Rapid UI Development: Top 4 Component Kits for Solo Rails Devs
I remember the days when building a professional-looking dashboard in Rails meant spending a whole week wrestling with CSS flexbox and custom SVG icons. You’...
ViewComponent vs. Phlex: Which Ruby UI Library Should You Choose?
I remember when my app/views folder was a complete disaster. I had deeply nested partials, instance variables floating everywhere, and logic hidden inside HT...
The AI Support Agent: Connecting n8n, OpenAI, and Your Rails DB
I used to wake up every morning to a wall of support emails. As a solo developer, this is the ultimate “flow-state” killer.
MVT vs MVC: Understanding Django Through a Rails Lens
If you are a Rails developer, you are used to the “Omakase” experience. Everything is chosen for you, and there is a very specific “Rails Way” to do things.
The $5 VPS Reality: My Honest Math on Moving to Kamal 2
I remember the day I got my first $200 bill from a PaaS provider (Platform as a Service).
From Coder to Architect: How to Learn Rails When AI Writes the Code
I recently realized that the way I learned Ruby on Rails ten years ago is now completely obsolete.
Stop Using JS for Everything: Harnessing the Power of Pure CSS in 2026
I remember when building a simple dropdown menu or a sticky header required a library like jQuery. Later, we moved to writing Stimulus controllers or React h...
The Developer’s Way to Track Traffic: Self-Hosting Ackee or Plausible
I recently took a long look at my Rails projects and realized I was carrying around a piece of technical debt that was actually hurting my user experience: G...
Count, Length, or Size? Avoiding ActiveRecord Performance Traps
I remember when I first started with Rails, I thought .count, .length, and .size were exactly the same thing. I used them interchangeably in my views and con...
From ERB to Phlex: 5 Steps to Pure Ruby Views
I love Rails, but I’ve always found ERB to be a bit messy. You spend your whole day jumping between the “Backend” (clean Ruby code) and the “Frontend” (a mix...