The Writing
Articles on Ruby, Rails, and the engineering behind WhittakerTech's products.
Discover why we migrated our Rails app from Heroku buildpacks to Docker, achieving 60% memory reduction and improved deployment reliability. Complete cost-benefit analysis included.
Debug PostgreSQL concurrency issues where RSpec tests pass but database logic fails. Real case study with FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED and thread synchronization solutions.
Learn elegant code modification techniques through a real Shopify case study. Handle prescription vs regular products with conditional logic while preserving functionality.
Fix persistent Rails encoding errors blocking international user migrations. Step-by-step solutions for ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 conversion with real performance gains.
Complete guide to upgrading Ruby 3.0.7 to 3.2.7 and Rails 6.1 to 7.1. Real case study achieving 99.15% test success while eliminating security risks and technical debt.
