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Image by Annie Ruygt Building applications entirely from UI components can be a great way to manage complexity in non-trivial application views, especially when using CSS frameworks like TailwindCSS. It’s a technique that’s been used with great success, by many communities, like JavaScript and Elixir. What if you could rapidly build Rails applications like this? …

For a long time, Devise has been the go-to authentication solution for many Rails applications. Although Devise has long served as the option for authentication, it is not the gem I would recommend in 2022 for new Rails projects. Since Rails 3, the framework has shipped its own authentication helper, has_secure_password. This is how Hey/Basecamp, …

Danielle Nelson’s best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son. On some nights, the boy’s chest shudders as he fights for breath in his sleep. Nelson suspects the towering plants and refineries are to blame, rising like a …