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Rails Blocks update (ViewComponents are finally available ✨)
Since January, I’ve been working on 3 major Rails Blocks updates to improve the documentation across all 52 component sets I released in 2025: [more inside]
Ruby Users Forum February - March Update
February was an exciting month for the Ruby Users Forum. [more inside]
🚀 ruby-libgd hits 3,000 downloads!
From version 0.1.0 in January to 0.3.0 in March, ruby-libgd has grown into a lightweight, efficient Ruby library for dynamic image generation, filters, and GIF animations. [more inside]
You Are Writing Regex Wrong: A Guide to Ruby’s Best Hidden Feature
The “Two Problems” Joke There is an old programmer joke: “Some people, when confronted… [more inside]
Small scripts still have magic.
I built a Ruby bot that reads a YAML file of upcoming Ruby conferences, generates an image with ruby-libgd, and automatically posts it using GitHub Actions. A small project, but a fun reminder that automation and simple scripts can still bring back the hacker spirit. The Joy of Small Scripts: Automating Ruby Community Events [more inside]
Ruby vs. Python: Why I Choose Happiness Over Hype
Let’s get the elephant out of the room immediately: Python has won the popularity contest. If you… [more inside]
Why the German Government Emailed Me About My Kamal Deployment
A small deployment experiment with Kamal unexpectedly triggered an email from the German government. This post walks through what happened, what it revealed about deployment infrastructure, and the operational lesson behind it. [more inside]
The Ultimate Ruby Scraping Stack: From Nokogiri to Ferrum
Web scraping in Ruby isn’t a “one size fits all” task. If you use a headless browser for a static… [more inside]
The Faster Way to Scrape: Finding "Hidden" APIs in Modern Websites
The Headless Browser Trap If you want to scrape a modern React or Vue website, the… [more inside]
WSDL 1.0 — A modern SOAP toolkit for Ruby
I just released wsdl, a Ruby gem for working with SOAP services. It parses WSDL 1.1 documents, lets you inspect operation contracts, build requests, and invoke operations. [more inside]
Building High-Performance Ruby with Native Extensions
Ruby is often used as the orchestration layer while native libraries perform heavy computations. [more inside]
The SaaS Architecture Guide: How to Handle Multitenancy in Rails Routing
Most Rails developers stop learning routing after resources :posts. But if you are building a SaaS… [more inside]
libgd-gis: a native map rendering engine for Ruby.
Generate maps, tiles, and heatmaps from GeoJSON using libgd. [more inside]
I’ve just released v0.3.0 of ruby-libgd, a Ruby binding for the GD graphics library.
This update expands image processing capabilities with several new filters. [more inside]
The Missing Macro: 3 Ways to "belongs_to :through" in Rails
The Missing Link If you’ve spent more than a week with Ruby on Rails, you’ve probably used… [more inside]
The Magic of lvh.me: Testing Rails Subdomains in Development
The /etc/hosts Headache If you are building a SaaS that uses subdomains (like… [more inside]
Storing multi-valued enum fields in ActiveRecord
Rails’ enum DSL is great for single values, but what about multiple? We compared 4 approaches across performance, extensibility, and maintainability to find the best fit.
Using Minitest::Spec in Rails? Watch out for the lifecycle hooks!
After picking up Minitest for one of my retainer clients, I’ve had confusing errors in our test suite for a while. Turn out Rails is kinda cheeky when it comes to properly integrate Minitest::Spec.
Why I Stopped Using Docker in Development
The Industry Standard Trap If you look at any “Modern Web Dev” tutorial, Step 1 is almost… [more inside]
🇯🇵 RubyKaigi 2026 is approaching this April
🇯🇵 RubyKaigi 2026 is approaching this April — and it may quietly define the technical direction of Ruby for the year ahead. [more inside]
Optimizations
In this episode, we look at a few different ways of improving the speed of a page. There are many paths to take. Some of them leaves a lot of optimizations on the table, whereas others are premature and adds complexity.
TDD is a Luxury: Pragmatic Testing for the Solo Developer
The Dogma vs. The Deadline If you spend any time in the Rails community, you’ve heard the… [more inside]