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Array#rfind arrived with Ruby 4.0
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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Opening the CFP for Brighton Ruby 2026.
All the videos are up for last year.
Tickets still on sale.
Please sponsor. (PLEASE)
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Year in Review: 2025
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January 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Back on the writing horse, in time for Xmas.
except_on for validations
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December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The Death and Rebirth of Programming
Programming didn't die all at once. There was no single moment, no dramatic obsolescence event. Instead, something quieter happened: the core constraint that shaped software for seventy years dissolved. Writing code stopped being the hard part.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Could not be more deserved. Hooray for @marcoroth.dev
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Congrats Marco Roth: 2025 Rails Luminary
We are stoked to share that the Rails Core team has announced Marco Roth as the 2025 Rails Luminary.
rubyonrails.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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If you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas.
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Ruby T-shirts
Matz is nice, and so are these excellent shirts. Ships worldwide.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I made some lovely Ruby loving foxes on a t-shirt in tribute to the long lost _why.
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_why the foxes
What a racket. With love to Ruby's missing spirit animal. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US Discla
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December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's finally happening. I'm going to Brighton Ruby next June!

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Brighton Ruby 2026
The single day, single track Ruby conference for folks who like to go to the seaside, learn things and hang out with fellow Rubyists.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Or did the Joker ask the question first?
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Why So Serious
Fundementally a bunch of jokers. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US Disclaimer: The fabric is sligh
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December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Logan Roy said it best about the Rubyists
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Not Serious Rubyists
I love you ruby people. But.• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)• Pre-shrunk fabric• Side-seamed construction• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the USDisclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer a
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December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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tenderlove.dev
GitHub was the answer to "what if sourceforge didn't suck?" I'm kind of worried we're getting a new sourceforge 😢
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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So I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey (again) last week. Stately, yes. Bananas, yes. Visually inspiring, also yes.

So. T-shirts. Three of them.
Close-up of a helmeted face with blue eyes reflected in multicolored streaks of light, evoking a contemplative, spacefaring mood.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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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
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October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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In the words of the wise monkey Rafiki from the Lion King.

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"It is time"—Rafiki from the Lion King
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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drbragg.dev
It's scary getting up on stage. Especially when some guy in a sparkly jacket is throwing crazy ruby at you. Being able to give some prizes at the end is the least I can do. Big thanks to our prize sponsors:
@honeybadger.io
@judoscale.com
@joemasilotti.com
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October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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If I put together a 2/3day Rails-oriented, indie business/small team technical leader MICRO-conference for early/mid-Jan in the UK countryside… would that sound interesting?

Everyone brings one strong opinion and one problem and we take it in turns to help each other out.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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drbragg.dev
The game show works best when I have great contestants and I had some GREAT contestants this time. They brought the energy and the fun!
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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They'll be there for you.
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Ruby Friend
They'll be there for you. When the CI starts to fail. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US This produ
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October 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Freedom, another member of the Ruby Central Board, wrote this post, but it closely aligns with my feelings and experiences as well.

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A board member's perspective of the RubyGems controversy
What a week it's been as a Ruby Central Board Member.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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It’ll be missed. Because it was so carefully curated.

We do these things out of love.
adrianthedev.com Adrian Marin @adrianthedev.com · Sep 19
Friendly.rb is taking a break.
We've had quite a few questions about that and wanted to share them publicly.

blog.adrianthedev.com/friendly-is...
September 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Hurt Me Plenty
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Hurt Me Plenty
This t-shirt is shareware. This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering for all. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric •
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September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Hurt Me Plenty
rubytshirts.com/products/hu...
Hurt Me Plenty
This t-shirt is shareware. This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering for all. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric •
rubytshirts.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Moved house. After three brutal days of boxes it’s a new (birthday) walk to work along the seafront. Brighton is an excellent (albeit windy) city, I encourage all my friends to move here.
The sea off Brighton, above the marina Brighton Palace Pier
September 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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radan.dev
Here's Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective: radanskoric.com/news/rails-w...
Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective
Last time I was in Amsterdam I was 17 and it was a different kind of trip.
radanskoric.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM