My First Two Weeks as an Agentic Engineer
by There’s a version of this post where I tell you AI made me 10x more productive, everything clicked on the first try, and I’m now …
Category: Ruby on Rails
Privacy on RailsPragmatically complying with data protection laws
by On a calm and peaceful day, you’re working on your project, combobulating, discombobulating… then this email shows up in the contact inbox: From: notthatdhh@example.com To: …
Stop Reading AI Code. Start Measuring It. (A Rails Playbook.)
by So I was scrolling through Twitter the other day — half-reading, not really looking for anything — and this tweet from Uncle Bob caught my …
Mastering Derived Tables in Rails
by Hey fellow Rails developers! Ever found yourself wrestling with complex SQL queries that involve aggregations, subqueries, or needing to join against computed results? Today, we’re …
Everything you should know about Background Jobs with ActiveJob
by Orchestrating background tasks (or "jobs," as they are often called) is common in web development. Any application that deals with time-consuming operations, such as sending …
How To Build An AI Agent For Talent Matching – Part 2
In the first post of this series, our great Edy Silva tried multiple approaches for a Talent Matching system that would work for our little …
Rails Multi-Databases and Tenancy: How You Can Do It TodayExploring how to implement multi-databases and tenancy in Rails 8.1 with SQLite and ActiveRecord::Tenanted
by Portuguese version here: https://tech-pills.github.io/2025-09-18-Rails-Multi-Databases-e-Tenancy-como-fazemos-isso-em-2025/ Hey everyone! Hope you’re doing well. So, you’re building an application and you’ve reached that moment when you think: "Damn, how …
An Introduction to Ruby on Rails – From someone with a frontend backgroundNew to Rails? Let's skim over the basics of the framework!
by If you’ve come here looking for a post from a Ruby on Rails expert, I’m sorry to inform you that I’m not that person. What …
Packing It All for the Last RailsConf
by As the Last RailsConf approaches, the nostalgic feeling gets stronger. It’s the end of an era, a celebration of the history of Ruby on Rails …
Ruby on Rails: The Open-Source Blueprint
by 1. Rails & Open Source: A Match Made in Developer Heaven Since its debut in 2004, Ruby on Rails has embraced open-source principles like no …