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The Better Primary Key: A Guide to ULIDs for Rails Developers
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The Better Primary Key: A Guide to ULIDs for Rails Developers
In a previous article, I talked about Snowflake IDs. They are great, but they require a bit of...
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Distributed Uniqueness: Implementing Twitter Snowflake IDs in Rails 8
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Distributed Uniqueness: Implementing Twitter Snowflake IDs in Rails 8
When you run rails generate model, Rails defaults to using a standard auto-incrementing integer for...
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AdonisJS vs Ruby on Rails: Which MVC Framework Wins?
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo 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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How to Use Rails Magic Methods in Plain Ruby Scripts
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo 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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Rails vs Laravel vs Django vs NestJS: Why I Still Choose Ruby
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo 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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The Ruby Browser War: Playwright vs. Ferrum (2026 Edition)
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo 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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How to Use ActiveRecord Without Rails
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo 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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The Missing Macro: 3 Ways to "belongs_to :through" in Rails
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
The Missing Macro: 3 Ways to "belongs_to :through" in Rails
The Missing Link If you’ve spent more than a week with Ruby on Rails, you’ve probably used...
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Devise to Custom Auth: It’s Not Just `has_secure_password
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering 5mo ago
Devise to Custom Auth: It’s Not Just `has_secure_password
The Itch to Switch Devise is the 800-pound gorilla of Rails authentication. It’s reliable,...
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PostgreSQL on Arch Linux: From Zero to Running in 5 Minutes
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 🔧 Backend Engineering 5mo ago
PostgreSQL on Arch Linux: From Zero to Running in 5 Minutes
Why This Guide Exists Most PostgreSQL installation guides are either outdated or don't...
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