Tbh I had no idea this was even a thing until recently. I've been working with Rails for a while now and somehow never came across it. So let me explain it the way I understood it. You know how we normally do associations in Rails, User has many Posts, Post belongs to User. Two different models, two different tables. Simple. But what if a model needs to reference itself? Like same table, same mode
For years I thought my only options were dual booting or using a clunky virtual machine. Dual boot meant constant reboots, and VirtualBox ate my RAM. Then I discovered Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, and honestly it changed how I work. Now I run a complete Ubuntu desktop right next to my Windows applications. I can code in a native Linux environment, test web servers, and even fire up Linux-only GU
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Why I built another Ruby test runner inspired by Playwright Test Ruby already has great testing tools. If you are building Rails applications today, you probably use one of these combinations: RSpec + Capybara Minitest + Capybara Rails system tests Maybe Selenium, Cuprite, Ferrum, or Playwright through Ruby bindings These tools are mature, battle-tested, and widely used. So the natural question