Rails Service Objects in Rails — Keeping Controllers Thin Without Losing Your Mind Fat models, skinny controllers was the mantra for years. Then models got fat and we realized that was wrong too. Business logic crammed into ActiveRecord models means models responsible for database persistence, validations,
Rails Turbo Frames — Partial Page Updates in Rails Without Writing JavaScript Turbo Streams handle real-time updates pushed from the server. Turbo Frames handle a different problem: replacing sections of a page in response to user interaction — clicking a link, submitting a form —
Rails Rails Credentials — Managing Secrets Without Leaking Them Every Rails app has secrets — API keys, database passwords, third-party service tokens. The bad old pattern was storing these in environment variables set manually on each server, or worse, hardcoded in config
Rails Action Mailer — Sending Emails in Rails Without the Headaches Email is one of those features every app eventually needs and nobody particularly wants to build. Welcome emails, password resets, weekly digests, transactional notifications — the list grows quickly once your app is
Rails Active Storage — File Uploads in Rails Without the Ceremony File uploads have a reputation for being one of those features that look simple and turn out to be a multi-day project. Pick a storage backend, configure credentials, handle direct uploads, generate variants,
Rails Stimulus.js — Adding Interactivity to Hotwire Without a Frontend Framework Turbo handles navigation and real-time updates beautifully — page transitions, stream updates, frame replacement, all without writing JavaScript. But there’s always that next layer of requirement: a dropdown that opens and closes, a
Rails Solid Queue — Background Jobs in Rails 8 Without Redis For years, the default answer to “how do I run background jobs in Rails?” has been: add Redis, add Sidekiq, configure two separate services, monitor two dashboards, and don’t forget to handle Redis
Rails Real-Time UI Updates with Turbo Streams in Rails 7 and 8 Real-time features used to mean reaching for ActionCable, writing JavaScript event listeners, and managing WebSocket state that lives entirely outside your Rails stack. Turbo Streams changed that equation entirely. Built into Rails 7
Rails Exploring the New Basic Authentication Generator in Rails 8 Rails 8 introduces a built-in authentication generator, streamlining the process of adding basic authentication to Rails applications.
