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May 26, 2025 If you're a Rubyist like me, you know that making an API call can go from a quick one-liner to a full-blown production-ready beast — and everything in between! Let’s take a journey through the best-to-least optimal approaches for making API calls in Ruby, with a dash of humor to keep us … Continue reading How to Use APIs in Ruby: A Step-by-Step Guide with Faraday, HTTParty, and Net::HTTP
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May 14, 2025 A few months ago, I had to build a SaaS platform for music instrument stores. Each store needed to manage its own products, customers, and sales, but everything had to run under one codebase. I ended up going with the apartment gem to handle multi-tenancy — specifically, schema-based separation using PostgreSQL. It … Continue reading 🎸 Building a Multi-Tenant Rails App for Music Stores Using Apartment
May 9, 2025 Security is no longer optional — every modern web app must support HTTPS. Thankfully, Let's Encrypt provides free SSL certificates, and with a bit of Ruby magic, you can integrate them directly into your Rails application. Recently, I worked on automating this setup and even contributed a pull request to simplify the … Continue reading 🔒 Free SSL Certificates for Your Ruby on Rails App Using Let’s Encrypt
May 5, 2025 In my recent project, I built a basic full-stack integration using Ruby on Rails as an API backend and React for the frontend, both running in Docker containers. The goal was simple: list users fetched from a Rails API into a React component. What surprised me the most? It turned out to … Continue reading 🔗 Connecting Ruby on Rails and React: Building a Simple User List API
April 24, 2025 In a world overflowing with data, compression isn't just a matter of saving space—it’s about efficiency, speed, and clean design. That’s where lossless data compression stands out: perfect reconstruction of original data, with zero information loss. Recently, I explored a classic algorithm—Run-Length Encoding (RLE)—and implemented it in pure Ruby. It’s a great … Continue reading ✨ The Art of Lossless Data Compression in Ruby
TrixGenius Alpha 0.1.2 April 15, 2025 📢 I just released a new version of my Rails engine and gem: TrixGenius! This gem extends the beloved Trix Editor with some fresh, AI-powered superpowers — all using Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus). Whether you're building internal tools, CMS interfaces, or AI-enhanced content platforms, TrixGenius gives your rich text … Continue reading 🚀 Introducing TrixGenius Alpha 0.1.2 – Now with AI-Powered Math Evaluation!
April 10, 2025 After many late-night commits, experiments, and way too much mate ☕ — I’m incredibly excited to introduce the alpha release of a gem I’ve been crafting with love: TrixGenius — A smart extension for Trix + ActionText + Hotwire. 🚀 Supercharge Your Trix Editor with DeepSeek AI in Ruby on Rails Discover … Continue reading 🚀 Finally! The Alpha Version of TrixGenius Has Arrived — Supercharge Your Trix Editing Experience with AI! 🧠
April 9, 2025 I recently added a Rails Generator to the trix-genius gem — a small improvement that aims to make integration smoother and faster for developers using Trix with Rails and Stimulus. 👉 TL;DR: rails generate trix_genius:install now does the setup for you. 💬 Need a Custom Ruby Gem for Your App? If you're … Continue reading 🔧 Making Ruby on Rails Integration Easier with trix-genius Generators
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 🚀
