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Shaher ShamroukhMay 20, 2026 • 5 min read
AWS vs DigitalOcean for SaaS: Why We Chose DigitalOcean for a Production Rails App
There is a moment every SaaS founder hits early on. You open AWS, look at the console, and it feels...
#aws#digitalocean#rails#devops
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Jijo BoseMay 26, 2026 • 11 min read
Building an Error Monitoring Tool Without Pricing Overages
The bill that arrives after the incident Picture the worst version of a Tuesday. You ship...
#postgres#rails#saas#monitoring
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Renzo DiazMay 25, 2026 • 15 min read
Build a Secure API with Rails 8 - Part-3: Auth Controllers
Hey folks 👋 Welcome back. In Part 2 we laid the foundation: a Rails 8 API with a User model,...
#ruby#rails#api#owasp
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The One-Man FrameworkMay 21, 2026 • 3 min read
The Art of Deleting Code: Why Your One-Man App Should Be Shrinking
Most developers think that "progress" means adding lines of code. We feel good when we finish a new....
#rails#productivity#career#startup
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Sergii KhomenkoMay 23, 2026 • 5 min read
Writing code got cheap. Being responsible for it didn't. (What shipping an AI-generated gem taught me)
Quick warning before you read: this isn't a launch announcement. It's a story about getting...
#ruby#rails#ai#opensource
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Lakshay TyagiMay 25, 2026 • 8 min read
How I Built a Rails App That Syncs Empire Flippers Listings to HubSpot and Google Sheets
A Rails integration app that syncs Empire Flippers listings to HubSpot and Google Sheets using...
#ruby#rails#api#webdev
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The One-Man FrameworkMay 20, 2026 • 3 min read
The Solo Developer's Secret: Why Boring Tech is More Profitable
Every morning, I see the same thing on my Twitter feed or the GitHub Trending page. A new Ruby gem i...
#rails#ruby#productivity#career
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Paulo AnchetaMay 24, 2026 • 3 min read
Your AI assistant is blind to your data. Here's how to fix that.
Most MCP setups hand your AI a database URL and hope for the best. activerecord-mcp mounts an MCP se...
#rails#ruby#ai#mcp
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Hulk in PublicMay 21, 2026 • 2 min read
Never Use Service Classes in Rails
Service classes are one of the most representative anti-patterns in Rails. That is because they...
#ruby#rails
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Rails DesignerMay 22, 2026 • 2 min read
Inbound email in Rails apps with Fuik
Fuik is a Rails engine for handling webhooks that I launched recently. But it can also be used to...
#ruby#rails#webdev
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Hulk in PublicMay 26, 2026 • 3 min read
I will continue using Devise with Rails 8!
I am developing a boilerplate called SuperRails. ...
#ruby#rails
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NikoMay 26, 2026 • 2 min read
Contributing Upstream Instead of Forking: My grape-swagger-rails Story
Recently I had a chance to contribute to grape-swagger-rails, helping modernize the project and...
#api#opensource#rails#ruby
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Derrick AmenuveMay 23, 2026 • 4 min read
Storing Kamal secrets in AWS Secrets Manager and deploying to a cheap Hetzner VPS
A step-by-step guide to moving your Kamal secrets from plaintext to AWS Secrets Manager and deployin...
#rails#kamal#devops#deployment
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ZNYMay 23, 2026 • 4 min read
Database Migration Strategies That Actually Work in Production
Database Migration Strategies That Actually Work in Production Database migrations are the...
#backend#database#devops#rails
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ZNYMay 23, 2026 • 4 min read
Database Migration Strategies That Actually Work in Production
Database Migration Strategies That Actually Work in Production Database migrations are the...
#backend#database#devops#rails
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NoFosterMay 26, 2026 • 1 min read
TIL 5/22/2026
Rails X XCode Tips When reading commands from a textbook, the \ in the command instruction line is...
#beginners#cli#rails#ruby
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NoFosterMay 20, 2026 • 1 min read
TIL 5/18/2026
Beginning to create Native Apps! Troubleshooting Tips If you have a connection error, remember to....
#beginners#devjournal#rails#ruby
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Javid JamaeMay 21, 2026 • 5 min read
How to Use FFmpeg with Ruby on Rails (No Installation Required)
Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com. You need to process video in your Ruby on Rails app. User...
#ruby#rails#ffmpeg#api
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Zil NorvilisMay 23, 2026 • 3 min read
Distributed Uniqueness: Implementing Twitter Snowflake IDs in Rails 8
When you run rails generate model, Rails defaults to using a standard auto-incrementing integer for....
#rails#ruby#database#architecture
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Zil NorvilisMay 26, 2026 • 3 min read
Stop Chasing Hype: Why I Chose Postgres Over 'New-Age' Databases
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been tempted by a "revolutionary" new database. Every few.....
#rails#database#postgres#architecture
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Olivia CraftMay 26, 2026 • 6 min read
CLAUDE.md for Ruby on Rails: 13 Rules That Stop AI from Fighting the Framework
Ruby on Rails is the framework that popularized "convention over configuration." There's a right...
#rails#ruby#claudecode#webdev
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Peter H. BolingMay 26, 2026 • 4 min read
Why flag_shih_tzu is changing its default SQL for bit flags
flag_shih_tzu v1.0.0 changes the default query mode from IN lists to bit operators for safer rolling...
#ruby#rails#activerecord#bitfield
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