Migrating from Devise to Rails Auth before you can say "Rails World keynote"

“We need a very simple CRUD app for managing the reservations.” They1 said. “Don’t spend too much time on it.” They added. My thoughts are racing: “Hm, I am very good with Ruby on Rails, this seems like a good fit. But then I’ve also used these low code tools before, they are supposed to be the perfect solution for stuff like this. What should I...

A Chinese translation of this article is also available. Hotwire and HTMX are two powerful libraries that both have the same goal: simplify building modern web applications. Both embrace the HTML+CSS basis of the web and enhance it to enable slick UIs with little or no javascript needed. While both projects share many fundamental values and even...

I came upon the Gilded Rose coding kata by reading Victor Shepelev’s (a.k.a. Zverok) blog post about it. I liked it, especially the part about not immediately reaching for the OOP solution. Ruby is an expressive multi-paradigm language that offers various tools beyond classic OOP. However, looking at Victor’s solution I felt like something is...

I love Sarajevo. It’s one of my favourite cities. A unique mix of cultures in this part of the world. I’ve visited it multiple times and have many fond memories. Unfortunately, it’s been many years since the last time I visited. Because, well, life. Not a great excuse. Apologies to my Sarajevo friends. I’m sorry I needed the European Ruby...