How to Use ActiveRecord Without Rails
Very often I find myself writing small Ruby scripts to scrape data, process CSV files, or build a tiny Sinatra API. In these situations, generating a massive...
Is it Worth Becoming a Rails Developer in 2026? (The Honest Truth)
The “Dead” Language Paradox If you listen to Twitter (or X), Ruby on Rails died sometime around 2017. Everyone moved to Next.js, Go, or Rust. Bootcamps stopp...
Stripe Connect Simplified: Routing Payments in Your Rails App
Building a SaaS where users pay you is easy. But what if you want to build a marketplace? Like Airbnb, Fiverr, or a platform where users pay other users, and...
Stop Building Ugly Admin Panels: Why Avo is the Future of Rails Admins
The “Admin Panel” Ticket We all know the feeling. You are building an exciting new SaaS. The core product is looking great. Then, you look at your backlog an...
The ‘Middle’ of Nowhere: Demystifying Middleware in Rails
The “Black Box” Between the Browser and Your Code When you are learning Rails, you usually think the flow works like this: User clicks a link. Magic hap...
Why You Should Stop Just Posting on Dev.to (and Where to Go Instead)
The Developer’s Dilemma You’ve just spent three days debugging a complex Rails 8 migration or finally perfected your Arch Linux dotfiles. You want to write a...
The Renaissance of the One-Person Framework: Why Rails is More Relevant Than Ever
If I had a nickel for every time a “State of Web Dev” article declared Ruby on Rails dead, I wouldn’t need to write code for a living.
Why I Switched from RSpec to Minitest (Rails Default)
The Industry Standard If you’ve been in the Rails ecosystem for a while, RSpec is likely your default. It’s what most bootcamps teach, it’s what most enterpr...
Not Just HTML: Scraping Data from Messy PDFs
The “Final Boss” of Data Extraction You’ve mastered Nokogiri. You can navigate a nested <div> structure with your eyes closed. But then, your client or...
How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development
I’ll admit it: I used to be a React maximalist.