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Ruby on Rails 8: Simplifying Sharding with New Methods

Ruby on Rails 8: Simplifying Sharding with New Methods

Ruby on Rails 8 brings helpful updates for working with sharded databases.
Ruby on Rails 8: How to Batch with Custom Columns

Ruby on Rails 8: How to Batch with Custom Columns

Rails 8 lets in_batches cursor on columns other than the primary key. What that changes for multi-tenant data and large migrations.
Ruby on Rails 8: Custom Compression for Encrypted Data

Ruby on Rails 8: Custom Compression for Encrypted Data

In Ruby on Rails 8, ActiveRecord’s encryption features are more flexible than ever. You can now set a custom compression algorithm for encrypted attributes.
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How Automated QA Testing Can Accelerate Your Startup's Growth

In the fast-paced world of startups, maintaining top software quality is key to growth and success.
Avoid Candidates Who Hide Details

Avoid Candidates Who Hide Details

Hiring red flags for startups: Spot candidates who hide details, lack transparency. Learn remote hiring best practices, evaluate technical talent effectively ✓
Stop using Faker and random data in the test fixtures.

Stop using Faker and random data in the test fixtures.

Faker/FFaker can seem like the perfect solution to generate data for testing.
Speed Up Your Rails Test Suite By 6% In 1 Line

Speed Up Your Rails Test Suite By 6% In 1 Line

At one project we have a set of currently 3k+ tests, running more than 2 minutes.
Our Default Ruby Development Stack

Our Default Ruby Development Stack

The technology choices behind JetThoughts Rails projects: which omakase defaults carry most of the work, and when a team reaches past them.
Jekyll + GitHub Pages + Forestry.io

Jekyll + GitHub Pages + Forestry.io

I’ve recently migrated the jetthoughts.com website on Jekyll to Forestry.io.
It's Time For Active Job

It's Time For Active Job

Recently we have upgraded one of our own projects to Rails 4.2. New minor version contains many improvements of old features and adds some new ones.

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