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Sorting elegantly in Rails with in_order_of

Sorting columns in custom order in Rails elegantly using inorderof.
Trésor Bireke
April 28, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- SQL
- Performance
- Code
Don't Steal a Penguin -- A Guide to Rails Flashes

If someone tries to steal a penguin, how should you warn them?
Louis Antonopoulos
April 25, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Ruby On Rails
- Development
Between immutability and memoization, you might have to choose

It is not always possible to have frozen AND performant objects in Ruby.
Rémy Hannequin
April 22, 2025
- Ruby
- Performance
Ruby Strings: DnD Alignment chart

Some characters just want to watch the world burn.
Joël Quenneville
April 11, 2025
- Ruby
Avoiding N+1 queries the Railsy way with strict loading

Need to catch N+1 queries without adding any extra dependencies to your project? Strict Loading makes it effortless, but your configurations need to be set up correctly to avoid unexpected behaviors.
Trésor Bireke
April 7, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Refactoring
- Development
Rails 8’s Propshaft, A Sprockets’ quiet replacement?

With the release of Rails 8, asset management in Rails got faster and simpler with the new asset pipeline, Propshaft, which is not only simpler but also more aligned with modern Rails development needs compared to its predecessor, Sprockets.
Trésor Bireke
April 4, 2025
Ruby on Rails agency in London

Where can you find top Ruby on Rails developers in London? Hint: it isn’t a new AI tool. Real life thoughtbot developers have been helping clients in London for decades.
Valeria Graffeo
March 28, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- London
- Agency
- Developers
- Ruby On Rails
- Uk
Using the Presenter Pattern in Ruby on Rails

The presenter pattern is a handy design approach that sits between your views and models, helping you keep your code organized by handling view-specific logic in a clean and maintainable way. Let’s explore how to use it you your rails app.
Trésor Bireke
March 25, 2025
content_for -- What is it good_for?

The Marie Kondo for bits of HTML that spark joy but have no home.
Louis Antonopoulos
March 24, 2025
Finding the opposite of what you have with rails invert_where

Need to fetch the opposite data for an existing ActiveRecord query? Rails invert_where makes it effortless, but be careful with the side effects.
Trésor Bireke
March 14, 2025
- Active Record
- Ruby
- Rails
- Development
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