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Having Fun with React Apps in Rails with Bun and Importmap
Why this pattern This guide documents a simple, repeatable way to add small, focused React apps to a Rails project—bundled... Read more
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In this example, we will demonstrate how to use the render_async gem to load content dynamically when a button is... Read more
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Migrating Your Production Application and Database from Heroku to Hatchbox
Migrating production systems requires careful planning. This guide outlines the steps to move your Heroku-hosted application and PostgreSQL database to... Read more
08 Apr 2025
Convert Claude Artifact TSX file into Normal React App - using Bun
So you created a cool react thing on claude.ai and want to get some more control. First thing to do... Read more
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Async ChartKick / How to lazily fetch chart data
I love gem 'chartkick' for building quick and simple charting. An optimization I found is to render charts when they... Read more
14 Jul 2024
How To: ChartKick & Chart.js with Multi Axis Data
In your view file <%= column_chart(async_traffic_forecast_path(resource, params[:id]), library: { legend: { position: 'top' }, scales: { 'y' => { "type"... Read more
10 Jul 2024
Rails Render Async in Viewport with Lazy Observer
I love the gem render_async because it’s a simple tool to make your controller action thinner. I was recently considering... Read more
15 Mar 2024
Simple Streaming OpenAI to your Rails App (without turbo/websockets)
I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s GPT-4 API and I wanted to share a quick summary and code sample. Why... Read more
28 Sep 2023
Rails Simple Form Tooltip (Bootstrap Popover)
SimpleForm utilizes i18n files to manage labels, hints, and defaults. The following code customizes the simple_form builder object to examine... Read more
23 Jul 2023
Creating a Zip File / Folder from ActiveStorage Image Variants with Rails
Amazon 360-images require a specific naming convention for their 360-images. Every item as a global identifier called an ASIN (Amazon... Read more
29 May 2023
Authorization with amz_sp_api Ruby Gem
Authorization with the amz_sp_api rubygem. First you have to handle oauth (user visits with code, you convert into tokens). After... Read more
26 Jan 2023
Creating a date flag with simple_form
The idea of a date flag is to allow the user to interact with a checkbox, but the data persisted... Read more
20 Apr 2022
Bootstrap Radio Card Template
I love a unique radio situation from time to time. I utilized this once and wanted to save for later.... Read more
08 Mar 2022
Copy FTP files to Rails Active Storage
This is 2 step solution, download locally then upload to ActiveStorage. (I couldn’t figure out how to directly write from... Read more
03 Feb 2022
Chrome Shortcut Icon on Mac Dock
This took me far longer to figure out that it should have, because google sucks. My parents were pissed off... Read more
25 Jan 2022
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Update your NETLIFY function build # inside netlify.toml / in your project root [functions] node_bundler = "esbuild" Add node-fetch@2 instead... Read more
21 Jan 2022
Ruby Array of Hashes to CSV
file = CSV.generate do |writer| array_of_hashes.each_with_index do |row, index| writer << row.keys if index == 0 writer << row.values end... Read more
11 Jan 2022
Active::Storage Attaching Attachments Code Snippets
For all examples, assume the class has fancy_report and amazing_images # business.rb class Business < ApplicationRecord has_one_attached :fancy_report has_many_attached :amazing_images... Read more
09 Jan 2022
Bootstrap Remove Column Gutter Padding (Version 5)
Bootstrap4 Bootstrap3 Bootstrap5: Zero gutter is g-0 Boostrap5 comes with gutter utilities Catch all dimensions & viewports g-0 .. g-5... Read more
04 Jan 2022
Code Block Highlighter Copy/Paste (Jekyll)
Jekyll uses div.highlighter-rouge as the wrapper around any codeblock sections. For each block, we create a button with an event.... Read more
03 Jan 2022
Rails MIN / MAX with ActiveRecord
A smart way to get data from AR is utilizing pluck() to extract the raw data. For example, a range... Read more
02 Jan 2022
How I use React in Jekyll (with Create React App) [Updated 2021]
This post assumes you have an understanding of Jekyll and React and have deployed both of them before. The goal... Read more
21 Dec 2021
Heroku Run Rails Code in Console
Different ways of running ruby code in the heroku console $ heroku run rails runner 'PurchaseOrderJob.new("1234565").perform' $ heroku run "rails... Read more
01 Dec 2021
Create HTML Switch Without CSS
Seriously though… Why doesn’t this exist already? I was really annoyed when recently when I realized how common it is... Read more
25 Oct 2020
Comcast Voicemail: How to Bulk Delete Your Voicemail Box
Seriously though… What is your Time Worth? I was really annoyed when someone called me and told me my voicemailbox... Read more
25 Aug 2020
Lazy Loading Images with plain old Javascript
Code First! Convert your Images: <!-- from this: --> <img src="big-ol-image.png" alt="Huge Image"/> <!-- to this: --> <img data-src="big-ol-image.png" src="/loading-placeholder.png"... Read more
19 Aug 2020
Bootstrap SCSS File Download Script (Keep folder in Sync)
Package Managers are really cool, but sometimes you need to download files for yourself. Bootstrap for example lets you customize... Read more
20 Apr 2020
Zero-Dependency Sitemap Generator using Netlify Functions (for Create-React-App)
Generating sitemaps for react apps is much more complex that it should be. If your app is basic with a... Read more
08 Apr 2020
Bootstrap Remove Column Gutter Padding (Version 4)
Bootstrap5 Bootstrap3 Bootstrap4: Comes with .no-gutters out of the box. source: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/21211/files <div class="container"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-6"> <div... Read more
04 Jan 2020
migrating away from paperclip - finding all models
the best migration script is right here: models_with_files = ActiveRecord::Base.descendants.reject(&:abstract_class?).inject({}) do |reducer, model| columns = model.column_names.map { |c| $1 if... Read more
15 Feb 2019
Rails - Touch Without Callbacks
My Task model has commit callbacks that send notifications. But the task model ALSO gets touched by a bunch of... Read more
14 Jan 2019
Ruby Union and Intersection operators
Ruby Union and Intersection operators Pipe | (Union) / Ampersand & (Intersection) &: intersection OR overlap The ampersand is an... Read more
01 Jan 2019
Bootstrap Remove Column Gutter Padding (Version 3)
Bootstrap5 Bootstrap4 Bootstrap3: Requires custom CSS. Stylesheet: .row.no-gutters { margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; & > [class^="col-"], & > [class*=" col-"]... Read more
04 Jan 2018
Rails Seed Data from YAML with Rake Task
This is inspired by http://sixarm.com/about/rails-seed-data.html which i noticed had some errors. Seed Data in YAML files We use the Rails... Read more
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