How rendering partials can slow your Rails app to a crawl

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How rendering partials can slow your Rails app to a crawl

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How rendering partials can slow your Rails app to a crawl

Partials are great. They help with code reusability and keep you sane on those large projects with many moving parts. But they are also a curse. A small one, but one that can get big quickly.

Rails

Real-Time Command Line Applications with Action Cable and Thor

If you build a Rails application that has any kind of real-time feature, chances are you use Action Cable.

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I'm not sure if the world needed another post about N+1 queries in Ruby on Rails. To make up for the cliche topic, I'll describe less common solutions to this problem.

Set up Tailwind CSS JIT in a Rails project to compile styles 20x faster

How to switch to Tailwind CSS JIT when using Ruby on Rails and Webpacker.

Ruby

Collection of data files for automated tests

In this article, I show you how to create a nice collection of tests by putting each test in its own data file.

Ruby's map, collect methods explained visually 🎨

There's no way around the map method. Coming from functional programming it's an inevitable part of any developer's everyday life. Here's an attempt to break it down visually.

Blast from the past

shellharden/how_to_do_things_safely_in_bash.md

Like programming in C or driving a car, contemporary shellscript languages require some knowledge and discipline to use safely, but that's not to say it can't be done.

Beyond Ruby

It is time to fulfill the promise of CI/CD

Why your software should be auto-deployed within 15 minutes after you merge it, with no manual gates. This is the key to high performing teams and high-quality software.