The Pitfalls of Realtime-ification
Explore common challenges in building realtime Rails applications using Action Cable and Hotwire, and learn effective solutions for personalized data, connection losses, and scalability.
Functional Programming in Plain Terms
Demystifying functional programming concepts for Ruby developers, exploring monads, functors, and more through simple language and practical Rails examples.
Call Me Back, Postgres
Explore Postgres triggers as an alternative to Active Record callbacks, enabling seamless data syncing and process management in complex Rails applications.
Service Denied! Understanding How Regex DoS Attacks Work
Explore regex DoS attacks in Rails, understand their mechanics, and learn prevention strategies. Dive into CRuby's regex engine and grasp the underlying principles of regular expressions.
How Music Works, Using Ruby
Explore the science of music through Ruby, learning how sound engineers manipulate audio and recreating industry-standard techniques in code.
Puny to Powerful PostgreSQL Rails Apps
Scaling Rails apps on PostgreSQL: Practical solutions for safe migrations, connection management, query optimization, maintenance, replication, and partitioning.
Build vs Buy on Rails
Explore the nuanced decision-making process of "Build vs Buy" for SaaS features, weighing pros and cons to determine the best approach for integrations, search, reporting, and more.
If You Know Heroku, You Can Use Kubernetes
Simplifying Kubernetes deployment for Heroku users: Learn how to leverage your Heroku knowledge to deploy applications on Kubernetes with similar ease and convenience.
RAILS_ENV=demo
Learn techniques for creating reliable, testable demo environments using stateful fakes and personas, ensuring smooth presentations and avoiding live debugging embarrassments.
Don't Page Me! How We Limit Pager Noise at New Relic
Strategies for effective alerting in high-traffic systems, focusing on identifying trustworthy data, refining alert conditions, and determining critical checks to minimize unnecessary notifications.
A Rails Developer’s Guide to the Ruby VM
Explore Ruby's inner workings: from code compilation to VM execution. Gain insights into Ruby and Rails' underlying mechanisms, enhancing your understanding of the language's functionality.
Come on in! Making Yourself at Home in a New Codebase
Learn strategies for understanding and contributing to unfamiliar codebases, building code comprehension skills, and creating welcoming code for future developers.
Pictures of You, Pictures of Me, Crypto Steganography
Explore crypto steganography's history, applications, and math through a personal anecdote involving hidden messages in pop culture images, culminating in an unexpected Olympic victory.
Your Service Layer Needn't be Fancy, It Just Needs to Exist
Learn how to implement a service layer in your Rails app to improve sustainability and separate business logic from Active Records, without complex patterns or libraries.
Laying the Cultural and Technical Foundation for Big Rails
Explore strategies for scaling large Rails applications, focusing on tooling, architecture, and cultural practices to maintain high velocity and manage complexity in growing codebases.
Geolocation EXPLAINed
Explore IP address networking, database operations, and query optimization while building a fast geolocation system from scratch. Learn to analyze and improve slow queries for efficient site visitor mapping.
Let Your Body Lead - Career Planning With Somatics
Discover how to leverage somatic intelligence for career decisions, moving beyond traditional data-driven approaches to achieve greater satisfaction and fulfillment in your professional life.
Upgrading Rails - Everyone Can Do It and Here’s How
Learn strategies for upgrading Rails apps, including treating upgrades as features, gaining management buy-in, and exploring three approaches like dual-booting. Gain practical takeaways for your next Rails upgrade.
Ruby Archaeology
Explore historical Ruby code, examining 12+ year-old programs that still run on Ruby 3.1. Uncover changing idioms and learn to set up an environment for running Ruby 1.8 code on modern machines.
ELI5 - A Game Show on Rails
Interactive game show exploring Ruby on Rails concepts through teaching philosophies and Jeopardy-style gameplay. Suitable for all skill levels, with prizes for winners.
Rails C with Meturbocharge Your Use of the Interactive Console
Discover advanced techniques for leveraging the Rails console, enhancing debugging skills, and improving code performance. Learn about console features, underlying mechanisms, and practical tips for efficient development.