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Dot Files

#415 Aug 20, 2023 pro

Dot files are important for customizing our development experience and in this episode, we'll have a look at the .zshrc, .gemrc, .railsrc, and .irbrc dot files and how we can customize them to make our development life easier.

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Developing in Docker

#414 Aug 13, 2023 pro

I use Docker every day and it has make my development workflow much simpler. I don't have to deal with conflicts or issues with macOS since everything is containerized. Before, I would fight my host operating system with mismatched dependencies and configuration problems, but using Docker during my development workflow has simplified things. In this episode, we'll run through how I use Docker on Rails applications and some of the tricks I use to solve the nuances of this approach.

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Rails Docked

#384 Jan 15, 2023 pro

Docked is a new library which aims to aid in fresh development environments with the use of Docker. In this episode, we use a Steam Deck, to install Docker and by using Docked will have a fully functional Ruby on Rails development environment.

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Seed like a Pro

#284 Feb 21, 2021 pro

Seeding your database is often an overlooked part of development and it has a lot of benefits that can help uncover issues within your application. However, maintaining the seeds.rb can be difficult and things can get out of hand quickly. In this episode, learn how to manage and maintain the seeds file.

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Ruby on Docker

#274 Dec 20, 2020 pro

Learn to use Docker to manage our Ruby interpreter and use it to template new Rails applications.

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Website Accessibility

#213 Oct 27, 2019 pro

In this episode, we add Bootstrap into a Rails 6 application and look at various aspects of website accessibility.

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Creating Health Checks

#208 Sep 22, 2019 pro

Health Checks are an important part of monitoring an application's health. However, a simple status response may not be sufficient. In this episode, we look at creating a health check which monitors some dependencies of a Rails application.

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Interview Questions

#182 Apr 14, 2019 pro

In this episode, we look at various questions asked during interviews.

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Managing Terminal Sessions

#170 Jan 27, 2019 pro

Typically a new Rails application doesn't have much going on, but that can quickly change as the application gets more complex and additional services are added to the stack. In this episode, we look at a few different ways for managing the Terminal for Rails applications.

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Development Decisions and Architecture

#160 Nov 18, 2018 pro

Decisions made during the development process can significantly affect how the production environment is architected. In this episode, we look at a few different scenarios and how the early decisions made in development affected the production infrastructure.

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