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We chat about how shared global state in tests can cause you to doubt foundational truths of the universe, some issues with Rails system tests, and recent changes in browser behavior. Announcing Diesel 1.0 - Congratulations to Sean and all committers. Where do Rubyists Go? Testing apps that use Geocoder PostgreSQL Mailing List Archives Respect user-set Capybara.server with Rails system tests Default Puma to non-clustered mode with Rails system tests Suspenders Chrome 63 forces .dev domains to HTTPS via preloaded HSTS Mozilla faces blowback after slipping Mr Robot plugin into Firefox - The Verge Firefox 57 delays requests to tracking domains Support The Bike Shed

Who should library documentation be written for? How do you, as an author, know what your users will need to know? Should you have long form guides in addition to API documentation? We ask and answer these questions in the context of Sean's work to document Diesel 1.0. Stick around for the spoiler-filled after show about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Diesel Guides Prepared Statements Diesel Documentation ActiveRecord Root Documentation Support The Bike Shed

Amanda joins Derek to discuss KotlinConf, powerful IDEs, our Ralphapalooza hackathon, and the React Native experience from a native mobile developer's perspective. A View State Machine for Network Calls on Android - Amanda's KotlinConf talk How to Build a React App in Kotlin by Dave Ford Kotlin Static Analysis with Android Lint by Tor Norbye ReSharper: Visual Studio Extension for .NET Developers thoughtbot Trail Maps Lucky - a web framework for Crystal Frinkiac thoughtbot does screen printing The Pixar Theory MLB Twitter thinks something fishy is going on with Jeter trading Stanton to Yankees - CBSSports.com React Native Web Support The Bike Shed

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