Monke See, Monke Do - Let's generate 21000 monkes in a (28x28) pixel art edition

Hello, i prepared a 21 000 “Monke See, Monke Do” monke pixel art image (28px) collection. Yes, in ruby. The /monkesee-monkedo repo includes everything incl. the sprites / tiles / attributes, the random meta data generation, the image generation one-by-one in 1x and 8x and an all-in-one composite fam and more. happy pixel pushing with ruby.

Speeding up our Rails CI with Github actions and parallel_tests

This article outlines how we used parallel_tests and Github Actions to bring our CI times down from 25 to 10 minutes. It starts with an overview of our previous setup and its challenges, we them move on to setting requirements, the research we conducted, and the proof of concepts we tried out. We then discuss the implementation phase, highlighting some decisions we took along the way. The experiences and strategies shared in this article may hopefully offer useful ideas for you to enhance your own CI.

Turbo 8 morphing deep dive - how does it work?

With Turbo 8 coming and morpinhg being set to be a big change to how we build Rails applications, I wanted to understand in detail how it all works and I’m writting it up a in mini series of articles with the first one here: Turbo 8 morphing deep dive - how does it work?

Pros and Cons of Deploying Rails Applications Natively vs Containerized in 2024

Explore deployment strategies—native vs containerized—by @julian_rubisch. Dive into the complexities, advantages, and practical aspects of each approach. Learn how they impact dev & production environments! [more inside]

Ruby 3.3 Introduces Range#overlap? method

Compare two ranges and see if they overlap each other with the Ruby overlap? method. It returns true if two ranges overlap each other. [more inside]

[Podcast] Fireside chat with Rails Core team member Rafael França

Rafael França, an esteemed member of the Rails Core team, is our featured guest in this episode. Join us as he delves into his journey with Rails, sharing insights on his initiation into the framework and the eventual path that led him to become an integral part of the core team. Our conversation explores the intricacies of decision-making within the core team, shedding light on the prioritization of pull requests (PRs), offering a sneak peek into the upcoming Rails 8, and providing valuable tips on getting your PRs successfully merged. Tune in for an in-depth discussion covering these topics and much more! [more inside]

ORM vs. SQL | Rubber Duck Dev Show 111

In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on the use of Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) in our development compared with just using Structured Query Language (SQL):

Ruby naming conventions

Remember, code is read more often than it’s written. [more inside]

Did you know that Ruby supports Pattern Matching?

Pattern Matching in Ruby allows for concise data destructuring, making it easy to assign variables with clear syntax.

Flipper 1.1 (expressions alpha!)

We released 1.1 of the popular feature flagging gem Flipper. The tldr:

Your journey as a mid-level Ruby on Rails developer

You have been a Ruby on Rails developer for a couple of years. Get on board and let’s sail beyond the horizon.

Rack-JetRouter 1.3.0 released

Rack-JetRouter is a super fast router library for Rack applications, derived from Keight.rb. [more inside]

Write resilient tests with matchers that take other matchers

Here’s a short, neat trick I learned to help save time when updating RSpec specs to reflect new test data: Use matchers that accept other matchers!

MiniLevenshtein

Simple, fast, levenshtein distance and similarity ratio for Ruby. Why? While there are many levenshtein distance implementations for Ruby, none provided a means to adjust edit scoring to make the calculations suitable for a similarity ratio.

Everyday performance rules for Ruby on Rails developers

Hacking on Ruby Prism with Kevin Newton

Want to contribute to an award-winning Open Source project? [more inside]

Optimising System Performance by Implementing a Read Replica Database in Rails

Implementing a read replica database to shift read requests away from the primary database, easing system load and enhancing performance efficiency. [more inside]

Rails 7.1 allows the use of aliased attributes with insert_all and upsert_all

An endless method use case

While browsing some open source code I found a good case for refactoring using the endless method

How to Use Shoulda Matchers with RSpec for Ruby on Rails

Learn how to test functionality in your Rails app by using shoulda-matchers with RSpec:

BasedUUID: URL-friendly UUIDs for Rails models

I made a gem for encoding UUIDs into a URL-friendly, prefixed, base32 format. The rationale behind it is to provide a more manageable, “double-clickable” UUID format and allow for easy lookup (for any model, based on registered prefixes). Inspired by StripeIDs and ulid. [more inside]

re2 2.5.0: new matching interface and revamped documentation

Version 2.5.0 of the Ruby bindings to RE2 is now available. A “fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python”, it is designed to eliminate ReDoS attacks and make it safe to process patterns from untrusted users. The latest version features a new full_match and partial_match interface to match the underlying C++ library and revamped documentation.

How to add a man page to your Ruby project

Ever notice how when you run git clone --help it displays it’s own man page instead of the usual --help output? Ever wanted to add that same functionality to your Ruby CLI to make it more user friendly? In this blog post I will walk you through how to write a man page and add it to your Ruby command.

Rails 7.1 adds ActiveRecord::Base::generates_token_for

Better Mailer Previews — A Rails engine for improved ActionMailer email previews

Just released this gem — github.com/better_mailer_previews — keen for your thoughts!