Jeremy Smith
@jeremysmith.co
Product-focused Rails dev • Building: http://liminal.forum • Studio: http://hybrd.co • Co-host: https://indierails.com • Running: http://railsinspire.com • Prev. organizer: https://blueridgeruby.com
As a huge peanut butter fan, this news is rocking my world. 😨
www.allrecipes.com/costco-kirkl...
www.allrecipes.com/costco-kirkl...
Costco May Have Just Discontinued the Only Item I Keep My Membership For
Costco fans are heartbroken to discover the disappearance of Kirkland Signature Organic Creamy Peanut Butter from shelves. Here’s why the fan-favorite product was temporarily discontinued, what’s repl...
www.allrecipes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
As a huge peanut butter fan, this news is rocking my world. 😨
www.allrecipes.com/costco-kirkl...
www.allrecipes.com/costco-kirkl...
Feels weird opening up Chrome DevTools to a notice that I've earned a badge. I can enjoy badges in apps where I understand it's gamified (e.g. Duolingo) or where I'm hoping to reach a goal (e.g. Transistor for podcasting milestones)…but DevTools? Like please, I'm trying to work.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Feels weird opening up Chrome DevTools to a notice that I've earned a badge. I can enjoy badges in apps where I understand it's gamified (e.g. Duolingo) or where I'm hoping to reach a goal (e.g. Transistor for podcasting milestones)…but DevTools? Like please, I'm trying to work.
This was a great conversation with Brian, we really covered a lot of ground! :) I've always admired his broad portfolio of projects, and it was fun to get a behind-the-scenes look at how he works. And from my POV, he's one of clearest voices on AI we have in the Rails community.
Episode 68 was just handed off to a subagent! 👨💻 We chat with Brian Casel (@briancasel.com) about building software products, managing a portfolio of projects, working with AI, growing a YouTube channel, and his latest venture: Builder Methods. Thanks again, Brian! 🙏
www.indierails.com/68
www.indierails.com/68
IndieRails | Brian Casel - Teaching Devs to Build with AI
In this episode, Brian Casel joins IndieRails to talk about how AI is reshaping the day-to-day reality of software development and why full-stack Rails developers might be uniquely positioned to th...
www.indierails.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was a great conversation with Brian, we really covered a lot of ground! :) I've always admired his broad portfolio of projects, and it was fun to get a behind-the-scenes look at how he works. And from my POV, he's one of clearest voices on AI we have in the Rails community.
Just did a venue walkthrough in Asheville with Mark and Joe, and feeling really pumped about it!
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just did a venue walkthrough in Asheville with Mark and Joe, and feeling really pumped about it!
Flew into SFO over a blimp?
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Flew into SFO over a blimp?
Me? I just always travel with both my passports.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Me? I just always travel with both my passports.
Came across two new job postings for Junior Rails positions in one day!
jobs.lever.co/commonlit/7e...
jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8903-ju...
jobs.lever.co/commonlit/7e...
jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8903-ju...
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Came across two new job postings for Junior Rails positions in one day!
jobs.lever.co/commonlit/7e...
jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8903-ju...
jobs.lever.co/commonlit/7e...
jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8903-ju...
Been a while since I've worked closely w/ CanCanCan and maybe I forgot or hadn't paid attention, but for any given auth check, it instantiates the ability class and runs all queries necessary to perform auth checks for *any* object, whether needed for the particular check or not.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Been a while since I've worked closely w/ CanCanCan and maybe I forgot or hadn't paid attention, but for any given auth check, it instantiates the ability class and runs all queries necessary to perform auth checks for *any* object, whether needed for the particular check or not.
I always love talking about consulting, and this conversation with Wale was no exception! Also, I think we've now had 3 guests from Philly in 67 episodes...strong presence! ☺️
Episode 67 has a bit of a temperature! 🌡️ In this one, we sit down with @wale-olaleye.bsky.social, founder of Rails Fever, to chat about building a software consulting business, marketing and sales outreach, refining your messaging, and the value of being local and in-person.
www.indierails.com/67
www.indierails.com/67
IndieRails | Wale Olaleye - Helping Founders with Tech
Wale Olaleye of Rails Fever joins IndieRails to talk about what it really takes to build a consulting business. The conversation spans everything from refining your message and brand, “I help found...
www.indierails.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I always love talking about consulting, and this conversation with Wale was no exception! Also, I think we've now had 3 guests from Philly in 67 episodes...strong presence! ☺️
Hey, if you're going to SF Ruby, you should come biking with me and @kanejamison.com (he's hosting) on Day 3!
luma.com/n1reh5hj
luma.com/n1reh5hj
SF Ruby 2025 Golden Gate Bridge Bike Tour · Luma
Welcome SF Rubyists!
What:
We'll be signing up as a group for the 10am Guided Tour with Blazing Saddles.
The tour departs a few blocks from the conference…
luma.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hey, if you're going to SF Ruby, you should come biking with me and @kanejamison.com (he's hosting) on Day 3!
luma.com/n1reh5hj
luma.com/n1reh5hj
For Rails devs working with test fixtures, do you have any rules for yourself for when (if ever) you create one-off records within a test, instead of creating new fixtures?
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For Rails devs working with test fixtures, do you have any rules for yourself for when (if ever) you create one-off records within a test, instead of creating new fixtures?
Whoa, Big Cartel is hiring a principal Rails eng. It's been a while since I've seen a posting from them. jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8334-pr...
