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This week in #dev (Dec 16, 2022)

Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
December 27, 2022
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- TIL
How to validate the presence of a boolean field in a Rails model

A subtle bug happens when validating the presence of boolean fields in Rails. Here’s how to find it before it hits production.
Stefanni Brasil
December 21, 2022
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
How to Fix Rails 6.1 'Initialization autoloaded the constants' Warning Messages

Got autoloading during initialization warning messages in your Rails 6.1 app? It’s time to_prepare for the next version.
Stefanni Brasil
December 15, 2022
- Rails Upgrade
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
This week in #dev (Pilot)

Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
December 13, 2022
- This Week In Dev
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- Tip
Time Zones and Rocket Ships

Rocket launches show us that we can know that two future events will be simultaneous, or what the local time will be, but not both.
Joël Quenneville
December 6, 2022
- Web
- Rails
- Ruby
Your flaky tests might be time dependent

Time dependent tests are difficult to diagnose, and the symptoms don’t present themselves until it’s too late. This article will help you determine if your test suite is time dependent.
Steve Polito
December 5, 2022
- Testing
- Rails
- Web
What happens when you stop maintaining your Rails application?

Here are the risks and common scenarios we see when a team doesn’t have a plan for ongoing maintenance for their Rails application. We also share how we support clients in these situations with our new, flexible, Rails Maintenance offering.
Jeanine Soterwood
November 21, 2022
- Good Code
- TDD
- Testing
- Rails
- Web
- Technical Debt
Building an Alexa Skill in Arabic with Ruby

More detail on how the thoughtbot team built one of the first Alexa skills in Arabic, and what we learned about using Ruby on Rails to support the development of Alexa Skills in the process.
Fritz Meissner, Sami Birnbaum & Kelly Gebo
November 18, 2022
Site-wide configuration with Administrate

Adding site-wide configuration with a Rails model can be quite easy to do with Administrate.
Nick Charlton
November 17, 2022
- Rails
- Administrate
Making changes safely at scale

Move fast but don’t break things.
Thom Carter
November 3, 2022
- Web
- Ruby
- Rails
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