Want to login your user across all subdomains in your Rails app? Here's how.

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Sometimes a feature in your application will involve a back-and-forth between multiple users. When it comes time to write an automated system test, you can easily simulate switching between users using Capybara’s using_session helper.

Rails support for automating development environment setup includes a behavior that may surprise you! Here's how I addressed it in my applications.

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After working for over 8 years with Heroku and Ruby on Rails projects I have my own favorite set of Heroku add-ons that work great with Rails apps. You are a...

There are numerous ways to perform HTTP requests in Ruby. Let's dive in 5 of these solutions and compare each other.

Today I share some of my favorite practices applicable to Ruby on Rails (and to web development on small teams generally)

Over the past year I've made myself real friendly with GitHub::Result and I'm loving it. This post is a big intro on how to make your Ruby code more resilient with GitHub::Result leading the way.

You can't get very far with a Rails application without a database. Let's explore our options for adding one in a container.

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Logging is tricky. You want logs to include enough detail to be useful, but not so much that you're drowning in noise - or violating regulations like GDPR. In this article, Diogo Souza introduces us to Ruby's logging ...

Sometimes want to skip certain validations on your database models. Maybe you have a multi-step wizard or want admins to have more freedom in changing data.

Rails 7 adds #excluding to ActiveRecord::Relation to exclude a record or collection of records.

Site executive introduces, then removes, insecure code, then hides the evidence.

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