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Share first todo app no sign-in required
I built a todo list app where you create a list, get a link, and share it. No accounts, no signup, just a URL. Rails 8 no SPA JS framework and Solid Queue for background jobs. Guests have the list stored for 320 days, if not reclaimed with a sign-in [more inside]
How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development
’ll admit it: I used to be a React maximalist. I spent years believing that if you wanted a… [more inside]
A technical breakdown on how ShinyJsonLogic became the fastest JSON Logic gem around.
Hello! I developed Shiny Json Logic out of frustration about the poor state of JSON Logic implementations in Ruby. After benchmarking it I found it was suuuuper slow. Recently published a five part series with the whole optimization journey including methodologies and numbers if you like the nitty-gritty parts! Here it is! [more inside]
Rails Blocks update (ViewComponents are finally available ✨)
Since January, I’ve been working on 3 major Rails Blocks updates to improve the documentation across all 52 component sets I released in 2025: [more inside]
Ruby Users Forum February - March Update
February was an exciting month for the Ruby Users Forum. [more inside]
You Are Writing Regex Wrong: A Guide to Ruby’s Best Hidden Feature
The “Two Problems” Joke There is an old programmer joke: “Some people, when confronted… [more inside]
Ruby vs. Python: Why I Choose Happiness Over Hype
Let’s get the elephant out of the room immediately: Python has won the popularity contest. If you… [more inside]
Why the German Government Emailed Me About My Kamal Deployment
A small deployment experiment with Kamal unexpectedly triggered an email from the German government. This post walks through what happened, what it revealed about deployment infrastructure, and the operational lesson behind it. [more inside]
The Ultimate Ruby Scraping Stack: From Nokogiri to Ferrum
Web scraping in Ruby isn’t a “one size fits all” task. If you use a headless browser for a static… [more inside]
The Faster Way to Scrape: Finding "Hidden" APIs in Modern Websites
The Headless Browser Trap If you want to scrape a modern React or Vue website, the… [more inside]
WSDL 1.0 — A modern SOAP toolkit for Ruby
I just released wsdl, a Ruby gem for working with SOAP services. It parses WSDL 1.1 documents, lets you inspect operation contracts, build requests, and invoke operations. [more inside]
The SaaS Architecture Guide: How to Handle Multitenancy in Rails Routing
Most Rails developers stop learning routing after resources :posts. But if you are building a SaaS… [more inside]
The Missing Macro: 3 Ways to "belongs_to :through" in Rails
The Missing Link If you’ve spent more than a week with Ruby on Rails, you’ve probably used… [more inside]
The Magic of lvh.me: Testing Rails Subdomains in Development
The /etc/hosts Headache If you are building a SaaS that uses subdomains (like… [more inside]
Storing multi-valued enum fields in ActiveRecord
Rails’ enum DSL is great for single values, but what about multiple? We compared 4 approaches across performance, extensibility, and maintainability to find the best fit. https://sinaptia.dev/posts/storing-multi-valued-enum-fields-in-activerecord
Using Minitest::Spec in Rails? Watch out for the lifecycle hooks!
After picking up Minitest for one of my retainer clients, I’ve had confusing errors in our test suite for a while. Turn out Rails is kinda cheeky when it comes to properly integrate Minitest::Spec.