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Go Full Stack Rails: The Backend Part 1
Working on the backend, exploring requirements and building a Rails controller to deliver timeline tweets

by Thiago Araújo SilvaOctober 18, 2016May 30, 2023

Being a great developer these days means to intelligently use available technologies to build full-fledged products that also feel durable and extendable, and gone are …

A Quest for Better Specs: Prefer Self-Containment

by Thiago Araújo SilvaJune 6, 2016May 30, 2023

Test suites all over Ruby land are frequently riddled with a bad obsession: one liner spec examples. No matter what level of complexity a particular …

Controller Best Practices: Don’t Hide Instance Variables

by Thiago Araújo SilvaApril 27, 2016May 30, 2023

This is something I often mention in code reviews, and it’s also mentioned in some Rails guidelines elsewhere without further explanation: please, don’t hide instance …

Data Bugs on Rails

by Thiago Araújo SilvaApril 17, 2016May 30, 2023

Bugs are commonplace artifacts in any kind of software system. Most applications are filled with lots of bugs, for so many reasons that can’t even …

Avoid to Get Outdated as a Developer

by Thiago Araújo SilvaMarch 28, 2016

Here at Codeminer we use Ruby and Ruby on Rails as our main technologies, but we also deal with other ones such as Java, Swift, …