Rails

I attended Kaigi on Rails 2026 , held on Friday and Saturday, October 16-17. This was my first time. Kaigi on Rails started in 2020, which happens to be the same year I began my shift to data engineering (and my wandering). I had been away from Rails development until I joined my current company as a Rails engineer last November, so this was my first time attending. That said, I’ve barely written any Rails or Ruby since. My current work is mostly improving infrastructure and building development workflows, but that’s another story 😅 ...

Last month I changed jobs and returned to Rails development after a long time. With a 6-year gap and only one month available for learning, I needed to efficiently grasp Rails 8’s new features and refresh my memory of existing ones. So I decided to learn by building a working app together with Claude Code while referencing the Rails Guides. I temporarily subscribed to Claude Code’s Max plan at USD 100/mo. ...