How can we manage the priorities of different users without compromising user experience in a multi-tenant app? We share our solution—plus, our new Ruby gem for implementing it!

Turbo 8 works out of the box with Turbo Native, on both iOS and Android

But there's a big gotcha. The latest releases of Turbo iOS and Turbo Android show a very noticeable flicker when changes are broadcasted.

Lucky for us there are already PRs to fix the…

Setting up VS Code for Ruby on Rails development can be tricky, so I wrote this article to help. In it, I share different VS Code extensions for things like autocomplete, linting, formatting and more! I've even put together a handy extension pack to get you…

In this article, I break down the difference between system specs and feature specs in RSpec and Rails, and walk you through refactoring your feature specs to system specs.

Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Feedback for structuring the Active Record Query Guide The Active Record Querying Guide is getting restructured and the team working on it requests feedback from the community. Rails…

The SRE pros at Evil Martians attempt an objective analysis of the promises, applications, and potential of Kamal (formerly known as MRSK), plus things to watch out for.

Rails 8 provides in built method rate_limit to define rate limiting rules in the controller itself.

Hi, Wojtek here exploring this week’s changes. Rails World 2024 edition website is now live With tickets going on sale in April. Allow to register transaction callbacks outside of a record ActiveRecord::Base.transaction now yields an ActiveRecord::Transaction…

We examine approaches to API documentation, with a case for why the documentation-first approach is beneficial, plus, we'll not only introduce a new Ruby gem, Skooma, that will be a revelation for those who are ready to follow this path, you can also read…

Hey everyone, Happy Friday! I hope you get some time to unwind and relax going into the weekend 😎 Vipul here with the latest updates for This Week in Rails. Let’s dive in. Allow ActiveRecord::Base#pluck to accept hash values This change adds support for …

Ruby, OSS and the Internet

Ruby’s garbage collector is designed to be adaptable, scaling from short Ruby scripts to running apps that serve millions of requests per second. While it’s designed to be adaptable, it may not work optimally for every use case. For this reason, Ruby’s garbage…

Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Build Rails console on top of IRB’s latest official APIs The Rails console is built on top of IRB, but due to the lack of an extension API, it was extending it with monkey patches. Since…

Let's see what AnyCable brings to the table and how it outperforms Action Cable.

Three different ways to handle authentication in Rails: from quick gem installs to custom-built recipes and flexible generators.

Make your Rails website behave like an installable app by turning it into a PWA.

All new Rails apps will have a webmanifest by default, meaning your app will be a Progressive Web App out of the box!

In this episode we will explore how PWAs work.

Based…

Hey everyone, Happy Friday! Vipul here with the latest updates for This Week in Rails. Let’s dive in. Development of Rails 8.0 starts now 🎉 This week marks the official start of Rails 8.0 development. Stay tuned for more updates on Rails 8.0 features and…

Say goodbye to the complexities and costs of managing external services like Redis, and hello to Solid Queue. In this article, we'll explore using Solid Queue to proce...