#369: Could We Drop Symbols From Ruby?

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In brief

• Announcing Hanami V1.1.0.beta3 news 
  Luca Guidi
• Surrealist: A Gem to Serialize Ruby Objects According to a Defined Schema tutorial
  JSON serialization based on a user-defined schema that includes the ability to use dry_types. 
  Nikita
• Create a Ruby App with Web Apps on Linux tutorial
  Create a Ruby on Rails application you then deploy it to Azure as a Web App on Linux. 
  Microsoft  Sponsored
• How to Program Vim Using Ruby tutorial
  If you’ve compiled Vim with Ruby then you can avoid using Vimscript and modify the editor using your favorite language. 
  Gabriel Poça
• Perusing delegate.rb from Ruby’s Standard Library tutorial 
  Eliav Lavi
• Accessing Hash Values with Fallbacks for Missing Data tutorial 
  Thoughtbot
• One Simple Trick to Make Event Sourcing Click tutorial
  Separate the public interface from the private consequences of the event. 
  Arkency Blog
• Some Interesting Methods and Behavior with Arrays in Ruby tutorial 
  Sergii Makagon
• Ruby 2.4 Has Optimized Enumerable 'min' and 'max' Methods tutorial 
  Chirag Shah
• Considering Performance and Unique Validations in Rails tutorial 
  Igor Khomenko
• Ways to Check Which Ruby Version You're Using tutorial 
  Robert Pankowecki
• Daily Fantasy Football Salary Tracker with Ruby and Twilio SMS tutorial
  In this post we’ll show you how to build a price tracker for your favorite fantasy sports site with Ruby. 
  Twilio  Sponsored
• A Reddit AMA with the Authors of 'Effective Testing with RSpec 3' story
  Myron Marston and Ian Dees answered lots of questions earlier this week. 
  Reddit
• How A Lifelong Rubyist Made Some Python Code 5x Faster story 
  Richard Schneeman
• What I Learned After Going 18 Months Without Rails story
  Love Rails, hate Rails, leave Rails, truly understand Rails. Rinse. Repeat. 
  Wojciech Maciejak
• Don’t Use default_scope. Ever. Here's Why. opinion 
  Andy Croll
• Expert’s guide: Should I hire Ruby DevOps or Outsource to a Provider?   
  Engine Yard  Sponsored
• Recommended Ruby and Rails Books for Experienced Developers tools 
  Prograils
• render_async 1.0: Render View Partials Asynchronously via Ajax code 
  Rendered Text
• Virtualearth: Bing Maps API Wrapper code
  API wrappers for the Locations, Elevations, Imagery, and Routes APIs. 
  Andrey Zinenko