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  1. Supercharge your Rails logs with tags

    A hidden Rails feature that can level up your debugging game.

    Justin Toniazzo
    August 5, 2024
    • Rails
  2. A pragmatic guide for adding React to an existing Rails application (and still use Hotwire)

    For a long time, I thought that using React with Rails was an “all-or-nothing” proposition. I’m now realizing that the two can be integrated on a spectrum.

    Steve Polito
    June 28, 2024
    • Rails
    • React
    • Web
    • Hotwire
  3. Upgrading a Rails 6.1 app to Rails 7.0

    A step by step of how to prepare for it, how to get to Rails 7, and what to do after the upgrade.

    Stefanni Brasil
    June 11, 2024
    • Rails
    • Rails Upgrade
  4. Async Ruby on Rails

    Ruby and Rails have several features to make your code more performant using async programming. Here’s a list of these tools and how to use them.

    Matheus Richard
    June 7, 2024
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Concurrency
  5. A new version of Suspenders has been released!

    We took our Suspenders to the tailor and made some alterations.

    Steve Polito
    May 20, 2024
    • Rails
    • Suspenders
    • Open Source
  6. Advanced Ruby: The chainable request pattern

    Make your transactional web requests more maintainable with The Chainable Request Pattern.

    Thiago Araújo Silva
    May 6, 2024
    • Ruby
    • Error Handling
    • API
    • Distributed Systems
    • Fault Tolerance
    • Rails
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    RailsConf 2024 kicks off May 7 and we hope to meet you there. Here are some places you’ll find thoughtbot speaking, pairing, organizing, and eating!

    Lindsey Christensen
    May 2, 2024
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  8. How to integrate React with Rails 7

    Want to setup React on your Rails 7 app but don’t know how do it? Read this post to explore options to consider when using React with Ruby on Rails.

    Dave Iverson
    April 26, 2024
    • React
    • Rails
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  9. Enum validations and database constraints in Rails 7.1

    How to add model validation for a column using a PostgreSQL enum type in Rails 7.1.

    Sally Hall
    April 16, 2024
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Active Record
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    • Validation
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  10. Faster Tests With Capybara and Request Specs

    System specs are cool, but can be slow and flaky. Request specs can be good enough if you add the right seasoning to them.

    Matheus Richard
    April 15, 2024
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • Capybara
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