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1184 articlesA practice-backed proposal on how we should rethink modularity in Rails applications in the time of code generation tools. With a look back into why a...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/02/06/a-quick-demo-of-ruby-libgd-v0-2-4/
llm.rb - the most capable AI runtime for Ruby - has added skills support. The same skills you might know and love from Claude, or Codex. They’re now a...
58 Rails built-ins worth knowing: Preloader, generates_token_for, resolve in routes, ActionController::Renderer, after_all_transactions_commit, and mo...
The Quickest Way to Build a Drag-and-Drop Landing Page Builder in Rails 8 Often when I am…
CrewAI is one of the fastest-growing multi-agent AI frameworks right now, but it’s Python-only. There’s no official Ruby SDK, which means Rails develo...
Utility gem for RSpec to forbid mocking methods on objects/classes/modules, evaluated at test runtime: https://lovro-bikic.github.io/rspec-mockbidden/
Did you know that llm.rb is the most capable AI runtime in Ruby right now? It can do things other libraries just can’t, and it can do those things tod...
Turning a Rails App into an Android App: Testing Hotwire Native Recently I wanted to test…
I released my first Ruby gem: llm_cost_tracker.
Very often I find myself talking to developers who are incredibly confused by the JavaScript…
llm.rb has been released. Notable features in this release are Sequel and ActiveRecord support. Turn any ActiveRecord model into an LLM-capable model....
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/01/09/ruby-can-draw-cities-now/
When you are launching a new SaaS, getting your first users is the hardest part. One of the best ways…
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/15/rubykaigi-2026-a-reminder-of-what-innovation-actually-looks-like/
If you write Ruby, you will eventually get curious about Elixir. The creator of Elixir, José Valim,…
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/15/create-qr-codes-from-scratch-with-ruby-ruby-libgd-and-rqrcode/
Sometimes I find myself starting a new Rails project, and almost immediately, I hit a wall: User…
“Oh Ruby, you’re the most elegant and beautiful language ever! I just love you so much…” https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/ruby-memes-2026-04-14-...
Earlier this year I was freaked out about AI. I’ve spent the months since using it constantly, on every project, at every stage. I expected to feel re...
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Learn how to implement the Singleton pattern in Ruby: built-in module, manual approach, thread safety, the class variable trap, and dependency injecti...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/13/building-mapview-architecture-ci-cd-and-production-deployment-on-railway/
Solo founders fail for a completely preventable reason. It’s not because their idea was bad, and it’s…
More than 8 months later, I finally managed to put some thoughts about the passing of my dear friend Piotr into a post: Remembering Piotr “chastell” S...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/12/mapview-server-side-map-rendering-for-rails/
We are fully in the era of autonomous coding. If you use tools like Cursor, Windsurf, or Copilot…
There are Rails applications that run incredibly fast on a developer’s laptop, but the moment they…
This post introduces ractor_queue v0.1.0, a bounded, lock-free, Multi-Producer Multi-Consumer (MPMC) queue that is always Ractor.shareable?. It is the...
llm.rb is a runtime for building AI systems that integrate directly with your application. It is not just an API wrapper. It provides a unified execut...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/10/building-a-complete-gis-stack-in-rails-ruby-libgd-libgd-gis-map_view/
Stop Using SQL LIKE: A Step-by-Step Guide to Elasticsearch in Rails When you build a…
Regular expressions (regex) are powerful tools for pattern matching and text manipulation https://www.railscarma.com/blog/ruby-regex-match-guide-with-...
A new version of the Ruby bindings to RE2, a “fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PC...
Building Drag and Drop in Rails 8 with SortableJS and Importmaps Very often I find myself…
Post: https://railsdesigner.com/introducing-fuik/ Repo: https://github.com/rails-designer/fuik
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/08/pure-ruby-maps-libgd-gis-rails/
Very often I see JavaScript developers getting tired of building backend APIs with Express.js….
Rabarber, a role-based authorization gem for Rails, releases v6.0.0. The new version finalizes the API cleanup started in v5 and reworks the caching m...
When a small UI interaction gets tricky, it’s easy for Stimulus/JS to end up full of class toggling that’s really just presentation logic. This articl...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/07/mapview-static-maps-for-rails-no-js-no-frontend-just-ruby/
Five git one-liners I run on every new codebase before opening a file. Churn hotspots, bus factor, bug clusters, commit velocity, and crisis patterns....
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https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/06/whats-this-dragonruby-game-toolkit/
Very often I find myself remembering the “bad old days” of Linux. If you wanted to install a simple…
If you’ve been following any of the recent Heroku announcements… https://judoscale.com/blog/heroku-whats-going-on
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/04/05/this-week-in-rails-faster-logs-reliable-parallel-tests-and-key-deprecations/
I’ve written an article about how I make it simpler for new developers to contribute to projects, rather than throw up barriers to keep people out.
llm.rb v4.11.0 introduces streaming tool execution—tools can start while the model is still responding, overlapping latency with output. It adds MCP s...
