Tutorials


Handling PDF Files using Docsplit and Ruby on Rails
Docsplit is one of my favorite gems. I used this gem for my first Rails project, I noticed the docs can be improved upon and in this tutorial I wish to introduce to you this wonderful gem whilst trying to make clearer documentation on the PDF hand...




Why You Should Never Use sudo to Install Ruby Gems
These errors are common because macOS (and previously OS X) doesn't come out of the box with a proper Ruby development environment. There is an easy, quick, and safe solution, but unfortunately most people don't know about it, or try to make it mo...

Diagnosing performance issues in Rails applications
Almost everyone who works on a large Rails application will eventually have to deal with performance problems. For better or worse, there are dozens of different types of performance problems, which can make it hard to identify which one you’re de...

How to Create a AWS Lambda Layer of Your Gemfile / Ruby Gem Dependencies
If you use AWS SAM to build and deploy your serverless Ruby functions, it'll take care of building your dependencies on a function by function basis and package them up for deployment. Great!But if you don't want to use SAM, using gems with native...