Refile
Ruby file uploads, take 3 (by refile)
PaperClip
Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord (by thoughtbot)

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Refile | PaperClip | |
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1 | 9 | |
2,438 | 9,061 | |
-0.2% | - | |
0.0 | 0.0 | |
8 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
Ruby | Ruby | |
MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Refile
Posts with mentions or reviews of Refile.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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Migrating from Refile to ActiveStorage
Historically I've been using the Refile gem for attaching files to my Rails models. But the gem hasn't been maintained for a long time and since Rails 5.2 ActiveStorage has been my preferred way to go.
PaperClip
Posts with mentions or reviews of PaperClip.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.
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Test Data Libraries for Elixir
The factory library ExMachina created by Thoughbot uses function names and generates an atom used to call factories. For example:
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Please critique my rather simple portfolio website
Take a look at https://thoughtbot.com/ for a dark themed site. The site has both a light and dark theme which is triggered by your system setting (on macos: System Preferences > General > Appearance)
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Get help from thoughtbot for free (mentoring / office hours)
I work at thoughtbot, you might know us for our open source work like administrate, factory_bot or shoulda-matchers.
- How for God's sake can any coding work be outsourced, horrific experiences
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Ask HN: How do I pivot into SWE from being a stay-at-home dad?
FWIW, Boston is where Thoughtbot is headquartered; their apprenticeship program might not be exactly what you're looking for, but they also have a lot of useful introductory resources.
https://thoughtbot.com
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2021)
Location: Charleston, SC
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Probably not
Technologies: Rust, Elixir, Ruby, Blockchain, Solidity
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RK7hqiLKhMhXcopzG8oKDGhC...
Email: [email protected]
Hello,
After working at [thoughtbot](https://thoughtbot.com/) for five years I just finished building my own blockchain. Moonshine Exchange has realtime transaction settlement and pulled in >$100K in liquidity organically without any outside funding. I'm looking for my next gig, not necessarily in the blockchain space. Rust and Elixir preferred but open to any technology!
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Software engineers at the end of the day
You could even be crazy and ask https://thoughtbot.com/ for a job and say you're willing to intern. If you get thoughtbot in your cv you're good for life.
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Any recomendations for a good technical document / blog platform?
Any suggestions of a good place to host such a blog? We all love thoughtbot.com, but unless they want to hire me unfortunately I'm not going to be able to post there ; ). I've considered a few platforms, but most feel incomplete for what I'm looking for.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Refile and PaperClip you can also consider the following projects:
Shrine - File Attachment toolkit for Ruby applications

Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library
Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrient’s PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.
nutrient.io
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