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Tone Check

#562 May 10, 2026 pro

In this episode, we use a small AI model to check the tone of a message in real time on the client's browser. There's no need to send messages back to the server or to an API because it's all done on the client's browser with the Web GPU. It is small enough to work on mobile devices and desktop computers.

rails ai

Ten Years of Frontend

#561 May 3, 2026 free

In this episode, we look at where we were years ago and the journey where we have landed today. Over the past 10 years, much has changed with our approach to client interactions and in the episode we explore my favorite and current approach.

rails hotwire turbo stimulusjs

AI Error Tracking - Part 2

#560 Apr 26, 2026 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at adding the LLM insights functionality to examine the error logs. We start simple with the information captured in the error logs, but progress to provide code snippet context.

rails error ai

AI Error Tracking (Part 1)

#559 Apr 19, 2026 pro

In this episode, we are setting up the error tracking within our Rails application so that in the next episode, we can plug in the AI analysis of the error to hopefully lead to faster identity of the problem and ranking of severity.

rails ai error

AI Powered Logs

#558 Apr 12, 2026 pro

In this episode, we will create a middleware that will capture the Rails logs and use an AI model to analyze the logs for any potential performance impact or issues.

rails ai development

Easter Eggs

#557 Apr 5, 2026 free

Easter Eggs are often ways that developers can have fun by hiding little gems in the code base or provide additional fun without affecting the function of the application. In this episode, we'll explore some of the little easter eggs in the Rails code base.

rails easter eggs

N+1 Driven Development

#556 Apr 1, 2026 free

In this episode, we look at how we can modify our application from a performance aspect to increase our job security. We'll slow down our application to a still usable level, but then swoop in months later and become the hero.

rails april fools

Kamal Staging

#555 Mar 29, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a staging environment that will be provisioned and deployed through Kamal. A stating environment can be simple or a production like infrastructure that mimics the production environment.

rails kamal deployment

Once CLI

#554 Mar 22, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at the new Once CLI where we can reference a docker image and deploy it to a server.

rails deployment deploy

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.

rails model

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