Remote Ruby Unpacking Direct Routes and More
Jun 20, 2025
The hosts share humorous stories about recent tech outages and their impacts. They dive into creating custom URL helpers with direct routes, enhancing efficiency in Rails applications. There's excitement over Ruby 3.3's new features, like embedded typed data objects and the Prism syntax validation tool. Personal anecdotes about productivity in different workspaces, parenting chaos, and upcoming RailsConf plans add a relatable touch. The conversation blends technical insights with fun tales of food and future ambitions.
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Cloud Outage Experiences
- Chris Oliver and Andrew Mason shared their experiences during recent Google Cloud and Heroku outages affecting deployments.
- Despite outages, their apps generally stayed online, but deployment and console access were impacted, causing frustration.
Rails 'Direct' Routes Uncovered
- Rails 'direct' routes define custom URL helpers to override or replace default route helpers.
- These helpers generate URLs based on arguments, making routing logic reusable and cleaner especially for polymorphic routes.
Learn from Coworker Insights
- Leverage the expertise of coworkers who unlock complex features to enhance your development toolkit.
- Embrace new tools like Rails direct routes to solve problems more efficiently.