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November 27, 2024 In the world of modern web development, Docker has become a staple tool for creating consistent, isolated, and portable environments. However, when it comes to Dockerizing your Rails application, it’s crucial to build an optimized Docker image to ensure fast builds, minimal image sizes, and secure deployments. In this guide, we’ll walk … Continue reading Building the Perfect Docker Image for Your Rails App
February 5, 2025 Introduction Since Rails 6, Zeitwerk has been the default code loader, replacing the older classic autoloader. Designed for modern applications, Zeitwerk provides constant resolution efficiency, thread safety, and namespace-aware autoloading, making it a must-know tool for advanced Rails developers. However, while Zeitwerk works seamlessly in most Rails projects, deep expertise is required … Continue reading Zeitwerk: The Autoloader That Rails Deserves, But Not the One It Needs Right Now
November 22, 2024 When working with APIs in Ruby, we often find ourselves writing repetitive code for client interfaces: methods for fetching, creating, updating, and deleting resources. What if we could streamline this process with dynamic method generation and customization? Using Rails generators and Thor, we can create flexible, reusable API clients that cater to … Continue reading Building Dynamic API Clients in Ruby with Rails and Thor
November 22, 2024 Action Cable is a powerful framework in Ruby on Rails that allows for real-time features in web applications using WebSockets. It integrates seamlessly with Rails, making it easy to add real-time capabilities like chat, notifications, and live updates without losing the elegance and scalability of Rails. This article delves into the core … Continue reading Understanding Action Cable in Ruby on Rails: A Comprehensive Guide
November 21, 2024 Rails enthusiasts, buckle up! Rails 8 is here, and it’s bringing more features than a Swiss Army knife. From revamped demos to multilingual Rails World videos and quirky updates, this week’s news is packed. Let’s dig in—metaphorically, of course; our keyboards are not shovels. Rails 8: A Demo That Packs a Punch … Continue reading 🚀 Exploring Rails 8: Innovations, Fixes, and Fun Updates
November 21, 2024 Working on large-scale projects often requires generating substantial amounts of test or dummy data efficiently. In this tutorial, we’ll explore various methods to create 100,000 records in Ruby on Rails while benchmarking their performance. This article is inspired by the text Performance Guide to Create 100k Records in Less Than 3s Using … Continue reading Performance Guide: Creating 100k Records in Less Than 3 Seconds with Ruby on Rails
November 20, 2024 In Ruby 3.2, a significant internal change was introduced to optimize object access: object shapes. This feature addresses some critical performance challenges and limitations in the language. In this article, we’ll explore how object shapes work, their implications, and the performance impact on commonly used idioms like memoization. The Problem with Accessing … Continue reading The Performance Impact of Memoization on Modern Ruby: Understanding Object Shapes in Ruby 3.2
November 18, 2024 This article is inspired by Martin Fowler’s classic piece, “Microservices and the First Law of Distributed Objects,” originally published on August 13, 2014. While it has been several years since its release, I believe it still offers valuable insights that remain relevant today. 🚀 Need Expert Ruby on Rails Developers to Elevate … Continue reading Microservices and the Complexity of Distributed Systems: A Reflection on Fowler’s First Law
February 4, 2025 Introduction The Gemfile is a cornerstone of any Ruby project, defining dependencies and ensuring consistent environment setup. However, beyond just listing gems, a well-structured Gemfile can enhance security, maintainability, and performance. In this article, we will explore best practices, including source selection, grouping, versioning, and leveraging Git-based dependencies. 🚀 Need Expert Ruby … Continue reading Mastering the Gemfile: A Deep Dive into Bundler Best Practices
November 20, 2024 In software development, sometimes the "small and little things" in our code can cause unexpected complications. Handling seemingly straightforward tasks like cleaning up an array can introduce subtleties that require careful thought. For example, let’s tackle a problem where we need to remove elements from an array if they are substrings of … Continue reading Small and Little Things: Removing Substrings from Arrays in Ruby
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