August 6, 2025
Fullscript joins the Rails Foundation
The Rails Foundation is happy to welcome Fullscript our newest Contributing member. Fullscript is a leading healthcare platform powering whole person care, helping over 100,000 providers and 10 million patients...
August 1, 2025
relative_time_in_words, current transaction's isolation level and more!
Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. New written & video tutorials for beginners The Rails Foundation has launched a few more learning resources for...
July 31, 2025
New written & video tutorials for beginners
The Rails Foundation has launched a few more learning resources for beginners, in partnership with Chris Oliver and the team behind Typecraft - Chris Power and Robert Beene. Here’s what...
July 25, 2025
PostgreSQL 18 warnings, secure password improvements and more!
Hi, it’s Vipul. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Avoid dynamic encrypting in generated fixtures Fixtures for passwords now generate a static hash. Previously, fixtures with password...
July 18, 2025
A new touch option, accessing the editor from the error page and better migration logs
Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo. So many great changes to the Rails codebase this week. Let’s check them out. Add touch option to update_column(s) Particularly useful for ETL processes that rely...
July 15, 2025
Chime joins the Rails Foundation as a Contributing member
The Rails Foundation is excited to share our newest Contributing member, one that Americans will be very familiar with: Chime Financial. Chime is a financial technology company founded on the...
July 11, 2025
Added rename_schema and more
Hi, Wojtek here. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Farewell RailsConf! 800 devs gathered in Philadelphia to share memories and say goodbye at the final RailsConf. Huge...
July 4, 2025
Deprecating Associations, Cleaner Backtraces, and Smarter Defaults
Hi! Emmanuel Hayford with some cool updates for you. Deprecated associations You can now mark associations as deprecated using: has_many :posts, deprecated: true Active Record will report any usage of...
June 27, 2025
BacktraceCleaner gets first_clean_frame and first_clean_location
Hi, it’s zzak. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. The Rails Foundation launched a new podcast: ‘On Rails’ with host Robby Russell In each episode, Robby talks...
June 25, 2025
Introducing On Rails: A New Podcast 🎙️ from the Rails Foundation
There’s no shortage of podcasts about new tools, trending libraries, and web development hot takes. But what’s often missing are the deeper conversations, the ones about how teams actually made...