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A JavaScript developer's guide to Rails: What does Composition Over Inheritance mean?

Rails framework code is full of inheritance magic, but your application code doesn’t have to be. Learn how composition makes dependencies explicit, testing easier, and debugging a breeze—using patterns you already know from JavaScript.
Will Larry
January 28, 2026
- Web
- Best Practices
- Ruby
- Rails
- JavaScript
- Development
What Shoulda Matchers Is Actually Doing For You

Rails model specs full of setup and error-message checks? There’s a reason so many teams replace them using shoulda-matchers. We’ll look at what those expectations are doing, how they make your tests more resilient to changes, and a lot less noisy.
Matheus Sales
January 23, 2026
- RSpec
- Rails
- Shoulda
- Ruby
- Testing
A JavaScript developer's guide to Rails: Where Does Everything Come From?

Discover where Rails methods come from and solve the biggest confusion JavaScript developers face when learning Rails.
Will Larry
January 21, 2026
- Web
- Best Practices
- Ruby
- Rails
- JavaScript
- Development
- Learning
Prevent the Robocalypse with Claude Code and TDD

Write tests first or watch Claude blow everything up. Your choice.
Louis Antonopoulos
January 12, 2026
- Ruby
- Rails
- AI
- Llm
The Arrange/Act/Assert pattern

Organizing tests for readability.
Justin Toniazzo
December 16, 2025
- Testing
- Development
- Ruby
- Rails
Querying encrypted data in Rails using Deterministic Encryption

Encrypting data is easy — querying it isn’t. Rails’ deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
Trésor Bireke
November 25, 2025
Presenting at tiny ruby on Friday, November 21, 2025!

Booleans and ractors on stage in Helsinki.
Louis Antonopoulos and Sarah Lima
November 19, 2025
- Ruby
- Conferences
Superglue 2.0 Alpha: React ♥️ Rails Turbo Streams!

Superglue 2.0 incoming! Bringing the power of Rails Turbo Streams to React.
Johny Ho
September 17, 2025
- Ruby
- Web
- Ruby On Rails
- React
- Redux
- JavaScript
- Hotwire
- Stimulus
- Turbo
Introducing Top Secret

Automatically filter sensitive information before sending it to external services or APIs, such as chatbots and LLMs.
Steve Polito
August 22, 2025
Meet thoughtbot at Brighton Ruby 2025

Brighton Ruby 2025 is just two weeks away and the thoughtbot team is looking forward to meet you all in real life
Jose Blanco
June 13, 2025
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