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Log Bench

#515 Jun 22, 2025 pro

Tailing logs can be rather annoying in a development environment when looking for a specific request. In this episode, we're going to explore the Log Bench gem and the value it adds to our development experience.

rails development

System Tests in Docker

#514 Jun 15, 2025 pro

Setting up system tests to run heedlessly in a docker container can be rather difficult. In this episode, we'll dockerize a Rails application and set up the application to run the system tests in the docker environment.

rails development docker tests

Kamal 2 in Github Actions

#513 Jun 8, 2025 pro

In this episode we take a look at Github Actions again, but with Kamal 2. Not too much has changed, but there are some differences in the approach on caching and a few other things that have changed since the initial release of Kamal.

rails kamal deploy deployment

Marksmith

#512 Jun 1, 2025 free

Easily add Markdown support to your Rails applications with Marksmith. This isn't a drop-in replacement to ActionText, but can be used with text or blob columns. Marksmith integrates easily with ActiveStorage for handling file uploads. In this episode, we'll explore setting up Marksmith and some best practices.

rails view wysiwyg

Printing

#511 May 25, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at styling and implementing a print functionality to hide away content on our page that doesn't need to be printed. While small, this feature can make a big difference in how people consume pages on your application.

rails view css

Kamal Maintenance Mode

#510 May 18, 2025 pro

In Kamal 2.6.0, a new feature was released that allowed an app to switch between live mode and maintenance mode. In this episode, we'll explore the new feature and how it works.

rails deployment

LLM Insights

#509 May 11, 2025 pro

In this episode, we explore generating insights from product data using a self-hosted LLM. By analyzing purchase and cart behavior, we stream actionable recommendations directly into the UI.

rails llm ai background processing

Scaffold Templates

#508 May 4, 2025 free

In this episode, we explore using the scaffold generator and modifying the templates to simplify the creation of consistent, Tailwind CSS-styled views and controllers in a Rails application, saving time when prototyping and building new features.

rails view template

Application Templates

#507 Apr 27, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at a metaprogramming technique combined with Rails functionality to reduce repetitive code. It's not always a great fit, but for applications or views where they share similar feels, it can help their maintainability and the development speed in setting up new functionality.

rails view metaprogramming

Dockerizing Rails

#506 Apr 20, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at using Docker for our Rails environment. We'll explore some of the common problems and solutions with this development environment approach.

rails docker development

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