Why I can't leave Ruby for Elixir
This post is not about the Elixir community or job opportunities with Ruby. It is not really about Ruby vs Elixir at all. What I want to explain is why I am uncomfortable hitching my bandwaggon to the movement from OOP to FP.
New Reality release: comprehensive docs and other cool things
Remember the Reality library? That thing which wants to make the entire world inspectable and computable through Ruby, Wikipedia, Wikidata and other data sources? Like this:
Speed Things up by Learning about Caching in Rails
New! Top 10 Sites Built With Ruby On Rails In 2016
Some time ago we published a ranking of top sites built with Ruby on Rails, but a lot has changed since then. Here's the new, fresh list! Find out the top 10 places on the web which are powered by Ruby on Rails.
Gemify Your Client-Side App for Rails
If you've ever worked with a Rails app before, you've already worked with gemfiied assets.
Improving Rails application documentation
Rails 5 has added accessed_fields to find the fields that are actually being used in the application
How to Diagnose Ruby on Rails N + 1 Query Problems
Introduction to Cells: A Better View Layer for Rails
More and more Ruby on Rails developers are struggling to implement complex web applications following the vanilla Rails Way™. They are looking for alternative patterns, techniques or approaches to control growing complexity.
Talking Universal JavaScript at Fluent Conf
Back in March I had the pleasure of flying out to San Francisco to speak at Fluent Conf, a yearly event organised by O’Reilly focused on front-end development, to speak about Universal JavaScript. You can find the video below, along with links to the slides and extra information. By writing our applications in this universal […]