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Good Times in River City: Bridgetown 2.0 is Here!
Bridging the gap between static Markdown sites and fullstack database-driven application deployments, v2 of the Bridgetown web framework has long been in the hopper, and it’s chock full of major quality-of-life improvements and new defaults for a fresh approach to web development.
A devise extension to allow web3 login
Although, rails isn’t very popular for web3 apps. I thought it may be useful for some. Currently, implementing login with metamask is needlessly complex and tutorials aren’t very useful either. So, I thought I’d create an extension to allow it [more inside]
I've updated my RSpec with Rails book
Hello! I’m happy to share I’ve finally completed the latest edition of my book, Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec. Here’s what’s new. As always, it’s a free update if you’ve ever owned a copy via Leanpub. (There’s also a discount link in the article if you’re new to my work.) Thank you for your support over the years! https://everydayrails.com/2025/09/16/rspec-book-rails-7
Canonical URLs in Rails applications
Getting organic traffic is a nice and sustainable way to build a digital business. But if we’re not careful with the way we render our pages, we can harm our ability to gain traffic from search engines. The main issue with it is duplicate or near-identical content which can affect the way our pages are indexed and ranked. In this article, we will learn how to handle these cases properly using canonical URLs in Rails applications and some scenarios we might run into. Full article here: https://avohq.io/blog/canonical-urls-rails
The anatomy of a Turbo Stream
Why and how does a <turbo-stream> make the DOM change? What do Turbo Streams have to do with web sockets? What even is a <turbo-stream>? [more inside]
Discrimination Experienced at Tech Companies
I have experienced something like this at Ruby shops before. My girlfriend keeps getting mistreated at her job where she works as a Scrum Master. Some devs on her team miss her meetings and ignore her deadlines, and then instead of apologizing for their bad work ethic, they lie and bully my girlfriend by pretending they’re the “victims” and she’s the “oppressor”, which makes zero sense given that she’s like the nicest person and incapable of being mean towards anyone. https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2025/09/discrimination-experienced-at-tech.html
Veri v0.4.0 – Multi-Tenancy Update for the Rails Authentication Gem
We just released Veri v0.4.0, introducing multi-tenancy support. Now you can isolate authentication sessions per tenant, whether that’s a subdomain or a model representing an organization. [more inside]
Action Mailbox + IMAP/POP3?
Action Mailbox + IMAP/POP3: The Guide I Wish Already Existed [more inside]
📼 New Opal Stimulus walkthrough VIDEO!
A walkthrough video about Opal Stimulus, the gem that allows you to write Stimulusjs controllers in Ruby! [more inside]
Rails World 2025 Recap: Introducing ReActionView and `Herb::Engine`
The full recap of my Rails World talk introducing ReActionView and Herb::Engine is now live. 🌿 [more inside]
Exploring Ruby Algorithms for Fibonacci Numbers
So using Ruby, what is the largest Fibonacci number we can calculate quickly? https://www.rorvswild.com/blog/2025/fibonacci-ruby-algorithms
Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective
Here is Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective. My goal was to give a taste of the conference if you missed it and a different perspective if you were there.
Running Chromium in Docker? Read This First.
Do you use Chromium for testing or automation? Have you tried running it in a container, only to hit the dreaded –cap-add=SYS_ADMIN problem? You’re right to think that’s a bad idea. The good news: there’s a safer way. [more inside]
DevOps on a Dime: DIY Docker Registry for €2 a Month
TLS, Basic Auth, Fail2ban, Ansible—all running on a micro-VM that costs less than your bubble tea. Because DevOps doesn’t need to be expensive. It just has to work. [more inside]
Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and NestJS: A Complete Framework Comparison
When building a modern backend application, developers often choose between established frameworks like Laravel (PHP), Ruby on Rails, and NestJS (Node.js/TypeScript). Each comes with a distinct philosophy, ecosystem, and developer experience. https://jsdev.space/howto/laravel-vs-ruby-vs-nestjs/
[Screencast] RubyMine
I haven’t used RubyMine in several years, but a recent announcement from JetBrains have now opened up access for free with non-commercial products. In this episode, I’m taking a fresh look at RubyMine after years of not using it. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/rubymine
Internator now works with the latest OpenAI Codex (v0.30.0)
Our beloved virtual intern, to whom we left our PRs in the hands of, just got up to speed. [more inside]
Fast sailing with persistent connections
I recently wrote a post that discusses an impressive optimization that has landed in llm.rb v0.16.0.
ParseKit: Native Document Parsing and OCR for Ruby
ParseKit brings native document parsing capabilities to Ruby through high-performance Rust bindings. Extract text from PDFs, Office documents, images, and more - all without external dependencies or shelling out to Python. [more inside]