This week at Go Free Range:
- Progress on the Experience CS project with the Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Scripting user interactions to generate screencasts for Mission Patch
- Improving some Rails documentation on database-related env vars related to deploying to a PaaS
Old Ruby and Rails on new hardware with dev containers
https://everydayrails.com/2025/04/15/old-ruby-rails-dev-container
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://everydayrails.com/2025/04/15/old-ruby-rails-dev-container
I used `protected` for reals in a #Ruby class yesterday, and that’s probably a sign that I’ve gone too far in my refactor.
I think the prevailing culture in Ruby is to forget about language-enforced encapsulation and simply agree to ignore crufty parts of APIs. Honestly that seems to work out ok in practice
So, #ruby 4 was annouced
It is almost weekend so I started working at @shortrubynews ->subscribe if you haven't yet, as the next edition will feature a ton of cool stuff the #Ruby community shared this week.
But naturally I am going off on a tangent and testing Ruby 3.5.0-preview1
JmeterRuby A new beginning
https://github.com/reeganviljoen/jmeter-ruby/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/reeganviljoen/jmeter-ruby/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Is No PaaS really a good idea for Rails?
https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/rails-no-paas/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/rails-no-paas/
Our April Online meetup is almost here! Here from Liz Pine about Objects and Test Boundaries: Finding Balance. We all know over time the tests get slow, and there are many well known and effective techniques for addressing slow tests, but let's dive in how we can get to the core of this issue!
Made a small gem to allow switching from class to test - and back - in #zed
https://github.com/MoskitoHero/zed-test-toggle
It’s still at an early stage, so I suspect it might not work in some projects. But it understands if you are using #rspec or #minitest.
"For me, the answer is no — Rails 8 doesn’t remove the value proposition of platforms. I’d rather focus on my app and let a platform like Heroku handle the infrastructure."
New article by Jeffery Morhous
https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/rails-no-paas/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
You should be using circuit breakers.
I've seen too many apps go belly-up because some external service went down. Please wrap your service calls with a circuit breaker to save yourself the pain.
Herb: Powerful and seamless HTML-aware ERB parsing and tooling
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://herb-tools.dev/
Great news for everyone who was waiting for accommodation details. We are partnering with a couple of hotels and confirmed from 10% to 25% discounts. Hope that helps!
Details: https://balticruby.org/location
Building High Performance Ruby REST APIs with Rage
https://zuplo.com/blog/2025/04/13/ruby-rage-rest-api-tutorial
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://zuplo.com/blog/2025/04/13/ruby-rage-rest-api-tutorial
Funny thing.
So in most #Ruby web frameworks (works with Roda, Rails and I think Sinatra, at the very least) you can mount other Rack apps to endpoints.
IIRC that's how Rodauth works.
But I haven't seen the ability to mount other WSGI apps in #Python frameworks.
Wonder if there's a technical reason for that, or if it's just, something that isn't needed.
Fix N+1 Queries Without Eager Loading Using a SQL Subquery
https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/fix-n-plus-1-queries-with-sql-subqueries-in-rails/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/fix-n-plus-1-queries-with-sql-subqueries-in-rails/
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