In the final part of the series on Rails patterns and anti-patterns, we are going to analyze the final part of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern — the Controller. (more…)

UUID is an alternative primary key type for SQL databases. It offers some non-obvious advantages compared to standard integer-based keys. Rails 6 release fresh out of beta introduces a new feature in ActiveRecord that makes working with UUID primary keys ... (more…)

Rails views are sometimes amazing and fast, and at other times, they can have all sorts of issues. If you want to increase confidence over how you handle your views, then this blog post is for you. (more…)

How to avoid revealing the existence of records to attackers in web applications, while keeping a good user experience for legit users — a… (more…)

Hot Glue — the fastest way to build scaffolding in Ruby on Rails with turbo views — now supports HAML and ERB ; use the option --markup=erb or --markup=haml (default is now erb) if anyone would lik... (more…)