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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.

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Optical Character Recognition

#405 Jun 11, 2023 pro

Make your Active Storage uploads searchable with Optical Character Recognition (OCR). In this episode, we'll look at uploading documents with Active Storage and then using a gem to perform the optical character recognition on the uploaded files.

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Meilisearch

#402 May 21, 2023 pro

Meilisearch is a flexible and powerful user-focused search engine that can be added to any website or application. In this episode, we'll integrate Meilisearch into our application.

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Tokenized Search

#401 May 14, 2023 pro

Creating an interactive search can be a daunting task. In this episode, we look at creating a "tokenized search" feature within our Rails application which is similar to what you'd find within New Relic or Kibana.

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MySQL FULLTEXT Search

#386 Jan 29, 2023 pro

In this episode, we look at implementing full-text search in MySQL. Using some of the built in functions of MySQL, we are able query tables and add weighted results.

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Searching Multiple Models

#370 Oct 9, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a simple and maintainable way to search multiple models. As our application grows and the needs change, other avenues can be explored, but it's important to not prematurely optimize things before they're actually required.

rails search database model

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.

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Ransack Search and Hotwire

#305 Jul 18, 2021 pro

It's easy to overcomplicate our search features. Ransack enables the creation of both simple and advanced search forms for your Ruby on Rails application.

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Autocomplete with StimulusJS

#251 Jul 19, 2020 pro

In this episode, learn how to easily add autocomplete search functionality to your Rails Application with StimulusJS.

rails search stimulusjs

Searchkick and Elasticsearch

#65 Jan 29, 2017 free

Add full text searching using Searchkick and Elasticsearch. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application and a sample of autocomplete functionality.

rails search performance

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