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It’s dangerous to go alone: take our guide to the “IDEAL” HTTP client!
It’s dangerous to go alone: take our guide to the “IDEAL” HTTP client!
September 12, 2023
It deserved its own tome: Layered Design and the Extended Rails Way
It deserved its own tome: Layered Design and the Extended Rails Way
August 29, 2023
Successful balance: gracefully and tactfully raising a dev tool price
Successful balance: gracefully and tactfully raising a dev tool price
August 23, 2023
How to make next-level Figma plugins: auth, routing, storage, and more
How to make next-level Figma plugins: auth, routing, storage, and more
August 22, 2023
Super GitHub Pages: budget frontend staging, with Storybook and more
Super GitHub Pages: budget frontend staging, with Storybook and more
August 4, 2023
imgproxy goes solo: unveiling a bold future for this new company
imgproxy goes solo: unveiling a bold future for this new company
July 20, 2023
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Enter AnyCable v1.4: reliable real-time features for apps of any size
Enter AnyCable v1.4: reliable real-time features for apps of any size
July 14, 2023
How a year-long LeetCode habit upped my professional game
How a year-long LeetCode habit upped my professional game
July 5, 2023
“AI” marks the spot: a quick AI treasure map for businesses
“AI” marks the spot: a quick AI treasure map for businesses
June 28, 2023
Before your next frontend pull request, use this checklist
Before your next frontend pull request, use this checklist
June 7, 2023
How to turn an open source project into a profitable business
How to turn an open source project into a profitable business
May 31, 2023
11 HTML best practices for login & sign-up forms
11 HTML best practices for login & sign-up forms
May 24, 2023
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool
May 16, 2023
Icon transcendence: customizing icons to complement fonts
Icon transcendence: customizing icons to complement fonts
May 3, 2023
MRSK: hot deployment tool to watch—or a total game changer?
MRSK: hot deployment tool to watch—or a total game changer?
April 25, 2023
Go integration testing with courage and coverage
Go integration testing with courage and coverage
April 19, 2023
Don’t wait, let’s use the browser Contact Picker API now
Don’t wait, let’s use the browser Contact Picker API now
April 13, 2023
Ruby Bytes, or generating standalone generators
Ruby Bytes, or generating standalone generators
April 4, 2023
RuboCoping with legacy: Bring your Ruby code up to Standard
RuboCoping with legacy: Bring your Ruby code up to Standard
March 28, 2023
AnyCable off Rails: connecting Twilio streams with Hanami
AnyCable off Rails: connecting Twilio streams with Hanami
March 21, 2023
Cool frontend arts of local-first: storage, sync, conflicts
Cool frontend arts of local-first: storage, sync, conflicts
March 15, 2023
“Design first, then build”: let’s bury this myth forevermore
“Design first, then build”: let’s bury this myth forevermore
March 10, 2023
Real-time magic, no elixirs: optimizing Sera with AnyCable
Real-time magic, no elixirs: optimizing Sera with AnyCable
March 1, 2023
How to avoid tricky async state manager pitfalls in React
How to avoid tricky async state manager pitfalls in React
February 21, 2023
OK, OKLCH: a color picker made to help think perceptively
OK, OKLCH: a color picker made to help think perceptively
February 7, 2023
How to Favicon in 2023: Six files that fit most needs
How to Favicon in 2023: Six files that fit most needs
February 6, 2023
UI design for HTTPie: macOS vibes for the API testing client
UI design for HTTPie: macOS vibes for the API testing client
January 30, 2023
How to build a better React map with Pigeon Maps and Mapbox
How to build a better React map with Pigeon Maps and Mapbox
January 24, 2023
Gemfile of dreams: the libraries we use to build Rails apps
Gemfile of dreams: the libraries we use to build Rails apps
January 17, 2023
Decentralized app design: first aid for common dApp UI pains
Decentralized app design: first aid for common dApp UI pains
December 19, 2022
Midjourney vs. human illustrators: has AI already won?
Midjourney vs. human illustrators: has AI already won?
