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libgd-gis: Filling Ruby’s Graphics Gap and Building an Ecosystem March 26, 2026 For years, generating map tiles, GIS visualizations, and fast raste
Very often I find myself working inside a Rails model, and I need to write a validation or a custom method. But I suddenly forget the exact name of my
When we started Lago, we picked Ruby on Rails for our core API. The choice was obvious because our founding team had decade of Rails experience. Rails
After running a Rails application in production for a while, you may encounter a phenomenon where memory usage grows unexpectedly large. In July 2025,
I still remember the knot in my stomach as we watched the demo. We were standing in a converted barn in rural Vermont, holding our iPads up to show t
Late 2024 I published Rails Icons 1.0 (slighly off-topic, but I mentioned a modest few thousand downloads in that article; now it is close to 250k; I
After running a Rails application in production for a while, you may encounter a phenomenon where memory usage grows unexpectedly large. In July 2025,
I wrote the end-to-end deployment guide I wish existed when I first set up Rails 8 with Kamal. Most tutorials cover bits and pieces - here's one that
Screenshot API for Ruby on Rails: Screenshots and PDFs Without wkhtmltopdf Generating PDFs and screenshots in Rails is one of those problem
I've been learning about Ruby Form Authenticity Tokens recently, and wanted to dig a bit deeper - specifically looking into why it seems that i can re
Dry Run: Validate Before You Import The preview catches column errors. The dry run catches database errors. Two safety nets, two levels of
Fixing a bug in production is usually straightforward. But what happens when the data in the database itself is broken? That’s when things get tricky.
March 24, 2026 If you’re looking for a structured, no-cost path into web development, The Odin Project consistently stands out as one of the most e
Testing a Rails Engine with RSpec How to test a mountable Rails engine without a dummy app -- just an in-memory SQLite database and 60 lin
Ruby Sees the World: Automatic Measurement from Photos March 23, 2026 Published on RubyStackNews What if Ruby could look at a photo of a house a
If you write Ruby code, you already know why it is so popular. It is incredibly easy to read, and frameworks like Ruby on Rails make building web apps
The Problem Every Developer Faces Last month, I wrote a technical documentation draft using Claude. It was accurate, well-structured, and s
How to Take a Website Screenshot in Ruby (Without Selenium) You're building a Rails app that needs screenshots. You reach for Selenium and
Today I encountered a tricky problem in a seemingly simple "one record is not showing up in #index" bugfix task. The problem stems from this data sit