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DevOps on a Dime: DIY Docker Registry for €2 a Month
TLS, Basic Auth, Fail2ban, Ansible—all running on a micro-VM that costs less than your bubble tea. Because DevOps doesn’t need to be expensive. It just has to work. [more inside]
Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and NestJS: A Complete Framework Comparison
When building a modern backend application, developers often choose between established frameworks like Laravel (PHP), Ruby on Rails, and NestJS (Node.js/TypeScript). Each comes with a distinct philosophy, ecosystem, and developer experience.
[Screencast] RubyMine
I haven’t used RubyMine in several years, but a recent announcement from JetBrains have now opened up access for free with non-commercial products. In this episode, I’m taking a fresh look at RubyMine after years of not using it.
Internator now works with the latest OpenAI Codex (v0.30.0)
Our beloved virtual intern, to whom we left our PRs in the hands of, just got up to speed. [more inside]
Fast sailing with persistent connections
I recently wrote a post that discusses an impressive optimization that has landed in llm.rb v0.16.0.
ParseKit: Native Document Parsing and OCR for Ruby
ParseKit brings native document parsing capabilities to Ruby through high-performance Rust bindings. Extract text from PDFs, Office documents, images, and more - all without external dependencies or shelling out to Python. [more inside]
Topical: Topic Modeling Pipeline for Ruby
Topical brings modern topic modeling to Ruby by orchestrating ClusterKit’s clustering algorithms with c-TF-IDF term extraction. Discover meaningful topics in document collections without the complexity of managing multiple libraries. [more inside]
[ANN] httpx 1.6.0 released
httpx 1.6.0 has been released. [more inside]
Superform 0.6 video tour
On Friday I launched Superform 0.6, which came with some big updates. Today I’m launching the Superform video unit at to give you a curated tour of the gem and how you can start using it in your Rails apps.
Awesome Ruby Blogs
Hello Rubysts! 🖐️ Awesome Ruby Blogs now with RSS feeds and OPML files. If you have any ideas or suggestions for improving this list, please feel free to send a pull request. Thanks and have a nice day! 💎
Strong Service
💪🏼 The best Service Object Ruby gem.
MCP on Rails
Learn how to integrate Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Rails to create AI-powered conversational interfaces that transform traditional web applications into intelligent, chat-based tools.
Rails S3 Direct Uploads
Active Storage has greatly simplified file uploads for Rails applications: it has become the de facto standard replacing alternatives that were dominant back in the day like Paperclip or CarrierWave. Out of the box, it comes with everything we need to handle file uploads, including cloud services like Amazon S3. In this article, we will learn how to add direct uploads to a Rails app using Active Storage.
Superform 0.6.x released
Released a big update to Superform! Notes at Some highlights include much better Erb ergonomics, automatic strong parameters (the form does it!), HTML 5 helpers, and more.
AIA is Concurrently Multi-Model
AIA (AI Assistant) version 0.9.12 has been release. Its big new feature is concurrent models! Sent your prompts to multiple models at the same time-ish. In an Async process your prompt can go to many different models of your choice—you must have creds for all the providers. Why? well to compare responses; to generate a consensus; to have more than one robot in your chat sessions; to evaluate the way your prompt is handled by multiple models in a side by side comparison; because I’ve seen no one else do it on the command line and I thought it would be cool. [more inside]
How to get help with Ruby questions
When you’re getting started it’s easy to get lost or you can get stuck when trying to work on an exercise or project. [more inside]
Callback Hell, a gem to list and detect all callbacks and validations in Rails models
Callback Hell analyzes your Rails application models and provides actionable insights on callbacks and validations. Use it to identify models that might benefit from refactoring, spot callback pollution from gems and associations, and keep your models clean and maintainable.
Wubular: a browser-native (Ruby WebAssembly) clone of Rubular
Introducing Wubular: a new Rubular-style regex tester rebuilt to run entirely in the browser, powered by Ruby compiled to WebAssembly. No backend, instant feedback, and full privacy — your test strings never leave the page.
🌐 MiniI18n - New release v1.1.0
MiniI18n got a new release with: [more inside]