Exploring Ruby’s Standard Library Gems: Hidden Power at Your Fingertips

Exploring Ruby’s Standard Library Gems: Hidden Power at Your Fingertips April 28, 2025 When we think about Ruby, we often think about its elegance, its "developer happiness" philosophy, and popular gems like Rails, Sidekiq, or Devise. But beyond the well-known ecosystem, Ruby itself ships with a treasure trove of powerful tools — the Standard Library … Continue reading Exploring Ruby’s Standard Library Gems: Hidden Power at Your Fingertips→

🛠️ Building a Simple Rails App to Display HTTP Request Headers

April 25, 2025 I recently built a small Ruby on Rails app with a simple but insightful purpose: 👉 Display all the HTTP headers your browser sends when visiting a page. It’s a straightforward project, but it helped me explore how HTTP headers work and provided a neat way to learn more about browser requests … Continue reading 🛠️ Building a Simple Rails App to Display HTTP Request Headers→

✨ The Art of Lossless Data Compression in Ruby

April 24, 2025 In a world overflowing with data, compression isn't just a matter of saving space—it’s about efficiency, speed, and clean design. That’s where lossless data compression stands out: perfect reconstruction of original data, with zero information loss. Recently, I explored a classic algorithm—Run-Length Encoding (RLE)—and implemented it in pure Ruby. It’s a great … Continue reading ✨ The Art of Lossless Data Compression in Ruby→

Optimizing Ruby Memory Usage with jemalloc-rb

April 23, 2025 When it comes to memory management in Ruby applications, especially those that run for long periods or handle large volumes of data, efficient allocation is key. One powerful tool to help improve memory handling is the jemalloc memory allocator. Even better, the Ruby gem jemalloc-rb makes integrating this allocator into your Ruby … Continue reading Optimizing Ruby Memory Usage with jemalloc-rb→

🧩 Modeling Dynamic Product Fields in Rails with the EAV Pattern

Modeling Dynamic Product Fields in Rails with the EAV Pattern April 22, 2025 In some applications, products aren’t all the same. A bottle of milk, a car, and a cow each need their own unique fields. Traditional relational databases don’t play well with highly dynamic schemas — and that’s where the Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV) pattern comes … Continue reading 🧩 Modeling Dynamic Product Fields in Rails with the EAV Pattern→

🧠 Understanding Ruby’s YARV (Yet Another Ruby VM) Stack Mechanics – From Code to Execution

April 21, 2025 Ruby is often praised for its expressiveness and ease of use. But behind the scenes, there's a powerful virtual machine making it all happen: YARV (Yet Another Ruby VM). If you’ve ever wondered how your Ruby code actually runs, this article is for you. Let’s dive into the inner mechanics using this … Continue reading 🧠 Understanding Ruby’s YARV (Yet Another Ruby VM) Stack Mechanics – From Code to Execution→

🔍 Behind the Code: Crafting a Thoughtful .gemspec for Your Ruby Gem

April 16, 2025 Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a gem that integrates AI-powered buttons into the Trix editor using Stimulus: Trix-Genius. Along the way, I found myself reflecting on something that often gets overlooked: the humble .gemspec file. Today, I want to share a breakdown of how I approached my .gemspec … Continue reading 🔍 Behind the Code: Crafting a Thoughtful .gemspec for Your Ruby Gem→

🚀 Introducing TrixGenius Alpha 0.1.2 – Now with AI-Powered Math Evaluation!

TrixGenius Alpha 0.1.2 April 15, 2025 📢 I just released a new version of my Rails engine and gem: TrixGenius! This gem extends the beloved Trix Editor with some fresh, AI-powered superpowers — all using Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus). Whether you're building internal tools, CMS interfaces, or AI-enhanced content platforms, TrixGenius gives your rich text … Continue reading 🚀 Introducing TrixGenius Alpha 0.1.2 – Now with AI-Powered Math Evaluation!→

🔒 Understanding Closures in Ruby: A Powerful Yet Elegant Feature

April 14, 2025 If you’ve been working with Ruby for a while, you’ve likely encountered blocks, procs, and lambdas. But beneath these familiar constructs lies a concept that gives them real power: closures. 💼 Need Help with Ruby or Rails? I help businesses build, optimize, and maintain Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications — with … Continue reading 🔒 Understanding Closures in Ruby: A Powerful Yet Elegant Feature→

🔧 How I Used inject_into_file and YAML to Automate File Changes in Rails

April 11, 2025 Have you ever found yourself doing the same boring edits across multiple Ruby files? Maybe it's adding routes, controller filters, or setup lines, over and over again, like some modern-day config monk copying scripture. Well, I decided to stop suffering—and teach my Ruby scripts to inject like pros. Meet: FlexibleInjector. A small … Continue reading 🔧 How I Used inject_into_file and YAML to Automate File Changes in Rails→