Advanced techniques for calling HTTP APIs in Ruby

I’ve written a pattern catalog of techniques for building robust, fault-tolerant Ruby code for making HTTP requests. It covers the following topics, with examples: [more inside]

Unraveling the mystery of the super keyword

pluck_in_batches gem - a faster alternative to custom `in_batches` with `pluck`

I released a new gem - [more inside]

Flog-Driven Development

This post explores how flog, a tool that analyzes the complexity of your code, can identify areas to refactor. https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/flog-driven-development/

Chroma Vector Database Ruby client

Today I’m releasing a gem called chroma-db which is a Ruby client for Chroma Vector Database. [more inside]

Hotwires & Cookbooks With Andrea Rocca | Rubber Duck Dev Show 84

In this episode, we discuss Hotwire (HTML Over the Wire) concepts and usage (along with a Cookbook) with Andrea Rocca:

rubocop-director

Gem to help you prepare a list of refactorings based on Rubocop TODO and git history

Newsletter is just a start with Lucian Ghinda | content_for :devs #008

If you are following up with the Ruby community, you most likely already know Lucian Ghinda. We had been honored with a nice conversation with him recently, and now you can check the episode also on Youtube.

rubygems.org marked unsafe

Anyone know what’s going on? No status from anyone running rubygems.org online yet.

4 Essential Security Tools To Level Up Your Rails Security

Maintaining a Rails application up to date and secure takes some effort. Rails has a ton of security support, but there are other tools you can use to protect your codebase and production database. [more inside]

The AAA Pattern: Writing Robust Tests for Any Project With Confidence

Are you looking for a reliable way to test your applications? Look no further than the AAA pattern. [more inside]

Organize Business Logic in Your Ruby on Rails Application

In the first part of this two-part series, we’ll run through popular methods to organize your business logic:

Deploying a Ruby on Rails App on Render with a Database, Redis, Sidekiq, and Cron Job

I recently wrote a blog post about deploying a slightly more complex-than-usual rails app to Render (a hosting alternative similar to Heroku). It resonated well with the Rails community on Reddit, so I thought I’d post it here too. Deploying a Ruby on Rails App on Render with a Database, Redis, Sidekiq, and Cron Job | MONN.APP Blog

Let's make a blog with Bridgetown! | Hanami Mastery #044

Bridgetown is the best static site generator for Ruby, and here is why. [more inside]

Ask_ChagGPT + VOICE input

Another milestone of ask_chatgpt, started with the idea “if it possible to record voice with Ruby”. Now, using some code and ffmpeg it’s possible, and you can talk to ChatGPT using your voice directly from the Rails console. [more inside]

Simple Rails Design Patterns with Significant Impact

Automatically open the browser when the Rails server starts

How to register a simple puma plugin to automatically open a browser tab for your Rails app when you start bin/rails server or bin/dev.

How to use a specific version of Rails

The latest issue of Rails Tricks covering how to use a specific version of Rails is out!

Five Easy to Miss Performance Fixes for Rails Apps

Improving the performance of a Rails application can be a challenging and time-consuming task. However, there are some config tweaks that are often overlooked but can make a significant difference in response times. In this tutorial, I will focus on a few “quick & easy” fixes that can have an immediate impact on the speed of your Rails app. [more inside]

Open Source Heroes - A Poem of Appreciation

Working with open source for a long time is tremendous work, often unappreciated. Join me with a moment of sharing a word of appreciation to one of OSS hero you know! [more inside]

Rails 7. Start Kit. Release 1.9

Rails 7. Start Kit is Rails App in a Docker container with some popular preinstalled tools. Release 1.9 is here. In this release I managed and described in the docs all processes related to Front-end tools. ESBuild / ImportMaps / Sprockets - all these tools and how to use them together in a project – read the release notes . Happy coding!

Using Boxcars (Ruby Langchain alternative) to query a Rails DB with natural language

You may have heard of Langchain, the Python library for creating LLM-powered apps with nearly 35k GitHub stars. Despite the large following, Langchain can be difficult to use when you want to go deeper than “hello world” tutorials. This experience led me to Boxcars, a Langchain-inspired Ruby gem but with fewer abstractions. [more inside]

Solidus v4.0 released: removing deprecations and improving Stripe integration

The Solidus Core Team is excited to announce the release of Solidus v4.0! This major release removes deprecated code and features a revamped solidus_stripe gem, making it even easier to integrate with Stripe as your payment gateway. Solidus is a powerful and flexible open-source e-commerce platform built with Ruby on Rails. With v4.0, we’re continuing our commitment to providing developers with a top-notch platform for building online stores. If you’re upgrading from v3.4, please check out the upgrade instructions at We appreciate your continued support of Solidus, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll build with this new release! To learn more about Solidus, join our community on Slack. Happy coding!

Session Hijacking

In this episode, we explore session hijacking and an approach that we can take to limit the risk. There are some user experience and functionality caveats to this approach so they must be taken into consideration as well. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/session-hijacking

A few words on Ruby's type annotations state

A few words I wanted to say on Ruby’s type annotations state that were written in a military training camp and accidentally grew to 5k words.