Rails 7.2 to 8.1 Upgrade: What Actually Breaks and How to Fix It
Everything that breaks upgrading Rails 7.2 to 8.1, and how to fix it: enum syntax, the Solid trifecta, Propshaft, params.expect, and every silent regression.
Posts tagged: activerecord
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How I Audit a Legacy Rails Codebase in the First Week
My Rails codebase audit process: stakeholder interviews before code, Gemfile and schema before any tools, and a single-page triage as the deliverable.
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Rails default_scope: Why You Should Never Use It
`default_scope` quietly breaks `Model.all`, corrupts scope chaining, bleeds into associations, and can leak data in multi-tenant apps. Here's why it's dangerous and what to use instead.
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Rails: How to Use Greater Than/Less Than in Active Record where Statements
When querying ActiveRecord for greater than and less than, most people turn to including raw SQL in their codebase... But raw SQL isn't required!
