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A web application framework written in Ruby for building database-backed applications.
Level UI • 17 hours • in Articles • 9 min read
An MCP server is not a new API. It is a thin layer over the one you already have
Somewhere in the last year, "do we need an MCP server?" joined the list of questions that arrive in a brief before anyone has said what the thing is for. It is usually framed as MCP vs API, as though the Model Context Protocol were a newer kind of AP...
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  • ai
  • api
  • webdev
  • security
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tim • Oct 13 • in Articles • 5 min read
Why Does a Ruby on Rails Application Become Slow? A Practical Problem and Solution
When we start building a web application, everything often works perfectly. Pages load quickly, database queries return results, and users can complete their tasks without any trouble. But as the application grows, things can change. A dashboard th...
  • rubyonrails
  • webdevelopment
  • databaseoptimization
  • softwareengineering
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BrazenBraden • Dec 7, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
Favourite IDE for Ruby Work?
Hey everyone! Quick question for the Ruby folks here — what’s your IDE or editor of choice for day-to-day Ruby/Rails work? Do you swear by RubyMine? Live inside VS Code with a handful of extensions? Or are you one of the brave souls still hacking a...
  • ruby
  • rubyonrails
  • tooling
  • devtools
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BrazenBraden • Nov 12, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
What’s your current Ruby setup?
Hey everyone! Thought we’d kick things off with some introductions. What’s your experience been like working with Ruby or Rails so far? Are you deep in a legacy app, or running shiny Rails 8 with all the trimmings? I’ll start: I’ve been working wi...
  • rubyonrails
  • ruby
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BrazenBraden • Nov 6, 2025 • in Articles • 5 min read
Why I'm Still Using jQuery in 2025 (Never gonna give you up)
While grinding through the monumental JuggleBee upgrade, one of the recurring debates was: what do we modernize, and what do we leave the heck alone? Plenty got a shiny new coat of paint see my earlier posts for all the juicy details, but one area I ...
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  • rubyonrails
  • jquery
  • javascript
  • software-engineering
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Dghim Sami • Oct 16, 2025 • in Articles • 4 min read
SOLID for Rails Developers, real-life tour (with code)
You’ve heard “keep controllers skinny, models thin” but how? The SOLID principles are a compact set of habits that keep Rails apps change-friendly as they grow. Here’s a practical, with bite-size Rails examples you can use today. What is SOLID? ...
  • solid
  • rubyonrails
  • best-practices
  • code-refactoring
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Posted in Ruby (on Rails) group
BrazenBraden • Oct 1, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
Welcome to the Ruby & Rails Community
Hey everyone. Welcome to our brand-new Ruby & Rails group! This is a space for anyone working with Ruby — whether you’re wrangling ActiveRecord callbacks, crafting APIs, or pushing the edges of what Rails can do in 2025. The goal here is simple: sh...
  • ruby
  • rubyonrails
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BrazenBraden • Sep 9, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
Feature Flags | Controlled Chaos in Production
Feature flags are a way of life when developing software. They let you deploy code to production without immediately exposing it to users — like flipping a switch without blowing the fuse. In practice, they're used to: Ship features incrementally ...
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  • ruby
  • rubyonrails
  • webdev
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BrazenBraden • Aug 28, 2025 • in Articles • 6 min read
Better Sidekiq Classes
Sidekiqhttps://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq is pretty much the go-to solution for enqueuing jobs for background processing when working on a Ruby-based project. It's simple to implement, has a clear DSL, and is well-supported by common testing framewor...
  • rubyonrails
  • sidekiq
  • ruby
  • backend
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Dghim Sami • Aug 24, 2025 • in Articles • 3 min read
Scaling Sidekiq in Ruby on Rails: Best Practices, War Stories, and WTF Moments
Imagine that your Rails application is running smoothly. Users are satisfied, payments are processed, emails are sent out, and reports are produced. Sidekiq feels like magic. Then one Friday evening because production issues always happen on Fridays...
  • rubyonrails
  • ruby
  • backend
  • sidekiq
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BrazenBraden • Aug 24, 2025 • in Articles • 8 min read
JuggleBee’s Great Leap – Data Migration, ActiveStorage, and Production Readiness (Part 2)
Now that we had a deployable app, I set up a staging server using my new favourite provider, Hetznerhttps://www.hetzner.com/ not a sponsor, lol, spun it up, and witnessed a “fully functional” skeleton of JuggleBee. Stage 1 of the migration plan was c...
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  • ruby
  • rubyonrails
  • code-refactoring
  • legacy
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BrazenBraden • Aug 21, 2025 • in Articles • 10 min read
JuggleBee’s Great Leap - Rebuilding a Rails 4 App in Rails 8 (Part 1)
JuggleBeehttp://www.jugglebee.com was born in 2015. It was Namibia's first online auction platform and is still one of the biggest today. I built it with Ruby on Rails 4.2 on Ruby 2.2. It sat there, rock-solid and stubbornly stable, only needing the ...
  • ruby
  • rubyonrails
  • code-refactoring
  • legacy
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Dghim Sami • Aug 20, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
Rails .html_safe - The Hidden XSS Trap
Ruby on Rails has your back when it comes to cross-site scripting XSS - by default, it escapes all strings in your views so malicious HTML and JavaScript can't execute in your users' browsers. But there's a sharp tool in Rails' toolbox called .html...
  • rubyonrails
  • xss
  • programming
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Sunny • Aug 2, 2025 • in Articles • 2 min read
Getting Started with Ruby & Rails on Windows
If you're on Windows, you can still develop with Ruby and Rails . Let's walk through your options and the steps involved. There are two main options: ️ Option A: Use WSL Recommended WSL stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux — it lets you run a ...
  • node
  • backend
  • rubyonrails
  • ruby
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Madhu Hari • Jun 18, 2025 • in Articles • 4 min read
How to Add V2 on Swagger: Adding Version 2 (V2) with Swagger!
Hey everyone! So, recently I tackled a really interesting challenge: implementing API versioning for one of our projects and making sure the documentation stayed crystal clear. We decided to go with Swagger now OpenAPI Specification for the docs, a...
  • api
  • rubyonrails
  • web-development
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ShahZaib • Nov 24, 2024 • in Articles • 3 min read
Handling Errors and Job Lifecycles in Rails 7.1: Mastering `retry_on`, `discard_on`, and `after_discard`
Handling Errors and Job Lifecycles in Rails 7.1: Mastering retryon, discardon, and afterdiscard Ruby on Rails 7.1 brings powerful features that simplify error handling and job lifecycle management within ActiveJob. This update introduces the afterd...
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  • development
  • rubyonrails
  • activejob
  • error-handling
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ShahZaib • Oct 15, 2024 • in Articles • 3 min read
Rails releases security updates for ReDoS vulnerabilities—upgrade now to the latest versions for optimal protection!
Critical Rails Security Updates: Patch Your Apps Now! Attention all Ruby on Rails developers! The Rails team has released Rails versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, which address several critical security vulnerabilities, most notably Re...
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  • rubyonrails
  • securityalert
  • railsupdate
  • redos
  • ruby
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