--- title: "Blogs by Chirag Shah" description: "Read BigBinary blog posts by Chirag Shah." canonical_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/chiraggshah" markdown_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/chiraggshah.md" --- # Blogs by Chirag Shah Read BigBinary blog posts by Chirag Shah. ## Posts ### Active Record adds support for deprecating associations [Active Record adds support for deprecating associations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/active-record-deprecated-associations) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: July 3, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Ruby Active Record adds the ability to safely remove associations by first deprecating them ### How we migrated from Sidekiq to Solid Queue [How we migrated from Sidekiq to Solid Queue](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrating-to-solid-queue-from-sidekiq) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 5, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Solid Queue How we migrated to Solid Queue from Sidekiq ### Solid Queue & understanding UPDATE SKIP LOCKED [Solid Queue & understanding UPDATE SKIP LOCKED](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/solid-queue) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: January 23, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Solid Queue Introduction to solid queue ### Inline Installation of Firefox Extension [Inline Installation of Firefox Extension](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/inline-installation-of-firefox-extension) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: September 27, 2018 - Categories: JavaScript, Misc The blog explains how to enable inline installation of a Firefox extension's latest version ### Upload direct to S3 with Pre-signed POST request [Upload direct to S3 with Pre-signed POST request](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/uploading-files-directly-to-s3-using-pre-signed-post-request) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: September 4, 2018 - Categories: Rails Pre-signed POST request allows for securely uploading large files directly to S3 via a signed expirable url, bypassing the 30 seconds Heroku time limit ### Faster JSON generation using PostgreSQL JSON function [Faster JSON generation using PostgreSQL JSON function](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/generating-json-using-postgresql-json-function) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: May 29, 2018 - Categories: Rails PostgreSQL 9.2 and above has inbuilt support for JSON generation which can be used for faster JSON generation ### Rails 5.2 supports descending indexes for MySQL [Rails 5.2 supports descending indexes for MySQL](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-2-supports-descending-indexes-for-mysql) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: January 10, 2018 - Categories: Rails 5.2, Rails Rails 5.2 now supports descending indexes for MySQL for versions 8.0.1 and higher. ### Higher Order Component to render spinner React Native [Higher Order Component to render spinner React Native](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/higher-order-component-for-rendering-spinner-in-react-native-app) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: November 15, 2017 - Categories: React Native, JavaScript How we wrote our own Higher Order Component for rendering spinner in react native app ### Ruby 2.4 has optimized enumerable min max methods [Ruby 2.4 has optimized enumerable min max methods](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-0-has-optimized-enumerable-min-max-methods) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: September 28, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby min, max and minmax methods for enumerable class have been optimized in ruby 2.4 ### Uploading file in an isomorphic ReactJS app [Uploading file in an isomorphic ReactJS app](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/uploading-file-in-an-isomorphic-reactjs-app) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: August 28, 2017 - Categories: ReactJS This blog explains how to upload a file in an isomorphic app ### Ruby 2.4 has added additional parameters for Logger#new [Ruby 2.4 has added additional parameters for Logger#new](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-has-added-additional-parameters-for-logger-new) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: April 10, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Ruby 2.4 makes it possible to specify logger level, progname, formatter and datetime_format in logger constructor. ### Ruby 2.4 has default basename for Tempfile#create [Ruby 2.4 has default basename for Tempfile#create](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-has-default-basename-for-tempfile-create) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: April 4, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Tempfile#create method now has a default empty basename ### Ruby 2.4 optimized lstrip & strip for ASCII strings [Ruby 2.4 optimized lstrip & strip for ASCII strings](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-has-optimized-lstrip-and-strip-methods) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 14, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby lstrip and rstrip methods have been optimized in ruby 2.4 ### IO#readlines now accepts chomp flag as an argument [IO#readlines now accepts chomp flag as an argument](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/io-readlines-now-accepts-chomp-flag-as-an-argument) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 7, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby IO methods now have an optional chomp flag to remove newline return characters ### open-uri in Ruby 2.4 allows http to https redirection [open-uri in Ruby 2.4 allows http to https redirection](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/open-uri-in-ruby-2-4-allows-http-to-https-redirection) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 2, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby open-uri now allows http to https redirection in Ruby 2.4 ### Ruby 2.4 adds compare by identity functionality [Ruby 2.4 adds compare by identity functionality](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-adds-compare-by-identity-functionality-for-sets) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: December 29, 2016 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Ruby 2.4 adds compare_by_identity and compare_by_identity? methods for Set class so that now we can compare the set elements by their identitiy rather than value ### Opening non HTTPS sites in WebView in React Native [Opening non HTTPS sites in WebView in React Native](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/open-non-https-sites-in-webview-in-react-native) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: July 27, 2016 - Categories: React Native Opening non HTTPS sites in WebView in React Native ### HTTP request headers on each WebView request [HTTP request headers on each WebView request](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/passing-request-headers-on-each-webview-request-in-react-native) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: July 26, 2016 - Categories: React Native Send HTTP request headers on each WebView request in React Native ### Not using https might be breaking file uploads [Not using https might be breaking file uploads](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/not-using-https-might-be-breaking-file-uploads) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: January 7, 2016 - Categories: Rails Using http instead of https might be breaking your file uploads. This blog explains how and why it happens. ### Using Stripe API in React Native with fetch [Using Stripe API in React Native with fetch](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-stripe-api-in-react-native-with-fetch) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: November 3, 2015 - Categories: React Native Use Stripe API in React Native using fetch ### How to test React Native App on a real iPhone [How to test React Native App on a real iPhone](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-test-react-native-app-on-real-iphone) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: August 25, 2015 - Categories: React Native Simulators are great but one needs to test on real mobile devices to get a real feel for how the app will behave on real phones. In this blog we are going to show how to test React Native app on a real iPhone. ## Links - [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/chiraggshah)