Prabin Poudel

6 years into programming and still sometimes I feel I don't know anything. Programming life I guess.

@ShervNariman Do you mind sharing an example of optimizing for cleverness? I am teaching automated tests right now and would love to see examples of what not to do as well.

@coolprobn I do. The moment auth tests start optimizing for cleverness instead of clarity, they drift from the contract they’re supposed to protect. Keeping them boring is my go to lol

Rails' built-in authentication is simple by design. And it should be the same for testing it! Here's how I approach the testing for built-in auth with Minitest. 🧵 1/8

@ShervNariman Do you approach your tests for authentication the same way?

@coolprobn I like this framing because auth test suites usually rot the moment they get cleverer than the feature

@computersroi @NanouuSymeon 💯 One of the perks of living in Nepal. You can get to hills and mountain areas in a short time.

@coolprobn @NanouuSymeon Wow, this view looks like a nice place to enjoy a ride.

As a Developer, what is your hobbie after work?

@catalinmpit My friends from COVID times, none of them are active anymore 🥲 (very few including you are still active) I miss daily life interactions from that time.

Kinda wholesome to see everyone on X happy to see their friends' posts again. Feels like a reunion or something.

That's the high-level approach I use for authentication and protected routes. For a complete walkthrough with full code examples and a sample companion app, you can check the new blog: minitestrails.com/blog/testing-r…

Now test the happy path with a system test using `sign_in_to_ui_as`: - Signed-in users can access protected pages. Notice we don't test guests being turned away? Those edge cases belong in integration tests because system tests are slower and more prone to flakiness. 7/n

@5katkov @thdxr Oh no, you mistyped! o at last instead of "i" poshtui.com

@thdxr poshtuo.com documentation reader for (ruby) developers

please i'm begging you show me something you built not another "this is my custom agent setup" post where you pretend you're doing something smarter than vanilla claude code please

@mhenrixon You switched to Following tab? 😆

My feed just got a truckload better today! Finally I see more from my peeps

Thanks for hosting a great therapy session yesterday for us Ruby Consultants @jeremysmithco 😂 Jokes apart, I got to meet a lot of people and hear how everyone is feeling about AI and their mental health. Thanks for putting this together, I can't wait to join next quarter!

@joelmoss 🤪 I am trying to make it accessible to all Rails developers and LLMs alike with free resources and a comprehensive guide at minitestrails.com

So it turns out that tests are like, really important in an AI world. Like... really, really important! I mean, who would have thunk it 🤷 😜

@cdrrazan Yeah @jeremysmithco will need to approve you.

@coolprobn I just joined the Gathering, but it looks like the host needs to approve my request.

Who else is coming to the Ruby Consultants Gathering tomorrow? 👀

@igor_alexandrov See you there 🫡

@coolprobn I will join!

@eatskolnikov See you there 🫡