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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 12h

The post has some stereotypes, but essentially there's truth there.

A good novel takes you to other places, in a broad sense of the word. And that is an experience in itself.

(Reading "The Temple of the Golden Pavillion" these days, after my trip to Japan.)

Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 13h

And this equally applies to conference talks. You need a story and not just release notes.
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-stori...

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels

www.joanwestenberg.com

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hsbt @hsbt.org · 3d

If you want to make change or add new feature to Ruby, I suggest to read www.a-k-r.org/pub/howto-pe...
Ruby's decision-making process isn't democratic or based on voting. It's more like a game of persuading Matz and Module maintainers.

www.a-k-r.org

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 3d

This has happened since forever. Remember Perl modules also packaged in the 2000s.

Argument was that some sysadmins want a consistent server managed by distro packages only.

Excuse for the arcane word "sysadmin" that I still love and miss.

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Jean Boussier @byroot.bsky.social · 3d

I was recently reminded that not everyone fully understand what the frozen string literal magic comment is about.

So I figured it was the occasion for another deep dive.

byroot.github.io/ruby/perform...

Frozen String Literals: Past, Present, Future?

If you are a Rubyist, you’ve likely been writing # frozen_string_literal: true at the top of most of your Ruby source code files, or at the very least, that you’ve seen it in some other projects.

byroot.github.io

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 4d

In the console, queries have been printed by default (to STDERR) since a few versions:

> User.count
User Count (3.2ms) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "users"
=> 0

You don't see them?

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Eric Wastl @was.tl · 10d

Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 7d

Gusto needed it for deleting associations while splitting code, and it made sense.

Absolutely, if you want to commission upstreaming something that is of general interest and fits the vision of the framework, that is beyond awesome.

And that is right there directly contributing to Rails.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 7d

Rails 8.1 ships with a feature I wrote for Gusto as a monkey patch they decided to contribute: the ability to deprecate an association.

This is a first. Consulting is separate from OSS for me, access to Rails is not part of my value proposition, and I do not pursue "being paid for doing OSS".

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 8d

That is looking terrific!

(/me whispers Symbol#upcase :).

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats! And those gloves! 😀

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Dave Copeland @davetron5000.com · 8d

I use a modified version where I set `$debug` in a test causing an issue, then check it in the code to put debugging info

Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 8d

Debug technique I use in some occasions:

Define global variable $foo where you collect stuff, maybe in different places.

Then, at_exit { pp $foo }.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 8d

Debug technique I use in some occasions:

Define global variable $foo where you collect stuff, maybe in different places.

Then, at_exit { pp $foo }.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 10d

100% I had all their albums! Even saw them live in Portland!

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 10d

Here I am, discovering unheard details in my fav tracks after upgrading the headphones DAC/Amp.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 13d

When people complain Shopify is too prominent, only main company donor in RC, etc.

WTF folks. As if that was their choice!

Where are the other companies pushing Ruby and Rails with real money and resources to be on par?

Talk is cheap.

Peter Zhu @peterzhu.ca · 13d

I wrote about some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward. blog.peterzhu.ca/open-source-...

Open Source is the Most Fragile and Most Resilient Ecosystem - Peter Zhu

Some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward.

blog.peterzhu.ca

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 14d

I remember there were conferences in cruises in the 2000s, there was a Perl one.

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Ryan Bigg @ryanbigg.bsky.social · 15d

#hanami for #rails developers is a 4-part series showing how to learn Hanami: ryanbigg.com/2025/10/hana...

Ryan Bigg - Hanami for Rails Developers: Part 1: Models

Hanami for Rails Developers: Part 1: Models

ryanbigg.com

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 15d

I say "generally speaking" because there are exceptions.

For example, in Active Record the readers/writers that map to columns are purposely implemented in a mixin, so that your models can decorate them. That *is* public interface.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 15d

Generally speaking, ancestor chains do not belong to public interfaces.

Say, if an instance of Foo::Bar provides method `foo`, generally speaking, whether the method comes from the class or a mixin is not a concern of the user. That, and the module constant, do not belong to the public contract.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 16d

I used YARD in the past, but there were two main things that made me switch:

1. It takes too much vertical space for my taste.
2. Encourages meaningless one-liners like

@param user [User] The user

In the end, I came with my own notation, till RBS came out.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 16d

It was an intimate show. So special, had her right there.

And OMG the band 😱.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 17d

The one and only D'Angelo passed away today (51yo, pancreatic cancer).

He was the best.

Ledisi did Brown Sugar as a tribute to him.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 17d

There we go.

Photo of the electronic board at the door of the venue where Ledisi is about to give a concert in Barcelona.

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Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, and trying to match that with

github.com/ruby/rbs/blo...

for the subset I need.

Xavier Noria @fxn.bsky.social · 17d

In Ruby, the return type has been traditionally annotated in the call seq, you can see it in the Ruby API.

Rails has done that in English.

I am exploring expressing that in with inline RBS in the Rails code base. Inline RBS would give us a compact and uniform way to document signatures.

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