December 13, 2022
Blend to my will! Fonts on cylinder objects in Blender
Blend to my will! Fonts on cylinder objects in Blender
December 5, 2022
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: recipe reader, part 2
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: recipe reader, part 2
November 22, 2022
One does not simply design: designers as product owners
One does not simply design: designers as product owners
November 17, 2022
Web Summit 2022: what you missed and how to be ready for next year
Web Summit 2022: what you missed and how to be ready for next year
November 14, 2022
OKLCH in CSS: why we moved from RGB and HSL
OKLCH in CSS: why we moved from RGB and HSL
October 25, 2022
ViewComponent in the Wild II: supercharging your components
ViewComponent in the Wild II: supercharging your components
October 18, 2022
ViewComponent in the Wild I: building modern Rails frontends
ViewComponent in the Wild I: building modern Rails frontends
October 12, 2022
RubyKaigi 2022: a report from an Evil Martian in Japan
RubyKaigi 2022: a report from an Evil Martian in Japan
October 3, 2022
WebSocket Director: scenario-based integration tests for realtime apps
WebSocket Director: scenario-based integration tests for realtime apps
September 20, 2022
The journey from CircleCI to GitHub Actions
The journey from CircleCI to GitHub Actions
September 15, 2022
5 signs your project needs a design system
5 signs your project needs a design system
September 8, 2022
Martians unveiled: infusing a new site with extraterrestrial tech and soul
Martians unveiled: infusing a new site with extraterrestrial tech and soul
September 5, 2022
The sword is yours: transferring projects to another team unscathed
The sword is yours: transferring projects to another team unscathed
August 19, 2022
Lefthook: refactoring the Git Hooks automation tool back into shape
Lefthook: refactoring the Git Hooks automation tool back into shape
August 18, 2022
Taking off the Heroku training wheels: the Rails preflight checklist
Taking off the Heroku training wheels: the Rails preflight checklist
August 9, 2022
Phone inputs and you: the designer's essential UI guide
Phone inputs and you: the designer's essential UI guide
August 3, 2022
And they lived happily ever after… the M&A
And they lived happily ever after… the M&A
July 27, 2022
Smartly contracted: UI design and frontend for Certora
Smartly contracted: UI design and frontend for Certora
July 21, 2022
Down the caching‑hole: adventures in 'HTTP caching and Faraday' land
Down the caching‑hole: adventures in 'HTTP caching and Faraday' land
July 15, 2022
The joy of Variable Fonts: getting started on the Frontend
The joy of Variable Fonts: getting started on the Frontend
July 6, 2022
Vite-lizing Rails: get live reload and hot replacement with Vite Ruby
Vite-lizing Rails: get live reload and hot replacement with Vite Ruby
June 28, 2022
Collaborative real-time security: Logux for Akeero
Collaborative real-time security: Logux for Akeero
June 23, 2022
How to make absolutely any app look like a macOS app
How to make absolutely any app look like a macOS app
June 16, 2022
Building FEED: the tech behind the app
Building FEED: the tech behind the app
June 9, 2022
Figma DIY: Building a color system plugin
Figma DIY: Building a color system plugin
June 2, 2022
How to use P3 colors with SVGs
How to use P3 colors with SVGs
May 25, 2022
Soft deletion with PostgreSQL: but with logic on the database!
Soft deletion with PostgreSQL: but with logic on the database!
