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Internator now runs on OpenCode (bye Codex)
Internator is still the Ruby CLI that: [more inside]
Ditch Node.js: A Simple Guide to Rails Importmaps
How Importmaps Work in Rails (And Why You Don’t Need Webpack) When I first started… [more inside]
Planning for the Rails 8.0 EOL and the 8.1 Upgrade
Rails 8.0 is going EOL soon; if you’ve already got it done, great! If you’re stuck with a legacy project and need to plan an upgrade, though, this guide gives details on how you can do that, with some specific pitfalls to avoid. Fortunately, a bunch of the games that were stuck on Rails 8.0 support - like audited and active admin - are now working with Rails 8.0, so if you tried before and had a hard time, you will be pleasantly surprised. [more inside]
Competent vs Incompetent Ruby Devs When Encountering React
Competent vs Incompetent Ruby Devs When Encountering React: https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/competent-vs-incompetent-ruby-devs-when.html
N+1 Driven Development
In this episode, we look at how we can modify our application from a performance aspect to increase our job security. We’ll slow down our application to a still usable level, but then swoop in months later and become the hero. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/n-1-driven-development
Hotwire vs Inertia.js: Which One Should You Use in Rails?
For a long time, if you wanted to build a fast, modern web application without page reloads, you had… [more inside]
Rails Consent — Cookie Consent & Privacy Preferences for Rails
I’ve released Rails Consent, a Rails Engine that provides a simple way to add cookie consent and privacy preference management to Ruby on Rails applications. [more inside]
Turbo Tour – A Ruby on Rails gem for building product tours
I recently released Turbo Tour, a Ruby on Rails engine that makes it easy to add interactive product tours to your Rails applications. [more inside]
The Secret to Fast Web Scraping: Finding Internal JSON APIs
When I first started web scraping, my workflow was always the same. I would use Nokogiri to download… [more inside]
A Global Message Bus with ActiveSupport::EventReporter
https://www.rorvswild.com/blog/2026/advanced-domain-modeling-global-message-bus-event-reporter A new way to decouple code since Rails 8.1
The Codebase Drag Audit: A Diagnostic Rubric for Legacy Codebases
Five signals that tell you the codebase (not the team) is the bottleneck, turned into an interactive scoring rubric. Covers estimate padding, deploy fear, untouchable files, misleading test coverage, and onboarding friction. Framework-agnostic with Rails examples. [more inside]
A Claude Code Skill to Upgrade Rails (From 2.3 to 8.1)
This skill is built on real-world experience, not just documentation: [more inside]
Semantic search in Rails using sqlite-vec, Kamal and Docker
Semantic search for a Rails blog using sqlite-vec, Kamal, Docker and a small embedding service backed by EmbeddingGemma. [more inside]
The Ruby on Rails Job Market in 2026: Why It's Better Than Ever
If you spend too much time on X or Reddit, you might think the only jobs left in 2026 are for AI… [more inside]
Lesli 5.1: The First Official Stable Release
After years of evolution, rewrites, and the migration from proprietary code to open source, Lesli 5.1 is the first official stable release of a modular Ruby on Rails framework for business software. https://www.lesli.dev/notes/5.1/
Rails vs Laravel vs Django vs NestJS: Why I Still Choose Ruby
If you want to build a web application or a SaaS today, the first thing you have to do is pick a… [more inside]
A Beginner's Guide to ClickHouse in Ruby on Rails
When you build a standard Rails app, PostgreSQL (or MySQL) is your best friend. It handles your… [more inside]
My Favorite Rails Productivity Gem: annotate_models
Very often I find myself working inside a Rails model, and I need to write a validation or a custom… [more inside]