A comprehensive guide on how to implement a fast redirect from or to a naked or root domain to a www subdomain (ie example.com -> www.example.com or www.example.com -> example.com).
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First time I’ve been interviewed! We talked about my experience with open source, what got me into it and how I finally got back to contributing in 2022.
A guide on setting up Hatchbox AWS EC2 servers as self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, including with how to get Linux ARM64 machines working.
Let’s look at the security implications of a Rails session :cookie_store with domain: :all. It is a convenient way to allow users to be authenticated across subdomains, however, any subdomains as CNAMEs which map third-party services will also receive those session cookies.
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vident: Create maintainable Stimulus-powered View Component libraries
Vident helps you create flexible & maintainable component libraries for your application. Vident makes using Stimulus with your ViewComponent or Phlex components easier.
encoded_id: A Ruby gem to encode and decode ids for use in URLs
EncodedId is a Ruby gem that provides a simple way to encode and decode ids for use in URLs and includes a suite of useful features. It can be used in any Ruby application but also has a counterpart gem for Rails.
yaml_csp_config: A Ruby gem that makes it easier to manage and maintain Content Security Policies (CSPs).
YamlCspConfig is a Ruby gem that makes it easier to manage and maintain Content Security Policies (CSPs) by allowing developers to define their CSP configuration in a YAML file and create environment-specific configurations.