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Yesterday
Yesterday
Phlex on Rails video course
Launching a paid video course for using Phlex in Rails projects at https://beautifulruby.com/phlex. The plan is to work with the first 50 people who pre-order to fine-tune the curriculum to make sure I’m maximizing “what people want” and give them a nice discount for being an early supporter. I’ll be developing free content alongside it that I’ll be sharing as well in the coming weeks.
New Gem: xmp_toolkit_ruby – Ruby Bindings for Adobe’s XMP Toolkit SDK
I’ve just released xmp_toolkit_ruby, a Ruby binding for Adobe’s XMP-Toolkit-SDK. [more inside]
🧼 "Skinny Controllers, Fat Models" – A Classic Rails Guideline That Still Matters
Whether you’re just starting out with Rails or maintaining a mature codebase, this principle helps keep your app clean, testable, and easier to scale — but there’s more nuance to it than meets the eye. [more inside]
Last Wednesday
Shopify Has Been Bad for the Ruby Community in the Last 10 Years
Ever since I took over the Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup 3 years ago, Shopify, which has presence in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), hasn’t volunteered a single Ruby/Rails talk nor bothered to contact me to just say Hi and check if I need sponsorship or anything to demonstrate they care about the local Ruby community. Other companies with far less resources have reached out to me to offer talks or sponsorship though, so Shopify has zero excuses here. Shopify lost a lot of merit points because of this… https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2025/06/shopify-has-been-bad-for-ruby-community.html
🔍 Deep Dive into Ruby Data Structures & Core Enumerable Methods 🧠💎
Understanding how Ruby methods interact with data structures is key to writing cleaner, faster, and more expressive code. In my latest article, I dive into the behavior of methods like .each, .map, .select, .reduce, and .inject, breaking down how they operate over common Ruby data structures such as arrays 📚 and hashes 🗂️. [more inside]
Read The Nice Manual
In the happy world of Ruby, we don’t RTFM, we RTNM: https://rubyrubyrubyruby.dev/
Last Tuesday
Rails MCP Server v1.2.0: Complete Rails Documentation in Your AI Conversations
Just released a major update to Rails MCP Server that brings all official Rails 8.0.2 documentation directly into AI conversations (Claude, ChatGPT, etc). [more inside]
Understanding Queueing Theory
Continuing our “Scaling Rails” series, our next article is about understanding Queueing Theory. [more inside]
🚀 Ruby Just Got Faster – Discover the Power of Fast Allocations in Ruby 3.5 🚀
In the world of high-performance web applications, every millisecond counts. The latest update to Ruby 3.5 introduces a game-changing optimization: fast object allocations that significantly reduce memory overhead and boost performance—especially for frameworks like Rails. In this article, we dive into how Ruby 3.5 is redefining speed and efficiency, what it means for large-scale Rails applications, and why this update matters for developers aiming to build faster, leaner, and more scalable systems. [more inside]
🚀 Excited to share my latest article on building AI-powered document generation syst
Discover how to create dynamic, multi-format documents like Word, PDF, Markdown, YAML, and more — all driven by conversational AI. [more inside]
Internator: automate your PRs with OpenAI Codex
Internator is a Ruby CLI that, with one command, sends your diff to OpenAI Codex, applies a single incremental change per iteration, auto-generates and commits & pushes with an AI-crafted message, and repeats until your objectives are met (or you hit Ctrl+C).
Last Monday
Cloudflare Turnstile for spam prevention in Rails
Deploying an application to production is usually an enriching experience: real people can use and enjoy what you’ve built. Unfortunately, bad actors are a part of the internet and can be harmful if left uncontrolled. In this article, we will learn how to add Cloudflare Turnstile to a Rails application to prevent or mitigate unwanted or malicious requests to parts of our application. https://avohq.io/blog/cloudflare-turnstile-rails
🚀 Exciting news for Ruby and Rails developers! The new ZJIT compiler has just been m
Curious about what this means for your apps? This article breaks down the advantages, precautions, and realistic expectations around ZJIT’s impact on Rails development. [more inside]
🚀 Exploring Microservices in Ruby on Rails
I just shared an in-depth article about building a microservices architecture using Ruby on Rails! 🧩 ✅ What are microservices? ✅ Why choose them? ✅ A complete, step-by-step example (with code!) of creating user-service and post-service using Rails. [more inside]
Marksmith
Easily add Markdown support to your Rails applications with Marksmith. This isn’t a drop-in replacement to ActionText, but can be used with text or blob columns. Marksmith integrates easily with ActiveStorage for handling file uploads. In this episode, we’ll explore setting up Marksmith and some best practices. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/marksmith
Our production Ruby on Rails stack
Read about the gem & infrastructure choices I made while building AttendList, a Ruby on Rails app — Our production Ruby on Rails stack
Last Sunday
SOLID for Ruby Engineers
Deep dives into each of the SOLID principles from a Ruby perspective. [more inside]
Last Friday
🚀 Transforming Phone Numbers into WhatsApp Links with Ruby!
I just published an article diving into how to take any phone number—no matter where it’s from—and convert it into a valid WhatsApp link using Ruby. 🌍💬 [more inside]
Internal product analytics with Ahoy
Learn how to track internal product analytics inside your app or SaaS using the Ahoy gem: Internal product analytics with Ahoy and Rails
29 May 2025
🚀 Check out my latest deep dive into Ruby & Rails Method Naming Conventions!
This guide explores how consistent method naming patterns make code more expressive, predictable, and easier to maintain — a must-read for developers looking to level up their Ruby and Rails skills. [more inside]
Exploring the Blazer gem
Learn how to use the Blazer gem to query your data & build dashboards: Exploring the Blazer gem in Rails
28 May 2025
Custom domains and SSL in Rails development
Custom domains for local development in Rails can be a nice addition to our toolbox. Trading localhost and some port number for a short and memorable domain name sounds nice, right? How about if we throw some secure connections into the mix? https://avohq.io/blog/custom-domains-ssl-in-rails-development