Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedTutorial on how to use Active Storage on Rails 6.2By Ritu Chaturvedi Understanding Active Storage in Rails 6.2 Active storage is an inbuilt gem in Rails that developers widely use to handle file uploads. …Ruby4 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedSending iOS Push Notifications via APNsBy Ritu Chaturvedi User engagement is of the highest importance in today’s world, no matter what you sell or offer to your clients. And mobile phone notifications play the masterstroke in this aspect. By regular interactions with your clients through push notifications, it is possible to release timely updates and…I OS App Development8 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedCloud Cost Optimization: 10 Lessons Learned from Scanning 45K AWS AccountsBy Darren Broemmer Where there is a cloud, there’s also a high chance of receiving a stinging cold shower of unexpected cloud computing costs. That’s how Adobe executives felt when their development team dropped $80,000 on cloud computing in one day by accident, racking up a weekly bill of $500…Amazon Web Services11 min read
Published in Geek Culture·PinnedHow Database Load Balancing Completes the 3-Tiered ArchitectureBy Rahul Subramaniam — Three-tiered architecture is a myth. You only think you have it. In reality, you have two-tiered architecture and a dream. The “traditional” definition of three-tiered architecture says it consists of: A presentation layer An application layer A database layer The true three-tiered architecture allows you to scale or migrate any…Load Balancing5 min read
Published in AWS in Plain English·PinnedDon’t Pass on PaaSWhat you need to know to choose a PaaS. — By Darren Broemmer Gartner expects that the PaaS market will double in size between 2018 to 2022 growing at a 26.6 percent rate to about $58 billion by 2022. As per IDG, almost two-thirds of organizations today use PaaS. …Paas11 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Oct 28, 2021Evolution of Encrypted Credentials in Rails 6.2By Ritu Chaturvedi Your blog The concept of encrypted secrets evolved and acquired a better shape with each update of the Rails version. Recently, Rails 6.2 has brought in many such updates to the credentials feature. …Rails4 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Oct 22, 2021Rewrite Rules in NginxBy Ritu Chaturvedi Rewrite rules modify a part or whole of the URL. This is done for two reasons. First, to inform clients about the relocation of resources, and second, to control the flow to Nginx. The two general-purpose methods used widely for rewriting URLs are the return directive and…Nginx4 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Oct 22, 2021Code Concurrency and Two Easy FixesBy Ritu Chaturvedi Code concurrency is a default in any Rails code. A threaded web server will simultaneously serve many HTTP requests, and each will hold its controller instance. Threaded active job adapters and action cable channels also handle multiple requests simultaneously. Even when the global process space is shared…Rails3 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Aug 27, 2021Rails encrypted credentials on 6.2By Ritu Chaturvedi Any rails program would have secrets to be stored, for at least the secret key base with tokens for third-party APIs. Post version updates, handling secrets has become easier. Initially, there were two methods to handle secrets. The first method stored secrets in the environment variable (secret_key_base)…Rails4 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Aug 18, 2021ARM-Based Cloud Computing: Inexpensive and FastBy Ritu Chaturvedi Many of you have heard about home automation with Raspberry Pi or that the latest smartphones are more clever than some desktops. You may have been wondering why tiny computers are not used on an industrial scale outside of the portable gear. They are. The market for…Cloud Computing11 min read
