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13 articles about tutorial - lessons from building and scaling real software.

Build Efficient MCP Servers: Three Design Principles

Three design principles for context-efficient MCP servers: filter at source, pre-aggregate data, work creatively. Real reductions: 746k→262 tokens.

The AI Prompt I Wish I Had While Documenting SaMD Systems in Rails

How AI could have helped me generate FDA audit-ready SDS documentation faster while building regulated software.

Acceptance Tests with Subdomains

How to use subdomains in your feature specs.

Getting Started with iOS Development

Complete beginner's guide to iOS development with Swift. Learn Xcode setup, iOS development fundamentals, and start building iPhone apps with practical examples.

Take Control of Your HTTP Caching in Rails

Get more control over HTTP caching in Rails.

Introduction to Conditional HTTP Caching with Rails

Learn how to implement HTTP conditional caching in Rails using fresh_when.

Scaling JSON APIs in Rails using ActiveModel::Serializers, Key-Based Caching, and Rack::Cache

Learn proven strategies for scaling JSON APIs in Rails applications. Performance optimization techniques using ActiveModel::Serializers, key-based caching, and Rack::Cache with real-world examples.

CSS3 Transition Idiom

Exploring the use of CSS3 transitions, including browser feature detection, graceful degradation, and a simple idiom for applying transitions with …

Bringing back the image map

A look at using image maps in modern web development, including a case study on creating clickable triangular areas, handling multiple instances of …

CSS Gradient Definitions

An update to the CSS3 Gradient Generator that changes how the code sample is generated, moving from the ‘background’ property to …

Using Uploadify with Rails 3 - Part 2 - Controller Example

A follow-up post on using Uploadify with Rails 3, focusing on setting up the controller to work with file uploads. This part covers handling content …

Using Uploadify with Rails 3

I recently worked on a couple of Rails projects which both implemented the ability to upload photos to the server. One of these projects required the …

About iPhone Web Applications

Let me start by this post by specifying that it actually originated from another post that I’m working on right now, but while writing it I went off …