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Code golfing review: how to make composable Active Record queries

October 19, 2024

A quick backstory first. This week, Matt Swanson requested a roasting of this code he posted: I'm generally not a roast person, but I am a complete sucker...

Keep your Rails app competitive with Oaken & ActiveRecord::AssociatedObject

August 25, 2024

Hey everybody, this week I did an impromptu talk with the Turkish Ruby meetup. I'm basically speedrunning a walkthrough of both...

Why is Oaken: for your database seeds & test data

August 18, 2024

Today, I'd like to talk about this gem I've been working on for a while — and I think I've got something that can vastly help clarify your codebase over the...

My take on Refactoring Rails' initializers

August 11, 2024

Last week, I setup a refactoring challenge for a file in Rails' source code. You can read that post here. There were no submissions from other people, so...

Refactoring Rails challenge: initializers

Today, I'd like to challenge you to refactor a Ruby file in Rails itself. It's rails/railties/lib/rails/initializable.rb. Look daunting? Read on for why I...

My Intro to Domain Modeling with riffing: The Bike Shed & RailsConf talk

For the past many years, I’ve been heavily focusing on leveling up my domain modeling skills. In my experience, domain modeling is the most overlooked part...

Showcasing a simple dark mode implementation

Today, let's look at implementing the simplified light and dark mode toggle I shipped for Showcase. Showcase lets you build previews for your partials,...

How to Approach Modelling: a Kanban board in Rails

Last week, Adrian Marin asked for my take on how to model a Kanban board since they're about to write that for Avo. You can read their blog post on what...

Stowaway: Deleting Records in your Rails app, with a concept

To practice Domain Modeling, I like to play with anything that sparks an idea. When I read Soft Deletion Probably isn't Worth It that's exactly what...

Clear up your Rails controllers with before_action wrappers

What does clear code mean to you? To me, it's all about communication. What does this say and how? — and how is the system communicated in our specific case?...

Just start small

Just start small I feel terrified writing this.I feel terrified trying to write again and start a newsletter. What do I have to say that’s valuable? What do...

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