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RailsOctober 3, 20264 min read

Prism: A Modern, Zero-Config UI for ActiveAdmin

How I reskinned ActiveAdmin's sidebar, panels, and forms without forking it — and why the plug-and-play, no-build-step install matters more than it sounds.

#Rails #ActiveAdmin

BackendSeptember 10, 20265 min read

Butler: A Fiber-Native Ruby HTTP Client

Why I built an HTTP client around Ruby's Fiber scheduler instead of a thread pool, and what that buys you in connection reuse, resilience, and observability.

#Ruby #HTTP

SecurityAugust 16, 20266 min read

Scryer: Bringing Security, Dependency, and Runtime Auditing to Rails

Why I built a single-command Rails auditor that ranks security, performance, style, and dependency findings by what's actually worth fixing first.

#Ruby #Rails

SecurityDecember 10, 20255 min read

Argus::Trail: Roles, Permissions, and an Audit Log You Can't Fake

A Rails engine for role-based access control that treats the audit log as a first-class feature, not an afterthought bolted onto Pundit or CanCanCan.

#Ruby #Rails

BackendNovember 3, 20253 min read

Designing a Production-Ready REST API

A practical checklist for REST API design covering versioning, idempotency, pagination, and error handling, drawn from building payments infrastructure.

#Backend #Architecture

ArchitectureSeptember 18, 20253 min read