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23h ago
Building a World-Class Search Engine in Rails with Searchkick
Stop Using SQL LIKE: A Step-by-Step Guide to Elasticsearch in Rails When you build a...
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1d ago
The Easiest Way to Add Drag and Drop to Your Rails App
Building Drag and Drop in Rails 8 with SortableJS and Importmaps Very often I find myself...
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2d ago
AdonisJS vs Ruby on Rails: Which MVC Framework Wins?
Very often I see JavaScript developers getting tired of building backend APIs with Express.js....
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3d ago
How to Accept Crypto Payments in Your Rails 8 App
When users reach out asking: "Can I pay with Bitcoin or USDC?" In the past, my answer was always no....
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4d ago
The Ultimate Guide to Universal Linux Apps: Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage
Very often I find myself remembering the "bad old days" of Linux. If you wanted to install a simple...
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5d ago
Why Ruby on Rails is the Secret Weapon for AI Startups
Everyone knows that Python is the king of training AI models. But if you want to actually build a web...
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6d ago
Stop Using RVM: The Ultimate Guide to Ruby Version Managers
rbenv vs rvm vs asdf vs mise vs chruby vs direnv Very often I see beginners getting...
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1w ago
How to Use Rails Magic Methods in Plain Ruby Scripts
Very often I find myself writing small, standalone Ruby scripts. Maybe it's a web scraper, a small...
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1w ago
The Ultimate Showdown: Rails 8 vs Phoenix LiveView
If you are a Ruby on Rails developer, you have definitely heard about Elixir and the Phoenix...
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1w ago
Ditch Node.js: A Simple Guide to Rails Importmaps
How Importmaps Work in Rails (And Why You Don't Need Webpack) When I first started...
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1w ago
Hotwire vs Inertia.js: Which One Should You Use in Rails?
For a long time, if you wanted to build a fast, modern web application without page reloads, you had...
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1w ago
The Secret to Fast Web Scraping: Finding Internal JSON APIs
When I first started web scraping, my workflow was always the same. I would use Nokogiri to download...
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1w ago
The Ruby on Rails Job Market in 2026: Why It's Better Than Ever
If you spend too much time on X or Reddit, you might think the only jobs left in 2026 are for AI...
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1w ago
Rails vs Laravel vs Django vs NestJS: Why I Still Choose Ruby
If you want to build a web application or a SaaS today, the first thing you have to do is pick a...
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2w ago
A Beginner's Guide to ClickHouse in Ruby on Rails
When you build a standard Rails app, PostgreSQL (or MySQL) is your best friend. It handles your...
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2w ago
My Favorite Rails Productivity Gem: annotate_models
Very often I find myself working inside a Rails model, and I need to write a validation or a custom...
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2w ago
Why I Stopped Using Bootstrap and Moved to Tailwind CSS
When I first started building web applications, Bootstrap was the absolute standard. Every tutorial...
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2w ago
Stop Fearing DevOps: A Rails Developer's Guide to Docker
I know that DevOps and server management can be very confusing, even if you have years of experience...
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2w ago
Taking a Monthly Cut: Rails, Stripe Connect, and Recurring Billing
In the previous article, we looked at how to use Stripe Connect to take a cut from a one-time...
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2w ago
The Ruby Browser War: Playwright vs. Ferrum (2026 Edition)
The New Guard For a decade, Selenium was the king of browser automation. It was slow,...
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3w ago
The GraphQL Goldmine: How to Reverse Engineer APIs for Scraping
The "One Endpoint" Revolution In the old REST world, if you wanted to scrape a user's...
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3w ago
How to Use ActiveRecord Without Rails
Very often I find myself writing small Ruby scripts to scrape data, process CSV files, or build a...
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3w ago
Is it Worth Becoming a Rails Developer in 2026? (The Honest Truth)
The "Dead" Language Paradox If you listen to Twitter (or X), Ruby on Rails died sometime...
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3w ago
Stripe Connect Simplified: Routing Payments in Your Rails App
Building a SaaS where users pay you is easy. But what if you want to build a marketplace? Like...
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