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Faster feedback loops with Rails Runner

Don’t waste one more second coding in the Rails console.
Steve Polito
April 17, 2025
- Rails
- Web
How to respect OpenAI's rate limits in Rails

As it turns out, OpenAI’s rate limits are a little more complicated than other APIs.
Steve Polito
April 10, 2025
Avoiding N+1 queries the Railsy way with strict loading

Need to catch N+1 queries without adding any extra dependencies to your project? Strict Loading makes it effortless, but your configurations need to be set up correctly to avoid unexpected behaviors.
Trésor Bireke
April 7, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Refactoring
- Development
How fast can an ActiveRecord SQL query run?

You have a SQL query that seems like it needs to be faster. What’s the upper-bound on improving that query’s performance?
Fritz Meissner
March 31, 2025
Ruby on Rails agency in London

Where can you find top Ruby on Rails developers in London? Hint: it isn’t a new AI tool. Real life thoughtbot developers have been helping clients in London for decades.
Valeria Graffeo
March 28, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- London
- Agency
- Developers
- Ruby On Rails
- Uk
Using the Presenter Pattern in Ruby on Rails

The presenter pattern is a handy design approach that sits between your views and models, helping you keep your code organized by handling view-specific logic in a clean and maintainable way. Let’s explore how to use it you your rails app.
Trésor Bireke
March 25, 2025
content_for -- What is it good_for?

The Marie Kondo for bits of HTML that spark joy but have no home.
Louis Antonopoulos
March 24, 2025
ActiveRecord query log tags for GraphQL

ActiveRecord query log tags is my pick for most underrated Rails config option that isn’t enabled by default. Here’s how to extend it beyond the default options, with a specific example of GraphQL.
Fritz Meissner
March 18, 2025
Finding the opposite of what you have with rails invert_where

Need to fetch the opposite data for an existing ActiveRecord query? Rails invert_where makes it effortless, but be careful with the side effects.
Trésor Bireke
March 14, 2025
- Active Record
- Ruby
- Rails
- Development
Hotwire and That Syncing Feeling

How to create a multi-view presentation that stays in sync.
Louis Antonopoulos
March 13, 2025
- Hotwire
- Ruby
- Rails
- Ruby On Rails
- Development
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