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On fighting the feeling of "blah".

Rubyists might take special pleasure here, but every SQL and PostgreSQL dev can learn this unorthodox approach: putting soft delete logic on the database side.

Migrate, refactor, and change critical Ruby production code with confidence using the Scientist gem.

Maybe you have heard about the counter cache feature. A counter cache makes finding the number of belonging objects more efficient by keeping a column with the count. Rails makes it easy to implement it, but is not free. Sometimes it may be better...

We present proven ways to scale Ruby on Rails applications. Find out how to prepare your app's architecture to meet user demand and set it up for success.

Justin Mitchel provides a step-by-step IaC guide for Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Salt.

Fly.io: the Reclaimer of Heroku's Magic - Xe's Blog

Read about the advantages of using Docker and learn how to build and dockerize a Ruby on Rails application that uses PostgreSQL, Redis and Sidekiq.

When is it best to reach for query objects and how can we best structure them?

A quick guide to the 4-step process of loading a custom font file into your Rails application.

Search analytics made easy. Contribute to ankane/searchjoy development by creating an account on GitHub.

Have you ever wanted to accept payments in Rails? With Stripe Checkout, it's never been easier. Jeffrey Morhous shows us how.

An overview of time zones in Rails.

Developers often reach for UI frameworks like Bootstrap or Material UI, hoping that they’ll save a bunch of time and quickly build a professional-looking app. Unfortunately, things rarely work out this way. Let’s talk about it.

There are some changes being proposed regarding viewport units, finally solving that "100vh in Safari on iOS" issue …

In the model-view-controller pattern that Rails is built on, it’s pretty clear what views and controllers are, but models are a little less clear. In my 10 years with Rails I’ve had the opportunity to come across a number of different conceptions regarding what models are. These conceptions often overlap but often don’t share the […]

Getting the feedback you need from colleagues and friends

This is Part One (of two) of our story chronicling Twitch’s journey from monolithic architecture to microservices. In Part One, you’ll learn about our early days, from our rapid growth to the perfo...

Implement a simple stock ticker application which serves live updates on the New York Stock Exchange, using Ruby, Sinatra and Pusher Channels. Easily deliver initial state using messages captured with cache channels.

All too often, developers go deep on the wrong things, when writing documentation. A little bit of empathy can get your docs back on track.

Ruby Gem for smarter importing of CSV Files as Array(s) of Hashes, with optional features for processing large files in parallel, embedded comments, unusual field- and record-separators, flexible m...

Let's explore the basics of Rails generators and templates, then examine how to customize your Rails app with templates.

A hands-on guide on Stripe’s Product API Integration

Race conditions are hard to debug—especially when you don't know it's a race condition! This article looks at some common race conditions and the best solutions for handling each one.

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