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Components in Rails without gems
Quite often I work with various clients that don’t, or want, or can’t use a third-party library like ViewComponent or similar. In this article I want to lay out the various techniques I use for apps I started myself and for others that need more than vanilla Rails partials without relying on gems. [more inside]
The Complete Guide to Dev Containers in Ruby on Rails
From basic setup to advanced MCP integration: using Dev Containers for portable development environments that eliminate “works on my machine” problems.
Flaky tests, be gone: long-lasting relief for chronic CI retry irritation!
Flaky tests, be gone: long-lasting relief for chronic CI retry irritation!
Rails Conferences Are Discriminatory, Unintelligent, and Hateful of Ruby in 2025
Rails Conferences Are Discriminatory, Unintelligent, and Hateful of Ruby in 2025
Rails views performance matters: can `render` slow you down?
In this post, we’ll benchmark and analyze the most used view rendering options, the optimizations Rails provides, and when it makes sense to use each alternative (or not). [more inside]
Rails API Authentication with the auth generator
The Single-Page Application madness is a part of the past and Hotwire is the go-to alternative for interactive Rails applications. However, there are some use cases where building an API-only Rails app makes sense: mobile apps, teams that are comfortable with FE frameworks or multi-platform applications. In this article we will learn how to add user authentication with the Rails 8 auth generator in API-only apps. Full article on our tech blog:
How to build agents (with llm.rb)
New blog post takes a look at how to build agents (with llm.rb).
Kickstart app template is back
A few years ago I hacked together some Ruby on Rails app templates and people seemed to like them. Then life happened and the project sat in the archive. Just brought it back to life — repo link’s here. [more inside]
Ruby Syntax
After building several startup projects with RoR, I wanted to sit down and understand Ruby syntax. Like what does it look like when you have time and not be limited by time pressure, or commercial forces. [more inside]
Glimmer DSL for Web Component Attribute Listener & Component Attribute Data-Binding
Glimmer DSL for Web (Frontend Framework for Ruby on Rails) version 0.7.2 & 0.7.3 add new samples to demonstrate the newly added features of Component Attribute Listener and Component Attribute Data-Binding [more inside]
More everyday performance rules for Ruby on Rails developers
A compilation of good practices to write optimized Ruby code that you can apply to any Rails application:
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!
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:
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.
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]