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Goodbye Webpack: The Zen of Rails Importmaps
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Goodbye Webpack: The Zen of Rails Importmaps
The Javascript Fatigue We have all been there. You want to start a new project. You run...
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Stop Building Microservices: A Defense of the Monolith for Indie Hackers
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Stop Building Microservices: A Defense of the Monolith for Indie Hackers
The Microservice Trap We have all read the engineering blogs from Netflix, Uber, and...
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SEO Strategy: Putting Your Blog at the Root and Your App on a Subdomain
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
SEO Strategy: Putting Your Blog at the Root and Your App on a Subdomain
Part 1: The SEO Logic (The "Why") In the eyes of Google, the root domain (domain.com) is...
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The Best Ways to Build a Blog in Rails 8: From Markdown to Action Text
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
The Best Ways to Build a Blog in Rails 8: From Markdown to Action Text
The Developer's Paradox As developers, we want to build our own blog because we want total...
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SQLite is All You Need: The "One-Person Stack" for 2026
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
SQLite is All You Need: The "One-Person Stack" for 2026
The Default Stack is Too Heavy For the last decade, if you ran rails new, you almost...
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From Writer to Editor-in-Chief: AI, Rails, and the Death of "How-To"
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
From Writer to Editor-in-Chief: AI, Rails, and the Death of "How-To"
The Signal from the Other Side If you exist in the web development orbit, you’ve likely...
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Hotwire vs. React: A Guide for the "One-Person Framework"
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Hotwire vs. React: A Guide for the "One-Person Framework"
The Default Choice For the last five years, the "Standard Web Stack" has been...
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Devise to Custom Auth: It’s Not Just `has_secure_password
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Devise to Custom Auth: It’s Not Just `has_secure_password
The Itch to Switch Devise is the 800-pound gorilla of Rails authentication. It’s reliable,...
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The Dangerous Elegance of ActiveRecord::Store
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
The Dangerous Elegance of ActiveRecord::Store
As Rails developers, we are obsessed with schema design. We love 3rd Normal Form. We love foreign...
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Stimulus.js Crash Course: Build a "Copy to Clipboard" Feature in 5 Minutes
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Stimulus.js Crash Course: Build a "Copy to Clipboard" Feature in 5 Minutes
The Problem with Modern JS You want to add a simple "Copy to Clipboard" button next to an...
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Hotwire Decoded: When to use Frames vs. Streams
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Hotwire Decoded: When to use Frames vs. Streams
The Hotwire Confusion If you are new to Rails 7 or 8, you’ve likely stared at the...
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Goodbye Redis? The Rise of Solid Queue in Rails 8
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Goodbye Redis? The Rise of Solid Queue in Rails 8
The "Redis Tax" is Over For the last decade, the standard Rails stack looked like this: ...
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You Don't Need Devise: Building Secure Rails Auth from Scratch
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
You Don't Need Devise: Building Secure Rails Auth from Scratch
The "Devise" Dilemma We’ve all been there. You run rails new, and the very next command is...
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5 Ways to Find High-Impact Ruby and Rails Projects to Contribute to Today
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
5 Ways to Find High-Impact Ruby and Rails Projects to Contribute to Today
The Ruby community has always been known for its friendliness and "MINASWAN" (Matz Is Nice And So We...
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Implementing Copy-to-Clipboard in Rails 8: The Modern Way
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Implementing Copy-to-Clipboard in Rails 8: The Modern Way
Here is a robust, modern Stimulus controller for Rails 8 to handle copying text to the clipboard. It...
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PostgreSQL on Arch Linux: From Zero to Running in 5 Minutes
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
PostgreSQL on Arch Linux: From Zero to Running in 5 Minutes
Why This Guide Exists Most PostgreSQL installation guides are either outdated or don't...
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Stop Redeploying for Config Changes: The 5-Minute Rails Key-Value Store
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 2mo ago
Stop Redeploying for Config Changes: The 5-Minute Rails Key-Value Store
We have all been there. You are five minutes into a dinner reservation when your phone buzzes. The...
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Ruby PORO Explained: How Plain Old Ruby Objects Make Your Code Better
Dev.to · Zil Norvilis 5mo ago
Ruby PORO Explained: How Plain Old Ruby Objects Make Your Code Better
A PORO in Ruby stands for Plain Old Ruby Object. It simply means a regular Ruby class that isn’t tied...
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