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Rails advanced routing constraints

Learn how to authorize requests at the routing layer to improve security and ergonomics.
Steve Polito
January 25, 2024
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
- Security
- Routes
Upcoming Ruby and Rails Conferences in 2024

The conferences we’re excited about in the new year.
Aji Slater
January 18, 2024
- Ruby
- Rails
- Events
- Conferences
- Community
- Meeting
Route-Based Scaling on Kubernetes for Rails Monoliths

Can we deploy a Rails monolith with audience-based scaling without breaking it up?
Joe Ferris
December 26, 2023
- Kubernetes
- DevOps
- Rails
Rails: When Changing Code Doesn't Change Behavior

Are you updating code and not seeing changes? Try this to figure out what’s wrong.
Matheus Richard
December 20, 2023
- Rails
- Ruby
- Debugging
Are your polymorphic relationships correctly enforced?

Learn how to strike a balance between flexibility and data integrity with a partial index and validations.
Steve Polito
December 1, 2023
- Web
- Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Active Record
3 ways to model an associated collection in Rails

A look at the Postgres array type and good old join tables, each with their advantages and disadvantages.
Dimiter Petrov
November 23, 2023
- Rails
- Databases
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
Sharing Query Logic Within ActiveRecord Models

Re-use collection query logic within model instances to avoid duplication and get the best performance.
Chris Toomey
November 22, 2023
- Rails
- SQL
- Web
What's a counter cache?

Running a separate query to count how many records are associated with another record is inefficient. Using a counter cache can save the day!
Jose Blanco
November 21, 2023
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
- Active Record
- Good Code
Database View Backed Scopes In Rails

How do you manage queries when your Rails application isn’t the only thing reading your database?
Steve Polito
November 20, 2023
- Rails
- Web
- PostgreSQL
Are you absolutely sure you know how to use the button element?

Read this the next time you need to build a complicated form.
Steve Polito
October 31, 2023
- Rails
- Web
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