Good Module, Bad Module

You know how to use modules in Ruby, but are you abusing them? Here are different ways to program with modules and why they may or may not be great ideas.

Raise On Developer Mistake

When is it appropriate to raise an exception? This is a question that every programmer faces. It’s a complicated topic, with multiple, differing opinions. 

Better File Uploads with Shrine: Motivation

This is the 1st part of a series of blog posts about Shrine. In this part I talk about the motivation behind creating Shrine, by going over the limitations of existing file attachment libraries.

Five Rails Gotchas

Five pitfalls in Rails that might trap you.

When abstraction is a mistake

Recently, I’ve been working on improving the quality of controller tests in Shopify core, with the primary goal of making them Rails 5-ready.

Creating a multi-tenant site with rails

We recently worked on a joint-venture project between two companies. The goal was to build one “white-label” site that would be released in two different markets. Apart from some branding, the sites would be identical, but completely separate.

Optimising PostgreSQL database query using indexes

At Red Panthers PostgreSQL is our go to database we use it everywhere. So thinking about how to optimize our database performance is one of the most talked about topic at our office. 

Learning and mastering isn’t the same

When I first began making applications for the web, getting started was hard. Just figuring out which components to download, how to configure them, and getting Hello World through it all was a daunting affair. 

Searchkick

Intelligent search made easy with Rails and Elasticsearch