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You won’t believe what can crash IRB:

by Giménez Silva Germán Alberto —

👉 pressing backspace on an emoji.

I just published a breakdown of how a tiny Unicode issue led to a real fix in Ruby’s line editor — and why any developer can contribute to Ruby’s internals. If you’ve ever dreamed of contributing to OSS but didn’t know where to start, this story will change your mind.

Read the article: https://rubystacknews.com/2025/12/04/%f0%9f%92%a5-yes-you-can-fix-a-bug-in-irb-heres-how-a-simple-emoji-crash-led-to-a-real-ruby-patch/

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