Struggling to decide between building your own voting system or using a SaaS solution? This guide explores the pros and cons of each approach, with a basic Ruby on Rails implementation for a DIY (do-it-yourself) voting system.
Struggling to find things in your digital world? Learn how a tagging system can revolutionize how you categorize and search your content. Explore the benefits, drawbacks, and real-world applications of tags.
Feeling overwhelmed by too many requests? API rate limiters act like traffic cops for your web services, preventing overload and ensuring fair usage. This post is your guide to keeping your API healthy and secure.
Is your software complex and slow to update? Microservices architecture can break it down into smaller, independent services for easier maintenance, faster development, and improved scalability. But are microservices right for you? Learn the benefits, challenges, and when to consider a microservices approach.
Demystify object-oriented programming (OOP). This post breaks down OOP concepts like objects, classes, inheritance, and more with clear explanations and real-world examples. Learn how OOP helps you design, write, and maintain powerful, reusable software applications.
Confused by access tokens and refresh tokens? Don't worry! This post explains how these work to keep you logged in to apps securely, even after your access token expires. Learn how refresh tokens provide convenience without compromising security.
Unsecured APIs are vulnerabilities. Learn effective ways to secure your REST APIs: Whitelisting, JSON Web Tokens, API Keys, OAuth 2.0, Basic Authentication and Hash-based Message Authentication Code for secure authentication.
Understand REST APIs, the simple and flexible way for applications to talk to each other. Learn advantages, disadvantages, common use cases, and HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.) with clear examples.
Don't just guess how fast your Ruby app is! Learn how to benchmark key metrics like speed, memory usage, network performance & identify bottlenecks for optimization.
Learn what background jobs are and how they keep your website running smoothly. Background jobs handle tasks without interrupting users.
Does your website experience surges in traffic? Learn how to optimize your site for high traffic with essential tips, ensure a smooth user experience even during peak hours.
Struggling with slow searches and database overload on your high-traffic website? Discover how using Solr for reads and a database for writes (CQRS) can dramatically improve performance and scalability.
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