How do you look for changed attributes using Ruby on Rails? It's straightforward, in fact. Let's look at two ways you can get started. (more…)

Implementing search in your Rails app can be vexing. Here's a great pattern to use that combines the best parts of ActiveRecord and Postgres. (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…)

Find out what service objects are and why you should use them. (more…)

In this last part of the Rails Patterns and Anti-patterns series, I'll be going over the most common problems I've encountered while building and shipping Ruby on Rails applications. (more…)