In this episode, we explore the use cases and caveats of creating and using a single file Rails application.

Continuing from the last episode, we look at changing the search to become much more powerful. We generate embeddings and persist them to search against so similar words or meanings will produce resul...

Using AI, we can take uploaded images and generate descriptions of the images so they can later be used for search.

In this episode, we have a look at using native dialogs and popovers in our Rails application. No external libraries necessary!

In this episode, we look at querying the database for birthdays by the month and day. From there, we generate a code and e-mail the user the discount code on their birthday.

In Rails 8.1, structure events were introduced and can be a great instrumentation tool to track complicated workflows.

In this episode we look at generating and exporting vCard Contact Cards.

In this episode we look at displaying timestamps in the time zone of the user without any external libraries.

In this episode, we look at adding function calling or tool use to our Rails application when making generative text LLM requests.

In this episode, we look at taking unstructured data from a raw email and turning it into structured data by calling a LLM. We will take the structured response and use it to create a contact record w...

In this episode, we'll explore the power of combining a Stimulus Controller and Turbo Frame Tags to create a seamless user interface. We'll use the example of keyboard shortcuts to launch a search mod...

In this episode, we look at creating Claude slash commands. These can be useful when dealing with a complicated task or trying to extract certain information from the application.

In this episode, we look at how we can schedule an email blast to be received at a certain time in the user's time zone.

In this episode, we look at filling in form data based on the contents of a PDF that is uploaded through Active Storage. We will implement a mechanism to fill out the form data without having to first...

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at evolving the polling stimulus controller to handle pausing when the user navigates to a different tab, handle network errors, properly construct the UR...

Websockets are great, but they are not always the right approach. In this episode, we will look at implementing a long polling for new records.

In this episode, we'll look at improving our UX by adding a custom Turbo Stream action to give some animation to deleted records.

In this episode, we will have a look at a shell command that runs in a background job, but broadcast its output in real time to the browser.

In this episode, we use a small AI model to check the tone of a message in real time on the client's browser. There's no need to send messages back to the server or to an API because it's all done on ...

In this episode, we look at where we were years ago and the journey where we have landed today. Over the past 10 years, much has changed with our approach to client interactions and in the episode we ...

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at adding the LLM insights functionality to examine the error logs. We start simple with the information captured in the error logs, but progress to provi...

In this episode, we are setting up the error tracking within our Rails application so that in the next episode, we can plug in the AI analysis of the error to hopefully lead to faster identity of the ...

In this episode, we will create a middleware that will capture the Rails logs and use an AI model to analyze the logs for any potential performance impact or issues.

Easter Eggs are often ways that developers can have fun by hiding little gems in the code base or provide additional fun without affecting the function of the application. In this episode, we'll explo...

In this episode, we look at how we can modify our application from a performance aspect to increase our job security. We'll slow down our application to a still usable level, but then swoop in months ...

In this episode, we look at creating a staging environment that will be provisioned and deployed through Kamal. A stating environment can be simple or a production like infrastructure that mimics the ...

In this episode, we look at the new Once CLI where we can reference a docker image and deploy it to a server.

In this episode, we'll explore the Delegated Types pattern and how to use it. We'll discuss different scenarios where it would be a good fit and where it would also be a bad fit.

In this episode, we look at recurring jobs and what happens to them when daylight savings begins or ends. We'll explore some options for handling this situation so that we always run the jobs at the s...

In this episode, we look at a few different ways of improving the speed of a page. There are many paths to take. Some of them leaves a lot of optimizations on the table, whereas others are premature a...

Demonstrate how to implement a debounced live search in a Rails application using Stimulus and Turbo, improving UX by reducing unnecessary server requests.

In this episode, we look at creating a rate limit feature based on the plan a user has subscribed to.

A Terminal User Interface (TUI) are nothing new but can be very powerful, especially to those who live in the terminal. In this episode, we'll look at creating pretty terminal interfaces from very bas...

In this episode, we look at how to use Claude Code to assist us in developing Rails applications. This is not about vibe coding, but using tools to assist our development efforts.

In this episode, we'll look at common problems with broadcasting refreshes and page morphs as well as some paths to a solution to provide a good user experience.

In this episode, we look at an interesting approach to override Rails Credentials so each developer can customize the credentials without changing the credentials file.

In this episode, we'll have a look at a few different examples of how to make AJAX requests in a modern Rails application. We'll also explore some of the different things to be aware of and patterns t...

In this episode, we'll go from a fresh Rails 8 application and a newly provisioned Raspberry Pi to deploying the application on the PI. We'll also set up a domain to point to this application and put ...

In this episode, we'll have a look at a few different scenarios on using the rollback functionality within Kamal. We'll also explore some best practices when developing our applications and some thing...

In this episode, we look at a pattern used by Fizzy on handling authorization in our Rails applications.

In this episode, we look at the open source project Fizzy and the Javascript patterns used. We will look at various patterns used and some thoughts of improvement.

In this episode, we look deploying Fizzy to a server and look at some of the notable practices found in the code.

In this episode, we look at using Kamal to deploy a Python application to a server.

In this episode, we'll use a local LLM to generate our commit message automatically and then give us a chance to review it before saving the commit message.

In this episode, we look at a new Rails 8.1 feature gives you a DSL to run your Continuous Integrations steps on your local machine instead from your version control system.

In this episode, we'll look at the two of my favorite changes in the recent Kamal releases. We'll explore some of the flows that the new registry uses and some things to be aware of.

In this episode, we'll explore a new Rails 8.1 feature that allows background jobs to "pick up where they left off." We'll look at how the new Continuations feature helps prevent long-running jobs fro...

When PWA websites are installed (specifically on iOS) there is some functionality lost to refresh the page. In this episode, we explore in how to restore this functionality.

In this episode, we look at shipping application logs via the Kamal Hooks to a webhook endpoint. We'll use Discord as the final log storage.

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