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List of Articles

• What to do when the docs aren't enough
• When docs aren't enough - how to turn off sharpening for ActiveStorage variants
• Adding custom boolean methods for DateTime columns in ActiveRecord
• this JS ain't right
• What is the difference between Turbo and Stimulus, and what exactly is Hotwire?
• How to use React just on one page in a Rails app
• Do browsers really hide cookies from other domains?
• Is putting JWTs in local storage "bad"?
• Review: Stop Using JWT for Sessions
• Are you making these JWT Authentication mistakes?
• 4 Ways to Secure Your Authentication System in Rails
• Do I really need to patch my Rails apps? (Understanding CVE-2016-6316)
• 3 ways to work with time in Postgres (& ActiveRecord)
• How To Keep Your Controllers Thin with Form Objects
• When is indexing in a model appropriate?
• All About Foreign Keys
• Using scopes with has_many and belongs_to
• Should I create a model if it will only have 1 row?
• 4 ways to filter has_many associations
• How to use has_many :through with additional attributes on the join table
• How a has_many :through association works in practice
• Retrieving Random Records in Rails