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Building WGHTLFT: A Rails + SwiftUI Weightlifting Tracker

How WGHTLFT pairs a Rails 8 API with a native SwiftUI iOS app for lifting, programs, 3D equipment visualization, Apple Watch, and Siri shortcuts.

What Happens When Your App Prototype Goes Viral On The Internet

A prototype I built went viral. Here's what happened next...

Comments Are A Very Underrated AI Coding Tool

When you’re coding with agents, the most reliable steering wheel is a well-placed comment in the code’s line of sight.

Why I Choose Ruby on Rails in the AI Coding Era

The AI coding era has changed the calculus in ways that are only starting to become clear, and Rails benefits from those changes more than almost any other framework. Convention over configuration turns out to be exactly what a language model needs.

Introducing Agent Gateway for Ruby on Rails

A small Rails engine gem that gives AI agents structured, read-only access to the data you choose to expose.

Why Does AI Sometimes Give Inconsistent Answers?

AI doesn't work like a calculator. It predicts words based on patterns, not fixed rules. Learn why answers can vary and why you should always verify against the original source material.

AI Agent Orchestration on Rails

Build a multi-agent AI platform where specialized agents use real tools to perform real tasks, all orchestrated on Rails.

RAG on Ruby on Rails

Build a powerhouse Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with Ruby On Rails

Introducing the Strftime Roulette Rubygem

I'm releasing strftime_roulette, a Ruby gem that adds a strftime_roulette method to Date and Time objects. Every call returns a randomly formatted string. That's it. That's the gem.

The Inference Pattern: Tracking AI Usage with Polymorphic Models in Rails
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Jesse Waites
Jesse Waites, Polyglot Software Developer, Creative Technologist, Hiker, Rock & Ice Climber