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Sorting ActiveRecord results by enum values (in SQL)
Dynamic user content in Rails with Liquid tags
Accessing Rails environment variables from a StimulusJS Controller
Rails validations: database level check constraints
Quickly explore your data with `uniq` and `tally`
Improving your Rails mailers with `email_address_with_name`
Building lightweight components with Rails Helpers and Stimulus
Combine `redirect_to` and the `anchor` option
Lazy-loading content with Turbo Frames and skeleton loader
Use `to_sql` to see what query ActiveRecord will generate
Prefer returning chainable ActiveRecord objects
Rails validations: unique within a certain scope
Boring breadcrumbs for Rails
Sharing common code between Rails controllers with `Scoped` pattern
Run different ActiveRecord validations based on context
Find records missing an association with `where.missing`
Testing multiple sessions in the same test with Capybara
Pluck single values out of ActiveRecord models or Enumerables
Never mix up greater/less than when comparing dates again
Super readable String operations with `delete_prefix` and `delete_suffix`
Setting CSS classes in Markdown with Jekyll / Bridgetown
Ensure required environment variables are set when booting up Rails
Search and debug gems with `bundle open`
Automatically cast params with the Rails Attributes API
Show relevant chunks of text with Rails `excerpt` helper
Use Rails `link_to_unless_current` for navigation links
Use Rails `cycle` to avoid `i % 2 == 0` in your view loops
Use the Rails helper `highlight` when showing search results