How to Upstream Your Code to Rails
Learn the process of contributing to Rails, from identifying good contributions to navigating the review process, with insights from a real-world feature upstreaming experience.
Faster Websites: Integrating Next-Gen Images in Your Rails Apps
Optimize website performance by integrating next-gen images in Rails apps. Learn about WebP format, its impact on loading times, conversion rates, and SEO. Explore challenges and solutions for implementation.
A Pragmatic and Simple Approach to Fixing a Memory Leak in Rails - RailsConf 2023
Discover practical techniques for identifying and resolving memory leaks in Rails applications without specialized tools or extensive knowledge.
Validate Me! - Demystifying Rails Validators
Demystify Rails validators, explore their inner workings, and learn to create custom validators with confidence in this enlightening session.
TDD for Absolute Beginners
Discover a simpler approach to test-driven development, challenging traditional methods and exploring the reasoning behind TDD practices for beginners.
What's in a Name: From Variables to Domain-Driven Design
Explore semantic theory to master naming in software engineering, from variables to domain-driven design, enhancing code quality at all experience levels.
Implementing Native Composite Primary Key Support in Rails 7.1
Explore composite primary keys in Rails 7.1, optimize applications, and enhance database performance with this powerful new feature.
So Writing Tests Feels Painful - What Now? - RailsConf 2024
Discover strategies to transform tedious testing into an opportunity for better software design, using RSpec examples to guide refactoring and manage complexity in Rails.
Zero Downtime Rails Upgrades - Strategies for Seamless Version Transitions
Learn techniques for seamless Rails upgrades while maintaining feature development. Discover strategies to minimize downtime, ensure predictable results, and confidently tackle future upgrades with a refined, incremental approach.
Porting a Big Rails App to Elixir in Two Months
Learn how to port a large Rails app to Elixir, covering gems, dependencies, starting strategies, API handling with GraphQL, and ActiveStorage migration. Gain insights for Rails developers transitioning to Elixir.
Call Me Back, Postgres - Using Triggers and Notifications in Rails
Explore Postgres triggers as an alternative to Active Record callbacks, leveraging listen and notify features for seamless data syncing in Rails applications.
Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps
Discover Kuby, a new deployment tool bridging the gap between Rails development and production, offering an 'active deployment' solution for seamless app launches.
The Success of Ruby on Rails
Explore the enduring success and impact of Ruby on Rails in web development through insights from a leading expert.
You Have 2 Seconds to Respond - Atob
Explore techniques for optimizing Rails application response times, focusing on rapid user interactions and performance enhancements.
Puny to Powerful PostgreSQL Rails Apps - Scaling Challenges and Solutions
Scale Rails apps on PostgreSQL: Learn safe migrations, query optimization, database maintenance, replication, and partitioning for improved performance.
Breaking Up with the CSS Bundle - Moving Towards Component-Driven UI Architecture
Learn strategies for breaking up large CSS bundles and moving towards component-driven UI architecture, with insights from GitHub's experience refactoring 40,000+ lines of custom CSS.
Event Streaming on Rails - Integrating Kafka with Ruby on Rails
Explore event streaming with Kafka for robust Rails app communication, distributed systems design, and seamless service integration.
Debugging Rails Internals Through Experimentation and Play
Explore Rails internals through playful experimentation, learning debugging strategies by overriding, extending, and disabling framework components.
Build vs Buy on Rails - Evaluating Feature Development Strategies
Explore the nuanced "Build vs Buy" decision for SaaS features, weighing pros and cons to make informed choices for your Rails app's growth.
Reflecting on Active Record Associations
Explore Active Record associations by building custom macros, understanding dynamic method definition, and optimizing query performance in Ruby on Rails.
Your Service Layer Needn't be Fancy, It Just Needs to Exist - RailsConf 2022
Learn to create a service layer in Rails for sustainable business logic, separating UI from database and enhancing app longevity without complex patterns or libraries.