Kamal (MRSK) deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use Kamal (MRSK) to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

In this episode, we have a look at using the OpenAI API to create an AI Response to comments. Instead of simply using the API directly with Net::HTTP, we're also going to create an API wrapper around Net::HTTP so that we can simplify the responsibility of our OpenAI integration.

Ruby on Rails 7.1 introduces Required Template Arguments w/ Default Values, or Strict Locals. This solves the issue of difficult to reason about dependencies & runtime compilations. In this episode, we look at how Strict Locals can improve the overall maintainability of our Rails partials.

The asset pipeline can be confusing. So, in this episode, we explore Sprockets and the movement towards Propshaft, a new Rails library for managing assets. We'll also have a look at some nuances with jsbundling and how to overcome them.

In this episode, we look at implementing full-text search in MySQL. Using some of the built in functions of MySQL, we are able query tables and add weighted results.