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  1. 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
  2. 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
    • Large Language Models
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Rails
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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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    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  6. 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
    • This Week In Dev
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Active Record
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Supercharge your Rails logs with tags

    A hidden Rails feature that can level up your debugging game.

    Justin Toniazzo
    August 5, 2024
    • Rails
  10. A pragmatic guide for adding React to an existing Rails application (and still use Hotwire)

    For a long time, I thought that using React with Rails was an “all-or-nothing” proposition. I’m now realizing that the two can be integrated on a spectrum.

    Steve Polito
    June 28, 2024
    • Rails
    • React
    • Web
    • Hotwire
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