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Ruby On Rails provides numerous ways to cache data, particularly built-in page, action, and fragment caching, but these are unlikely to be applicable when dealing with API endpoints such as GraphQL. Here, we'll concentrate on low-level caching, which gives you more power and control over your caching strategy.

There I was, basking in the afterglow of successfully completing yet another project as a developer,...

Animating or transitioning to and from height auto is, well, not really possible (though it is being worked on!), but luckily, there is actually a solution u...

Yes, there is now a way to transition an element to height auto with CSS alone.

A helpful list of resources for people who are just getting started out with Rails.

Handling data is a big part of every application, and doing it in the wrong way can be costly. In this article, I’ll give you some tips…

This week, we discussed splitting arrays, handling deprecation warnings, and querying missing records.

The ultimate list of 70+ web-based CSS tools that every frontend developer should have bookmarked!

Validation of files that are uploaded can provide a better user experience as it sets the expectations of what kinds of files, their sizes and if they're even required. In this episode, we'll look at creating different types of validators for Active Storage.

Hi, we're Arkency and it's our blog with meaty content.

Build interesting Rails plugin renderers that tap into ActionController::ImplicitRender#method_for_action like implicit renders, bulk resources, and more.

This is a quick guide on a workaround to get your rails development running in SSL and under your production URL.

We show you how to containerize a Rails 7 application and how to deploy and manage it on Vultr with Cloud 66. Celebrating a 3-year integration partnership with Vultr.

It’s often taught in programming that duplication is to be avoided. But for some reason it’s often stated that duplication is more acceptable in test code than in application code. Why is this? We’ll explore this, but first, let’s examine the wrong answers. Incorrect reasons why duplication is more acceptable in tests “Duplication isn’t actually […]

The SRE pros at Evil Martians attempt an objective analysis of the promises, applications, and potential of MRSK, plus things to watch out for.

You can add custom methods automatically available in the Rails console.

Optimizing Performance and Robustness with Locking, UUIDs, Fulltext Search, Database Views, and Geospatial Data

Working with invoices, contracts, or just reading your favorite mystery thriller—whatever the case, PDF files are everywhere. Learn how to work with PDFs in Ruby.

Blog about Software Engineering

We’ll explain and demo the browser Contact Picker API. Contact Picker features have been ubiquitous in native mobile apps for a long time. Browser adoption has finally picked up enough and it’s time to implement these features there, too.

You can find some examples at Quick Tour of WebStorm and Docker.

Keeping your code clean and organized while developing a large Rails application can be quite a challenge, even for an experienced developer.

Lots of developers choose between dockerizing their development setup or leaving it as is. There is also a viable hybrid approach in combining Docker Compose with native processes.

Login.gov Core App: Identity Provider (IdP). Contribute to 18F/identity-idp development by creating an account on GitHub.

Step-by-step instructions on setting up the ideal Ruby on Rails developer environment using Docker, optimized for new devs onboarding onto the project.