GitHub brings cross-cluster associations to Rails 7
#561 — July 15, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyAdding Support for Cross-Cluster Associations to Rails 7— Engineers at GitHub have been working on a new Rails feature coming in Rails 7.0: support for...
View ArticleBenchmarking your Ruby code
#562 — July 22, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyBenchmarking Your Ruby with time_up— time_up is a new benchmarking gem that makes creating multiple timers as easy as clicking a stopwatch. The gem also...
View ArticleBuilding HTTP servers from scratch in Ruby 3
#563 — July 29, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRails Mini Profiler: Performance Profiling for Rails, Made Simple— Rails Mini Profiler provides detailed information about your requests to help you...
View ArticleStripe shows off its Ruby compiler
#564 — August 5, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklySorbet Compiler: Stripe's Experimental, Ahead-of-Time Compiler for Ruby— Stripe has been experimenting with an AOT compiler for Sorbet for about a year,...
View ArticleGitHub's engineers move to the cloud for day-to-day development
#565 — August 12, 2021Read on the Web✍️ I wouldn't normally do this, but last week's issue was so strong that if you missed it, you should step back and check it out :-) We covered stuff like Stripe's...
View ArticleDHH on the future of JavaScript in Rails
#566 — August 19, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyOn Modern Rails + Web Apps Without JavaScript Bundling or Transpiling— DHH has explained what approaches the next iteration of JavaScript in Rails will...
View ArticleBasecamp's privacy-aware Rails console
#567 — August 26, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyPrivacy-Aware Rails Consoles with console1984 and audits1984— Basecamp created console1984 to protect sensitive/encrypted data in a console connected to...
View ArticleRuby is still a diamond
#568 — September 2, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRuby is Still a Diamond: Some Reflections— “So let’s talk contemporary Ruby”. The author focuses on the ongoing development of Ruby, particularly in...
View ArticleMore on JavaScript and autoloading in Rails 7
#569 — September 9, 2021Read on the Web✍️ I know not all readers are into Rails, but when a glut of interesting Rails news comes along, we've got to cover it :-) Scroll down a bit for the normal Ruby...
View ArticleThe first alpha of Rails 7.0
#570 — September 16, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyThe Future 'Shape' of Ruby Objects— Chris looks at history to propose a change to MRI around shapes which are a form of polymorphic inline cache used...
View ArticleTenderlove's Ruby powered Ruby JIT
#571 — September 23, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyUsing Ruby for Ebook Publishing— The author of Deployment from Scratch enumerates how he uses Ruby in the publishing process, including PDF (and PDF...
View ArticleReviewing a Rails PR with a core team member
#577 — November 4, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyAn Introduction to Async Ruby— The async gem (created by the same person who broughtFiberScheduler to 3.0) brings simple asynchronous operations to the...
View ArticleThe first preview of Ruby 3.1 is here
#578 — November 11, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRuby 3.1.0 Preview 1 Released— Given Ruby’s Christmas Day target for final releases, now is the perfect time to get a preview release out. Ruby 3.1...
View ArticleLooking into Ruby's future
#579 — November 18, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyWhere is Ruby Headed As of 2021?— A look at where Ruby is going based on the talks at RubyConf 2021 where the dominating topics were static typing,...
View ArticleRuby in VR? It's now possible.
#580 — November 25, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRuby 3.0.3 Released— A point release but it fixes three important security issues around regex-based date parsing (as with Date.parse), a...
View ArticleIt's, oh, so quiet. Shh, shh..
#581 — December 2, 2021Read on the Web😶 It's a verrrrry quiet week in the Ruby world, so this issue is mostly about the code and tools section. Instead, I am going to gently encourage you all to give...
View ArticleRails 7.0 RC1
#582 — December 9, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRails 7.0 RC1 is Here to Test Out— Rails 7.0 is almost done and there are some nice new things to check out, such as a brand new JavaScript approach...
View ArticleRails 7.0 released
#583 — December 16, 2021Read on the WebRuby WeeklyRails 7.0 Released: Fulfilling a Vision— Following on more than two years after the release of Rails 6.0, 7.0 is here and it’s a big one. The release...
View ArticleRuby highlights of 2021
🎄 Season's greetings! As 2021 ends we're taking the opportunity to wrap things up with a look back at the most popular items of the year. Ruby 3.1 is likely to be released on Christmas Day so we might–...
View ArticleThe gift of Ruby 3.1
🗓 We're back! And, no, you didn't miss a special Xmas edition of the newsletter, as I decided to enjoy the week off ;-) Unsurprisingly this issue focuses on the Ruby 3.1 release but Jemma is also back...
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