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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
The Ruby devroom is back at FOSDEM

You’ve heard it from us, Ruby is back at the biggest European conference on free and open source software.
George Kosmopoulos
November 17, 2023
You've hired a consultant developer. Now what?

Great news! The consultant developer your team hired will be onboarded next week. Now what? Check out this guide for onboarding consultants for the first time.
Stefanni Brasil
November 13, 2023
- Consulting
- Communication
- Team
- Process
This Week in Open Source (November 3, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (November 3, 2023).
Sara Jackson
November 10, 2023
Incubator update 1: Josh at Knect

Learn all about the first weeks of the thoughtbot Startup Incubator with Knect — from user research to market experiments and insights from the founder himself.
Caro Sotillo Silva
November 9, 2023
Creating a custom color control in Storybook

Learn how to create a custom color control in Storybook.
Elyse Hadid
November 2, 2023
- Guide
- Design
- JavaScript
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!
thoughtbot
November 1, 2023
- This Week In Dev
- TIL
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