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class BulkImporter BATCH_SIZE = 500 def initialize(records)
Batching bulk inserts in Rails
batching
bulk-insert
deduplication
Intermediate
5 steps
ruby
class Credentials SENSITIVE = %i[password api_key secret_token access_key].freeze REDACTED = "[REDACTED]".freeze
Redacting secrets in Ruby object output
serialization
introspection
security
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
module Multitenant extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do
How a multitenant concern scopes Rails models
multitenancy
default-scope
concern
Advanced
8 steps
ruby
module Api module V1 class BaseController < ActionController::API rescue_from StandardError, with: :render_internal_error
Centralized API error handling in Rails
error-handling
rescue-from
json-api
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
require "openssl" require "base64" module WebhookSignature
Signing and verifying webhooks in Ruby
hmac
cryptography
webhooks
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
class CartMergeService def initialize(guest_cart:, user_cart:) @guest_cart = guest_cart @user_cart = user_cart
Merging a guest cart into a user cart in Rails
service object
transactions
idempotency
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
require 'monitor' class TokenBucket include MonitorMixin
A thread-safe token bucket rate limiter in Ruby
rate-limiting
concurrency
thread-safety
Intermediate
8 steps
ruby
class Product < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :account after_save :record_audit_trail
Building an audit trail with Rails callbacks
callbacks
audit-logging
dirty-tracking
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
class User < ApplicationRecord store_accessor :preferences, :theme, :timezone,
Storing user settings in a JSON column with Rails
store_accessor
json-columns
validations
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
require "time" require "tzinfo" module TimeConverter
Converting timestamps across time zones with TZInfo
timezones
iso8601
parsing
Intermediate
8 steps
ruby
class Subscription < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :account enum :status, {
Modeling subscription lifecycle in Rails
enums
scopes
state-management
Intermediate
8 steps
ruby
class InactiveAccountCleanup BATCH_SIZE = 500 INACTIVITY_THRESHOLD = 18.months
Batch-processing dormant users in Rails
batch-processing
activerecord
service-object
Intermediate
9 steps
ruby
class ArticleSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer attributes :id, :title, :slug, :excerpt, :reading_time, :published_at, :url belongs_to :author, serializer: UserSerializer
Shaping API output with ActiveModel::Serializer in Rails
serialization
json api
computed attributes
Intermediate
9 steps
ruby
def collatz_lengths Enumerator.new do |y| n = 1 loop do
Building infinite sequences with lazy enumerators
lazy-evaluation
enumerators
infinite-sequences
Intermediate
8 steps
ruby
require "set" class FuzzySearch def initialize(candidates)
Building a ranked fuzzy search in Ruby
fuzzy-matching
levenshtein
ranking
Intermediate
9 steps
ruby
class SearchIndexReconciler DEBOUNCE_WINDOW = 5.seconds def self.schedule(record)
Debouncing search reindex jobs in Rails
debouncing
background-jobs
caching
Advanced
7 steps
ruby
class ParamCoercer TYPES = { integer: ->(v) { Integer(v) }, float: ->(v) { Float(v) },
Coercing request params by schema in Ruby
lambdas
type-coercion
lookup-table
Intermediate
7 steps
ruby
module Api module V2 class ArticlesController < Api::BaseController before_action :set_article, only: %i[show update destroy]
Building a versioned JSON API controller in Rails
rest-api
serialization
pagination
Intermediate
10 steps