Jorge Alvarez

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Ruby on Rails developer
#ai is just a tool. AI doesn’t generate bad code. Developers who don’t know how to use AI generate bad code. Don’t blame the tool, blame the users.
Free AI Coding Skills for Rails — Opinionated Patterns That Work - Julian Rubisch

Free rules and conventions that teach your AI coding agent how to write Rails the right way. 37signals patterns, Phlex components, app scaffolding — install in your terminal, no signup required.

Pragprog.com Top 5 Bestsellers this week:

1️⃣ Process Over Magic - Beyond Vibe Coding @ramtop
https://pragprog.com/titles/ubaidev

2️⃣ A Common Sense Guide to AI Engineering - Jay Wengrow
https://pragprog.com/titles/jwpaieng

3️⃣ Practical Programming, 4ed @Aqsaqal
https://pragprog.com/titles/gwpy4

4️⃣ Programming Clojure, 4ed - Alex Miller
https://pragprog.com/titles/shcloj4

5️⃣ Adv Hands-on Rust @herberticus
https://pragprog.com/titles/hwmrust

Many companies need to comply with GDPR, LGPD, and similar privacy laws but don't know where to start in their codebase.

We just released 3 open-source Agent Skills for #Rails to help with that - covering privacy-by-design patterns, full
codebase assessments, and pre-commit privacy reviews.

Part of Codeminer42's skills repo, which also has other tools for AI coding agents.

https://github.com/Codeminer42/skills

#gdpr #lgpd #privacy #rails #privacybydesign

How I built a complete analytics dashboard for my Rails blog with Claude Code

I built a full analytics dashboard for my Rails blog — unique visitors, bounce rate, SVG charts, geolocation — with no third-party scripts. Here's exactly how I did it with Claude Code and Ahoy.

Jorge Alvarez
The Five Ways to Customize Claude Code

Claude Code ships with five customization mechanisms — CLAUDE.md, Skills, Sub-agents, Hooks, and MCP servers — and each one solves a different problem. Here's how I think about each one in practice.

Jorge Alvarez
SaaS is not dying, SaaS is evolving

SaaS isn't dying. It's being forced to evolve. AI won't replace SaaS — it will transform what SaaS products can do.

Jorge Alvarez

Smarter and more transparent food ecosystem.

Our new AI-powered TraceMap tool will keep fraudulent and contaminated food off your local supermarket’s shelves.

By monitoring the agri-food supply chain in real-time, it will:

🚫 Spot risks with improved screening accuracy
🦠 Track shipments in seconds to stop foodborne disease outbreaks
🛒 Remove non-compliant products from the market faster

Better data. Faster recalls. Safer meals.

Protecting you.

🔗 https://link.europa.eu/pbt6XB

Did you notice that every person that complains about #ai are white accommodated people? You should ask yourself why.