What are you using for dotfile management these days? I use chezmoi, but am looking for something easier for applying them inside devcontainers and without having to fiddle with symlinks myself. #LazyEngineer

​We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Dolly Parton—a true hero to our team for her spirit and work with the Imagination Library. 🕊️✨ ​This Sat & Sun, $2 from every Dolly Dog (sausage gravy, bacon, maple bourbon drizzle) sold goes to the STL County Library! 📚❤️ (Dine-in/app only)

More Dollys and less Elons please.

Celebrate Dolly Parton’s remarkable legacy, from her storytelling, lyrical genius, voice and humor to her faith, advocacy and kindness toward others, by exploring her work in our catalog. slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

I worked through the Hanami 3.0 tutorial and liked it! For now, I've written up my initial impressions and thoughts as a mostly Rails developer, but I can't wait to explore more. https://leftofthe.dev/2026/08/24/hanami-3-impressions #Hanami #Rails #Ruby

A fresh look at Hanami | Left of the Dev

Love Ruby, but looking to expand beyond Rails? Here are my notes on a quick visit to Hanami.

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Do I know any folks who can connect me to academics or researchers who are more fluent in the history of rhetoric used to attack the Roma people? I am far from an expert and want to be thoughtful in how how I’m articulating the danger of DHH’s hateful screeds.

I just learned about Roundhouse. Good timing as I wonder what to do with a couple of Rails apps I'm worried about supporting as Rails long-term. https://www.rubyforum.org/t/have-you-guys-seen-roundhouse/639 #Rails

Have you guys seen Roundhouse?

This is a wild project which takes your rails application and translates it into C#, Crystal, Elixir, Go, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Swift, and TypeScript. It also translates it into magic-less ruby which is incredibly verbose but runs faster and is more JIT friendly. He claims it also runs under spinel which means you could compile it to a binary. Crazy project.

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I’ve been doing some explorations about deployment options for Ruby, so I’m curious to learn more about what you’re using to deploy your applications. Please participate in the poll, I would love to get your input: www.rubyforum.org/t/where-do-y...

Where do you deploy your Ruby apps?

Hello! Lately, I’ve been doing some explorations about <span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"></span>deployment</span> options for Ruby, so I’m curious to learn more about what you’re using to deploy ...

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Chapter 6 of my new Rails testing book is out! A fresh look at factories vs. fixtures. Get it for $9 with this WIP coupon code: https://leanpub.com/everydayrails-testing-from-scratch/c/CDD5705EB0DE #Rails #Ruby #TDD #IndiePublishing

Testing Rails from Scratch

Real-world advice for adding reliable tests to your Rails apps. Learn to test with confidence!

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We’ll be at the Javits Center September 15–16 for LDX3 New York. Stop by our booth and talk with us about how O’Reilly helps engineering teams and leaders build relevant skills through trusted content, practical courses, and expert guidance. Drop a comment if you’re attending.

Coming to Japanese Festival this Labor Day weekend? Shop for something special from over 30+ vendors right here at the Garden! ⭐ Japanese Festival 🗓️ September 5–7 Learn more: buff.ly/slktUnC 📸 Mary Lou Olson #MOBOTGarden

Busted AC, trying to keep cool in a darkened room today while working on Left of the Dev, inspired a vibe-coded dark mode 😅 https://leftofthe.dev/

Left of the Dev

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My Robot Year. The underserved genre of LLM takes… as I come up on a full year of working with Claude. Prototypes vs finished products, exponential complexity, and Conway's Law with robots. Actually finished this because I was afraid the world would change three more times if I waited.

My Robot Year

It's been about a year since I started using LLMs extensively to build stuff. How's it going? I mean, kinda sorta all the ways?

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ok! 💥 Chapter 5 of Testing Rails from Scratch is here. Follow along as I dive into fixtures. A factories-focused chapter coming soon. Thanks for sharing and checking it out! #WIP coupon for $9 at https://leanpub.com/everydayrails-testing-from-scratch/c/CDD5705EB0DE #RubyOnRails #TDD

Testing Rails from Scratch

Real-world advice for adding reliable tests to your Rails apps. Learn to test with confidence!

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So the chapter I've been wrangling turned out to be a bear because it's actually two chapters 😅 But it splits cleanly, and now I have not one, but two chapters of Testing Rails from Scratch close to release. https://leanpub.com/everydayrails-testing-from-scratch/c/CDD5705EB0DE

Testing Rails from Scratch

Real-world advice for adding reliable tests to your Rails apps. Learn to test with confidence!

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This year's @rmrubyconf.bsky.social is looking like a good one (that first talk excluded with my face next to it) rockymtnruby.dev/sessions/ But if you're able to, you should come to my talk too. I'll try to make it worth your time

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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder, Colora...

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She walked out of her home in the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue, police said.

St. Louis police search for diaper-clad girl, 2, who wandered away from home

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Did you know there is an open source platform that any Ruby User Group can use when they need a place to host their events, registration, etc? www.rubyforum.org/t/on-ruby-wh...

On Ruby - Whitelabel Site for Ruby Communities

I think we all agree that Ruby meetups deserve a larger audience . But did you know there is an open source platform that any Ruby user group can use when they need a place to host their events, regi...

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Rocky Mountain Ruby brings together Rubyists for two days of thoughtful talks, hallway conversations, and community in Boulder, Colorado. We're especially excited because it's co-organized by WNB.rb member Bekki Freeman! 🎟️ rockymtnruby.dev #RockyMountainRuby #Ruby #RubyFriends #WomenInTech

You won't hear this on the news, but a pack of ramen noodles is now $37

2. Take on hard problems where you do NOT know all the answers but have enough skills and support to figure them out. The first gives you access to knowledge and advice you otherwise wouldn't know existed. The second forces you to grow rapidly while doing your job.

The two biggest ways to quickly build your skills in tech: 1. Work places where you are never the most knowledgable person in the room. Even if you bring experience make sure there are other people who's experience you can also learn from.

And I am sorry for the delays on this book. It's been a rough few weeks (our cat died, other life things) but I'm planning to get back on track this week. I keep telling myself, my reward for finishing this book will be time to start learning Hanakai 😏

I've probably rewritten the test data chapter for my in-progress "Testing Rails from Scratch" to try to find something to like about default fixtures support. I'm getting in my own head and just need to wrap this up already.

Japanese Festival returns this Labor Day weekend packed with food, festivities, and fun! Learn more or reserve your tickets in advance today: buff.ly/gItDoXf 📸 Mary Lou Olson, Julie Merkle, Robin Pagano, Sundos Schneider #MOBOTGarden

In this guide, you’ll learn how to use rv (https://rv.dev/), a very fast version and package manager for Ruby to get started in minutes instead of hours: https://www.rubyforum.org/t/install-any-ruby-version-in-seconds-using-rv

GitHub - spinel-coop/rv: 💎💨 Extremely fast Ruby version and gem manager

💎💨 Extremely fast Ruby version and gem manager. Contribute to spinel-coop/rv development by creating an account on GitHub.

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This take on Sophie is pretty spectacular as well (gift link) defector.com/sophie-cunni...

Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball | Defector

There’s a type of public relations exercise that unfolds like a joke. In it, a notable figure who has chosen to sit for a longform profile, declined to answer a sensitive question through her represen...

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As someone who grew up on local St. Louis business' commercials and then moved away for 30+ years, it still delights me to see a Sylman Brothers truck drive by. #STL