Rails on Ruby - How Ruby Makes Rails Great
Explore how Ruby's flexibility and metaprogramming empower Rails, enhancing its API and developer experience. Learn to leverage these features in your own Rails applications for increased functionality and efficiency.
A Custom Design Pattern for Building Dynamic ActiveRecord Queries
Explore a custom design pattern for creating efficient, flexible, and readable ActiveRecord queries in Rails applications using query objects and builders.
Zero Downtime Rails Upgrades
Learn strategies for seamless Rails upgrades, enabling continuous feature development and predictable results. Discover techniques to minimize downtime and uncertainty in the upgrade process.
Hotwiring My React Brain
Transitioning from React to Rails' Hotwire: A journey of rediscovering server-side rendering for rich, responsive UIs with minimal JavaScript and maximum efficiency.
Ruby Office Hours with Shopify Engineering
Explore Shopify's Ruby projects and engineering culture in this Q&A session. Gain insights on Ruby development, Shopify's contributions, and career opportunities from experienced engineers.
Unboxing Rails 7 - What's New in the Latest Major Version
Explore key changes in Rails 7: removal of webpacker and spring, encrypted attributes, asynchronous queries, autoloading updates, and new front-end tools. Learn upgrade process and architectural decisions.
The Success of Ruby on Rails
Explore Ruby on Rails' success, governance, and contribution opportunities. Learn strategies for convincing leadership to invest in Rails and understand its long-term value for organizations.
O-1, O-n and O-
Learn to identify and fix common performance issues in your code using OpenTelemetry tools, and implement automated performance testing for long-term optimization.
Keynote - It's Been a Minute
Engaging keynote exploring recent developments in Rails, highlighting new features, performance improvements, and future directions for the framework.
React-ing to Hotwire
Explore the journey of migrating from React to Hotwire in Rails, including challenges, lessons learned, and insights on choosing the right front-end framework for your Rails application.
Profiling to Make Your Rails App Faster
Learn to identify and optimize slow code in Rails apps using profiling tools and best practices for improved performance.
Hotwire Demystified
Explore Hotwire's building blocks and learn how to create streamlined web applications with minimal JavaScript, revolutionizing Rails development.
ViewComponents in the Real World
Explore scaling ViewComponents in Rails, from implementation to open-sourcing, and learn about building reusable, testable view components for large-scale applications.
Beautiful Reactive Web UIs, Ruby and You
Explore creating reactive web UIs in pure Ruby using libraries like Stimulus Reflex and Hotwire, enabling Rails developers to build beautiful interfaces with minimal JavaScript.
Rails DB - Migrate - Even Safer
Explore advanced techniques for evolving database schemas in large Rails applications, focusing on maintaining uptime and avoiding errors during complex migrations and schema changes.
MX Hacker's Revenge
Explore the creation of MX Hacker's Revenge game, from concept to implementation, covering UI design, testing, automation, and lessons learned in Ruby on Rails.
Real World Migration from HTTP to gRPC in Ruby
Explore the real-world migration from HTTP to gRPC in Ruby, covering preparation, implementation, challenges, and performance improvements in a microservices architecture.
Automatic GC Compaction in MRI
Explore automatic GC compaction in Ruby 2.7, its implementation challenges, and techniques like read barriers and concurrent GC. Learn about memory optimization and performance improvements in Ruby applications.
The Realities of Running a Rails App Long Term
Explore the evolution of a Rails app over a decade, covering design choices, testing, integrations, and challenges faced in long-term development and maintenance.
Self-Care on Rails
Discover how Rails apps helped children cope during the pandemic, offering insights into tech-driven solutions for challenging times.
Realtime Apps with Hotwire & ActionMailbox
Build a realtime customer support app using Hotwire for updates and ActionMailbox for inbound emails, with minimal JavaScript in Rails.