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  1. Using `yield_self` for composable ActiveRecord relations

    On the code-changing magic of yield_self.

    Derek Prior
    March 13, 2018
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
  2. Setting up CircleCI 2.0 for Rails

    CircleCI 2.0 brings some great new features, but it’s not so straightforward to get started with. Let’s walk through how to get going.

    Nick Charlton
    January 3, 2018
    • Rails
    • CI
    • CircleCI
  3. Host your blog under /blog on your www domain with Fastly

    You’re here for the link juice, amirite?

    Ian Zabel
    November 6, 2017
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  4. factory_bot

    factory_girl is becoming factory_bot.

    Avielle Wolfe and Josh Clayton
    October 24, 2017
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  5. New Upcase Trail: Intermediate Rails 5

    In this course we’ll take a dive deep into Ruby on Rails 5 with a series of tutorials to help you move beyond the basics and start understanding and using more advanced Ruby. Together, we will build a Twitter-like application from start to finish.

    Jason Ramirez
    October 12, 2017
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  6. Elm and Rails Sitting in a Tree

    I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-N-G: Webpacker makes using Elm in your Rails app pain-free.

    Tom Wey and Josh Clayton
    October 9, 2017
    • Rails
    • Elm
  7. Access Ruby Hash Values with Fallbacks for Missing Data

    Find out different ways to access hash values in Ruby and save the dinosaurs at the same time.

    Rob Whittaker
    September 25, 2017
    • Code
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    • Ruby
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  8. Debugging Why Your Specs Have Slowed Down

    Your test suite used to be lightning fast but now it’s starting to feel a bit sluggish. Before adding CI parallelization, let’s see if there’s any clutter to remove.

    Mike Wenger
    September 22, 2017
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  9. Querying the oldest and newest records within an SQL group

    How to find the oldest or most recent record associated with a particular foreign key.

    Jack Wilson
    September 18, 2017
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQL
    • Databases
    • Rails
  10. Lean & Maintainable Reports with Heroku Dataclips

    Write testable reports in SQL that don’t erode over time.

    Oli Peate
    August 21, 2017
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    • Heroku
    • Rails
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