May 16, 2022
eBaymag magic: under the hood of the international eBay spinoff
eBaymag magic: under the hood of the international eBay spinoff
May 12, 2022
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: pro computer vision, part 1
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: pro computer vision, part 1
April 27, 2022
Devs in mind: how to design interfaces for developer tools
Devs in mind: how to design interfaces for developer tools
April 19, 2022
A slice of life: table partitioning in PostgreSQL databases
A slice of life: table partitioning in PostgreSQL databases
April 12, 2022
Variable fonts in real life: how to use and love them
Variable fonts in real life: how to use and love them
March 24, 2022
Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development
Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development
March 15, 2022
Object Detection with Create ML: training and demo app
Object Detection with Create ML: training and demo app
February 17, 2022
Object Detection with Create ML: images and dataset
Object Detection with Create ML: images and dataset
February 9, 2022
Our slice of the metaverse: 7 key AR features for iOS devs
Our slice of the metaverse: 7 key AR features for iOS devs
January 5, 2022
AI and the auteur: using neural networks as artistic tools
AI and the auteur: using neural networks as artistic tools
December 21, 2021
Comms Pro: building a social video app for FEED
Comms Pro: building a social video app for FEED
December 9, 2021
Kubing Rails: stressless Kubernetes deployments with Kuby
Kubing Rails: stressless Kubernetes deployments with Kuby
November 30, 2021
The Martian Design Sprint: starting and running projects faster
The Martian Design Sprint: starting and running projects faster
November 24, 2021
TimescaleDB: integrating time-series data with Ruby on Rails
TimescaleDB: integrating time-series data with Ruby on Rails
November 16, 2021
A no-go fantasy: writing Go in Ruby with Ruby Next
A no-go fantasy: writing Go in Ruby with Ruby Next
November 9, 2021
What could Go wrong with a mutex, or the Go profiling story
What could Go wrong with a mutex, or the Go profiling story
October 27, 2021
Pro becomes smart: imgproxy Pro engages machine learning
Pro becomes smart: imgproxy Pro engages machine learning
October 5, 2021
The tale of Sprockets and Webpacker duality
The tale of Sprockets and Webpacker duality
September 13, 2021
Real-time stress: AnyCable, k6, WebSockets, and Yabeda
Real-time stress: AnyCable, k6, WebSockets, and Yabeda
September 7, 2021
SPA hexagon: Robust app architecture for mobile and web
SPA hexagon: Robust app architecture for mobile and web
August 23, 2021
One row, many threads: How to avoid database duplicates in Rails applications
One row, many threads: How to avoid database duplicates in Rails applications
August 18, 2021
Decoding AVIF: Deep dive with cats and imgproxy
Decoding AVIF: Deep dive with cats and imgproxy
August 13, 2021
Introducing JavaScript and TypeScript client for AnyCable
Introducing JavaScript and TypeScript client for AnyCable
July 28, 2021
Accessible design from the get-go
Accessible design from the get-go
July 26, 2021
Designing Machine Learning for DVC Studio
Designing Machine Learning for DVC Studio
July 5, 2021
Custom "cops" for RuboCop: an emergency service for your Ruby code
Custom "cops" for RuboCop: an emergency service for your Ruby code
June 22, 2021
AnyCable Goes Pro: Fast WebSockets for Ruby, at scale
AnyCable Goes Pro: Fast WebSockets for Ruby, at scale
June 16, 2021
Premium design: Building a mobile app for Loewe
Premium design: Building a mobile app for Loewe
June 3, 2021
A broader picture: A guide on imgproxy for businesses
A broader picture: A guide on imgproxy for businesses
May 24, 2021
Hotwire: Reactive Rails with no JavaScript?
Hotwire: Reactive Rails with no JavaScript?
April 12, 2021
Set up Tailwind CSS JIT in a Rails project to compile styles 20x faster
Set up Tailwind CSS JIT in a Rails project to compile styles 20x faster
April 6, 2021
Build images on GitHub Actions with Docker layer caching
Build images on GitHub Actions with Docker layer caching
March 11, 2021
Serverless TypeScript: A complete setup for AWS SAM Lambdas
Serverless TypeScript: A complete setup for AWS SAM Lambdas
February 17, 2021
Logidze 1.0: Active Record, Postgres, Rails, and time travel
Logidze 1.0: Active Record, Postgres, Rails, and time travel
January 27, 2021
Social background: Martians behind eBay Social's tech
Social background: Martians behind eBay Social's tech
January 25, 2021
Climbing Steep hills, or adopting Ruby 3 types with RBS
Climbing Steep hills, or adopting Ruby 3 types with RBS
December 10, 2020
Reusable development containers with Docker Compose and Dip
