Build Once, Launch Ten Times: The Rails Engine SaaS Strategy
If you are a solo developer with “Shiny Object Syndrome,” you know the feeling. You have a great idea for a new SaaS on a Saturday morning. You run rails new...
Ditching Redis: How to Handle WebSockets in Rails 8 with Solid Cable
Real-Time Rails Without Redis: A Guide to Solid Cable
The Magic of Turbo Frames: Infinite Pagination in Pure HTML
Building an Infinite Scroll in Rails 8 (Zero Custom JavaScript)
Why I Stopped Using Stripe: The Case for Merchant of Records (MoR)
If you are building a SaaS in 2026, the default advice is always the same: “Just plug in Stripe and launch.”
Stop Paying for Vector Databases: How to Build AI Search in Postgres
I see developers trying to build “AI Chatbots” that know about their specific company data. They want the AI to read their PDFs, their internal wikis, or the...
Background AI: Using Solid Queue for Slow OpenAI API Calls
Very often I see developers integrating AI into their Rails apps for the first time, and they make a critical mistake that completely destroys their server p...
Stop Leaking API Keys: Managing Secrets in Kamal 2
I see developers make a mistake that can ruin their entire month.
The Solo Developer’s Secret Weapon: Self-Hosted Automation with n8n
Automating My Life: How I Use n8n Instead of Custom Ruby Scripts
Killing the Password: How to Add Passkeys to Your Rails 8 App
Very often I see users struggling with the absolute worst part of the internet: Passwords.
10 Crypto Disasters That Shook the World (And What They Teach Coders)
In the world of cryptocurrency, we often say that “code is law.” But when that law has a bug, or the person writing the law is a thief, billions of dollars c...