Happy Wednesday! Here is issue #123 of our newsletter, which offers news and the best tools for your current or future Rails projects... 1. 🚀 Managing Ruby and Rails versions on Heroku can be tricky—especially when you're aiming for compatibility across stacks. In our latest article, Heroku & Ruby Compatibility Table, Julio and Henrique break down which versions work with which Heroku stacks, helping you confidently plan upgrades and deployments. 2. 🪲💎 In the blog Installing the sassc Ruby Gem on a Mac: A Debugging Story, Richard Schneeman walks through the challenges he faced—and the solutions he found—while trying to get the gem up and running. If you’ve ever wrestled with build errors or environment issues on your Mac, this article offers practical insights and a bit of debugging wisdom. 3. 💎🐞 Debugging Ruby applications can be challenging, but it gets much easier with the right tools and techniques. Stan at Rails at Scale shares practical advice, updated tools, and proven strategies to help developers diagnose and resolve issues more efficiently in their article Ruby Debugging Tips and Recommendations (2025). Whether you're debugging locally or in production, this guide is packed with insights to level up your debugging workflow. 🌳 Upgrading a legacy Rails app doesn’t have to be painful—especially with the right support. In our last Case Study, we showcase how our Bonsai maintenance service helped our client seamlessly transition from Rails 5.2 to Rails 7 without disrupting their workflow. By handling the complexities of technical debt and outdated dependencies, Bonsai ensures your app stays secure, maintainable, and performant. If your team struggles with an aging codebase, let us take the headache out of your next upgrade. 🚀 4. 🧠 Optimizing performance in large Ruby codebases often requires advanced techniques. In the article Interprocedural Sparse Conditional Type Propagation, Max and Maxime explore a powerful static analysis method used to improve type inference and optimize code execution. This deep dive offers a fascinating look at how modern compilers—and Ruby itself—can get smarter about your code. 5. 🛠️ As Rails continues to evolve, so do its background job processing tools. Donn Felker shares his experience transitioning to Rails’ new default Active Job backend, highlighting the motivations, challenges, and key differences along the way. If you're considering a move away from Sidekiq or curious about Solid Queue in real-world use, this article, Migrating from Sidekiq to Solid Queue, offers a practical, firsthand perspective. 6. 🤔 Modernizing asset management in Rails can be confusing with so many new tools available. In this post, Rails Assets: Propshaft and Importmaps, Radan Skorić breaks down how these two modern approaches simplify asset handling without relying on Node.js or Webpack. This article offers a practical guide to using Propshaft and Importmaps effectively to streamline your Rails front-end setup. 7.📆 Eventful Stuff…
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