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Transferring a small Rails application to a new server is no big deal. However, you have to be careful to not overlook anything. Here’s a checklist.

over 2 years ago – #Rails, #Operations, #How-To

Sometimes you have a form backed by a simple ActiveModel model with no persistence. But what if you want to use uploads in such a form, with validations and working across form redisplays?

about 3 years ago – #Ruby, #Rails, #How-To

You are maintaining a long-lived fork and find it increasingly hard to keep track of the exact changes that have been made to the fork? Use advanced Git features to make your life easier.

over 3 years ago – #Git, #How-To

Why code that behaves differently from what it looks like at first glance is particularly nasty during upgrades. Bonus: A look at option hashes vs. keyword arguments in Ruby.

over 3 years ago – #Ruby, #Rails, #Code Philosophy

How we try to prepare the code we’re writing now for the errors we’re likely to make in some not-so-distant future.

over 3 years ago – #Ruby, #Code Philosophy