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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. -
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. -
Announcing Standard Ruby 1.0
After two years of community feedback and 80 releases, Standard Ruby hit 1.0 this week. Find out what's new and why there's never been a better time to standardize your app! -
Speed up your Rails app with upsert_all
Rails' ActiveRecord is—16 years in—almost feature complete, but Rails 6 introduces `upsert_all`. Here's how it can speed up some of the slowest parts of your app. -
Let's hash this out.
How hashes have changed in the last few versions of Rails, and how you can handle them to minimize the pain of your next upgrade. -
3 keys to upgrading Rails
Leveraging dual booting and CI a Rails upgrade can be a team effort that does not stop ongoing feature development -
Debrief: RailsConf 2019
Test Double consultants share their favorite talks from RailsConf. -
Enumerate your enums
Rails defaults can lead you astray when creating enum attributes. This guide will show you an easier and less error-prone way that leverages custom enum types in Postgres. -
Do we need dependency injection in Ruby?
What is Dependency Injection anyway? Do we need it at all in ruby? We'll go over a small example and review how being familiar with DI can lead to a better design. -
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