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Code Loaders in Ruby: Understanding Zeitwerk — Zeitwerk is the default loader in Rails 6.0, but you can easily use it in any framework or application. Here’s how.

ActiveRecord For Databases Without Unique Ids — The real takeaway is: Don’t do this. However, the journey to make AR work is an interesting code romp.

How ActiveRecord Uses Caching To Avoid Unnecessary Trips to the Database — Jonathan talks about caches that we don’t need to mess with (counter cache, SQL action cache, lazy evaluation), but it’s good to know how to mess with it for edge cases.

Building, Testing and Deploying AWS Lambda Functions in Ruby — While Ruby was relatively late to the serverless party, AWS Lambda does, at least, have first class support for it now. This is a beginner level introductory piece on the main concepts to consider.

How Does Honeybadger Compare to Your Current Error Tracker? — Honeybadger transforms you into a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring, and chron monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. We’re a bootstrapped company built for developers like you, not shareholders. Click to compare.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About View Caching In Rails — There are loads of articles on caching, but this one is very clear with solid examples. You should put it somewhere that is fast to retrieve for the next time you need it…

Currency Calculations in Ruby, The Right Way — If strange discrepancies begin to emerge in your monetary related calculations and the books don’t quite add up, this is the article for you. In short, never use floating point numbers for this sort of math, but maybe BigDecimal or the RubyMoney project could help provide some structure.

A Gentle Introduction to Web Services with Go — Written from a ‘coming from Ruby’ perspective which you might find intriguing.

Tips and Tricks to Protect Your Apps From Link-Based Vulnerabilities — Learn how reverse tabnabbing, broken-link hijacking, and open redirect exploits work so your app isn’t a target.

Mastering Low Level Caching in Rails — The Honeybadger blog always has great content and I think we all need to read about Rails caching at least once a year 😂 In this article, Jonathan Chase guides us through the landscape of low-level caching.

Understanding Selection Sort with Ruby — An intuitive, if often inefficient, way to sort things that can crop up in technical interviews, although you’d rarely implement it by yourself.

Understanding Database Transactions in Rails — Database transactions aren’t at the top of anyone’s list of most exciting topics, but they can be of fundamental importance when it comes to the integrity of your app’s data. Here’s an accessible introduction to their use.

Understanding and Implementing OAuth2 in Ruby — If you want your users to “login with GitHub”, you might install a gem, get everything set up, and then cross your fingers hoping it won’t need to be tweaked again as you don’t know how OAuth2 really works. This post aims to resolve that situation.

Troubleshooting Encoding Errors in Ruby — From the Honeybadger Developer Blog featuring tutorials & good advice by the coolest error monitoring solution around. 😎

How to Test Ruby Code That Depends on External APIs — Few things are more frustrating than slow, flaky test suites. There are a few ways to make things more robust, like stubbing, mocking servers, VCR.. and José looks at a couple of options here.

Building a Toy Lexer in Ruby — Lexers form one of the first steps of most programming language/compiler implementations as they turn otherwise raw text into organized collections of elements that the compiler can work on further.

Understanding and Implementing Bubble Sort in Ruby — Bubble sorting is rarely the best approach but it’s a simple algorithm to understand and reproduce solely as a learning exercise.

Why Pry Is One of the Most Important Tools a Rubyist Can Learn — From the Honeybadger Developer Blog featuring tutorials & good advice by the coolest error monitoring solution around. 😎