Remote Ruby Bites and Bytes – Cheesesteaks and One Month Rails
May 30, 2025
The hosts share amusing food adventures, particularly their love for Philly cheesesteaks. They dive into the challenges of testing in Ruby on Rails, comparing frameworks like Selenium and Playwright. An intriguing discussion on cars gives way to insights about a new autoscaler service designed for traffic spikes. They also touch on the complexities of acquiring an old Rails app and adapting to new tools like Postgres extensions for VS Code. The blend of culinary delights and tech talk creates a unique listening experience!
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Philly Cheesesteak Revelation
- Andrew Mason shared his experience eating the best Philly cheesesteak at Shea's near Rails Cop.
- He highlighted how it changed his opinion since most cheesesteaks he had before were oily and disappointing fast food versions.
Reviving One Month Rails
- Chris Oliver reacquired the One Month Rails app and revived his old Prawn PDF certificate code.
- He plans to relaunch courses starting fresh, including adding certificates of completion to his Learn Hotwire course.
Faster Rails Test Sign-In
- Use Rails session test helpers for sign-in during integration tests to speed them up.
- Inject cookies directly in system tests to avoid slow UI logins, a method Chris added via a Rails pull request.