If anybody tells you that software development isn't changing, there is something wrong with them. I just prompted an LLM this 🫣

Hey `bundle` if you know what I meant, can you please just run it for me?

Alex Watt needed a medical records app for clinics in Ethiopia. So he built it himself: Rails 8, SQLite, and @avo_hq for the UI. New app on Monday, live with real patients by Thursday; ~1,600 patient encounters recorded so far. youtu.be/-PpU3xc7JJw...

Ethiopia on Rails, Alex Watt at Brighton Ruby 2026

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Non-technical founder with a SaaS idea? You don't need a dev team. At MicroConf US 2025, Avo founder @adrianthedev.com made the opposite case: one developer is enough (if you pick the right one). YouTube link in 🧵:

Using the vibe-coding-way of doing things on pre-LLM projects is really difficult. Not in the sense of using LLMs in coding, but in the sense of "code doesn't matter anymore" and "if it works and the tests pass, then it's all good". I can't do that on those projects.

I used to love to watch these kinds of videos where experienced devs would show off new technologies and patterns. I fell that I don't do it that much, but also the whole industry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FS...

Modern UI Patterns - Una Kravets - CSS Day 2026

Modern CSS gives us so many powerful new tools to build robust, dyn...

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Avo 4 is here 🎉 15 months, ~2000 commits, and about 50 teams kicking the tires. It's a full redesign, not a fresh coat of paint. A safer way build your internal tools 🧵

Get your @therubypassport.com stamped at @brightonruby.com this year! #brightonruby #brightonruby2026

One of the things I regret about not having another @friendlyrb is that I don’t have a stage to bring new speakers on. There are so many talented folks around. Conference organizers: bring new speakers on stage!

Just in time to answer "what should I watch on my some summer vacation?", all the Friendly.rb videos are up on our YouTube Channel 🙌 youtube.com/@friendlyrb

Friendly rb

Your friendly European Ruby conference 10-11 September, 2025

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Five files touched to get a fully functional JSON API running from your @avo_hq resources. Not too shabby. You can plug your LLM into your data effortlessly.

All of the things that people say about AI are mostly true. That's the problem and the most polarizing thing. It's not completely true, but mostly true.

You heard it here first — 2026 is the year you can finally style a select!! It will be in all browsers by the end of the year 🎉🎉🎉 @jakearchibald.com #cssday

300 Passports left for RubyConf in Las Vegas. We also sent a few Romanian sweet treats.

30 Passports left for Saint-P Ruby Day 🛂

200 Passports left for @RubyConfAT 🚀

60 Passports left for @balkanruby.bsky.social 🙌

100 Passports left for @rubyconitaly.bsky.social 2026 in Italy

Next level 💩 Selling prompts for you to build your own version of something. They vibecoded it, probably ran a hundred other prompts to make sure it works nicely and cover edge-cases, then sell someone the prompt, so they get to finish and maintain that piece of software 🫠

Thanks to @avohq.io and @adrianthedev.com, 50 Ruby passports await you on May 15–16! Bring yours to add our brand-new stamp to your Ruby world collection. 2 weeks to go! 🎟️https://balkanruby.com/checkouts 📍"Earth and Man" National Museum, Sofia #RubyCommunity #RubyPassport #RubyConference

I’m not gonna lie; I got a real rush getting my first stamp on my Ruby passport @blueridgeruby.com Thanks for this @adrianthedev.com!!

Are we supposed to add it to @therubypassport.com? 🤔

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The passport for people who have never been outside the U.S.? apple.news/AOYEhevc_T2e...

POV: Me and a few other Rubyists next week in Rimini. Who else is coming to @rubyconitaly.bsky.social? Drop a comment, emoji, or gif below 👇 media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

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GIPHY image by Aperol Germany

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We made a game for Rails devs based on the conference! You can play your way through real places in Albuquerque, interacting with real people from the community. Choose your gem and face your destiny! game.blastoffrails.com

Blastoff Rails: The Game

A retro RPG for Rails devs. Squash bugs, earn badges, board the rocket.

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Added a cute tiny @genevarb.bsky.social stamp to the #Ruby passport. Thank you @adrianthedev.com & @avohq.io team for the passports and goodies for the meetup. Everybody was happy and couldn't stop playing with your quite satisfying fidget toy ❤️

In Chrome go to `chrome://flags/#devtools-project-settings` and disable `DevTools Project Settings`. This will make Chrome stop accessing `/.well-known` paths and pollute your console output 😌

So happy that the Triathlon is still on. This year's Spring Edition looks like a great opportunity to meet new folks and connect with the community. rubytriathlon.com

Everyone's building genuinely interesting and innovative products that nobody's ever going to use.

> The only thing that's still a reliable measure of "does this work" is manually testing the product. Congrats, you fucked yourself (and your company). mariozechner.at/posts/2026-...

Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

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