Writing on Rails
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DHH at Rails World 2026: Agents, Rust and Why I Am Moving On
DHH's Rails World 2026 keynote put agents first and rebuilt HEY on Rust. What was claimed, what is unproven, and why my new work is moving to Rust and Elixir.
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Migrating Off InventoryBase Without Stopping the Business
How I moved a property inventory agency's 14 years of InventoryBase data, 60,000+ inspections and 4 TB of photos, to its own platform while staff kept working.
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Rails Engines as Products: Extract Only After Proof
A Rails engine should be extracted only after its boundary has survived production work. The Responsa case shows what moves out, what stays, and why now.
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Rails SQLite Deployment: Single Server or Postgres?
A practical Rails SQLite deployment decision guide: when one server, Solid Queue and Solid Cache fit, and when managed PostgreSQL is safer in production.
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Rails Stack 2026: Rails 8.1 for Production Systems
The Rails 8.1 stack I use for serious operational software: PostgreSQL, Phlex, Hotwire, Solid Queue and Active Storage, tested against real production data.