André Arko
@indirect.io
thought misleader at cuberule.com tired of saying https://actually.men community gem server at https://gem.coop ruby tools and consulting at https://spinel.coop
@shirleywu.studio & i are bringing the ceramics and data visualization art installation we did in tokyo last year to san francisco! luma.com/calendar/cal...
I still think dev2dev open source funding is fundamentally flawed and a red herring for support seeing this also makes me think it’s probably a similar recession indicator to tattoo artist bookings
My last 10 activities for open source sponsoring are: ⬇️ downgrade ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation 🙏 new sponsor ($1 / month) ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation ❌ cancellation Not complaining, just wanting to gauge if others see the same?
this spat over who "owns" one of two very similar apps spit out by claude is a perfect warning of what will happen to open source
for the whole month of august, I am running a 50% discount on "building git", my book about learning programming by rebuilding git from scratch -- use code BGAUG2026 at shop.jcoglan.com/building-git/
'Building Git' by James Coglan
A deep dive into the internals of the Git version control system and the computer science behind it
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I wrote an update on the dispute with Ruby Central over Bundler and RubyGems. I'm sad it's reached this point, especially since Ruby Central's conferences are a big part of what convinced me to join the Ruby community back in the day. andre.arko.net/2026/07/30/rub…
Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy
At conferences and meetups, and in conversations online, many Ruby developers have asked me about Ruby Central and my disagreement with them. This post is my attempt to answer the questions I’ve been getting over and over, covering: 1) what is Ruby Central doing now? 2) has the dispute over Bundler…
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OH: '"how do I continue behaving like a professional when coworkers are behaving like high schoolers trying to cheat on their math homework", the hardest problem in computer science in 2026'
Webinar Appetizer, named because a webapp is the thing you go to in order to access a Zoom link
do you think "webapp" stands for "weblication application"? or "website appsite"
This is going to screw over a lot of people who live in “SF” when they mean “Daly City at best”, therefore I am all for it.
we need a name rectification law, like patent invalidation but for wildly misleading names. "Anthropic" actually trying to create a machine god? it's named "Cyberic" now. "Vitamin Water" doesn't have vitamins? it's named "Sugar Water" now. "OpenAI" not actually open? it's named "ClosedAI" now.
Factory Frustrations: Optimized for Isolation spinel.coop/blog/factory...
Factory Frustrations: Optimized for Isolation
spinel.coop
I wrote a history of rv until now, what we've released, and what our plans are andre.arko.net/2026/06/13/rv-…
rv plan and progress update
This post was originally given as a talk at Rubycon IT 2026. The slides are also available. It’s been a while since I first talked about rv, a Ruby manager for the future. I’d like give an update on what we’ve done since then, but I’m going to recap some of that earlier post first to give context f…
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🔥New Blog Post: Ruby Hello World on Linux with rv: Quickstart Guide 💡Discover rv, the fast Ruby version manager. Step-by-step guide to install Ruby on Linux (Fedora) with rv, set up RubyMine, and run your first Hello World. #ruby #rubymine #linux blog.devandreacarratta.it/en/ruby-rv-h...
Ruby Hello World on Linux with rv: Quickstart Guide
Discover rv, the fast Ruby version manager. Step-by-step guide to install Ruby on Linux (Fedora) with rv, set up RubyMine, and run your first Hello World.
blog.devandreacarratta.it
they published 2,118 RFCs before going "we should define what 'should' means"
#GemCoop namespaces are now out of beta! gem.coop/updates/7/ I am *SUPER* excited about this!
namespaces released
hi again everyone, we’re back with exciting news. namespaces on gem.coop have been promoted out of beta and into general availability. that means you can use namespaced gems directly from the top-leve...
gem.coop
has the time come? will we finally be able to convince companies that we shouldn’t treat our teammates like strangers? I for one would love to Stop Using Pull Requests: a4al6a.substack.com/p/stop-using... (this isn’t about open source… yet)
DSLs are a bad idea because programmers are not good at designing programming languages. It’s like letting the nouveau riche spec their own mcmansion
With new gaming hardware getting more expensive by the day, it's finally time to start making games again for the hardware everyone already owns. That's right, the sun rises once more for the Nintendo DS
this weekend is the last weekend of the indo net cafe! come watch award-winning indonesian film "daly city", and read pieces by @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social & @mayli.bsky.social! 78 gough st, sf sat & sun 1-6pm
happening tomorrow!! with pieces by nick hartanto, @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social, @mayli.bsky.social, and myself!
enough. i’m tired of github actions. it’s time for github consequences
Welcome to Hanakai! The new home for Hanami, Dry, and Rom. hanakai.org/blog/2026/05...
Welcome to Hanakai
It’s time to bring the family together.
hanakai.org