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Defending the humble Shoulda Matcher for Ruby on Rails functionality testing. A junior's perspective.

Hi there, I am working on a newsletter tool(Pombo) and this week, I want to share how I solved a problem I came across last week while working on it. The...

Is it possible to have ActiveRecord automagically create boolean methods for DateTime columns in your models?

While all Rails developers are familiarized with the routes DSL less or more, some fewer known features make the routing configuration even more flexible.

In this second part, we are building a turbo native app to use native authentication

Integrating Web Push with Rails

Learn how to implement pattern matching on Ruby objects.

It’s easy to ask for, and even want, feedback in a sort of theoretical sense. But soliciting and responding to feedback are, themselves skills.

Start at dstart and reoccur every month on same day of month for five occurences.

Ruby on Rails and ReactJS consulting company. We also build mobile applications using React Native

Learn how to use Basecamp’s MRSK to deploy Rails application to AWS with GitHub Actions

Handle dynamic nested forms, same as Cocoon, but using StimulusJS.

The MDN Web Docs site provides information about Open Web technologies including HTML, CSS, and APIs for both Web sites and progressive web apps.

Lambdas can make your code easier to use and more powerful. Discover how to use Lambda functions in Ruby.

Allowing developers to learn on the job can be difficult when the pressure is on, but research proves that a strong learning culture can help developers thrive.

Thor is a great way to write simple CLIs like one-off Rails scripts, but it does have its own gotchas. Here’s how to use Thor in practice.

An outdated way of thinking about peak performance is: “maximum effort = maximum results.” But research shows that it doesn’t actually work that way in reality. Here’s what actually works: The 85% rule, which counterintuitively suggests that to reach maximum output, you need to refrain from giving maximum effort. Operating at 100% effort all of the time will result in burnout and ultimately less-optimal results. While the precise number 85% may just be a rule of thumb, it’s a helpful one for managers who want to create high-performance teams without burning people out.

As Addy Osmani likes to say, JavaScript is your most expensive asset. Compared to an image or stylesheet, for example, a JavaScript file of the same size will take the same amount of time to download. The problem comes in the amount of processing after download that needs to occur before the JavaScript is fully execute

Our Journey to Kubernetes, With a Little Help from Porter

Hi there. I recently began relearning JavaScript, as it had been a year since I last did anything...

If you are debugging this error: LoadError: libmariadb.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /rails/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.5/lib/mysql2/mysql2.so The fix is having these packages installed for production: default-mysql-client default-libmysqlclient-dev Here's a full

Optimism is our kryptonite but history is our saviour.

Introduction If you're a Rails developer, I bet you have already heard of or used devise....

DevOps is Bullshit. A Critique of How We've Fooled Ourselves for Years.

Getting started from a empty page can be tough. But there are some strategies for breaking the blank.