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We discuss a possible ActiveRecord bug Derek encountered and explore the ambiguity of SQL formatting best practices. thoughtbot podcast swag Working around ActiveRecord joining the same table twice Pagination in Crates.io ActiveRecord auto-explain removed in Rails 4.0 pgFormatter: A PostgreSQL SQL syntax beautifier How would you format this SQL query? Support The Bike Shed

We share our favorite talks from RubyConf and discuss how Sean has made ActiveRecord attributes allocation significantly faster with Rust. Saving Ruby From the Apocalypse by Jason Charnes Esoteric, Obfuscated, Artistic Programming in Ruby by Yusuke Endoh The Impermanence of Software by Andy Croll Git Driven Refactoring by Ashley Ellis Pierce The Unbearable Vulnerability of Open Source by Eileen Uchitelle All The Great Talks from RubyConf thoughtbot Podcast Swag Sale Support The Bike Shed

Sean is on to a significant ActiveRecord optimization using an extension written in Rust and Derek shares an overdue thanks to an excellent manager. Helix Fast Blank Turns out, Rails Fast Attributes might be more on the order of 2x faster! Bootsnap Do I need Database Cleaner? GraphQL Query Resolver PostGraphQL Headless Capybara! Working in Siebel… Ugh Rebecca wrote a book Upcase Crossroads Support The Bike Shed

We discuss patterns and anti-patterns encountered in agile retrospectives and revisit a favorite topic: form objects. Running a Retrospective Scrum Sprints Product Design Sprint Auth0 ActiveModel::Dirty Reform Ecto Changeset Lucky, an experimental new web framework by thoughtbot Support The Bike Shed

We briefly discuss the renaming of factory_girl to factory_bot before diving in to the visitor pattern; what is it, and what are its inherent tradeoffs. factory_bot visitor pattern Visitor pattern and double dispatch in ruby Sean drives for Lyft Support The Bike Shed

Is Database Cleaner necessary anymore? Tune in for our exciting play-by-play reporting on that issue and stick around for chatter on personal defaults for new Rails applications. Integrate with ActionDispatch::SystemTest Database Cleaner RSpec 3.7 has been released! Bundler template moves bins to exe Suspenders Exclude all 4xx Rails errors from Sentry reporting Balloon Fiesta Support The Bike Shed

We discuss an issue in the interaction between Rails, Chrome, and the HTTP referrer policy before Derek shares his love for GraphQL. Referrer-Policy Origin header Rails/Chrome/no-referrer issue GraphQL GraphQL-Ruby GraphQL-Batch Sangria Elixir 1.6 Formatter Support The Bike Shed

We discuss strategies for fighting back against project management overhead, refactoring workflows, and on-call rotations. Make the change easy, then make the easy change. Refactor in a Branch Chaos Monkey What languages support anonymous union types? Support The Bike Shed

We discuss Bundler warning us to update to a prerelease version and other recent annoyances with our favorite dependency manager. We also wonder what GitHub diff stats can tell you about your contributions to a project and when they might be a smell. Stick around post credits for some spoiler-filled chatter about the first couple episodes of Star Trek: Discovery. SpaceX Moon Base SpaceX Travel RubyConf talk involving Kerbal Space Program Bundler warns users to install pre-release version *Gemfile/Gemfile.lock to gems.rb/gems.locked SQLite docs vs MySQL docs Diesel is Joining the Rust Impl Period Star Trek Discovery Support The Bike Shed

We discuss a major change to Diesel's insert statements in advance of its 1.0 release and reexamine Contracts.ruby after Derek spends some time with it in use. Sputnik lamp Contracts.ruby Don't use exceptions for flow control Crystal Matz doesn't like current proposals for types in Ruby Support The Bike Shed