Principal Rails Engineer at Big Cartel
Big Cartel is an e-commerce platform that's been around since Rails was in it's infancy. Our platform has evolved from an app built on early beta v...
jobs.rubyonrails.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Whoa, Big Cartel is hiring a principal Rails eng. It's been a while since I've seen a posting from them. jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8334-pr...
Timely article related to this take. www.etsy.com/codeascraft/...
Takeaways for me:
- Prefetching is a last-mile optimization
- Focus on common, high-traffic flows
- Expect high waste (14:1 prefetch to navigated for them)
- Speculation Rules API looks like the future
Takeaways for me:
- Prefetching is a last-mile optimization
- Focus on common, high-traffic flows
- Expect high waste (14:1 prefetch to navigated for them)
- Speculation Rules API looks like the future
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Timely article related to this take. www.etsy.com/codeascraft/...
Takeaways for me:
- Prefetching is a last-mile optimization
- Focus on common, high-traffic flows
- Expect high waste (14:1 prefetch to navigated for them)
- Speculation Rules API looks like the future
Takeaways for me:
- Prefetching is a last-mile optimization
- Focus on common, high-traffic flows
- Expect high waste (14:1 prefetch to navigated for them)
- Speculation Rules API looks like the future
I gotta say, I'm not a fan of Turbo Prefetch as a way of improving performance. Reminds me too much of Hugh Jackman's magic trick in The Prestige.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Rr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Rr...
The Prestige (2006) - Ending Scene
YouTube video by W&H
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I gotta say, I'm not a fan of Turbo Prefetch as a way of improving performance. Reminds me too much of Hugh Jackman's magic trick in The Prestige.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Rr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Rr...
Reposted by Jeremy Smith
Do I know any Stripe developers looking for an opportunity? Might have something in the next couple weeks.
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Do I know any Stripe developers looking for an opportunity? Might have something in the next couple weeks.
Reposted by Jeremy Smith
Today is the last day to grab a GA ticket for SF Ruby! Read our new blog post for a preview: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
Why we're excited about the SF Ruby conference—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
SF Ruby and Evil Martians are excited to invite you to our premier event: the San Francisco Ruby Conference.
evilmartians.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today is the last day to grab a GA ticket for SF Ruby! Read our new blog post for a preview: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
Reposted by Jeremy Smith
After building for a year, and then building an Elixir Phoenix-based selling platform, full-stack.biz/products/act... is finally available for purchase. Spin your own Action Mailbox/Action Mailer MTA.
Action Postfix - Complete Self-Hosted Email Infrastructure for Rails
Production-ready Docker Postfix solution for Rails applications. Handles both inbound email (Action Mailbox) and outbound delivery (Action Mailer). Enterprise security with DKIM, SPF, Fail2ban. One-ti...
full-stack.biz
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After building for a year, and then building an Elixir Phoenix-based selling platform, full-stack.biz/products/act... is finally available for purchase. Spin your own Action Mailbox/Action Mailer MTA.
Ok, that's pretty fun. Also, I *wish* I had eyebrows that thick. 🥲
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ok, that's pretty fun. Also, I *wish* I had eyebrows that thick. 🥲
Ok, I’ve got the house to myself today and I’m going to see if I can build and launch this weird Rails app I’ve been thinking about by EOD. I’m going to try livestreaming it starting in 15 (first time, we’ll see how that goes). youtube.com/live/QA3NLx5...
Building Wordless
youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ok, I’ve got the house to myself today and I’m going to see if I can build and launch this weird Rails app I’ve been thinking about by EOD. I’m going to try livestreaming it starting in 15 (first time, we’ll see how that goes). youtube.com/live/QA3NLx5...
I always want to give a thumbs up on Claude’s chat responses, not because I’m trying to give Anthropic any feedback, but to let my little buddy know he’s doing a good job.
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I always want to give a thumbs up on Claude’s chat responses, not because I’m trying to give Anthropic any feedback, but to let my little buddy know he’s doing a good job.
I've had this super weird idea for a while...could I build a useful/functional Rails app that doesn't use any words in it's UI? I just registered wordless.fyi and I'm thinking about trying to build it this weekend...should I livestream it?
wordless.fyi
October 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I've had this super weird idea for a while...could I build a useful/functional Rails app that doesn't use any words in it's UI? I just registered wordless.fyi and I'm thinking about trying to build it this weekend...should I livestream it?
Yesterday I was dealing with a set of system tests that always passed individually, but failed running all. I switched from headless Chrome to headed (headful?) to observe and noticed the "Save address" dialog was popping up on some form submissions.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yesterday I was dealing with a set of system tests that always passed individually, but failed running all. I switched from headless Chrome to headed (headful?) to observe and noticed the "Save address" dialog was popping up on some form submissions.
When I'm working with a UI element that may or may not be a link, instead of using link_to_if, I usually prefer to create a wrapper method that accepts a block and handle the conditional check there.
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
When I'm working with a UI element that may or may not be a link, instead of using link_to_if, I usually prefer to create a wrapper method that accepts a block and handle the conditional check there.
If I said something weird when I met you at a conference, just know I'm still thinking about it. 🕺🕺
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If I said something weird when I met you at a conference, just know I'm still thinking about it. 🕺🕺
Huh, interesting...I wonder if/where this might apply outside visual art?
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Huh, interesting...I wonder if/where this might apply outside visual art?
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...