The latest articles on DEV Community by Finley Brooks (@finley_hacks). https://dev.to/finley_hacks https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4211042%2Fc02f00a7-68b1-4eb0-8e05-1e4b25b50492.jpg https://dev.to/finley_hacks en Finley Brooks Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:28:20 +0000 https://dev.to/finley_hacks/rails-for-the-boring-parts-typescript-for-the-fun-bits-bl2 https://dev.to/finley_hacks/rails-for-the-boring-parts-typescript-for-the-fun-bits-bl2 <p>After a few years of building side projects, I've settled into a stack I actually enjoy: Rails for the boring parts (auth, jobs, database), TypeScript for the interactive bits.</p> <p>The pattern that works for me:</p> <ul> <li>Rails handles users, sessions, and background jobs</li> <li>A small TypeScript app for the parts users touch a lot</li> <li>One Postgres database, one deploy</li> </ul> <p>It's not fashionable, but it ships. And when something breaks at 2am, I can read the stack trace.</p> <p>I'm learning Rust now for a CLI I use in my workflow. Everything is a tradeoff, and I like having a few boring tools in the drawer.</p> rails typescript postgres