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1263 articlesWhen to reach for duck typing and when for inheritance in Ruby. Template Method, hook messages, and the signals that point to a hidden abstraction.
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/19/inside-rubys-net-http-exploring-the-networking-engine-behind-ruby-apis/
May 19, 2026 Most Ruby developers use HTTP every day. Whether through: …underneath the stack, many requests still pass through Ruby’s classic net/http...
If you want a terminal that tells you if a command is valid, predicts what you’re about to type, and…
I spent years looking at websites like Stripe or Linear and feeling depressed. I would try to…
https://yaroslav.io/posts/inkmark-fast-ai-first-markdown
https://www.rubyforum.org/t/phlex-literal-are-joining-the-ruby-users-forum
https://paweldabrowski.com/farewell-to-rails-way/when-rails-way-does-not-work
CMDx has been updated with richer error messages that include links to documentation and common issues. Middleware’s how support using status methods ...
https://github.com/perrystreetsoftware/rubyzen Rubyzen is a modern linter for Ruby that allows you to write architectural lint rules as unit tests
AI-driven development is a spectrum, not a one-size-fits-all solution. Like editor setups in 2014-2018, you need to find your own workflow instead of ...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/18/inside-rubys-json-library-complete-deep-dive/
May 18, 2026 Introduction This tutorial explores the internals of the JSON library used by entity [“software”,”Ruby”,”CRuby interpreter”]. The archive...
A summary of my time at Blue Ridge Ruby 2026
If you’ve tried the new rails generate authentication command in Rails 8, you know it’s a breath of…
Production timeouts are rarely “just call Timeout.timeout.” You need a real budget, predictable expiry, and a way to pass that budget to the next serv...
The “Zero-Service” Monolith: How to run your entire app on a single server port For years,…
before_action is where a controller declares the request prerequisites that must run before action-specific code.
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/18/inside-rubys-range-a-tour-through-range-c/
May 18, 2026 Most Ruby developers use ranges every day: They feel lightweight, expressive, and almost deceptively simple. Built for Ruby on Rails Buil...
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https://github.com/elct9620/kobako
For almost 15 years, if you wanted to build a Rails app with a login system, the answer was always…
https://github.com/sergey-homenko/llm_cost_tracker
If you are a solo developer with “Shiny Object Syndrome,” you know the feeling. You have a great idea…
New Remote Ruby episode is out.
Real-Time Rails Without Redis: A Guide to Solid Cable For years, adding a single real-time…
Building an Infinite Scroll in Rails 8 (Zero Custom JavaScript) Every modern web…
https://paweldabrowski.com/farewell-to-rails-way/what-is-rails-way
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/14/ractors-real-parallelism-in-ruby-without-the-gvl/
May 14, 2026 In-depth technical analysis · RubyStackNews · Concurrency & Performance For decades, the Global VM Lock (GVL) — also known as the GIL...
In Rails, params is not one thing. It is a dynamic combination of route, query, and request body parameters, making it a flexible and powerful tool fo...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/13/ruby-numeric-deep-dive-useful-methods-you-probably-underuse-with-examples/
May 13, 2026 Ruby Numeric Deep Dive: Useful Methods You Probably Underuse (With Examples) Ruby’s Numeric, Integer, Float, and Math modules expose a ri...
#800 — May 14, 2026 Read on the Web Ruby Weekly One Engine, Many Tools: Introducing Rubydex — Prism unified Ruby’s parsing layer, and now Vinicius St...
If you are building a SaaS in 2026, the default advice is always the same: “Just plug in Stripe and…
I see developers trying to build “AI Chatbots” that know about their specific company data. They want…
Auto-discovers every scheduled job in your Rails app by reading your existing config files at deploy time. No wrapping individual jobs, no manual moni...
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/12/mri-internals-how-ruby-arrays-became-a-vm-playground/
May 12, 2026 If you still think Ruby’s Array is “just a C struct with some methods on top,” you’re about 5 years out of date. Modern MRI tells a very ...
Very often I see developers integrating AI into their Rails apps for the first time, and they make a…
https://github.com/sergey-homenko/llm_cost_tracker
https://www.rubyforum.org/t/how-to-deploy-ruby-apps-to-the-miren-demo-cluster-for-free
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/11/ruby-hash-isnt-always-a-hash-table-and-why-that-matters/
May 11, 2026 Most Ruby developers think of a Hash as a classic hash table: keys, values, O(1) lookups. That’s only partially true. Built for Ruby on R...
New Remote Ruby episode is out.
I see developers make a mistake that can ruin their entire month. They are building a new Rails…
Here’s a simple Ubuntu setup for Rails app on Kamal. There is also a related talk from Wroclove.rb here.
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/10/%f0%9f%9a%80-introducing-ruby-charts-native-charts-for-ruby/
May 10, 2026 Last Friday I released ruby-charts, a gem for generating charts directly in Ruby—no JavaScript, no external APIs. Built for Ruby on Rails...
