#ruby-on-rails

#ruby-on-rails

In 2004, David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) unveiled Ruby on Rails with a straightforward ambition: to enable developers to produce applications at greater speed, without quality loss. This philosophy of convention over configuration altered how developers approached software architecture. Now in 2025, Rails, in its improved state, remains behind industry leaders such as Shopify, GitHub, Basecamp, Airbnb, and Zendesk. Its power is in its continual improvement.

This covers an interaction that happened after responding truthfully to "Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn't Your Enemy". I have covered multiple times the mean discriminatory ways Ruby/Rails subreddit members treat some Rubyists, which started happening only in the last 10 years.

The Single-Page Application madness is a part of the past and Hotwire is the go-to alternative for interactive Rails applications.

The glimmer-web-components Ruby gem aims to provide a collection of reusable Glimmer Web Components for Glimmer DSL for Web, derived from actual Rails applications.

API design often follows specific conventions to ensure consistency and usability across applications. Understanding these conventions can make development more efficient and enable better collaboration.

Integrating Let's Encrypt into your Ruby on Rails application ensures automatic verification, issuance, and renewal of HTTPS certificates, making security accessible and cost-effective.