Ara Hacopian
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Ara Hacopian
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Ruby on Rails and Postgres enthusiast. Currently exploring local-first and DuckDB.

Building changebot.ai.
Lonesome Dove is great, btw. I gotta rewatch it. Look at that cast!
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The currently in-vogue planning workflow that you often see demonstrated on AI-oriented software development Youtube channels regularly generates plans that remind me of the top half of this well-known drawing.
July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I made a meme?
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So much flour to pack this gaz!
May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
top performer yesterday. betting on decline.
April 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
You: e/acc.
Me: c/ACK!
March 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Curious if others use these patterns in ActiveRecord:

1. Defining custom methods directly on has_many association proxies
2. Checking if the association is loaded before an existence check

Is this approach common or are there better alternatives? Would love to hear thoughts on trade-offs!
January 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very good new Puma version name.
January 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As I build out my SaaS app with Rails, I have to admit, when I look at the 1st-party Laraval feature-set, I feel pretty envious.
January 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I found the sixth food group.
December 5, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Our dog during our vacation to the Austrian Alps.
November 8, 2024 at 12:08 PM