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993 articlesI once used a tool called rvm to manage Ruby versions & gemsets (cool, but complicated), then migrated to the simpler rbenv. But what if you could...
This time I dive into one of the most exciting shifts happening in the Ruby ecosystem: Ruby running on microcontrollers.
With Kamal hooks, tracking your deploys with Honeybadger is super simple, and with a secret manager like Doppler, you can make sure your API key stays...
In this episode, we look deploying Fizzy to a server and look at some of the notable practices found in the code. https://www.driftingruby.com/episode...
Learn how to get a Rails 8 app deployed with Kamal set up to use Doppler for secret management. Includes using Kamal’s Doppler adapter, setting up Dop...
Ruby Inject and Ruby Reduce
Master Value Objects in Ruby using the modern Data.define class. Learn about immutability, value equality, and how to eliminate boilerplate code for c...
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If your Rails application sends emails to users, it’s often helpful to keep a record of which messages have been sent and to who. The lifecycle callba...
Codenamed “Festive River City 🥳” (and coming a mere three months after the 2.0 framework release!) With the end-of-year holidays upon us, we’re excite...
I wrote a quick article showing the bindings that truly matter (with code snippets), from PostgreSQL and Redis to MQTT and image processing. If you wo...
I review the Fizzy source code at https://beautifulruby.com/code/fizzy that was released by 37 Signals take on a Kan-Ban board. Pretty cool to see the...
The real difference between bundle, bundle exec, and why bundle exec rails c is the only safe way to load your Rails app.
Read the article 👇 https://rubystacknews.com/2025/12/01/debugging-in-real-life-how-i-use-rails-logger-and-docker-logs-in-my-daily-workflow/
I put a list of all the Ruby deals I could find at https://beautifulruby.com/articles/ruby-black-friday-deals-2025 for Black Friday & Cyber Monday...
DB GUI 0.3.0 & Glimmer DSL for LibUI 0.13.1 have been released. DB GUI now supports remembering multiple database profiles, including which one wa...
Released bundler-audit 0.9.3, which officially adds support for Ruby 3.4, 3.5, 4.0, and Bundler 4.x.
Released rubygems-tasks 0.3.0, which adds official support for Ruby 3.5 and 4.0.
We share a little about the setup and our mindset when using Rails 8 and Claude Code to deliver prototypes or PoC, balancing speed of iteration with e...
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https://www.railscarma.com/blog/setting-up-rails-8-with-mongodb-and-mongoid-guide/
Business Class is a Ruby on Rails template, now for Rails 8.1 and with faster test suite.
https://rubystacknews.com/2025/11/27/%f0%9f%9a%80-bundler-4-0-0-beta1-a-big-step-forward-for-writing-clean-and-modern-ruby/
Let’s continue developing our game, then integrate and publish it using DragonRuby in the second part of our two-part series: https://blog.appsignal.c...
https://rubystacknews.com/2025/11/26/%f0%9f%9a%80-understanding-reverse_merge-in-ruby-on-rails/
One of the brilliant (and frustrating) things about coding is that you can use the same language, same framework for, oh, 20 years and still find some...
We upgraded our Rails application from 7.1.5.2 to Rails 7.2.1.1, and we started getting StackOverflow issues. To identify the issue we had to take a d...
While creating Broadcast (self-hosted email platform), here are some design patterns we used to allow end-users to self install, run, and upgrade thei...
https://judoscale.com/blog/process-utilization-in-rails-how-we-actually-track-that
https://rubystacknews.com/2025/11/25/readable-specs-vs-clever-specs-finding-the-balance-in-test-design/
Should a Ruby class do just one thing? Explore the Single Responsibility Principle, cohesion, and when to split classes through practical examples.
Welcome to another edition of the Embarrassing Ruby/Rails Subreddit Chronicles. Attached are screenshots for another embarrassing incident demonstrati...
Check out my latest article to explore the highlights and see why your next project should embrace the future of Ruby: https://rubystacknews.com/2025/...
https://dev-tester.com/speed-up-your-rails-testing-workflow-with-local-ci/
I’ve used them in payments, approvals, integrations, and complex backend processes — and every time, they help keep the logic clean, predictable, and ...
https://dev.to/sebyx07/betterstructuresql-clean-database-schema-dumps-for-rails-beta-120j
I’m thrilled to announce a significant update to the Kickstart Rails app template, now featuring robust support for inertia_rails. This allows you to ...
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https://www.railscarma.com/blog/how-to-create-and-work-with-date-objects-in-ruby-on-rails/
I wrote a deep dive into how Ruby’s object model and metaprogramming can make your Rails apps cleaner, faster to evolve, and easier to maintain. If yo...
I prefer to limit controllers to use the “default” seven actions supported by using Rails’ resource routing. My reasoning has nothing to do with perfo...
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Learn how the custom Rails Upgrade Assistant Skill, built on Anthropic’s platform, automates the tedious process of merging configurations and detecti...
Two more free Phlex on Rails Component fundamentals videos for the beginning of this week: Rendering and Tags, attributes, & text.