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29 November 2023
Staying Ahead of the Rails Curve: Cultivating a Culture of Continuous Upgrade for Com
Most people and companies that we talk to about upgrades assume that we generally help organizations that need to migrate to the latest Rails version. [more inside]
28 November 2023
Font awesome icons in Hanami 2 apps!
I’m coming back with the tutorials, with a series about the view-layer. [more inside]
Reexamining FizzBuzz Step by Step – and allowing for more varied rules
I went and reexamined the good old FizzBuzz coding challenge to walk through it step by step and make it more extensible using a Rule object.
Using Turbo Frames and Streams without Rails
Recently I’ve been using Turbo frames and streams more and wanted to really understand how they work. To do that I set out to rebuild a very simple To-Do application (peak originality!), using Turbo but without Rails or turbo-rails gem. I did that using vanilla Sinatra. As you’ll see, it was really simple: Using Turbo Frames and Streams without Rails
Benry-CmdOpt 2.3.0 released
Benry-CmdOpt 2.3.0 released.
Benry-CmdOpt is a command option parser, much better than optparse.rb.
In this release, validation of option definitions is improved. [more inside]
A Brief Introduction to the Lesli Gem
This is the continuation of my previous post regarding the Lesli SaaS Framework. This time, I’d like to explore further into the Lesli gem. [more inside]
27 November 2023
The Utility of ActiveModel
The Utility of ActiveModel: Make use of various ActiveModel modules in your ruby objects to get ActiveRecord like behavior like type casting, validation, and callbacks.
Rails 7.1 Adds ActiveJob#perform_all_later To Enqueue Multiple Jobs At Once
Bring efficiency and flexibility to job enqueuing in Rails 7.1 with ActiveJob’s perform_all_later. Handle diverse job arguments, support bulk enqueuing, and offer enhanced control over job execution. [more inside]
Programming Ethscriptions - Ch. 1: Sub 1k - Inside The First Thousand Ethscriptions
Hello, i started a new (free) online book titled “Programming Ethscriptions (in Ruby) - Step-by-Step Book / Guide”. the first chapter titled “Sub 1k - Inside The First Thousand Ethscriptions” is online. happy blockchain and data analytics scripting with ruby.
Asynchronous Loading in Active Record: Boosting the Performance of your Rails Applica
Introduction to what is asynchronous data loading in Active Record with the load_async method and its friends. [more inside]
26 November 2023
GitImproved 0.1.0 released
GitImproved is a wrapper script for Git command. It provides intuitive and much better interface than Git. See the simple document for details. [more inside]
25 November 2023
Benry-CmdApp 1.0.0 released
Benry-CmdApp is a framework for command-line applications that use subcommands, like git, docker, or npm.
Release 1.0.0 has been completely rewritten from scratch and includes many breaking changes.
See the document for details.
24 November 2023
datauris gem v1 - (modern) helpers to parse / build data uris (incl. base64)
hello, did you know? the most popular data uri gem (4+ million downloads) in rubyland is from anno 2014 (last update) unmaintained and broken (?). is ruby ded? not yet. let’s push a gem with (modern) helpers to parse / build data uris incl. base64-encoded/decoded images and more. let’s welcome the datauris gem v1 - last update some minutes ago ;-). questions and comments welcome.
How We Escaped the Dependency Upgrade Maze on 20+ Projects
Open-source dependencies are practical, convenient, time-saving – and sure to make your life miserable if left unattended. Read on to learn how we optimized our dependency upgrade process and got all our Ruby on Rails projects updated to the latest version with minimum time loss. [more inside]
23 November 2023
Use enum to store integer instead of string as class name in polymorphic associations
Super simple solution to improve performance of polymorphic associations https://github.com/olegantonyan/polymorphic_enum_type
015: Exploring Turbo 8 with Jorge Manrubia
In this episode, @jorgemanru and I dive deep into Turbo 8, discuss Active Record Encryption, working at @37signals and a lot more! [more inside]
22 November 2023
How Much Does it Cost to Upgrade Rails?
FastRuby.io has invested more than 30,000 hours in total in upgrading Rails applications, having completed more than 100 upgrade projects. In this article, we’ll leverage our historical data and what we learned to help you answer this question: How much will this cost? [more inside]
How to use UUIDv7 in Rails for primary keys
UUIDv7 is a new time-sorted UUID format. I did a quick write-up on how to use it in Rails and Postgres. [more inside]
25 Days of Ruby (Crypto) Gems - Ruby Advent Calendar 2023, Dec 1st - 25th
Hello, some years ago i edited / published 25 Days of Ruby Gems - Ruby Advent Calendar 2020, December 1st - December 25th. here’s an idea - let’s retry this year in 2023 with a twist - toxic rubyists hate crypto / blockchain and you get canceled and ignored left & right - anyways, as a show of welcoming all in rubyland - yes, let’s make this year’s theme crypo & blockchain including of course cryptograhpy gems (for you crypto haters). anyone? say hello, here. ps: i would reach out on other ruby “channels” but i am banned for life (ruby-talk, reddit, etc.).
Small Ruby Tip: Interactive debugging without the need for gems
Discover a simple and fast way to debug in Ruby without installing additional gems. [more inside]
21 November 2023
Black Friday Deals for Rubyists
I’ve started a small curated list of Black Friday deals for helpful Ruby products that educate, and save time when building Ruby projects: templates, dev setup tools, workshops, and tutorials. I’ll be adding more as I find them. Contact me if you have a deal of your own or a recommendation.