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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
Seeds...of Destruction! 🌱 ➡️ 💥

Untested seeds can grow into giant, crushing vines.
Louis Antonopoulos
March 5, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Ruby On Rails
- Testing
- Development
Zero-downtime with Rails credentials part III

Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.
Sami Birnbaum and Valeria Graffeo
February 25, 2025
How to customize ids in URLs in your Rails app

Override the to_param method on your object to customize how Rails builds the id to put in the URL.
Joël Quenneville
February 10, 2025
- Development
- Web
- Rails
- Ruby
Connecting Deepseek to Rails plus more upcoming AI livestreams

thoughtbot continues AI in Focus weekly livestreams starting February 2025. In the first session, Chad Pytel will teach you how to connect Deepseek to your Rails app.
Lindsey Christensen
February 4, 2025
This week in #dev (Jan 24, 2025)

Avoiding ReDoS attacks, using Active Resource in modern Rails, and how to improve flaky tests with Playwright.
thoughtbot
February 3, 2025
- This Week In Dev
- TIL
- Security
- Testing
- Rails
Build a (progressively enhanced) drawer component with Hotwire

You can get 90% of the way there with server-rendered templates and View Transitions.
Steve Polito
January 28, 2025
- Rails
- Hotwire
- Web
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