A quick look at Active Record JSON & JSONB.
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Python & Ruby, a Comparison
I've been a long-time Ruby developer and more recently have been doing a metric ton of Python work. My goal with this post is to compare the relative pros and cons of each language as I've seen them. This was a difficult post to write, because of the deeply subjective...
SQLAlchemy Hybrid Properties Intro
When working with database-powered applications, it's often common to want to have a field on a data model that is a computed rather than static value; "computed" is just a fancy way to say calculated or evaluated on the fly. Developers new to SQLAlchemy tend to go...
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