Rob Race | Writing

Webhook endpoints always seem simple when you build the first version.

Note Rails Baseline is the production-ready Rails foundation I tested here.

If you’ve ever stared at a blob of console output wondering what the hell you just printed, you’re not alone.

Performance issues in Rails apps can sneak up on you, especially if you’re working with ActiveRecord and unaware of the infamous N+1 query problem.

While I have written a bunch lately about using the “Rails way” to build applications, I have been keeping an eye on InertiaJS via internet friends, especially those in the Laravel space.

This article spurned from writing about the new Rails 8 Authentication Generator in my Build A SaaS App in Ruby on Rails 8 book, and I wanted to share this small tip from the chapter on Users and Authentication.

This article will explore Turbo 8’s powerful features and a little bit of code.

Why in the browser?

Hotwire, StimulusJS, and Turbo have been out for the better part of half a decade, and there have been sweeping changes in the Turbo Broadcast and Stream patterns this past year.

You may have noticed most applications that you interact with and care about your timezone will, at one point, as you for your timezone and normally prepopulate the dropdown with your location’s timezone.

Hotwire is fresh out of the Basecamp Github and has set the Rails community ablaze.

Hotwire is fresh out of the Basecamp Github and has set the Rails community ablaze.

Sending mail from a Rails application has been covered by hundreds or thousands of articles, however, there is not a ton of articles about receiving, parsing and using the new ActionMailbox.

Imagine this, you adding a new object in your view, you reload the page, and you are greeted with Undefined method for nil:NilClass.

We’ve all been there, you start building a new Rails application and you realize there is no style on any of your generic Rails pages.

An application can only be as good as the features it is providing for its end-users.

Let me start by saying I think the things the teams working on CableReady and StimulusReflex are pretty awesome.

When building a production-ready application with Rails, the most popular database to use is PostgreSQL.

I recommend visiting the RMV website (https://rvm.io/).

When it comes to working with directories Ruby comes with a class for dealing with directories and paths.