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Custom Fonts

#456 May 12, 2024 pro

There are a few different approaches to adding custom fonts into Rails applications regardless if you're using esbuild, bun or importmaps. Spoiler, it's much easier today than in years past.

rails view fonts

Dev Containers

#454 Apr 28, 2024 pro

In a later Rails release, dev container configurations will be provided by default. In this episode, we will explore how to use dev containers as well as modifying them to fit our application's needs.

rails development docker

Exporting ICS Files

#453 Apr 21, 2024 pro

In this episode, we look at exporting Internet Calendar files (ICS) so that they can be imported into a calendar app. We'll also explore some practices in making wise decisions in how we structure our applications.

rails model calendar

Tags from Scratch

#452 Apr 14, 2024 pro

In this episode, we create a tagging system for models that is highly reusable. We'll explore creating the tagging system, filtering on tags and persisting the tags in an unobtrusive way.

rails model tags

Previous/Next Record

#449 Mar 31, 2024 pro

In this episode, we'll explore the process of creating Previous and Next links for a record, but then refactor it to be more maintainable.

rails model view

Authentication Timeout

#448 Mar 24, 2024 pro

In this episode, we'll explore adding the ability to extend an authenticated session wish is about to expire. We'll be using a Stimulus controller for the bulk of the logic and the provided functionality that Devise gives us out of the box.

rails security devise

Bulk Updates

#447 Mar 17, 2024 pro

Updating multiple records in the UI of a Rails app could be tricky. In this episode, we'll look at updating multiple records at the same time from scratch. We'll create a Stimulus controller to handle some of the front end functionality.

rails stimulusjs javascript activerecord

LLM Context

#446 Mar 10, 2024 pro

Building on the previous episode, we look at refactoring our background job into a more maintainable object and provide context to the LLM so that we can chain together responses for a more conversational experience.

rails ai artificial intelligence background processing machine learning

Campfire Bots

#444 Feb 25, 2024 pro

In this episode, we explore the practical use of Campfire Bots for webhook applications. We'll start by setting up an AI Image Generator bot that interacts with our Ruby on Rails application, and then connect it to a self-hosted Large Language Model (LLM). Our initial goal is to get the system working. After that, we'll focus on refactoring the code to improve its safety and maintainability.

rails artificial intelligence background processing webhooks api

Reloadable Fixtures

#443 Feb 18, 2024 pro

In this episode, we'll have a look at a way where we can use fixtures to manage the data in our development environment, tests and a demo environment. We'll dive into some complications and nuances with handling fixtures in ActionText and ActiveStorage.

rails fixtures development

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