1. Get Bootboot to work on Rails 4.x in deployment environments with Docker

    Bootboot is a great tool for dual booting your Rails upgrade, but it doesn't play well with deployment environments running Rails 4.x. In this blog post we'll show you how you can leverage Docker to effectively get Bootboot to work in these environments.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    January 16, 2023
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Ali Ibrahim
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    Ruby
    Rails
    DevOps
  2. Podcast: Don't Sleep on Ruby and Rails

    Using Rails 7 with Turbo, Stimulus, and Tailwind is so productive Justin Searls had to share with the The Changelog folks.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    January 9, 2023
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
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    Ruby
    Rails
  3. Building passwordless email auth in Rails

    Adding authentication to your Rails app but don't want to store passwords or rely on third-party OAuth? Let's build a passwordless login system that emails users magic links!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    October 25, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
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    Rails
  4. Stateless forms with the Rails Attributes API

    Building a form in Rails that ISN'T driven by an ActiveRecord model? Here's how to use the Attributes API to get all the convenience with none of the complexity.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 30, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
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    Rails
  5. How to build a search engine with Ruby on Rails

    Implementing search in your Rails app can be vexing. Here's a great pattern to use that combines the best parts of ActiveRecord and Postgres.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    September 9, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
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    Rails
  6. Working strategically through Rails upgrades

    With tools that let us dual boot multiple versions of Rails on the same branch, we can now do Rails upgrades alongside everyday development. But what do we do when we come across a change in Rails that ripples across our application? Take a minute to survey the options in this blog post.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    May 11, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Ali Ibrahim
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    Ruby
    Rails
  7. Using CockroachDB with Rails

    CockroachDB is a scalable, highly available database, and you can use it in your Rails apps today. In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to using CockroachDB with Rails.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 26, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Ali Ibrahim
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    Ruby
    Rails

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