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669 articlesIf you are like me, and you prefer Ruby over bash, I wrote a little post about how I customize my Omarchy. Similar to how Typecraft does it with bash,...
The article looks at how Ruby can be used across the entire stack, from microcontrollers (PicoRuby) to real-time visual generation, turning abstract c...
Explore the Open-Closed Principle in Ruby through practical examples using inheritance and the Strategy pattern. Learn how to balance strict SOLID adh...
A basic guide on how LOAD_PATH and LOADED_FEATURES work in Ruby and how Bundler helps. Example from debugging a confusing ‘already activated gem’ erro...
This article explores Ninja Testing, a Ruby-driven approach presented at Ruby World Conference 2025, showing how to generate daily test suites using c...
Upgrading the default data-turbo-confirm with a beautiful, native HTML dialog with animations
We’re happy to announce that we’re building a discussion forum for you to connect with other Ruby users.
Ruby’s exception handling mechanism is simple learn Ruby Try Catch
Learn how to use Cucumber in Rails to write feature tests that are clear, maintainable, and easy for your whole team to understand https://danielabaro...
I’ve been working on a feature flag/dynamic config gem and just released a self-hosted option. Flags live in your database (ActiveRecord), no external...
Ruby World Conference 2025 delivered an impressive amount of cutting-edge, valuable discussions.
https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/1pkrqyz/react_rails_in_2025_is_there_a_standard_way_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=w...
I just published a new article inspired by Hayao Kimura’s talk “Exploring the World of Electronic Engineering with PicoRuby” from Ruby World Conferenc...
React mobile app development boosts performance and flexibility by using a fast, component-based architecture and reusable UI blocks. Its virtual DOM ...
In today’s fast-paced academic environment, nursing students often find themselves juggling multiple responsibilities, from clinical rotations to pers...
New OSS developer tool (built with Ruby): https://railsdesigner.com/new-requestkit/
In today’s fast-paced academic world, balancing work, family, and studies can feel overwhelming. Many students find themselves asking, “pay someone to...
The insight: Every MCP tool definition consumes context tokens BEFORE your first question.
New developments in recent years have made it super-easy to interview Ruby Software Engineers and tell the good ones from the bad ones in 2025: https:...
I’ve published a new article based on a presentation from RubyWorld Conference 2025 about why now is the right time for PicoRuby.
This is not about fixtures vs factories, I use both depending on circumstances. This is about making better use of fixtures on large projects: Why fro...
https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/12/10/create-a-markdown-editor-in-ruby-on-rails.html
https://www.railscarma.com/blog/ruby-class-variables-vs-instance-variables-explained/
Here’s some lessons learned from studying Fizzy’s test suite.
Do you like admin gems? Or no? And what 37signals built for their applications? Here’s a little essay on choosing admin gem for Rails.
Audio isn’t the king of multimedia formats, video is. That’s why finding a nice audio player isn’t always an easy task. In this article, we will build...
I once used a tool called rvm to manage Ruby versions & gemsets (cool, but complicated), then migrated to the simpler rbenv. But what if you could...
This time I dive into one of the most exciting shifts happening in the Ruby ecosystem: Ruby running on microcontrollers.
With Kamal hooks, tracking your deploys with Honeybadger is super simple, and with a secret manager like Doppler, you can make sure your API key stays...
In this episode, we look deploying Fizzy to a server and look at some of the notable practices found in the code. https://www.driftingruby.com/episode...
Learn how to get a Rails 8 app deployed with Kamal set up to use Doppler for secret management. Includes using Kamal’s Doppler adapter, setting up Dop...
Ruby Inject and Ruby Reduce
Master Value Objects in Ruby using the modern Data.define class. Learn about immutability, value equality, and how to eliminate boilerplate code for c...
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If your Rails application sends emails to users, it’s often helpful to keep a record of which messages have been sent and to who. The lifecycle callba...
Codenamed “Festive River City 🥳” (and coming a mere three months after the 2.0 framework release!) With the end-of-year holidays upon us, we’re excite...
I wrote a quick article showing the bindings that truly matter (with code snippets), from PostgreSQL and Redis to MQTT and image processing. If you wo...
I review the Fizzy source code at https://beautifulruby.com/code/fizzy that was released by 37 Signals take on a Kan-Ban board. Pretty cool to see the...
The real difference between bundle, bundle exec, and why bundle exec rails c is the only safe way to load your Rails app.
Read the article 👇 https://rubystacknews.com/2025/12/01/debugging-in-real-life-how-i-use-rails-logger-and-docker-logs-in-my-daily-workflow/
I put a list of all the Ruby deals I could find at https://beautifulruby.com/articles/ruby-black-friday-deals-2025 for Black Friday & Cyber Monday...
DB GUI 0.3.0 & Glimmer DSL for LibUI 0.13.1 have been released. DB GUI now supports remembering multiple database profiles, including which one wa...
Released bundler-audit 0.9.3, which officially adds support for Ruby 3.4, 3.5, 4.0, and Bundler 4.x.
Released rubygems-tasks 0.3.0, which adds official support for Ruby 3.5 and 4.0.
We share a little about the setup and our mindset when using Rails 8 and Claude Code to deliver prototypes or PoC, balancing speed of iteration with e...
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https://www.railscarma.com/blog/setting-up-rails-8-with-mongodb-and-mongoid-guide/
Business Class is a Ruby on Rails template, now for Rails 8.1 and with faster test suite.
https://rubystacknews.com/2025/11/27/%f0%9f%9a%80-bundler-4-0-0-beta1-a-big-step-forward-for-writing-clean-and-modern-ruby/
