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  1. Zero-downtime with Rails credentials part III

    Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.

    Sami Birnbaum and Valeria Graffeo
    February 25, 2025
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Credentials
    • Environment Variables
    • DevOps
    • SRE
    • Infrastructure
    • Zero Downtime With Rails Credentials
  2. How to customize ids in URLs in your Rails app

    Override the to_param method on your object to customize how Rails builds the id to put in the URL.

    Joël Quenneville
    February 10, 2025
    • Development
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  3. Introducing the Noisy Animals kata

    The Noisy Animals kata is designed to help developers think about the process of improving bad code.

    Fritz Meissner
    January 24, 2025
    • Refactoring
    • Ruby
  4. Superglue 1.0: React ❤️ Rails. A new era of thoughtfulness

    Superglue 1.0 is released! Learn about pairing Rails and React and why being thoughtful matters.

    Johny Ho
    January 15, 2025
    • Ruby
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    • Ruby On Rails
    • React
    • Redux
    • JavaScript
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  5. How to infer the form method for custom objects in Rails

    Automatically infer the correct HTTP verb in your Rails forms by defining the persisted? method.

    Joël Quenneville
    January 15, 2025
    • Development
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  6. Zero-downtime with Rails credentials part II

    Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.

    Sami Birnbaum and Valeria Graffeo
    December 18, 2024
    • Ruby
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    • Environment Variables
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    • Zero Downtime With Rails Credentials
  7. Testing SQL queries in a Ruby service

    An epic journey of facing MSSQL and missing Rails.

    Sally Hall
    December 16, 2024
    • SQL
    • Testing
    • Stories
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  8. Why should I avoid regular expressions?

    Regular expressions are wondrous, but they’re ill-suited for many tasks; parsers are often more reliable.

    Summer ☀️
    December 13, 2024
    • Regex
    • Ruby
    • Security
    • Web
  9. Automating barcode scanner tests with Capybara

    Implementing barcode scanner tests using Capybara.

    Nick Charlton and Silumesii Maboshe
    November 26, 2024
    • Rails
    • Ruby
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  10. Process slow network requests with Turbo and Active Model

    Learn how to build a dynamic loading screen without writing a line of JavaScript.

    Steve Polito
    November 20, 2024
    • Rails
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    • Hotwire
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