motor-admin-rails VS haven

I think the coolest thing about Rails is actually the great amount of high quality Ruby gems for Rails.

For instance, you can bootstrap a powerful Admin panel for your Rails project in no time with https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails gem.

You should try https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails - it builds admin UI with basic CRUD on top of AR models automatically. Unlike other gems where ruby code is required Motor Admin panel can be customized via settings directly in the UI - all configurations are stored in motor.yml file and can be easily transferred between environments.

https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails - just adding a link here. u/dpaluy motor admin doesn't require any integration with your rails app js build stack (doesn't depend on webpack/esbuild) - due to that it's very easy to integrate it with any existing app.

1. Use git to create commits with new configurations in motor.yml and deploy/pull that git repo on the production host in order to update the configs.

2. MOTOR_SYNC_REMOTE_URL=https://remote-app-url/ MOTOR_SYNC_API_KEY=secure-random-string rake motor:sync to sync configurations directly to production app host via API.

There a bit of info about configurations sync between environment here:

https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails#configurati...

You should try https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails This admin panel gem doesn't use DSL or configuration files and can be customized directly via the UI. More complex things like custom forms and actions can be added via regular rails API controllers.

User roles and permissions via CanCan (learn more).

u/PikachuEXE authorization with row/column level permissions via cancan has been implemented in the newest release - https://github.com/omohokcoj/motor-admin#authorization

I'm kinda split between "everyone should be blogging" and "I don't want what I say today to be archive.org'd and used to embarrass me 5/10/20 years down the line."

I've been exploring Haven (https://havenweb.org) and the idea of an invite-only blog is appealing. Keep your crawlers off my writing, please.

I started building an open source private blogging system[1] when my first kid was born, and it eventually evolved into the skeleton of a social network--but fully decentralized using RSS and self- (or paid-) hosting. I concluded the only way for a network to actually avoid selling out was for there to be nothing to sell. If I give away the software, and don't control the network then there is no need for users to trust me. It continues to be an interesting journey as a side-project (not raising money means I'm still working a day-job).

[1]: https://havenweb.org

Can I plug Haven: https://github.com/havenweb/haven here too?

It is a solid RSS reader, while also letting you publish privately. The plan is for this to expand into a social reader[1] soon!

[1]: https://indieweb.org/social_reader

You're welcome to adapt the AWS deployment scripts I setup for Haven[1]. I tend to adapt them when deploying other personal projects like the sites I've built for my family tree or privately hosting/sharing old family home movies.

[1]: https://github.com/havenweb/haven/tree/master/deploymentscri...

I've been working on a self-hosted private blogging platform called Haven (https://github.com/havenweb/haven) that I use instead of FB. I've been a FB non-user for the last 10 years, but when I had kids I suddenly really wanted a place to share pictures with people. SSB, Mastadon, etc all seem to be focused on sharing things publicly but I hadn't found anything with a focus on private sharing. After trying to do it with Wordpress and struggling with spam and a fractured plugin ecosystem I just built it myself!