Marksmith - a GitHub-style markdown editor for Ruby on Rails
Marksmith is an ActiveStorage-enabled GitHub-style markdown editor for Ruby on Rails
Adrian Marin
Posts tagged: #rails
Delegated Types and and building the ultimate Kanban Board in Rails
Designing a Kanban board feature presents unique challenges, especially when dealing with multiple record types and minimal database constraints. In this article, we explore different iterations of modeling a Kanban board within the Avo framework. Learn how to manage diverse models without enforcing database restrictions, ensuring flexibility and configurability for an ultimate Kanban board experience.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
The difference between Avo and Rails starter kits
I often get the question, "How is Avo different from other starter kits?". And the simple answer is that it provides a different function. Avo helps the developer build their application's business side using configuration rather than regular logic code. When I say business-side, I mean the actual part that provides the unique value to their customers.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
Avo Survey 2022
I think we did well in 2022 in support and features, and we could work more on our documentation. But, all in all, you mostly believe this product brings you value, and you like being a part of its journey.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
How to bundle assets in a Rails engine
Load, parse, compile, and serve assets efficiently in a Rails Engine.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
Add target and other attributes to elements in Rails
Today we changed the design of our blog a bit and wanted to add photo credits to each post.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
How Successful Agencies Ensure Dev Happiness PART 3
Sure, an agency’s success is just directly proportional with how well their employees and collaborators are treated, but let’s not forget the primary source of income that grants that success: Customer satisfaction
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
How Successful Agencies Ensure Dev Happiness PART 2
Programmers are very sought after. Especially for such frameworks as Ruby on Rails. In order for an agency to secure a solid web development team, they need to think about more than material incentives.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
How Successful Agencies Ensure Dev Happiness PART 1
In any transaction, if the seller understands the customer’s needs, the latter is happy, thus the transaction is successful. This is also valid if the seller is formed of a team of people.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
Safely extend a Ruby on Rails controller
With Avo, being a Ruby on Rails engine, we have a few controllers where we "chew up" the request, fetch the data, and display the results. Some users need to extend it.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
New Rails asset compilation mental model
The mental model of the webpacker to js-bundling and tailwindcss wasn't adequately communicated when the new packages were first introduced.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
Why Successful Startups Use MVPs
Successful startups use MVPs because they understand the importance of cost and time optimization. Platforms that optimize workflow and budget efficiency by 10x should be at the front of your toolbelt.
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO
Auto re-load Rails initializers (and other files) in development
This auto-reloading technique makes the development experience so much better!
Adrian Marin
Author & CEO