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Lightweight data for business decisions AKA hacky answers for Rails developers

Early in the product lifecycle, there’s no one better placed to gather data for business decisions than a developer. Here are some examples of what (and how) Rails developers can contribute with “hacky answers”.
Fritz Meissner
November 11, 2024
- Rails
- Startup
- User Research
- Strategy
4 tips when getting started with Hotwire

A few best practices to keep in mind when getting started with Hotwire and Rails.
Joël Quenneville
November 4, 2024
- Hotwire
- Rails
- Web
- Development
LLMs can read text: Overlooked AI-assisted coding techniques

We can do a lot more than generate one line of code at a time with large language models. Here are some other “LLM for coding” ideas.
Fritz Meissner
November 1, 2024
Build a (better) search form in Rails with Active Model

Harness the power of Active Model to supercharge your search forms.
Steve Polito
October 17, 2024
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
How to train senior developers in Ruby on Rails

Have a team of senior developers, skilled in another tech stack, that need to ramp up with Ruby on Rails? Check out this post to help your team get there.
Stefanni Brasil
September 13, 2024
- Ruby
- Rails
- Learning
- Mentoring
This week in #dev (Aug 30, 2024)

Testing block execution in RSpec, simplifying dropdown field creation in Rails, and more.
thoughtbot
September 6, 2024
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This week in #dev (Aug 9, 2024)

Renaming keys in a Hash, sanitizing input for a LIKE query, and toggling attributes in Rails.
thoughtbot
August 20, 2024
Conditionally render a Turbo Frame shared between multiple views

We explore several solutions to a common Hotwire problem.
Steve Polito
August 13, 2024
- Rails
- Web
- Hotwire
Ruby on Rails is great for AI

Don’t over-engineer. While there are some AI tasks that are better suited for Python, using a Ruby gem and some API calls will do the job for most cases.
Chad Pytel
August 8, 2024
- Rails
- Artificial Intelligence
Supercharge your Rails logs with tags

A hidden Rails feature that can level up your debugging game.
Justin Toniazzo
August 5, 2024
- Rails
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