How to manage and access Rails credentials safely in your application

Commenting out code We had some old functionality - webhook endpoints, that we stopped using. The question came up: should we delete them or just comment out the routes because we may want to use t...

Never send sensitive information in plain text - use a one-time secret link instead.

I have been working with Rails for over a year now, but I still can’t write tests (or maybe I don’t want to). I think they are a hassle and slow you down, but actually it helps immensly. A situati...

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Why releasing new features incrementally reduces risk and improves user experience

Using the Rails Runner to run Ruby scripts within the Rails environment for testing, data fixes, or accessing models directly.

A reminder to always run tests, even if you are confident that your changes will not break anything

Learn how to add Umami analytics to your Jekyll Chirpy website or blog. You will get insight on your users and track what they are doing

I recently stumbled upon a Rails pitfall that led to unwanted records cluttering pur database, and while trying to fix it I stumbled upon reject_if. The Problem My journey began with a User model...