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If you've ever wanted to build a web app that you can control with hand gestures as if by magic, this article is for you. With a couple of APIs and some JavaScript, you can build apps that behave like sorcery.

Rspec code to verify that a Ruby Class Method is called from another method, without needing to mock anything.

Developer and interaction designer.

Now that I’ve transitioned from being an IC to being an engineering manager, I’ve found myself becoming a person I never thought I would…

This week’s system design refresher: ByteByteGo talent collective Why PostgreSQL is the most loved database What is a proxy? What is time/clock? Twitter architecture in 2012 ByteByteGo talent collective We are excited to announce the launch of the ByteByteGo talent collective! The collective's members will have exclusive access to opportunities at high-growth startups and world-class companies such as Meta, Stripe, Snowflake, etc.

Date and time validation plugin for ActiveModel and Rails. Supports multiple ORMs and allows custom date/time formats. - GitHub - adzap/validates_timeliness: Date and time validation plugin for Ac...

Adding authentication to your Rails app but don't want to store passwords or rely on third-party OAuth? Let's build a passwordless login system that emails users magic links!

This past weekend on a side project (RelationKit) I implemented a combined mentions feature to let my users do multiple quick actions while writing text with...

Let's build a table editor in a Rails application using ActionText's Trix editor, and use Turbo Frames to customize your table.

reinteractive: How to Redirect a Rails Application to a new Domain Name

The Payment Request API provides a cross-browser standard that lets you collect payments, addresses, and contact information from your customers. You can then use this info to process their order. It also facilitates the exchange of this information between the browser and the website. The fundamental idea behind this is

We share a handful of code snippets that you can use for creating common interactive elements using just simple HTML and CSS.

I was recently asked to give an overview of how to add markdown support to a Ruby on Rails application. This guide will leverage a gem called [Redcarpet](htt...

If you’re going to make a change to an area, you have to understand that area. If you don’t understand the area you’re changing very well, your lack of understanding might lead to you accidentally introducing a bug. Well-written code is loosely coupled from the other pieces of code it touches. “Loosely coupled” means that […]

After working on a Rails project for months, it’s not unusual to have hundreds of migration files in the db/migrate folder. Turns out, you…

Josh Clayton

The Ruby app server ecosystem has consolidated around three app servers: Unicorn, Puma, and Passenger 5.

A detailed look at the color-scheme property that allows developers to define which color chemes are defined in a website

Avoid text input to Active Record queries where you can

There's so many ways to render an ActionText attachment, we can change the...

Every once in a while I come across the question “Where should I put my POROs in Rails?” In order to answer this question, I would actually zoom out and ask a broader question: How should we organize our files in Rails in general? Rails’ organizational limits To some it might seem that this question […]

Let's take a look at RubyCritic and dig into RubyCritic's reports.

Validation is our go-to tool for de-risking a product. This article outlines why skipping validation introduces a risk to your business, the benefits of validation, and some tips for successfully leading those efforts.

The Ruby on Rails documentation defines polymorphic associations (PA) as: "A slightly more advanced...

Update: dozens of hiring managers confirmed this trimodal model applies to all global markets: from the US, through Asia to Latin America as well. Also see TechPays.com for data recorded for a growing number of countries in the three tiers. (Watch this article as video narrated by me, with