Tutorials

This tutorial will show you how to set up InfluxDB with a sample Ruby application.
Time series databases like InfluxDB index data by time. They are efficient at recording constant data streams like server metrics, application monitoring, sensor reports, or any other data containing a timestamp. The structure makes analyzing chan...

Build a minimal feature flags manager in under an hour - Remi Mercier
When you deploy your code continuously, feature flags are a neat way to hide in-progress features from your users. In the past, I’ve written about my process for releasing large features. But after using feature flags in the last six months, I’ve ...



Rails 7 adds better support for custom enum types in PostgreSQL | Saeloun Blog
PostgreSQL provides in-built support for enumerated types that Rails can then take advantage of. However, it is often a pain to make use of this feature since it’s tedious to create custom enum types in PostgreSQL via ActiveRecord migrations.


Creating and testing gRPC server interceptors in Ruby | Ilija Eftimov ⚡️
If your experience is rooted in HTTP-land, then you are probably familiar with the concept of server middleware. Interceptors are analogous, but in gRPC land. When first building gRPC interceptors, I had trouble figuring out how to do it in Ruby. ...


Simulate geolocation with Capybara and Headless Chrome | Karl’s blog
I recently added a “Locate me” button to Film Chase, which uses the Geolocation API (specifically getCurrentPosition) to get the current geolocation of a users device. Clicking the “Locate me” button triggers some Javascript like this.