Best of Rails — October 2024

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   RUBYLAND·2y

   Tailwind CSS Patterns

   The author created lightweight and visually interesting layouts for Rails Designer using Tailwind CSS for background patterns. They explored and compiled various patterns into a collection for inspiration and easy integration.

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   David Heinemeier Hansson·2y

   Capture less than you create

   The author reflects on the immense value created by companies like Shopify, GitHub, and Coinbase using the Rails framework, which he has helped evolve. Despite not becoming a billionaire, he values the satisfaction from seeing others succeed with his work. The post emphasizes embracing the open source spirit: finding joy in the success of others and recognizing 'enough' as a special kind of wealth.

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   Community Picks·2y

   A Legendary Web Framework is Reborn... In Rust

   Loco RS is a web framework inspired by Ruby on Rails, written in Rust. It promises improvements in performance and safety while maintaining a great developer experience. The framework aims to combine the best of Rails and Rust, offering features such as built-in user authentication and integrated database handling. Loco RS uses existing Rust crates to avoid reinventing the wheel, and it's created by Doan Naham, who has experience in both development and business. Benchmarks suggest it handles significantly more requests per second than Rails, potentially reducing cloud infrastructure costs for developers and smaller companies.

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   typecraft·2y

   Master Docker Compose the Way I Wish I Did – Docker for Newbs EP 2

   Learn how to use Docker Compose to create multicontainer applications where services can communicate effortlessly. This tutorial covers how to break down a Docker Compose file, set up services like a Ruby on Rails application with a PostgreSQL database, and explains the interaction between these services. The guide also includes practical steps on creating Docker volumes, running health checks, and executing commands within Dockerized environments, focusing on building and maintaining a consistent development setup.

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   AppSignal·2y

   What's New in Ruby on Rails 8

   Ruby on Rails 8 beta has been released, offering features like Kamal 2 for simplified deployments, Propshaft as the new asset pipeline, and solid adapters allowing SQLite to be used effectively in production. Significant ActiveRecord enhancements and built-in authentication improvements further streamline development.

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