Rails World 2025 was a blast β great talks, great people, and great energy.
We had the chance to talk to so many of you at our booth. A huge thank you to the Rails Foundation and AmandaPerino for the perfect organization, and to everyone who stopped by our booth!
Weβve collected our impressions, highlights & photos in a short recap:
π https://makandra.de/articles/recap-rails-world-2025-756
Using open-source in closed-source projects?
Make sure your dependencies donβt come with legal baggage.
This post shows how to use license_finder to validate licenses automatically and stay compliant.
π Details: https://makandracards.com/makandra/481903-automatically-validating-dependency-licenses-license
Tired of noisy diffs from structure.sql in Rails?
We explain why it happens, when to use it over schema.rb, and how to make your SQL schema Git-friendly β with or without tooling.
Read on: https://makandracards.com/makandra/625028-rails-keeping-structure-sql-stable-developers
#RubyOnRails #PostgreSQL #DevTips #makandra
Would you buy a product that explicitly advertises its AI function?
A new study shows: many wouldnβt β even if itβs better or cheaper.
The "with AI" label may hurt more than help.
Do you agree? How do you feel about tools or content with AI?
π Source: https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-consumers-turned-off-products-ai
Does AI actually make experienced devs faster?
A new study presumes: no β it can even slow them down.
Seasoned OSS developers were 19% slower with AI tools than without β even if they perceived themselves as faster.
But why? AI generated code β more time for understanding & reviewing β less speed.
Whatβs your opinion about this distorted perception of workflow efficiency?
π Our blog article on the topic and sources:
https://makandra.de/en/articles/does-ai-accelerate-development-713
AI tools are considered productivity boosters β but do they deliver on their promise? And what does all this have to do with gambling in casinos? We asked our colleagues how they use AI in their everyday work as developers and what advice they would give to juniors on working with AI.
π¨ Heroku has updated its guidelines for supported Rails versions.
We break down whatβs changing, what it means for your stack β and how you can keep working with your old Rails version.
Read more π https://makandra.de/en/articles/heroku-rails-versions-end-of-life-675
It's official since March 17, 2025: Heroku has updated its guidelines for supporting Rails versions. These changes will affect many developers and teams who are still working with older Rails versions that have already reached end of life (EOL).
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