Kaleb Lape

Christian ➡️ Husband ➡️ Father of 4 ➡️ Builder of the exact software you need

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Rails development in 2024:

🔐 Authentication-Zero for authentication
👨‍🎨 CSS Zero for styling
⚡️ Ruby WASM for browser execution
🚫 No build configuration

The future is simpler than you think. Here's why.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Learn to master *this* first, before you master anything else

This tweet is about javascript

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Developers should think like investors

Libraries and tools can help you move faster (there's your upside potential)

But always protect your downside

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

psst…

nobuild rails reduces the blast radius of supply chain exploits

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Use AI, but love freedom?

Keep your coding skills sharp

Be ready for the

"I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that."

moment

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@MichaelGame_Dev I don't always love it but certainly don't miss configuring linters myself, so 👍👍

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

My Top Ten Toolbox for ruby on rails development

1️⃣ rails new
2️⃣ gem "foreman" (Next level: overmind and tmux)
3️⃣ https://t.co/6bcgm8OHWT (to install linux and mac tools)
4️⃣ rails generate
5️⃣ StandardRB
6️⃣ puts 😏
7️⃣ dotenv
8️⃣ heroku
9️⃣ rbenv
🔟 Safari (it's a real browser!)

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@happyrubyist Sounds like a good option if you're into svelte! I prefer vanilla myself. Avoid js tooling like the plague.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

So you're starting a new Rails app. Why use vanilla Rails instead of a SPA framework?

If Rails can do what you need with built-in tools, why would you overcomplicate it?

- Learn turbo
- Learn stimulus

Make it easy.

[David Teren @davidteren]

I'm still looking for a @Ruby on Rails role. Projects I was counting on have fallen through.

🌎 I’m open to remote roles worldwide (have worked for multiple US based companies) or hybrid in the Western Cape.

Immediate availability.
Please share.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@MichaelGame_Dev @justinamarsh I ran into this issue with morph enabled turbo loads, but only with nested scrolls using overflow-y like Justin said. It was even a little more complicated than that because of the code editor lib I was using. I worked around it with a scroll preserving stimulus controller.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@andrewhwaller

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Aspire to mere seniority, anon?

Aspire to mastery instead

Become a Master Developer

Not just a another Senior Developer

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

Good. Never bow to the mob.

[DHH @dhh]

Yes, Omarchy runs on master. So will every project I start from here-on out. I got fooled by the good-faith exploit once, but won't repeat that mistake. https://t.co/RO2UYmKM7h

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@justinamarsh My experience has been the exact opposite on every point

Except the scroll position (which is no biggie really)

There is a shadcn project for vanilla rails

I prefer css zero

Tailwind + templates is ok too, if you must roll your own

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@davidteren @bbatsov We need to support devs who stand their ground to this nonsense. 👏

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@juliknl 🤯 I had no idea that happened to opal. This stuff has been brewing a long time.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@davidteren @PaddaPlays Awesome. Congrats grandpa!

[David Teren @davidteren]

Remember this: we allowed this environment to take root.

Think about it. “Master” is suddenly deemed offensive, so we’re told to replace it with “main.” Brendan Eich, a brilliant mind who helped shape the very internet we use today was canceled simply for donating to causes he believed in, causes aligned with his values. These are not just isolated events. They are markers of a culture where reason is abandoned, and offense, left unchecked, is weaponized into destructive energy aimed at the offender.

I can’t help but feel both angry and deeply saddened. Because what we’re witnessing isn’t just debate, or even disagreement, it’s the erosion of the very freedom to hold convictions without fear of erasure.

Take @dhh, for example. Yes, he’s outspoken. Yes, his convictions come across strong. But why should someone be expected to suppress who they are, to water down their principles just to avoid offending others? Isn’t that the opposite of authenticity, the opposite of truth?

This is where modern society has taken a tragic, irreversible turn. We’ve allowed a moral landslide: where private fantasies spill into the public square, normalized and celebrated; where distortions of morality are nurtured as cultural norms; where reality itself is sidelined, and ordinary people are pressured to abandon their values, their identities, their traditions and to nod along with lies they don’t believe in.

I’ve seen this play out before. Here in South Africa, so much of what is only now unfolding in the West was already tested here. We became the proving ground for an agenda that seeks to reshape not just systems, but souls. And I can tell you: it comes at a cost. The breakdown of families, communities, and truths that once held people together.

And then there are the darker signs like the disturbingly frequent celebration of the assassination of one of the most reasonable, graceful, and sound-minded men of our time. Think about what it means when society cheers the silencing, even the killing, of its most thoughtful voices. That’s not progress. That’s collapse.

We didn’t arrive here overnight. It’s been allowed, step by step, compromise by compromise. And unless we choose differently, unless we reclaim courage, reason, and truth; it will only get worse.

We need to make a stand!

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
- Ephesians 6:12

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

You don't need service objects

Just model your domain

[Ryan Singer @rjs]

I have officially been through enough loops to say this now:

Doing Figma LAST really works.

What devs need to start is the wiring. Not the final interior. Just like the contractors building your house need to know where the sink is, not the color of the tile or the faucet fixtures.

And guess what? In a software system, a lot of the UX is IN THE WIRING. That means: what do you see where, how do you get there, what is shown, what is not? What's the business logic, what's the interaction, what's the flow?

High fidelity matters. The final polish matters. And it's SUCH a better experience to do this ON TOP of working software. Because then you don't have to throw away work. A visual artist can put their heart and soul into every pixel, matching the wiring 1:1. This leads to extremely fast turnaround and buildup of momentum. Like when you finally see the drywall going up and the house becomes real.

And what if the designer should make contributions to the core interactions or flow, and not only the surface? No problem — we can collaborate during shaping. We can spike interfaces, sketch ideas, and breadboard our conclusions in a whiteboard. But we don't the need to "lock in" the "final, final, final" Figma just to get started. Not at all. Wire it up, click on it, figure out if it does what we want, THEN we can go the extra step to make it beautiful.

This really works. It's a way faster kickoff. And the designers are happier too.

What about Lovable, v0, etc? The same pattern applies. If you try to give a high fidelity prototype as the "input" to the build step, there will be trouble. Lots of time bombs. Lots of business logic and interaction issues we couldn't see behind the illusion of the finished sheen. Vibe coding is fantastic for trying out ideas. But before we start "construction", better to strip back to the essential wiring that we are really sure of and that we understand. Then layer on the polish later.

[Kaleb Lape @RailsQuest]

@mhenrixon

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@DeeperThrill instant visceral disgust