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…)

When I am building a Rails app that I expect to be public facing in some sort of capacity, I don’t want to be displaying auto-incrementing…...

(i will try to not repeat those from above) Why Rails? (i will be boring here) stable fast prototyping docs/community convention over configuration language - just write something in ruby and read it - it's hard to not understand the code, even for noob l... (more…)

[mirror] A sustainable architecture for Ruby on Rails. - szTheory/upgrow... (more…)

As someone who, like many here, depends on Rails for my job, I’m worried about the long term effects of the last week on Rails. I’m not going to discuss those changes at Basecamp but I want to discuss my concerns about what this means for Rails itself. I... (more…)