Last keynote for #rubyconf is Dave Thomas. Demoing the first version of Ruby he used 0.99.4
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Richard Schneeman
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Day two of #Rubyconf starting out with a panel on being a maintainer.
Listening to @tenderlove@mastodon.social drop some FFI knowledge #rubyconf
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"Judgement does not scale" @matz@ruby.social on where developers are spending time and are bottlenecked in the age of AI software development #rubyconf
With the IRL cyberpunk dystopia we are hurtling towards I’m going to start introducing myself as a “netrunner” instead of my current title of “programmer”.
Jessica explaining how to reduce vigilance tool with agents @jessitron@hachyderm.io #rubyconf
Open Source Alumni are gone but not forgotten. Their impact is still with us. Let's remember those who stepped up and got us to where we are today.
Here's my proposal for recognizing prior gem owners on RubyGems.org:
https://github.com/rubygems/roadmap/issues/15
I preordered a signed copy of the next Becky Chambers book. Can’t wait! https://www.otherscribbles.com/as-you-wake-break-the-shell/
Now that Ruby 3.2 is EOL (3.2.11 was the last version) syntax_suggest can drop support for Ripper and now exclusively use Prism. This is a large internal change, but shouldn't affect users. Upgrade to 3.0 to try it out
The RubyGems Fracture Incident Report was picked up by The Register https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/ruby_central_report/. Asking for a few corrections, but overall it's fair.
> McQuaid told The Register: "This retrospective is a net positive in that it shows Ruby Central learning lessons and publishing more specific information than was previously public. I still do not think Ruby Central got, or is getting, everything right, but I am glad to see more accountability and reflection than we had before." ❤️
Here's a link to the article I mentioned this morning in the panel "is webrick web scale?" #rubyconf
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Cabo Verde, wow.
Live view of the programmer who works for Apple, determining which audio device to switch to when the same headphones you've used for the last 365 days are connected:
Int.random(in: 0..
I revamped the /r/ruby's "hiring" recurring post. Companies, please post following the template. Please re-share for visibility.
#ruby https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1reh5y6/work_it_wednesday_who_is_hiring_who_is_looking/
I'm doing a lot more code reviews these days for **reasons** (AI). Anyone have local GUI tools they use and like? Prefer if it is a thing I can use locally without needing to push to GitHub.
@adarsh@ruby.social I’ve not seen the video but the “illegal” part is surprising. This came up on my feed about a year ago. He had to get permission to put a pipe in but it was fine https://youtu.be/ZGsuOyzyYcI?is=4CMC4IGo9e4Wl8Sz
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@olivierlacan@ruby.social simply incredible. Now just need to figure out how to get Vozinha over to Austin FC
@adarsh@ruby.social it's Sum 41
Reading this headline, I thought perhaps Jeff was scripting a Claude agent in bash to be the new paramount president:
"Jeff Shell Out as Paramount President"
https://deadline.com/2026/04/jeff-shell-fired-paramount-president-1236784545/
My crates recently passed a quarter million downloads and path_facts is slowly gaining on cache_diff @schneems@crates.io
Hello world. What are some good patterns for memorializing Alumni of OSS repos? Looking to give some love to some OGs
Claude needs a "preflight" in its plan mode, where it tries to predict what tool calls it will need and then exercises them such that it will prompt the user for permissions early if needed.
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I previously wrote this on how you can hold me accountable in this work https://ruby.social/@Schneems/116216591665738708
Though I'll probably be slow to respond today.
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Wife accidentally told my youngest that the H in ADHD stood for “hyperfocus” and YES. This is my new headcanon.
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Turns out mise forwards whatever you give it to ruby-build which...doesn't exit when you call ruby-build --version. Here's the issue.
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@timriley@ruby.social I know right! I think about "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" (just the title) all the time.
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- https://www.waterstones.com/book/as-you-wake-break-the-shell/becky-chambers/9781399763905?utm_source=beckychambers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pre-orders-signed-copies-and-summer-events
- https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/9781529340587-sb?utm_source=beckychambers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pre-orders-signed-copies-and-summer-events
- https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/as-you-wake-break-the-shell/?utm_source=beckychambers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pre-orders-signed-copies-and-summer-events
I chose a signed AND personalized one. Surprisingly affordable.
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@geeksam No. No pricing announced, just rumors. But given I've waited this long...can continue to wait.
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@arichtman i generally agree with the first part. There are still usecases though. Sandboxing is a pretty good one.
But since this is a productivity tool i'm unsure if it is "worth it" or not to be able to have full YOLO mode on.
Who has gone down the claude devcontainer rabbithole? Worth it? Thoughts on when to use it or when to avoid?
Volume: on.
Children's ears: covered.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1samj9c/kid_gives_a_blunt_response_when_a_cnn_reporter/
It's that time again. Who's hiring on /r/ruby? Add your listings if you got 'em https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1tioaar/work_it_wednesday_who_is_hiring_who_is_looking/
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@caleb I spent 5min prompting cursor before asking humans. It seems the problem is cursor uses named directories while Claude code uses named files. So it's not a one to one. You could sync between the two but need a script to do it.
People who dual wield: Cursor + Claude Code (or something else) how do you sync "agents" between the two?
$ ls ~/.claude/agents
committer.md
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I've been wanting something that can play Half Life Alyx and Beat Saber that isn't giving money to Facebook/Meta, the Steam Frame looks promising. (I don't have a dedicated gaming tower)