Remote Ruby Soham Parekh, Turbo Frames and AI Antics
Jul 14, 2025
The hosts celebrate an acquisition of a project, diving into the tech behind real-time emoji reactions. They tackle TurboFrames in web development, emphasizing user experience. Discussion turns to the ethical dilemmas of a developer juggling multiple jobs, the impact of AI on coding, and cybersecurity tales. Cultural quirks around fireworks laws lead to humorous stories. Finally, they explore the dual lives of YouTube creators amidst the changing landscape of content consumption, sharing personal anecdotes about popcorn and food cravings.
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Turbo and Real-Time Emoji Challenge
- Andrew Mason shares their challenge implementing real-time emoji reactions in Turbo with Rails.
- The issue was maintaining a user's selected reaction (active state) during background job updates.
Replace Modals with Inline Confirmations
- Use Turbo Frames with Tippy.js to build inline dropdown confirmations.
- This approach avoids disruptive modals and preserves user context across devices.
Manage AI Prompts with Rules CLI
- Use the Rules CLI to manage AI tool instructions centrally.
- It helps keep one set of rules and formats them per tool automatically, easing AI prompt management.