Drifting Ruby

Database, Model and Scopes

#150 Sep 9, 2018 pro

In this episode, we take a look at some tips and tricks around the database schema and model scopes.

Improving Partial Loading Performance

#145 Aug 5, 2018 free

N+1 queries can make an application slow. Having queries called within views can also slow down an app as well as making it less extendable.

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ActiveRecord Migrations

#95 Aug 27, 2017 free

This episode covers different tips and tricks around database migration files.

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Auditing with Paper Trail

#96 Sep 4, 2017 free

Using the paper_trail gem, track changes to model records for auditing purposes and rollback changes when required.

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Virtual Columns with JSON Data Types

#88 Jul 9, 2017 free

Continuing from Episode #87, we take a deeper dive into virtual columns in Rails 5.1 and use them to parse JSON Data Types with adding indexes to the virtual column.

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Database Index Optimization and Migration Maintenance

#53 Nov 6, 2016 free

Adding indexes to your databases can increase the SQL search performance on your tables. As your application grows, migration files can become out of hand, use squasher to squish them down to a single file.

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Working with Large Data

#201 Aug 4, 2019 free

When database tables get large, things can slow down significantly. In this episode, we look at a few things which helps keep databases performant and the client side responsive.

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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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Simple and Complex Database Migrations

#173 Feb 17, 2019 pro

In this episode, we look at database migrations and different ways to generate the schema.

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Virtual Columns in MySQL

#87 Jul 2, 2017 free

In Ruby on Rails 5.1.0, generated virtual column support was added for MySQL and MariaDB. Using generated and stored columns can leverage heavy calculations to the SQL side.

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