Active Record and PostgreSQL — Ruby on Rails Guides
Rails guide that covers PostgreSQL-specific column types and usages for Active Record.
You should especially keep in mind the special datatypes that PostgreSQL offers. \
Types like json and array take away a lot of the pain that you had on MySQL projects.
Example use cases for array are tags or storing foreign keys (instead of a join model). You can even index them.
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