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Analyze Active Storage

#568 Jun 21, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at filling in form data based on the contents of a PDF that is uploaded through Active Storage. We will implement a mechanism to fill out the form data without having to first persist the record.

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Polling for New Records - Advanced

#567 Jun 14, 2026 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at evolving the polling stimulus controller to handle pausing when the user navigates to a different tab, handle network errors, properly construct the URL and handle inserting new records differently. These small changes creates a much stronger polling mechanism.

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Polling for New Records

#566 Jun 7, 2026 free

Websockets are great, but they are not always the right approach. In this episode, we will look at implementing a long polling for new records.

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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.

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Debounce

#550 Feb 22, 2026 pro

Demonstrate how to implement a debounced live search in a Rails application using Stimulus and Turbo, improving UX by reducing unnecessary server requests.

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Turbo Permanent

#546 Jan 25, 2026 pro

In this episode, we'll look at common problems with broadcasting refreshes and page morphs as well as some paths to a solution to provide a good user experience.

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RequestJS

#544 Jan 11, 2026 pro

In this episode, we'll have a look at a few different examples of how to make AJAX requests in a modern Rails application. We'll also explore some of the different things to be aware of and patterns that I feel make for maintainable applications.

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Fizzy JS Patterns

#540 Dec 14, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at the open source project Fizzy and the Javascript patterns used. We will look at various patterns used and some thoughts of improvement.

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Pull to Refresh

#532 Oct 19, 2025 pro

When PWA websites are installed (specifically on iOS) there is some functionality lost to refresh the page. In this episode, we explore in how to restore this functionality.

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Dependent Select

#517 Jul 6, 2025 free

In this episode, we explore how to enhance standard select fields using a JavaScript library together with StimulusJS to create more dynamic and responsive dropdowns. The focus is on adding search functionality, handling dependent selections, and integrating smoothly with modern frontend setups.

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