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Articles by Steve Polito

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Configure GitHub Actions to work with rspec-rails

    The next release of Rails will ship with a CI template that will “work out of the box”… unless you’re using RSpec.

    Steve Polito
    March 25, 2024
    • RSpec
    • Web
    • CI
    • GitHub Actions
    • Ruby On Rails
  4. Rails advanced routing constraints

    Learn how to authorize requests at the routing layer to improve security and ergonomics.

    Steve Polito
    January 25, 2024
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
    • Security
    • Routes
  5. Are your polymorphic relationships correctly enforced?

    Learn how to strike a balance between flexibility and data integrity with a partial index and validations.

    Steve Polito
    December 1, 2023
    • Web
    • Rails
    • PostgreSQL
    • Active Record
  6. Database View Backed Scopes In Rails

    How do you manage queries when your Rails application isn’t the only thing reading your database?

    Steve Polito
    November 20, 2023
    • Rails
    • Web
    • PostgreSQL
  7. Are you absolutely sure you know how to use the button element?

    Read this the next time you need to build a complicated form.

    Steve Polito
    October 31, 2023
    • Rails
    • Web
  8. Speed up your Rack application with HTTP

    You don’t need a sophisticated caching mechanism to improve your application’s performance. All you need is a basic understanding of the HTTP specification.

    Steve Polito
    August 31, 2023
    • Rack
    • Rack Tutorial
    • Ruby
    • Web
  9. A pragmatic guide to building a Rack application from scratch

    Learn how to build a production ready Rack application without a framework like Rails or Sinatra.

    Steve Polito
    August 22, 2023
    • Rack
    • Rack Tutorial
    • Ruby
    • Web
  10. Are you absolutely sure your Rails caching strategy isn't leaking sensitive information?

    Rails writes a new cache entry based on the first request. But what happens when that request is from an admin?

    Steve Polito
    July 26, 2023
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
    • Security
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