Why I Bet on Rails — and Why I'm Building Maquina
Fifteen years with Rails and it keeps proving itself. Maquina extends it with generators, AI tools, and UI components — convention over configuration, all the way down.
Where I share what I'm exploring in software development, Ruby on Rails, AI, and everything in between.
Fifteen years with Rails and it keeps proving itself. Maquina extends it with generators, AI tools, and UI components — convention over configuration, all the way down.
Recuerd0's source code is now on GitHub under the OSASSY license. Built with Rails 8.1, SQLite for everything, no Node.js, and deployable via Docker or Kamal 2.x.
The layered documentation workflow I described in January revealed a deeper problem — and became a product. How context engineering needs led to building Recuerd0, a versioned knowledge base for AI tool context.
Version 0.4.0 fixes Turbo Drive and Morph compatibility with a new Teardown pattern, stable Sidebar IDs, and corrected partial rendering across 9 components.
A practical workflow for coding with AI on brownfield and greenfield Rails applications. Covers context generation, layered documentation, pattern synthesis, and maintaining code quality.