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Re:New Modern Theme for Ruby Documentation on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @11:44AM (#46366775)
Only the master branch docs has the theme for now:

https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/

Don't expose primary keys to the public. Create separate external ids instead. I personally use BIGINT primary keys, with UUIDv4 external ids, but any random string will do.
Re:4 SQLite Databases: Is Rails 8 Taking SQLite Too Far? on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:22PM (#45495219)
I'm also going down this rabbit hole, and it's about to get even crazier with multi-tenant SQLite[1] and Beamer[2] replication. It's not quite ready yet, but the foundation is there.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4FJ0EZTAg

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcved9uEV5U

Re:Rails 8.1 Beta on Thursday September 04, 2025 @10:08AM (#45127461)
Elon is only permitted to work for 130 days because he's an SGE. The last day is May 30, which is 130 days after Jan 20.

A "special Government employee" (or "SGE") is an officer or employee in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government who is appointed to perform important, but limited, services to the Government, with or without compensation, for a period not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days.

https://www.doi.gov/ethics/special-government-employees

Re:SLATE Auto – The Customizable EV That Works for You on Friday April 25, 2025 @10:38AM (#43794065)
The idea of focusing on a single car "framework" from which you can create many variations seems great. I personally really like the design too.

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