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Django and Postgres for the Busy Rails Developer | Andrew Atkinson
About 10 years ago I wrote a post PostgreSQL for the Busy MySQL Developer, as part of switching from MySQL to Postgres for my personal and professional projects wherever I could.
Recently I had the chance to work with Python, Django, and Postgres...

10 tips from 10 years of Hotwire Native | Masilotti.com
10 years ago I launched my first Hotwire Native app in the App Store. It was called something different back then (anyone remember Turbolinks?) but a lot of the same concepts and learnings apply.
To celebrate my 10-year anniversary, here are 10 o...

Lightstorm: minimalistic Ruby compiler - The LLVM Project Blog
Some time ago I was talking about an ahead-of-time Ruby compiler. We started the project with certain goals and hypotheses in mind, andSome time ago I was talking about an ahead-of-time Ruby compiler. We started the project with certain goals and ...


Speeding up Ruby by rewriting C… in Ruby - JP Camara
There is a recent language comparison repo which has been getting shared a lot. In it, CRuby was the third slowest option, only beating out R and Python.
The repo author, @BenjDicken, created a fun visualization of each language’s performance. He...

Building a Better Ruby ORM for Time Series and Analytics
Rails developers know the joy of working with ActiveRecord. DHH didn’t just give us a framework; he gave us a philosophy, an intuitive way to manage data that feels delightful. But when it comes to time-series data, think metrics, logs, or events,...


Rails is better low code than low code | Radan Skorić's website
“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 l...


Hotwire Native: Hotwire Native is a web-first framework for building native mobile apps.
Hotwire Native provides an answer to all of these drawbacks with its web-first approach. The framework enables you to build your screens once, in HTML and CSS, and reuse them across every platform. If you already have a Hotwire web app, you can us...