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Calculating the largest known prime in Ruby - JP Camara
Looking to impress your Ruby friends by calculating the largest known prime, 2 ** 136_279_841-1?
On Ruby 3.4.0-preview2 and earlier, 2 ** 136_279_841-1 logs a warning and returns Infinity 😔:
2 ** 136_279_841-1 # warning: in a**b, b may be too big ...


Automating barcode scanner tests with Capybara
A lot of barcode scanners are basic human interface devices — essentially behaving like a keyboard and not requiring any special drivers. Essentially, they just type on a keyboard very quickly. They’ll support lots of different styles of codes — f...

Fixing Gem Install Errors on M3 Mac with Ruby 2.7 · Daniela Baron
Starting a new role always comes with exciting challenges, and one of my first tasks in a recent new role was setting up a 10-year-old legacy Rails project on an M3 MacBook. The project was running Rails 6.1 and Ruby 2.7.8, with several older vers...

Overriding Methods in Ruby on Rails: A No-Code-Editing Approach
Recently, I installed the Writebook a Ruby on Rails app from 37signals because I wanted to publish some long essays or long-form articles about testing for developers.
The installation worked like a charm, including replacing Rescue with Solid Qu...


Process slow network requests with Turbo and Active Model
Learn how to build a dynamic loading screen without writing a line of JavaScriptI recently had the opportunity to improve the UX on a client project by backgrounding a slow network request and broadcasting the response to the browser asynchronousl...

Upgrading to Rails 8 from Rails 7 | by Patrick Karsh | Oct, 2024 | Medium
Rails 8 brings a host of new features, performance improvements, and security enhancements, making it a valuable upgrade for developers looking to maintain the stability and security of their applications. Some of the key reasons to upgrade includ...