Tag: Ruby

All the articles with the tag "Ruby".

• Private vs Protected in Ruby: Who's Allowed to Be the Receiver?

  Published:Apr 27, 2026 |  at 08:00 AM (3 min read)

  Ruby's private and protected keywords look like two flavors of the same idea, but the real distinction lives in one rule: who is allowed to be the receiver. Here's what that means, why it matters, and when to reach for each.

• Idempotency in Distributed Systems: 5 Patterns Every Backend Engineer Should Know

  Published:Apr 14, 2026 |  at 08:00 AM (7 min read)

  Silent duplicates are the hardest bugs in distributed systems. This article breaks down five idempotency patterns — from optimistic locking to the transactional outbox — with practical Rails examples.

• Rails Active Support

  Published:Mar 8, 2025 |  at 10:00 AM (3 min read)

  An exploration of Rails ActiveSupport framework components including Core Extensions, Concern, Inflector, TimeWithZone, Notifications, and Autoload.