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Delegated Types

#553 Mar 15, 2026 pro

In this episode, we'll explore the Delegated Types pattern and how to use it. We'll discuss different scenarios where it would be a good fit and where it would also be a bad fit.

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LLM Usage

#524 Aug 24, 2025 pro

In this episode, we track our prompt and completion tokens that are called from our application. This is a small feature, but can raise important insights to the usage of LLMs in our application as well as some user behavior.

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Multitenant Conversion

#523 Aug 17, 2025 pro

In this episode, we will look at taking an existing application and set it up for multitenancy. This kind of functionality is often thought of during the initial development, but can later become a requirement and then tough decisions have to be made.

rails model

Embeddings

#499 Mar 9, 2025 pro

In this episode, we explore embeddings and how they improve search and recommendations by converting text into numerical vectors. We'll set up a Rails 8 app with PostgreSQL + PG Vector, generate embeddings, and perform similarity searches.

rails model ai machine learning search

Normalizes

#495 Feb 9, 2025 pro

In this episode, we'll have a look at various approaches to data consistency and why it could be important to normalize the data. We'll look at and old approach and a more current one along with the caveats associated with each of them.

rails data model

Soft Limits

#466 Jul 21, 2024 pro

In this episode, we look at creating soft limits around record creation. Soft limits are a way to programatically limit how many records a user can create. This can be very useful in cases where you have multiple tiered subscription plans and need to provide different limits.

rails model

Feature Toggle from Scratch

#458 May 26, 2024 pro

In this episode, we build a feature toggle system from scratch without using external dependencies like Redis. We'll create an endpoint to enable or disable specific parts of an application dynamically, focusing on a maintainable approach for future extensions.

rails model service objects

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

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