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In Ruby on Rails, a common issue developers face is n+1 queries, which occur when an application sends multiple queries to the database instead of combining them into a ...

Welcome to a brand new "Let's Build" tutorial series where I use Rails in the combination of hotwired.dev to create components with little to no ...

The annotate Ruby gem boosts developer quality of life and is one I use in every new Rails project.

The idea of the gem i...

Many moons ago, RSS was all the hype. With fewer publication engines like Medium, Substack, and other newsletter-style engines, most people would create their websites t...

I find YAML to be a godsend when rendering static data that doesn't necessarily need to be a part of a database using Ruby on Rails.

In the Ruby ecosystem, YAML i...

Ruby on Rails is well known for its simplicity and convention over configuration design philosophy. One of the many powerful features of Rails is its support for backgro...

Ruby on Rails uses a Ruby gem called rake to generate tasks that otherwise enable your applications to call code with alias commands.

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Over the past few months, I've been quietly hacking on a side project called Rails UI. It's a new Ruby on Rails engine that pairs professional des...

I recently posted a poll on YouTube about what "Let's Build" series to revamp, and the answer was a unanimous event scheduling type of Rails application.

In 2018, I p...

If you are an avid Tailwind CSS user like myself, you probably landed here to learn how to make better use of Tailwind CSS for a more complex ...

When it comes to leveraging other gems and dependencies in Ruby, Bundler is the primary tool all Rails developers leverage.

Most of us know bas...

It's that time again. My annual coding setup for 2022 is here. In previous years I've outlined a similar set of tools, software, and extensions since I get asked about t...