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Daylight Savings

#552 Mar 8, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at recurring jobs and what happens to them when daylight savings begins or ends. We'll explore some options for handling this situation so that we always run the jobs at the same local time.

rails time zones

Optimizations

#551 Mar 1, 2026 free

In this episode, we look at a few different ways of improving the speed of a page. There are many paths to take. Some of them leaves a lot of optimizations on the table, whereas others are premature and adds complexity.

rails activerecord

Debounce

#550 Feb 22, 2026 pro

Demonstrate how to implement a debounced live search in a Rails application using Stimulus and Turbo, improving UX by reducing unnecessary server requests.

rails hotwire javascript stimulusjs

Rate Limit Plans

#549 Feb 15, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a rate limit feature based on the plan a user has subscribed to.

rails api

Ratatui

#548 Feb 8, 2026 pro

A Terminal User Interface (TUI) are nothing new but can be very powerful, especially to those who live in the terminal. In this episode, we'll look at creating pretty terminal interfaces from very basic to more complicated examples.

rails terminal

Claude Code

#547 Feb 1, 2026 free

In this episode, we look at how to use Claude Code to assist us in developing Rails applications. This is not about vibe coding, but using tools to assist our development efforts.

rails development ai

Turbo Permanent

#546 Jan 25, 2026 pro

In this episode, we'll look at common problems with broadcasting refreshes and page morphs as well as some paths to a solution to provide a good user experience.

rails stimulusjs turbo

Credentials Override

#545 Jan 18, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at an interesting approach to override Rails Credentials so each developer can customize the credentials without changing the credentials file.

rails development

RequestJS

#544 Jan 11, 2026 pro

In this episode, we'll have a look at a few different examples of how to make AJAX requests in a modern Rails application. We'll also explore some of the different things to be aware of and patterns that I feel make for maintainable applications.

rails ajax stimulusjs

Self Hosted App

#543 Jan 4, 2026 free

In this episode, we'll go from a fresh Rails 8 application and a newly provisioned Raspberry Pi to deploying the application on the PI. We'll also set up a domain to point to this application and put in place geo restrictions to help prevent unwanted access.

rails kamal deployment cloudflare

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