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  1. This week in #dev (Jan 24, 2025)

    Avoiding ReDoS attacks, using Active Resource in modern Rails, and how to improve flaky tests with Playwright.

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    February 3, 2025
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  2. This week in #dev (Nov 29, 2024)

    How to check if you’re in a local Rails env and localizing models with Active Model.

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    December 10, 2024
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  3. This week in #dev (Aug 23, 2024)

    Using constraints in Postgres and querying LLMs in the terminal.

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    September 2, 2024
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  4. This week in #dev (Oct 20, 2023)

    Did you know that you can align text in Markdown tables? Or that you can use the repeat command in zsh to run a command multiple times? Read on to learn more!

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    November 1, 2023
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  5. This week in #dev (Aug 4, 2023)

    A guide on web security, DeMorgan Laws, force-pushing without losing your work, and more!

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    August 16, 2023
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  6. This Week in #dev (Jun 16, 2023)

    Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.

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    June 23, 2023
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  7. This week in #dev (May 5, 2023)

    This week we’re talking about correctly measuring elapsed time and secret Active Record methods.

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    May 25, 2023
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  8. This week in #dev (Apr 28, 2023)

    The Today I Learned edition.

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    May 9, 2023
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  9. This week in #dev (Apr 21, 2023)

    This week, we discussed splitting arrays, handling deprecation warnings, and querying missing records.

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    May 1, 2023
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  10. This Week in #dev (Apr 7, 2023)

    Eliminating dead code, obsolete methods, and mysterious test failures on newest Rails.

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    April 14, 2023
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