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Migrate a Lovable or Replit App to Rails

Migrate a Lovable or Replit App to Rails

Your Lovable, Bolt, or Replit MVP works in the demo and breaks with real users. How to migrate a vibe coded app to Rails: schema, auth, payments, front end.
Kamal 2 Multi-Server Deployment Guide

Kamal 2 Multi-Server Deployment Guide

Deploy Rails across multiple servers with Kamal 2: roles, the load balancing gap, boot limit gotchas, the multi-host SSL error, and when one big box wins.
Solid Queue: Retries, Concurrency, Monitoring

Solid Queue: Retries, Concurrency, Monitoring

Production patterns for Solid Queue: custom retry strategies, concurrency tuning, worker pool sizing, dead letter queues, and monitoring. Working Rails 8 config examples.
Rails CVE-2026-41316: Detection and Patch

Rails CVE-2026-41316: Detection and Patch

CVSS 8.1 universal RCE chain through ERB::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy and Marshal.load. Detection, upgrade path, Rails 7.0/7.1 EOL options.
Rails 8.1: Subscribe to Events, Skip Logs

Rails 8.1: Subscribe to Events, Skip Logs

Rails 8.1 replaces log parsing with structured events. Wire ActiveSupport::Notifications to Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus - no regex required.
Active Job Continuations in Rails 8.1

Active Job Continuations in Rails 8.1

Rails 8.1's ActiveJob::Continuable resumes long jobs from their last completed step. How to wire it in, when not to, why Kamal deploys stop losing work.
Solid Trifecta: When to Keep Redis in Rails 8

Solid Trifecta: When to Keep Redis in Rails 8

Rails 8 defaults to Solid Cache, Solid Queue, and Solid Cable. Most apps don't need Redis anymore. Some still do. Here's how we decide which workloads stay.
Ruby on Rails Performance Optimization Patterns for 2026

Ruby on Rails Performance Optimization Patterns for 2026

Concrete benchmarks and patterns for Rails performance in 2026 - YJIT speedups, Rails 8 query optimization, Redis caching, and N+1 elimination.
Rails `has_secure_password` with Argon2: Complete Migration Guide

Rails `has_secure_password` with Argon2: Complete Migration Guide

Step-by-step guide to enabling Argon2 with has_secure_password in Rails. Migrate from BCrypt with zero downtime using the Hybrid Verifier pattern in production.
Rails 8 Deployment with Docker: Production-Ready Configuration Guide

Rails 8 Deployment with Docker: Production-Ready Configuration Guide

Complete Rails 8 Docker deployment guide with production-ready configurations. Multi-stage builds, security hardening, performance optimization, and Kamal alternative strategies.

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