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Zil Norvilis

May 4

Images, Volumes, and Containers: Docker Explained in Plain English

#docker #devops #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

May 2

How to Build a Desktop App with Rails 8 and Electron

#rails #electron #hotwire #desktop

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

May 1

High ROI Testing: The 3 Secrets Every Solo Rails Dev Needs

#rails #ruby #testing #startup

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 30

The Importmap Guide to Shadcn: Beautiful UI with Zero Build Step

#rails #frontend #tailwindcss #stimulus

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 29

The Secret to Side-by-Side Gem Development in Rails

#ruby #rails #gems #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 28

The Language of the Web: HTTP Basics You Actually Need to Know

#webdev #http #beginners #api

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 27

Stop Using Ugly Browser Alerts: Custom Turbo Confirms in Rails 8

#rails #hotwire #frontend #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 26

Rails 8: How to Auto-Generate Social Media Preview Cards

#rails #ruby #seo #tutorial

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 25

OOP vs Functional Programming Explained for Dummies

#programming #beginners #ruby #career

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 24

The Developer's Hardware Wallet: A Review of the OneKey Classic 1S

#cryptocurrency #security #web3 #review

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 23

Laravel for Rails Devs: How to Learn the Sister Framework in a Weekend

#laravel #rails #php #webdev

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 22

How to Actually Get Hired on Upwork as a Rails Developer

#career #rails #freelance #upwork

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 20

How Turbo 8 Morphing Makes Rails Frontend Development Feel Like Magic

#rails #hotwire #frontend #webdev

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Zil Norvilis

Apr 19

How to Add a Visual Page Builder to Your Rails App in 10 Minutes

#rails #webdev #javascript #tutorial

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 18

How I Built a Native Android App with Almost Zero Kotlin Experience

#rails #hotwire #mobile #android

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 17

Making Sense of JavaScript in Rails: Webpack, Rollup, esbuild, and Importmaps

#rails #javascript #webdev #frontend

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 16

How to Build a Custom Affiliate System in Ruby on Rails

#rails #ruby #saas #tutorial

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 15

It Looks Like Ruby, But It’s Not: How to Understand Elixir

#ruby #elixir #learning #webdev

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Zil Norvilis

Apr 14

Pundit vs CanCanCan vs Action Policy: Which Rails Auth Gem Wins?

#rails #ruby #security #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 13

Wise Testing: What to Test (and Ignore) as a Solo Rails Developer

#rails #ruby #testing #startup

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 12

Stop AI Spaghetti: Enforcing Rails Architecture in 2026

#rails #ai #architecture #productivity

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 11

How to Fix N+1 Queries in Rails Like a Pro

#rails #ruby #activerecord #performance

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 10

Building a World-Class Search Engine in Rails with Searchkick

#rails #elasticsearch #ruby #tutorial

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 9

The Easiest Way to Add Drag and Drop to Your Rails App

#rails #javascript #stimulus #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 8

AdonisJS vs Ruby on Rails: Which MVC Framework Wins?

#rails #node #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 7

How to Accept Crypto Payments in Your Rails 8 App

#rails #crypto #payments #tutorial

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 6

The Ultimate Guide to Universal Linux Apps: Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage

#linux #ubuntu #archlinux #productivity

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 5

Why Ruby on Rails is the Secret Weapon for AI Startups

#rails #ai #ruby #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 4

Stop Using RVM: The Ultimate Guide to Ruby Version Managers

#ruby #rails #tools #productivity

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 3

How to Use Rails Magic Methods in Plain Ruby Scripts

#ruby #rails #activesupport #tutorial

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 2

The Ultimate Showdown: Rails 8 vs Phoenix LiveView

#ruby #elixir #rails #webdev

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Apr 1

Ditch Node.js: A Simple Guide to Rails Importmaps

#rails #ruby #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 31

Hotwire vs Inertia.js: Which One Should You Use in Rails?

#rails #hotwire #inertia #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 31

The Secret to Fast Web Scraping: Finding Internal JSON APIs

#ruby #scraping #webdev #tutorial

4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 29

The Ruby on Rails Job Market in 2026: Why It's Better Than Ever

#career #rails #ruby #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 29

Rails vs Laravel vs Django vs NestJS: Why I Still Choose Ruby

#rails #webdev #javascript #backend

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4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 28

A Beginner's Guide to ClickHouse in Ruby on Rails

#rails #database #analytics #clickhouse

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 27

My Favorite Rails Productivity Gem: annotate_models

#ruby #rails #productivity #gems

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 26

Why I Stopped Using Bootstrap and Moved to Tailwind CSS

#css #tailwindcss #webdev #frontend

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 25

Stop Fearing DevOps: A Rails Developer's Guide to Docker

#docker #rails #devops #kamal

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4 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 24

If You Love Ruby But Need More Speed: Elixir vs Crystal

#ruby #elixir #crystal #webdev

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Zil Norvilis

Mar 23

Taking a Monthly Cut: Rails, Stripe Connect, and Recurring Billing

#rails #ruby #stripe #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 22

The Ruby Browser War: Playwright vs. Ferrum (2026 Edition)

#ruby #scraping #testing #webdev

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 21

The GraphQL Goldmine: How to Reverse Engineer APIs for Scraping

#ruby #graphql #scraping #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 20

How to Use ActiveRecord Without Rails

#ruby #activerecord #database #tutorial

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 19

Is it Worth Becoming a Rails Developer in 2026? (The Honest Truth)

#career #rails #ruby #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 18

Stripe Connect Simplified: Routing Payments in Your Rails App

#rails #ruby #stripe #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 17

Stop Building Ugly Admin Panels: Why Avo is the Future of Rails Admins

#rails #ruby #webdev #productivity

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 16

The "Middle" of Nowhere: Demystifying Middleware in Rails

#rails #ruby #webdev #architecture

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 15

Why You Should Stop Just Posting on Dev.to (and Where to Go Instead)

#webdev #productivity #career #writing

3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 14

The Renaissance of the One-Person Framework: Why Rails is More Relevant Than Ever

#rails #ruby #webdev #productivity

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 13

Why I Switched from RSpec to Minitest (Rails Default)

#rails #ruby #testing #minitest

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 12

Not Just HTML: Scraping Data from Messy PDFs

#ruby #data #scraping #regex

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 11

How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development

#rails #javascript #hotwire #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 10

You Are Writing Regex Wrong: A Guide to Ruby’s Best Hidden Feature

#ruby #regex #learning #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 9

Ruby vs. Python: Why I Choose Happiness Over Hype

#discuss #ruby #python #career

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Zil Norvilis

Mar 8

The Ultimate Ruby Scraping Stack: From Nokogiri to Ferrum

#ruby #scraping #webdev #productivity

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 7

The Faster Way to Scrape: Finding "Hidden" APIs in Modern Websites

#ruby #javascript #webdev #scraping

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 6

The SaaS Architecture Guide: How to Handle Multitenancy in Rails Routing

#rails #ruby #architecture #webdev

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3 min read

Zil Norvilis

Mar 5

The Missing Macro: 3 Ways to "belongs_to :through" in Rails

#rails #ruby #webdev #architecture

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3 min read

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