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  1. This week in #dev (Aug 30, 2024)

    Testing block execution in RSpec, simplifying dropdown field creation in Rails, and more.

    thoughtbot
    September 6, 2024
    • This Week In Dev
    • Tip
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Supercharge your Rails logs with tags

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

    Justin Toniazzo
    August 5, 2024
    • Rails
  6. 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
  7. Upgrading a Rails 6.1 app to Rails 7.0

    A step by step of how to prepare for it, how to get to Rails 7, and what to do after the upgrade.

    Stefanni Brasil
    June 11, 2024
    • Rails
    • Rails Upgrade
  8. Async Ruby on Rails

    Ruby and Rails have several features to make your code more performant using async programming. Here’s a list of these tools and how to use them.

    Matheus Richard
    June 7, 2024
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Concurrency
  9. A new version of Suspenders has been released!

    We took our Suspenders to the tailor and made some alterations.

    Steve Polito
    May 20, 2024
    • Rails
    • Suspenders
    • Open Source
  10. Advanced Ruby: The chainable request pattern

    Make your transactional web requests more maintainable with The Chainable Request Pattern.

    Thiago Araújo Silva
    May 6, 2024
    • Ruby
    • Error Handling
    • API
    • Distributed Systems
    • Fault Tolerance
    • Rails
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