Picture this scenario - you're a Rails developer that just got one of the new M1 or M2 Macs and are enjoying the performance boost and…

If you're building a website or web application with Gatsby, you might come across a situation where you need to perform a distinct query…

Update (February 2026): Since publishing this post, a reader pointed me to an existing Rails issue about ActiveRecord JSON and MariaDB…

If you were affected by the LastPass breach at the end of 2022, you've probably found yourself on various websites changing passwords. You…

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