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Montreal.rb Nov 2023 Anatomy of a Payment
The video and slides for the Nov 2023 Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup talk “Anatomy of a Payment” by Michel Jamati (CTO/Co-Founder of Lexop) have been posted!! This talk will provide an overview of the business payment world. Attendees will become familiar with the actors and economics of the payment ecosystem, learn about the major regulations in the payment space that need to be complied with, and understand the Lexop approach to navigating these different challenges. Ruby on Rails examples will be demonstrated along the way to illustrate various types of payments that can be made with different payment processors. [more inside]
Ruby Community Conference! 2 February
I invite all Ruby enthusiast for the second edition of Ruby Warsaw Community Conference! 4 renown speakers, workshops and big after party! [more inside]
Rack::JetRouter 1.4.0 Released
Rack::JetRouter 1.4.0 relesed. Rack::JetRouter is a super fast router library for Rack application. [more inside]
`aia` the AI Assistent gem v0.4.4 released
Unlease the power of generative AI and the prompt using the aia gem - a CLI-based terminal program that manages and “executes” prompts from your local $AIA_PROMPTS_DIR. A prompt is a text file in the $AIA_PROMPTS_DIR. A prompt can reference system environment variables, dynamic shell commands, individual prompt directives and if there were not enough you can also use Embedded RuBy (ERB) to engineer the prompt just the way you want it before it gets sent off to the gen-AI tools for processing. [more inside]
Graphs and Charts 0.2.2 (Bar Chart for Glimmer DSL for LibUI)
Graphs and Charts 0.2.x adds a new Bar Chart Custom Control for Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library) in addition to the existing Line Graph Custom Control.. [more inside]
Ethereum Turning Into Facet (Ruby on Rails) Monolith SOON!?
Hello, i know lots of crypto haters in rubyland. i am perma banned for life twice (for example). the irony the new facet indexer (&vm) that’s basicially is a ruby on rails monolith (with postgresql db) with the rubidity language that everybody hates (other than its creator tom lehman aka middlemarch). the reaction in rubyland to the blockchain revolution (by moving compute off-chain with “dumb” contracts AND reducing transaction fees 10x). nada. zero. zilch. or worse banning and canceling. what’s your take on rubidity? anyone?
Sneak Peek on Rails 8
Planning for Rails 8 has started. I assume it will be released at Rails World Toronto on September 26 and 27, 2024 (as a certain bruised ego would probably not make a release at RailsConf). This is a quick summary of what we can expect: [more inside]
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.30.0.0
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.30.0.0 (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) is the quarterly major release that supports a new version of Eclipse SWT (version 4.30, released in December 2023). Happy New Year! [more inside]
[Podcast] A deeper dive into Zeitwerk with Xavier Noria
Xavier Noria of the Rails Core team adeptly delves into the intricacies of Zeitwerk in this episode. Our discussion extends to elucidate the distinctions among autoloading, eager loading, and reloading, shedding light on the nuanced processes that transpire during app deployment. Subsequently, we delve into an exploration of the technical challenges currently confronting Ruby on Rails. [more inside]
Solidus 4.3 is out, with a new Tailwind CSS-based starter theme!
We’re thrilled to announce Solidus v4.3 has been released today! [more inside]
This is the way... the Callable Way
We’ll talk about the Callable Pattern and how it can be used to make a powerful and flexible construct that will allow you to put order in your Ruby app.
monkes21 gem - text-to-image generation library for pixel avatars (28x28)
Hello, i packaged up in the monkes21 gem for easy (re)use all attributes of the monkes twenty one / monkes 21 pixel art series into a spritesheet and a text-to-image generator incl. factory of modern original (FoMO) command line tool support. Use Monke21::Image.generate( 'squiggle', 'eyes left' ) or $ fab squiggle eyes_left or such. Happy pixel pushing and image generation with ruby.
Introducing Rabarber: Our Simple Take on Rails Authorization
Hey Ruby devs, Just wanted to give you a heads up about Rabarber, a little authorization library we cooked up. We noticed that some popular ones out there were a bit much for our taste, so we made our own. It’s not claiming to be better or fancier. It’s just a straightforward, easy-to-use option that we found handy. If you want to give it a shot, here’s the link: . We’re using it, we like it, maybe you’ll find it useful too.
Building a CRUD Application with Ruby on Rails
Building a CRUD Application with Ruby on Rails
Automate Fly Postgres Database Backup & Store To S3 bucket With GitHub Actions
Discover how GitHub Actions empowers automation to effortlessly backup Fly.io hosted Postgres databases, saving backups to a designated S3 bucket. [more inside]
What's New in Ruby 3.3.0? (Prism, YJIT, RJIT, GC, Performance, M:N)
With the Ruby 3.3.0 release around the corner, we wanted to share a summary of the changes that are coming in this new version. There are many exciting new features and improvements: [more inside]
Smart routes aliases in Rails
Redirect complex user-specific routes to a simple and memorable URL with Rails alias routes. [more inside]
Render flash messages in Hanami, but like a PRO | Hanami Mastery #052
Showing flash messages in Hanami is trivial, and it is even shown in the official guides. In this episode though, we make this future-proof, testable, and maintainable for the future growth of your application. [more inside]