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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Great talk Ryan, I only wish it had been twice as long. Hard to encapsulate an entire 400-level EE course in 30 minutes.
https://ruby.social/@zenspider/115358621722582244

zenspider (@[email protected])

posted my slides to "Let's Build a Computer!": https://www.zenspider.com/presentations/2025-xoruby.html #xoruby @xoruby

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Periodic reminder: @rubycentral is smearing Andre in public so they can justify their hostile takeover of the rubygems/rubygems repo after the fact.

An actual community-focused organization would have followed the RFC process which was already in progress.

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Gem.coop governance just dropped. I’m really curious to learn more about the voting methods they note.

https://github.com/gem-coop/governance

GitHub - gem-coop/governance: gem.coop governance

gem.coop governance. Contribute to gem-coop/governance development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Good stuff if you’re looking to learn more about Hanami.
https://ruby.social/@Ryanbigg/115340414521956481

Ryan Bigg (@[email protected])

#hanami for #rails Developers Part 3: Forms is now live: https://ryanbigg.com/2025/10/hanami-for-rails-developers-3-forms

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

@zenspider I thought this was good feedback RE: minitest onboarding and documentation. Always room for improvement!

https://remimercier.com/introduction-to-minitest/

Lost in Minitest? Start here! - Remi Mercier - Software Developer

I have a confession to make: I have never used Minitest in the seven years I've been a professional programmer. Lured by the promise of speed and wide adoption, I decided to try Minitest. Then I hit an unexpected roadblock.

remimercier.com

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Sidekiq 8.0.8 has been released, you can now configure a maximum runtime for iterable jobs to avoid long-running jobs from hogging all threads. 🎹🎶

https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/Changes.md#808

https://youtu.be/tLxDRePUwEY?si=EcNvKvEV9VE8KfEn&t=38

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Really interesting iOS + Fediverse developments happening here...
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/115333241366044607

AltStore (@[email protected])

📣 We have some exciting news — AltStore is officially joining the Fediverse! We’re also: 💰 Donating $500,000 to various Fediverse-related projects 🌏 Launching PAL in several more countries this year 👥 Expanding the team! For more information on all this, check out our blog post: https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

New community gem server from the rubygems team just dropped: https://gem.coop

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Looking forward to next week! #secret

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Is @sidekiq the only major background job system which works with #hanami? AFAIK good_job and solid_queue require Active Job.

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Ola Bini was a core JRuby developer in the early 2010s. He moved to Ecuador and changed his focus to digital privacy and NGOs.

In 2019, the Ecuador gov't accused him of being a Russian asset and he's been in legal hell since.

https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/163/

Ola – Darknet Diaries

In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.

darknetdiaries.com

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

This is a fun article. Any time I’m building toward a major release, I always think “what could I remove without too much blowback?” “What config option has lived past its prime?”

Remove complexity if it has little benefit. Sometimes it’s worth nudging people back onto the happy path […]

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Justin, this is a hit piece on Andre. Lots of quibbling over word choice and reading his actions as poorly as possible. Are you assuming good faith in his actions?

Looking at the last three links, here’s how I would characterize them:

1. A reasonable conversation on committer vs maintainer.
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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

I want a Private mode for Apple Music so playing music for my kid, wife, listening to a friend’s recommendation, etc doesn’t wreck my recommendations forever.

I played that Coldplay album once!!

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 17d

I just merged iteration max runtime so if an iterable job runs for more than N seconds, Sidekiq will stop it and push it to the back of the queue so other jobs can execute. Helps prevent a small set of long-running jobs from blocking all other job execution for more than N seconds […]

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 17d

I have 25 Principles hanging in my bathroom to remind me to act like an adult, it mostly works.

25 Principles of Adult Behavior. Be patient. No matter what. Don't badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn't say to him. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. Expand your sense of the possible. Don't trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself. Tolerate ambiguity.
Laugh at yourself frequently. Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right. Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong. Give up blood sports. Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don't risk it frivolously. Never lie to anyone for any reason. Learn the needs of those around you and respect them. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that. Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun. Praise at least as often as you disparage. Admit your errors freely and soon. Become less suspicious of joy. Understand humility.
Remember that love forgives everything.
Foster dignity. Live memorably. Love vourself. Endure. lohn Barlow 1977

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

Happy new iPhone Day to all who celebrate! 🎉

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

TIL DHH and Tobi are racing together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Lütke#Racing_career

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

@JonRowe Exactly.

Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

Is this a fair reading of the rubygems situation?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1nmzqq2/a_board_members_perspective_on_the_rubygems/nfoaj3w/

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

I deleted my previous posting on the Rubygems situation as it was conjecture based on back channel rumors. I want to assume good faith from Ruby Central so I’ll shut up, learn from this mistake and let the primary parties tell their own story.

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

@Schneems can you unstick the railsconf sticky? https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/

Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow

Good critique of open source organizations, lots to think about here.

https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-08-25-when-values-eat-their-young

When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow

Picture this: A Slack channel for an open-source project that prominently displays "Be excellent to each other" in its community guidelines. Six month

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 25d

We need a Ruby Central which is not beholden to DHH and Shopify money but representative of the larger community. Why aren't the board of directors publicly elected, like Python?
https://ruby.social/@adarsh/115215323757719078

adarsh 🚲 (@[email protected])

Can you imagine what #ruby would look like if code of conduct violations were actually enforced? Especially against our white supremacists? Refreshing to be reminded that world could exist if we wanted it. Good for the PSF and its moderators for maintaining a healthy community. 👏🏽 https://social.jacobian.org/@jacob/115215001618713506

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