1. Using doobie; Scala with PostgreSQL vs ActiveRecord

    I’ve wrapped up my second Scala client project, and I enjoyed SQL.

    Matt Sumner

  2. Function Composition in Ruby

    Ruby 2.6 added function composition to the Proc and Method classes, allowing us to use some functional programming goodness in our Ruby code.

    Tom Wey

  3. Ruby under the influence [of Scala]

    Learning Scala has changed the way that I write my Ruby.

    Rachel Mathew

  4. Ruby Memoization and Alternatives

    As Ruby developers, we tend to memoize too often.

    Joël Quenneville

  5. Rails Path Helpers and the Mystery of the Missing Route Key

    Rails Path Helpers embark on a quest to find a missing route key only for the tester to discover that errors lie just around the bend…

    Stephanie Viccari

  6. Tab completion in GNU Readline: Ruby edition

    Learn about the new Readline features coming to Ruby soon.

    George Brocklehurst

  7. Deprecating static attributes in factory_bot 4.11

    Static attributes have been the source of much confusion over the years. Their deprecation will come with a rubocop-rspec Cop to automatically replace with dynamic attributes.

    Daniel Colson

  8. Deprecating Paperclip

    We are deprecating Paperclip in favor of ActiveStorage. Learn what this means for you.

    Mike Burns

  9. Using `yield_self` for composable ActiveRecord relations

    On the code-changing magic of yield_self.

    Derek Prior

  10. Renaming Cocaine to Terrapin

    We’re renaming the Cocaine gem to Terrapin.

    Jon Yurek

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