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How to Build a Progressive Web App with Ruby on Rails 8
Learn to create fast, reliable, and engaging PWAs using Ruby on Rails 8, Hotwire, and Service Workers without relying on external libraries. Read more -
rails_local_analytics
Analytics should be simple for Rails apps but I felt we lacked a simple drop-in solution that was both flexible and covers most generic needs out of the box. Therefore I present to you: [more inside]
Introducing Ephem
Ephem is a Ruby gem made to compute astronomical ephemerides from NASA JPL Development Ephemerides.
Adding button loader to Turbo-powered forms
Here’s how I am adding loading spinners to Turbo forms.
Multiple schemas support added to ActualDbSchema
🚀 Big news! The latest version of #actual_db_schema is here, now with multiple schema support! 🎉 Plus, a host of other useful fixes. [more inside]
ruby -run, again
Previously we learned about a tool in Ruby’s standard library called “un”. After some consideration it occurred to me some might wonder, “How does this work?”. [more inside]
Rails Stats: Browse stats from real Rails projects
View the LoC from small Rails apps to the bigger ones (inc. the OG; Basecamp). Will be launching this fun side project this week. https://railsstats.com/ [more inside]
Lessons Learned Migrating my SAAS to Rails 8
My side project Abot for Slack, has been around for 7 years, i.e., since Rails 5.1. It’s now yielding passive income while running on an almost complete autopilot. But I’m still keeping its dependencies up-to-date. The recent migration to Rails 8 was arguably the most impactful in the app’s lifetime. In this blog post, I’ll describe features introduced in the newest version of the framework and how they affected my project. [more inside]
What Is It (in Ruby 3.4)?
Have you heard about it? Have you used it? Are you excited about it? What is it, and how can you use it in ruby? Find out! [more inside]
Prefetching subresources with Signed Exchanges - part 2/8
I will explain how to drastically improve your website’s loading time for Google-referred users using a little-known technology called Signed Exchanges (SXG). [more inside]
Autoflux - a lightweight AI agent gem
Autoflux uses 300 lines to implement an agent framework that can utilize tools and support switching between multiple agents and customization.
Let me help you pass Ruby Certification Exam
Quick description what it is, how the exam procedures look like and most importantly - how to prepare for passing it. [more inside]
Sequent 8.0.2: Support for ActiveRecord 8.0
Sequent 8.0.2 has been released with support for ActiveRecord 8.0.
Use cases for Turbo’s Custom Events
Many actions from Turbo send custom events before and upon completion. You can use this to your advantage.
Filterameter 1.0.1: Support for Ruby LSP
Just released Filterameter 1.0.1, with support for Ruby LSP including Hover and Go-to-Definition.
How Honeybadger migrated from Sidekiq to Karafka
Honeybadger recently migrated our background job processing from Sidekiq to Karafka. Here’s what we learned.
A simple trick to understand Ruby’s lazy enumerator
You may not typically need to reach for a lazy enumerator, but it sure comes in handy when you do. But how do you know when to use it? [more inside]
Awesome Ruby blogs
Hello everybody! 👏 I want to share with you an updated list of awesome Ruby blogs Feel free for send me pull request! I will be glad if you find something new for yourself in it. Thanks and have a good winter day! ❄️ 💎 ⛄
Glimmer DSL for Web now officially supports Rails 7.1 & 7.2
Glimmer DSL for Web (Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework) version 0.6.4 has been released! It now officially supports Rails 7.1 & 7.2 (Rails 8 support is planned for the future).
Notes on pair programming with Aider when Python isn't readily available
Here’s a short post on AI pair programming with Aider in Ruby dev containers (or really, anywhere you don’t want to deal with Python’s legacy installation tools).