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Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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4mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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4mo ago
Stop Chasing Hype: Why I Chose Postgres Over 'New-Age' Databases
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been tempted by a "revolutionary" new database. Every few...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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4mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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4mo ago
Build Once, Launch Ten Times: The Rails Engine SaaS Strategy
If you are a solo developer with "Shiny Object Syndrome," you know the feeling. You have a great idea...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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5mo ago
OOP vs Functional Programming Explained for Dummies
I see beginner developers get completely overwhelmed by computer science jargon. You read an article...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo ago
How Turbo 8 Morphing Makes Rails Frontend Development Feel Like Magic
When Hotwire first came out, it felt like a superpower. We could finally update our web pages without...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo 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....
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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5mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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,...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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6mo ago
The "Middle" of Nowhere: Demystifying Middleware in Rails
The "Black Box" Between the Browser and Your Code When you are learning Rails, you usually...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo ago
The Renaissance of the One-Person Framework: Why Rails is More Relevant Than Ever
If I had a nickel for every time a "State of Web Dev" article declared Ruby on Rails dead, I wouldn't...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo ago
Why I Switched from RSpec to Minitest (Rails Default)
The Industry Standard If you’ve been in the Rails ecosystem for a while, RSpec is likely...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
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6mo ago
Ruby vs. Python: Why I Choose Happiness Over Hype
Let’s get the elephant out of the room immediately: Python has won the popularity contest. If you...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo ago
The SaaS Architecture Guide: How to Handle Multitenancy in Rails Routing
Most Rails developers stop learning routing after resources :posts. But if you are building a SaaS...
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis
🔧 Backend Engineering
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6mo 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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