When an association is being referred in some complex nested loops, a query executed on calling an association can cause performance issues. This can be avoided by checking if the association is cached in Rails.

How to check if ActiveRecord association is cached in Rails?

Rails 7 has added encryption for ActiveRecord models. In this article, We are trying to assess the impact of adding the encrypted columns in our Models. We'll discuss different aspects of enabling encryption on the Rails Models.

Impact of encryption in Rails ActiveRecord

Ruby 3.1 ships with error highlight gem to better pinpoint the error in the code. It highlights the error in the code and also provides the line number of the error.

Ruby 3.1 ships with error highlight gem

Sometimes, we need to remove selected columns and select new columns for the query being done. Rails 6 introduces reselect on ActiveRecord#Relation on query methods. This lets us easily select new columns.

Rails 6 adds reselect on ActiveRecord Relation

While Rails comes with ActiveRecords that saves us from writing some scary (at least to me :)) SQL logic but still there are times when we need to write raw SQL queries. Here is an example showing how we format SQL queries in our applications.

Format custom SQL queries in Rails

Set up twilio accounts and buy / verify phone numbers ready to use with Ruby on Rails applications.

Set up a Twilio account with phone numbers

We created a gem named specterr that stands for Spectacles on Error. Purpose of this gem is to create an error tracking tool which stores the tracked data in the same eco-system as that of your app.

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