Chuck Smith's Avatar

Chuck Smith

@eclecticcoding

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer | Scaling & Modernizing Production SaaS | PostgreSQL Optimization | API Development | CI/CD Open to Work

89
Followers
262
Following
29
Posts
20.11.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Chuck Smith @eclecticcoding

Preview
Active Storage in production: lessons learned and in-depth look at how it works 1. Introduction In my company, we lucked out that Rails 5.2 (and Active Storage) was released just before we needed to implement user uploads. This means that weโ€™ve been using it in production for ove...

Ask Claude Code to apply the learnings from this thread in your Rails app. You're welcome

discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/active-sto...

21.02.2026 11:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

20.02.2026 22:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Web site screenshot

Web site screenshot

Several years ago, I volunteered to maintain Emma Bostian's Developer Portfolio. This past week, I created a feed and deployed a small Rails app to #hatchbox.io to showcase these portfolios. It has been a simple and enjoyable task while I search for my next role.
6e87v.hatchboxapp.com

20.02.2026 13:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have always tried for an empty inbox, less clutter, affects the clutter in my mind.
Good luck on the search, mine starts in earnest, in a few weeks.

27.01.2026 22:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My Boxster with the convertible top down

My Boxster with the convertible top down

Enjoyed a top down drive today

07.01.2026 21:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, I think this is one of my favorite and most helpful git commands:
git checkout -

29.01.2025 17:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That is so sad.

26.12.2024 17:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing REALLY wrong with a crying baby. However, a crying baby with unattentive parents, that's a different matter altogether.

26.12.2024 17:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

console.log("Help me")

11.12.2024 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚ Yeh me too, deleted my account

11.12.2024 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
darth vader in a dark room with the words if you only knew the power of the dark side Alt: darth vader in a dark room with the words if you only knew the power of the dark side
11.12.2024 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, absolutely agree.

24.11.2024 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's sad we actually have to say this now

23.11.2024 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Planning some open source contributions to Rails projects today.

23.11.2024 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your son sir, is a philosopher

23.11.2024 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that a Scooby Doo blanket?

22.11.2024 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Since I deleted my TikTok and Twitter accounts, the week has been filled with less stressful noise. It has been excellent. Happy Friday.

22.11.2024 18:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
a man with a mustache says " smells like potential " in a locker room ALT: a man with a mustache says " smells like potential " in a locker room
22.11.2024 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Metallica: The Black Album (Remastered)

Metallica Black of course
open.spotify.com/playlist/3Au...

21.11.2024 23:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Told you not to update Android Studio

21.11.2024 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was liberating Deactivating/Deleting my X account this week. The noise is gone.

21.11.2024 19:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
a man with a mohawk is saying my favorite . ALT: a man with a mohawk is saying my favorite .

Loved in the Theater

21.11.2024 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just throwing this out there: my cat Lola does the same thing

21.11.2024 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That is precisely what I was trying to put my finger on.

21.11.2024 17:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now, I really like that new layout

21.11.2024 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Don't expose primary id's with Rails' dom_id This article was originally published on Rails Designer If you use Hotwire with Rails, you have...

This is a fascinating idea to hide the primary id's in dom_id
#rubyonrails

dev.to/railsdesigne...

21.11.2024 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right here โ˜•

21.11.2024 02:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey Yaro, good to see you on BlueSky.

21.11.2024 00:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Migrations in Rails 8: Using the New Not Null Shortcut In the latest version of Ruby on Rails (Rails 8), developers have been given a handy new shortcut for adding a NOT NULL constraint to database columns. This small but powerful enhancement simplifies t...

Created a new Rails 8 app. Wanted #postgresql not null constraints in generated migrations, w/o editing each migration.

Turns out it's now possible. With a bang! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

rails generate scaffold Account name:string!

www.mintbit.com/blog/migrati...

@siaw23.bsky.social @winsletts.bsky.social

20.11.2024 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 47 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Next week I start replacing Solr search with OpenSearch for a clients Rails 6.1 application

20.11.2024 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0