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Deploying with MRSK

#391 Mar 5, 2023 free

Kamal (MRSK) deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use Kamal (MRSK) to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

rails deployment deploy

Exploring Campfire

#439 Jan 24, 2024 free

In this episode, we explore the Campfire code from 37signals' Once product line. We'll install the product and grab the code base to get it up and running on our development environment.

rails campfire development

Detect Spam with AI

#427 Nov 5, 2023 free

We can create a small python service that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to detect if a message is spam or not. Using this service, we can tie it into our Rails application so that any comment created will be evaluated for being spam or not. We explore a few different routes on handling any messages flagged as spam.

rails ai machine learning background processing artificial intelligence

Infrastructure Migration

#374 Nov 6, 2022 free

For various reasons, we may decide to move our services off of one platform onto another. This could be due to pricing, uptime or other reasons. In this episode, we look at migrating a Ruby on Rails application and database from Heroku to Fly.

rails infrastructure database migration

Ubuntu Desktop

#361 Aug 7, 2022 free

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.

development rails environment

Speeding Up Requests

#322 Nov 7, 2021 free

In this episode, we look at several issues around pagination and different kinds of querying that could affect performance when working with large datasets.

performance rails search pagination

Processing Large Jobs

#468 Aug 4, 2024 free

In this episode, we will upload a CSV file but need to pass it into a background job. This can prove to be difficult based on the hosting infrastructure so we'll explore some mechanisms to work around them. We'll also look to optimize Solid Queue to handle the large number of jobs.

rails solid queue background processing active storage

Windows and WSL

#451 Apr 7, 2024 free

In this episode, we'll look at setting up a fresh Windows 11 environment for Ruby on Rails development. We'll be looking at a few different tricks that makes managing a Windows environment much easier.

rails windows wsl development

Automate Rake Tasks

#365 Sep 4, 2022 free

When rake tasks need to be part of a deployment, you could find yourself in a situation where the rake task was forgotten about or have to go through the process of shelling into the environment to execute the tasks. In this episode, we look at addressing these issues by creating a way to have rake tasks execute automatically.

rails tasks deployment

File Uploads and Cloud Storage

#356 Jul 3, 2022 free

AWS S3 has been a reliable service over the years and for a long time it was the only option. However, in the past few years, there has been more cloud storage options that have popped up with compatible S3 APIs. These services can sometimes offer better pricing and speeds.

rails uploads active storage

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