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Rails X XCode Tips When reading commands from a textbook, the \ in the command instruction line is usually just a line continuation in instructions.

flag_shih_tzu stores many boolean attributes in one integer column. Each boolean gets one bit 〰️ well that used to be true 〰️ v1.0.0 supports multi-bi

Ruby on Rails is the framework that popularized "convention over configuration." There's a right place for everything — models in app/models, controll

I am developing a boilerplate called SuperRails. S

Recently I had a chance to contribute to grape-swagger-rails, helping modernize the project and release v1.0.0. What started as a small fix turned

Thoughts on Codingame 2026 Spring challenge (Trolls in woods) I liked the challenge a lot, the most enjoyable experience so far! I even reached leg

yard-yaml 0.1.1 is available. yard-yaml is a RubyGem that plugs into YARD and helps Ruby projects document YAML files alongside the rest of their A

A Rails integration app that syncs Empire Flippers listings to HubSpot and Google Sheets using Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, and service objects.

Hey folks 👋 Welcome back. In Part 2 we laid the foundation: a Rails 8 API with a User model, password hashing through Devise, OAuth2 password grant v

Originally published at thatdevpro.com. This framework reference is part of the 14-tier Engine Optimization stack from ThatDevPro, an SDVOSB-certifie

The script that ate my afternoon I had a "five-minute" bash script last Tuesday. By Thursday it was 380 lines, three functions deep, and si

🤺 yard-fence 0.9.0 is out. This is the first blog post I have written for the gem, so I will start with the short version: yard-fence is a Ruby ge

AI has become a normal part of how we write software. It reads code, suggests fixes, and explains things faster than most Stack Overflow answers. But

🕰️ I just released yard-timekeeper v0.1.0, a small RubyGem for Ruby projects that check generated YARD HTML into git. It solves a very specific kin

Quick warning before you read: this isn't a launch announcement. It's a story about getting something wrong in public, and changing how I work becaus

When you run rails generate model, Rails defaults to using a standard auto-incrementing integer for your primary keys. Your first user is ID: 1, your

Fuik is a Rails engine for handling webhooks that I launched recently. But it can also be used to process inbound emails! 💡 When working with inbound

Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com. You need to process video in your Ruby on Rails app. Users upload clips, and you need to convert formats, r

Service classes are one of the most representative anti-patterns in Rails. That is because they deviate from Rails' MVC principles. You have probably

Every morning, I see the same thing on my Twitter feed or the GitHub Trending page. A new Ruby gem is released that promises to "revolutionize" how we