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When discussing team organization, I am often asked: “Why don’t you have the tech lead manage the team?” My response is to hiss like a…

The contents of a <code>map</code> block should probably be an instance method on each item.

Taking a look at how to use a Common Table Expression in Active Record queries in Rails 7.1+

Improve Rails code by using these design patterns: Builder, Decorator, Form, Interactor, Observer, Policy, Presenter, Query, Service, Value

This post explores how flog, a tool that analyzes the complexity of your code, can identify areas to refactor.

When saving computed values in the database in your rails app, you must be aware that is possible to find unexpected errors in the result thanks to race conditions. Here I want to help you visualize how race conditions can make you save incorrect...

An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx

In my early days of coding I used to get quickly frustrated when my code didn't run. It felt like I...

If you don’t have time for introducing more significant changes, try implementing smaller yet powerful design patterns.

In this post we're going to be looking at not one but two new exciting things coming to CSS, the...

Chris has some tips for working with Ruby on Rails and ActiveRecord and using better SQL to improve performance and avoid N+1 queries.

What does a complete cycle of planning and delivering on OKRs look like. Here's an example.

Working remotely may not seem like the sort of environment where burnout thrives, but it is. Learn about ways to avoid common pitfalls and lead a more balanced work life.

Learn 3 best ways to write easy to read, easy to debug and easy to modify SQL query

If your company has distinct product and growth teams, I’m willing to bet you’ve seen or felt something about their relationship that doesn’t quite sit right with you. What you’re sensing is dysfunction. It might not be catastrophic levels of dysfunction, but make no mistake, it's impacting your product growth and probably taking casualties along the way, with people on the teams feeling frustrated and adversarial.

Rails 7 series | Rails 7.1 adds ActiveRecord::Base::normalizes.

tweaking the parent resource parameter key

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

A complete and concise overview to help you create custom Rails Generators and avoid the speed bumps that might otherwise slow you down.

Ever need a simple way to retry a block of code in ruby? Maybe you need a maximum number of retries? Exponential backoff? Different handling for different exceptions?

Hey, this week, I am bringing you Active Record tricks to find records with missing associations or with associated records only, and to negate your conditions.

Several years ago, I made a plea to save scoped CSS. One of the top features on my CSS wishlist was on the chopping block, and despite a pretty big push from th

Imagine that you need to put the number of likes for each post in a list, but avoiding n+1 queries. posts.each do |post| post.likes.count # n+1 queries end One way to avoid n+1 queries here, is to preload the association and the count the records...

Your domain expertise is essential to your job, but it just might be one of the things getting in the way of you being a truly great engineering leader.

​​Great managers can create stability for their teams, even when things within the larger organization feel up in the air.