Reusable development containers with Docker Compose and Dip
November 17, 2020
How to GraphQL with Ruby, Rails, Active Record, and no N+1
How to GraphQL with Ruby, Rails, Active Record, and no N+1
November 9, 2020
Big refactoring: Fix that app for Fund That Flip
Big refactoring: Fix that app for Fund That Flip
November 4, 2020
Squash N+1 queries early with n_plus_one_control test matchers for Ruby and Rails
Squash N+1 queries early with n_plus_one_control test matchers for Ruby and Rails
October 27, 2020
Finding growth: how to hack eBaymag with Growth Hacking
Finding growth: how to hack eBaymag with Growth Hacking
October 20, 2020
Easy multi-language, multi-version documentation with Docsify, Git, and GitHub Actions
Easy multi-language, multi-version documentation with Docsify, Git, and GitHub Actions
October 7, 2020
PostCSS 8.0: Plugin migration guide
PostCSS 8.0: Plugin migration guide
September 14, 2020
System of a test II: Robust Rails browser testing with SitePrism
System of a test II: Robust Rails browser testing with SitePrism
August 31, 2020
Cloud Teleport: Building access plugins for Gravitational
Cloud Teleport: Building access plugins for Gravitational
August 27, 2020
Hands-on WebAssembly: Try the basics
Hands-on WebAssembly: Try the basics
August 25, 2020
System of a test: Proper browser testing in Ruby on Rails
System of a test: Proper browser testing in Ruby on Rails
July 14, 2020
Apollo launch: Building a migration architecture for 2U
Apollo launch: Building a migration architecture for 2U
July 13, 2020
AnyCable 1.0: Four years of real-time web with Ruby and Go
AnyCable 1.0: Four years of real-time web with Ruby and Go
July 1, 2020
Power for Kadenze: More performance, less cloud costs
Power for Kadenze: More performance, less cloud costs
June 29, 2020
Figma Auto Layout: Practical tips for dynamic designs
Figma Auto Layout: Practical tips for dynamic designs
June 15, 2020
Desktop frontier: Video app optimization for Lowkey
Desktop frontier: Video app optimization for Lowkey
June 11, 2020
Keep up with the Tines: Rails frontend revamp
Keep up with the Tines: Rails frontend revamp
June 3, 2020
Product design that sells: the smart UX for Tines
Product design that sells: the smart UX for Tines
May 26, 2020
Catch a batch: Making Mayhem 5 times more responsive
Catch a batch: Making Mayhem 5 times more responsive
May 11, 2020
Ruby Next: Make all Rubies quack alike
Ruby Next: Make all Rubies quack alike
May 4, 2020
Anyway Config: Keep your Ruby configuration sane
Anyway Config: Keep your Ruby configuration sane
April 14, 2020
PostCSS 8.0 is coming: Here's what it brings
PostCSS 8.0 is coming: Here's what it brings
April 6, 2020
Beyond fashion: Deep Learning with Catalyst
Beyond fashion: Deep Learning with Catalyst
March 2, 2020
What I learned as a developer from accidents in space
What I learned as a developer from accidents in space
January 21, 2020
New home for Logux: Pouring love into an OSS documentation website
New home for Logux: Pouring love into an OSS documentation website
December 18, 2019
Pulling the trigger: How to update counter caches in your Rails app without Active Record callbacks
Pulling the trigger: How to update counter caches in your Rails app without Active Record callbacks
November 19, 2019
Persisted queries in GraphQL: Slim down Apollo requests to your Ruby application
Persisted queries in GraphQL: Slim down Apollo requests to your Ruby application
November 5, 2019
Images done right: Web graphics, good to the last byte
Images done right: Web graphics, good to the last byte
October 7, 2019
GitHub Actions: First impressions
GitHub Actions: First impressions
September 4, 2019
Keeping OSS documentation in check with docsify, Lefthook, and friends
Keeping OSS documentation in check with docsify, Lefthook, and friends
August 28, 2019
Fullstaq Ruby: First impressions, and how to migrate your Docker/Kubernetes Ruby apps today
Fullstaq Ruby: First impressions, and how to migrate your Docker/Kubernetes Ruby apps today
August 10, 2019
Speeding up Go Modules for Docker and CI
Speeding up Go Modules for Docker and CI
August 5, 2019
Lefthook: knock your team’s code back into shape
Lefthook: knock your team’s code back into shape
July 30, 2019
Reporting non-nullable violations in graphql-ruby properly
Reporting non-nullable violations in graphql-ruby properly
July 19, 2019
GraphQL on Rails: On the way to perfection
GraphQL on Rails: On the way to perfection
July 16, 2019
Lefthook, Crystalball, and git magic for smooth development experience
Lefthook, Crystalball, and git magic for smooth development experience
July 10, 2019
Asynchronous adventures: Aborting queries and mutations in react-apollo
Asynchronous adventures: Aborting queries and mutations in react-apollo
July 9, 2019