Creating a Ruby Gem to Add AI Power to the Trix Text Editor – Trix-Genius v0.0.5

April 1, 2025 Welcome to the second article in my three-part series on building and releasing Ruby gems. In the first article, we talked about Ruby gems and how they can simplify your Rails applications. In this article, I’ll dive deeper into the process of creating a gem designed to add AI-powered functionality to the … Continue reading Creating a Ruby Gem to Add AI Power to the Trix Text Editor – Trix-Genius v0.0.5 →

Supercharging Trix Editor with Rails Generators 🚀

March 31, 2025 As developers, we often find ourselves automating repetitive tasks—whether setting up configurations, scaffolding files, or adding custom features. Rails generators are a powerful tool to streamline this process, making development more efficient and consistent. This article is part one of a three-part series on building a Rails gem to enhance Trix Editor … Continue reading Supercharging Trix Editor with Rails Generators 🚀 →

🚀 Automating Ruby Gem Creation with Thor: A Guide to the Generator Script 🚀

March 28, 2025 Creating a Ruby gem from scratch often involves repetitive tasks such as setting up the gemspec, creating directories, and initializing version control. To simplify this process, I’ve written a Thor script that automates gem creation. In this post, I’ll walk you through the code behind the generator and explain how to use … Continue reading 🚀 Automating Ruby Gem Creation with Thor: A Guide to the Generator Script 🚀 →

Mastering Rails Migrations: A Deep Dive into change_table and Schema Evolution

March 27, 2025 Introduction Database migrations are an essential part of every Ruby on Rails project, allowing developers to manage schema changes in a structured and version-controlled way. While many developers are familiar with basic migration commands like add_column or rename_column, fewer take full advantage of the powerful change_table method. Inspired by a discussion on … Continue reading Mastering Rails Migrations: A Deep Dive into change_table and Schema Evolution →

Creating a Ruby Gem Scaffold with Docker and PostgreSQL

March 25, 2025 Introduction When building a new Ruby gem, setting up a consistent and isolated development environment is crucial. In this article, I’ll walk you through how I set up a Docker-based scaffold for a Ruby gem, ensuring a clean and reproducible setup with PostgreSQL integration. 💎 Build & Distribute Your Own Ruby Gem! … Continue reading Creating a Ruby Gem Scaffold with Docker and PostgreSQL →

Creating Reusable code in Rails: Plugins, Metaprogramming, and Best Practices

March 25, 2025 Rails developers often face the challenge of writing clean, reusable, and maintainable code. Achieving this requires leveraging plugins, metaprogramming, and Ruby’s dynamic nature. In this article, we’ll explore practical ways to implement these techniques, ensuring your Rails code is DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) and efficient. 💡 Looking to improve your application's code … Continue reading Creating Reusable code in Rails: Plugins, Metaprogramming, and Best Practices →

Mastering State Machines in Ruby on Rails: A Friday Insight

March 21, 2025 Hello ! Happy Friday! 🎉 Today, I wanted to dive into something that’s often a game-changer in application design: state machines in Ruby on Rails. A state machine is a powerful design pattern used to manage workflows, object lifecycles, or status transitions within your applications. It allows an object to be in … Continue reading Mastering State Machines in Ruby on Rails: A Friday Insight →

Handling File Transfers in a Heroku Environment with Net::SFTP

March 20, 2025 Daily readers, today’s article is a bit different. Usually, I dive into a specific Ruby or Ruby on Rails topic, but today, time is short, and I need to handle different tasks. So, I’ll share a quick but useful real-world problem I encountered. Need Help with a Heroku Project? Do you need … Continue reading Handling File Transfers in a Heroku Environment with Net::SFTP →

Automating Database Seeding for Reliable Tests in Rails

March 19, 2025 When developing a Rails application that involves structured data, testing is crucial to ensure that our data handling works correctly. Recently, I faced a challenge when testing a questionnaire system where I needed to run database seeds before executing test cases. Here’s how I optimized the process. Need to Improve Your Test … Continue reading Automating Database Seeding for Reliable Tests in Rails →

🚀 Simplifying Exception Tracking in Rails: Meet Solid Errors

January 10, 2025 When developing and maintaining Rails applications, error tracking is key to delivering a robust and user-friendly experience. While popular services like Honeybadger and Sentry are great, sometimes you need a lightweight, in-app solution that keeps things simple. That’s where Solid Errors comes in—a database-driven exception tracker designed specifically for Rails applications. Do … Continue reading 🚀 Simplifying Exception Tracking in Rails: Meet Solid Errors →