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Make your Ruby on Rails app 80x faster with SQL
Recently, I came across a piece of Ruby on Rails code that I rewrote and made 80x faster. Check out how I did it. [more inside]
New gem job_enqueue_logger - logs background jobs enqueued by your application
https://github.com/fatkodima/job_enqueue_logger - idea similar to SQL query tracer, but for background jobs. [more inside]
Rails 7.1 Improves Support for Custom Namespaces
This patch improves the support for defining custom namespaces while autoloading files.
RuboCoping with legacy: Bring your Ruby code up to Standard
Pretty much every Rubyist knows RuboCop—it’s the Ruby linter and formatter. But it’s still easy to find projects where style wasn’t enforced from the start (usually large, older projects). Fixing these can be tough. [more inside]
Two Different Approaches to Upgrade Rails by FastRuby.io
In this article I explain how we approach Rails upgrade projects for two different types of applications: [more inside]
Middleware to block ChatGPT created by ChatGPT :)
https://github.com/railsjazz/chat_gpt_blocker is a bit funny project, assuming it was created by ChatGPT. Some websites should be ready to block access from the bot.
Pairing with GPT-4 on a Ruby Project
I wrote about what it’s like pairing with GPT-4 on a ruby Ruby at https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/pairing-with-gpt-4/. Turns out the more you know about Ruby, the better your experience will be working with GPT-4 since it can send you down some pretty crazy paths. If you’re starting out, it can still give you pretty good results if you don’t ask it to build stuff for you. Overall, it’s more pleasant than using a search engine for help because you don’t have to wade through ads and SEO content that’s not helpful.
Software Project Checklist - Based On Rails by Hix.dev
How to test your Rails models with RSpec
Today, we keep digging into RSpec fundamentals with an extensive tutorial on how to test your Rails models with RSpec. How to test your public methods? Should you test your private ones? Is code coverage really a thing? Hope you’ll like it!
Keeping the Email Sending Equilibrium with ActionMailer Balancer
ActionMailer Balancer allows proportionally distributing the email sending load between two different sending services and keeping the sending equilibrium in the percentage you need and set up for yourself. For example: SendGrid 70% / Mailtrap 30%. or Postmark 60% / Mailgun 40%. Learn more in the article.
All about "Data" Simple Immutable Value Objects in Ruby 3.2
In Ruby 3.2, a new keyword Data was introduced as a way to define simple immutable value objects. Find more about it here: https://blog.kiprosh.com/ruby-3-2-data-simple-immutable-value-objects/
HMVC-Rails gem - Helping you build High-level MVC architecture
Hello everyone. Have ever you heard about or use Trailblazer gem? HMVC is an architecture based on it. To reduce time to initial a project, our team released this gem called HMVC-Rails. Hope it will create a new popular architecture for not only Ruby on Rails community but also other ones [more inside]
Authorization Gems in Ruby: Pundit and CanCanCan
Let’s take a look at Pundit and CanCanCan, two of the most popular authorization gems in Ruby: https://blog.appsignal.com/2023/03/22/authorization-gems-in-ruby-pundit-and-cancancan.html
Introducing Parklife
Parklife turns any Rack app (Rails, Sinatra, Hanami, Roda, Camping) into a static HTML build ready to be hosted on GitHub Pages, Netlify, Now, S3, or any other web server. Keep working with the frameworks you already know and love but instead of deploying and managing a server-side Ruby app generate a static build that can live indefinitely with no maintenance cost. https://www.benpickles.com/articles/90-introducing-parklife
key features and benefits of Ruby on Rails
Some of the key features and benefits of Ruby on Rails.
MRSK vs Fly.io
https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/mrsk-vs-flyio/ compares MRSK, a new Docker-based deployment tool DHH has been working on, with Fly.io, a Docker-base cloud. MRSK takes about 30 steps to spinup, provision, & deploy an app vs Fly.io’s ~10 steps.
Time-Series Data With Ruby on Rails and Postgres
You can get pretty far with just regular old Rails and Postgres to handle your time-series data and graphs: https://census.dev/blog/time-series-data-with-ruby-on-rails-and-postgres
AnyCable off Rails: connecting Twilio streams with Hanami
In this new post on the Martians blog, Head of Backend Vladimir Dementyev and Backend Engineer Pasha Kalashnikov show how the AnyCable-Go library can be used to control any WebSocket client. [more inside]
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.27.0.0 Released
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.27.0.0 has just been released! [more inside]
Features Your Editor Should Have With Amir Rajan | Rubber Duck Dev Show 78
In this episode, we discuss features your editor or IDE should have with Amir Rajan: https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/episodes/78-features-your-editor-should-have-with-amir-rajan/
Programming Guitar Greatness
Domain modeling is a tough and vast topic. I think hard and fast rules are difficult to come by. There are definitely guidelines and principles you can use though. I’ve compiled some of my favorites to code a system to play the guitar like one of my favorite guitarists. https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/programming-guitar-greatness/