Aaron Patterson
@tenderlove.dev
Ruby and Rails hacker working at Shopify, living in Seattle
Every time someone presented a clever algorithm or optimization I'm pretty sure I made the Sickos "YESS" face
Heading home from SPLASH. It was a really great conference, and I feel very inspired with optimization ideas. Can't wait to hack on stuff
"I'm not the only one to have mental health issues with regard to augmented development" 💔
"I call it (AI) the genie. Because it grants your wishes but doesn't give you what you wanted" 🤣
Hey, Rails peeps. Hot Cell is a suite of gems that helps you secure Active Storage against image library zero-days. I just released v1.0! mike.daless.io/posts/2026/1... Links to Rails World video and slides as well as the project repo and docs are in the post.
Hot Cell v1.0: Securing Active Storage in the age of AI
Hot Cell v1.0 moves Active Storage's image, video, and PDF processing out of your Rails app and into a locked-down sidecar container.
mike.daless.io
Heading to Oakland for VMIL. I've never been to Oakland so I'm very excited. If anyone has restaurant recs lmk!!
I'm so excited for VMIL! The program looks great! conf.researchr.org/home/splash-...
VMIL 2026 - Workshop on Virtual Machines and Language Implementations - SPLASH/ISSTA 2026
Virtual Machines are pervasive in the design and implementation of programming systems. In fact, languages implemented as virtual machines are crucial in the specification, implementation, and deploym...
conf.researchr.org
Hi everyone! I'm going to do a live stream tomorrow at 9am PDT (16:00 UTC) with @bernsteinbear.com. We're going to hack on ZJIT! Join us if you have time!! youtube.com/live/h9_FyHY...
Pairin' with Aaron: ZJIT Internals
YouTube video by Tenderlove's Cool Stuff
youtube.com
Apparently I'm not the only one, and it's for reasons worth naming
Aaron Patterson@tenderlove.dev · 2w agoI am very tired of reading AI generated English. But it's worth being precise about why
I am very tired of reading AI generated English. But it's worth being precise about why
Today is a big day for Herb! It's built into Rails 8.2 by default for all HTML+ERB views. My talk at #RailsWorld in Austin today answered three questions: What is Herb? What ships in Rails 8.2? And what does this enable? Herb v0.11 and ReActionView v0.6 released alongside it.
I think everyone should visit the Peace Museum in Hiroshima at least once in their life
Ruby 4.0.7 Released www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026... This is a routine update that includes bugfixes. We recommend upgrading your Ruby version at your earliest convenience.
Ruby 4.0.7 Released | Ruby
Ruby 4.0.7 has been released.
ruby-lang.org
Apparently they're rolling out a change where you need 2FA just to use the crosswalk. That's right, you gotta have street creds
Join me at @sfruby.com's Ruby Conference and get your pixel card too 👾 clouds.sfruby.com/e/2026-bits/...
Takashi Kokubun · San Francisco Ruby Conference
Staff Engineer at Shopify. Joining the San Francisco Ruby Conference on November 10-12, 2026.
clouds.sfruby.com
blog.rubygems.org/2026/09/11/u...
An update on the May spam-publishing campaign on rubygems.org
Following reporting by The Wall Street Journal and the publication of research by Nightingale Collective, we want to clarify what we know about the spam-publishing campaign on rubygems.org in May 2...
blog.rubygems.org