Archive - Full Stack Ruby on Rails Weekly Bookmarks

Reading Roundup: Enough to Ship

Two people and four weeks. A five-hour spike that won the deal. Twenty lines of Ruby that replaced scattered params.

15 hrs ago • David

Reading Roundup: Pick Your Dependencies

When to reach for a gem, when to build it yourself, and what to check before you commit to either.

Jun 4 • David

May 2026

Reading Roundup: Just Build It

Why starting is cheaper than you think, and why the best process is often no process at all.

May 28 • David

Reading Roundup: Choosing What to Own

When to take back control, when to let the framework handle it, and how to stay sane either way.

May 21 • David

Reading Roundup: The Work Nobody Sees

Auto-formatting 25 million lines of Ruby, cleaning up asset pipelines, and the small Rails helpers that prevent real problems.

May 14 • David

Reading Roundup: Name It Before You Fix It

Choosing the right problems, validating before you scale, and calling things what they actually are.

May 7 • David

April 2026

Reading Roundup: Beyond the Rails Bubble

Test setup noise, JavaScript in 2026, folders as agents, and the HTML elements you should already be using.

Apr 30 • David

Reading Roundup: Foundations You Forgot to Check

Database indexes, version managers, credentials, LLM visibility, and the conventions that make Rails work for agents.

Apr 23 • David

Reading Roundup: Agents Are Doing the Heavy Lifting Now

AI agent pipelines for test migration, harness engineering for Rails, and the infrastructure to deploy it all.

Apr 9 • David

Reading Roundup: Owning more of your stack with Rails

Deploys, analytics dashboards, X-rays, and getting your codebase AI-ready

Apr 2 • David

March 2026

Reading Roundup: Embeddings in Ruby, domain models, and product thinking

The AI search rabbit hole, a hidden Rails macro, and the article I didn’t expect to enjoy

Mar 19 • David

Reading Roundup: Less Code, Fewer Queries, Faster Rails

Five reads on trimming friction from your Rails stack, one layer at a time

Mar 11 • David

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