to build a system to help show other users on the same account if another person is on the same page as them to avoid embarrassing duplicate replies on support tickets. While thinking about how to build this, I wondered if I could use Turbo to build it without any custom JavaScript and the answer is a resounding yes.

How to help your team discover the right product using your technical know-how.

Are you tired of writing clean, maintainable code? Do you yearn for spaghetti code that's...

You don’t need a sophisticated caching mechanism to improve your application’s performance. All you need is a basic understanding of the HTTP specification.

This week I will show you how to make dependent dropdowns with Hotwire! I will use a toy app as an example. This app will have a page where addresses can be created. The address will consist of a country, a state, a city, and a postcode. Except for the postcode, we will have a list of options coming from the database and when the user selects the country, we load the states for the selected option. When the user selects the state we will load the cities in that state. Let’s start by generating a Rails app, the necessary models and a scaffold for the address:

Upgrade your Ruby or Rails application confidently, even with low test coverage, by implementing the strategies and best practices outlined in this blog post.

Here is one strategy to move a client from providing your team with a list of requirements to working on the root problem together.

In this article, I share a handy Stimulus controller for adding tabs to your Rails apps. I also show you a different variation of the controller, and how to add it to your views. Plus, I've included a handy tip to avoid the annoying "flashing in" effect that can happen if you're not careful.

Before you settle on basing design decisions on a handful of strict breakpoints, make sure you consider the vast fragmentation of screen sizes and browser viewports.

This week, I will show you how to make data imports blazing fast with Active Record.

Explore the four broad categories of CSS sizing units, how to apply them in your layouts, and how to choose the best ones in each scenario.

In many Rails based systems we can find models that should not be destroyed but should be tagged as...

Many moons ago, RSS was all the hype. With fewer publication engines like Medium, Substack, and other newsletter-style engines, most people would create thei...

Rails 7.1 adds the picture_tag helper method that renders the HTML picture tag for handling responsive images.

Rails 7.1 adds rename_enum, add_enum_value and rename_enum_value commands to DB migration extending support for PostgreSQL enums.

“Rails Magic” is one of the terms I have heard a lot. Rails indeed is a magical framework as it does a lot under the hood. Yet, it can feel “too magical” for a new Rails dev.