Jeremy Smith
@jeremysmith.co
Product-focused Rails dev • Studio: http://hybrd.co • Co-host: @indierails.com • Organizer: @blueridgeruby.com
The Making Software newsletter is beautiful and brilliant. Now I understand how the SVG fill-rule works!
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January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Making Software newsletter is beautiful and brilliant. Now I understand how the SVG fill-rule works!
www.makingsoftware.com
www.makingsoftware.com
Crossed the 50-hour mark working on @blueridgeruby.com this week. I've targeted 10 hours a week working on the conference until the last week, where I'll probably take off completely and work full time finalizing everything.
January 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Crossed the 50-hour mark working on @blueridgeruby.com this week. I've targeted 10 hours a week working on the conference until the last week, where I'll probably take off completely and work full time finalizing everything.
Y'all, Claude just did the cutest thing to generate a rails migration timestamp 🥹
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Y'all, Claude just did the cutest thing to generate a rails migration timestamp 🥹
Has anyone else debounced job enqueuing like this before? Any issues with this?
I had this weird situation where:
1. A controller action needed to enqueue an expensive background job for a resource
2. The action could be called quite frequently within a short time window
…
I had this weird situation where:
1. A controller action needed to enqueue an expensive background job for a resource
2. The action could be called quite frequently within a short time window
…
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Has anyone else debounced job enqueuing like this before? Any issues with this?
I had this weird situation where:
1. A controller action needed to enqueue an expensive background job for a resource
2. The action could be called quite frequently within a short time window
…
I had this weird situation where:
1. A controller action needed to enqueue an expensive background job for a resource
2. The action could be called quite frequently within a short time window
…
It's not *officially* sanctioned, but I made a social icon SVG for @rubyevents.org to go on the @blueridgeruby.com footer. Kinda satisfying. 😌
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's not *officially* sanctioned, but I made a social icon SVG for @rubyevents.org to go on the @blueridgeruby.com footer. Kinda satisfying. 😌
Cool, people are already adding themselves as attendees for Blue Ridge on RubyEvents.org!
www.rubyevents.org/events/blue-...
www.rubyevents.org/events/blue-...
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cool, people are already adding themselves as attendees for Blue Ridge on RubyEvents.org!
www.rubyevents.org/events/blue-...
www.rubyevents.org/events/blue-...
Ok, now it feels real. 😌
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ok, now it feels real. 😌
Searows takes my top spot this year. And Freak Folk? Yeah, that sounds about right.
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Searows takes my top spot this year. And Freak Folk? Yeah, that sounds about right.
Dude, Robby's been on a tear lately. 👏👏 Another great post.
robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dude, Robby's been on a tear lately. 👏👏 Another great post.
robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
A carpool poem for fall…
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A carpool poem for fall…
Feels weird opening up Chrome DevTools to a notice that I've earned a badge. I can enjoy badges in apps where I understand it's gamified (e.g. Duolingo) or where I'm hoping to reach a goal (e.g. Transistor for podcasting milestones)…but DevTools? Like please, I'm trying to work.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Feels weird opening up Chrome DevTools to a notice that I've earned a badge. I can enjoy badges in apps where I understand it's gamified (e.g. Duolingo) or where I'm hoping to reach a goal (e.g. Transistor for podcasting milestones)…but DevTools? Like please, I'm trying to work.
Just did a venue walkthrough in Asheville with Mark and Joe, and feeling really pumped about it!
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just did a venue walkthrough in Asheville with Mark and Joe, and feeling really pumped about it!
Flew into SFO over a blimp?
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Flew into SFO over a blimp?
Me? I just always travel with both my passports.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Me? I just always travel with both my passports.
Ok, that's pretty fun. Also, I *wish* I had eyebrows that thick. 🥲
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ok, that's pretty fun. Also, I *wish* I had eyebrows that thick. 🥲
I added driver options to disable autofill, and that seemed to take care of the issue.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I added driver options to disable autofill, and that seemed to take care of the issue.
When I'm working with a UI element that may or may not be a link, instead of using link_to_if, I usually prefer to create a wrapper method that accepts a block and handle the conditional check there.
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
When I'm working with a UI element that may or may not be a link, instead of using link_to_if, I usually prefer to create a wrapper method that accepts a block and handle the conditional check there.
Huh, interesting...I wonder if/where this might apply outside visual art?
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Huh, interesting...I wonder if/where this might apply outside visual art?
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
From: austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-working...
Alright, I'm in... ☺️ Who else will I see at SF Ruby?!
October 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Alright, I'm in... ☺️ Who else will I see at SF Ruby?!
I'm looking forward to XO Ruby in Atlanta this weekend! I'll be coming down Friday afternoon and staying until Sunday, and looking to hang out with folks. Will I see anyone there?
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm looking forward to XO Ruby in Atlanta this weekend! I'll be coming down Friday afternoon and staying until Sunday, and looking to hang out with folks. Will I see anyone there?
Happy to see a new issue of One Ruby Question from @bhumi1102.bsky.social this week! And I appreciated this from the postscript: "Understanding the system is the edge."
August 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Happy to see a new issue of One Ruby Question from @bhumi1102.bsky.social this week! And I appreciated this from the postscript: "Understanding the system is the edge."
Pretty pumped to make it into Ruby Weekly for backpacking. ☺️
August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Pretty pumped to make it into Ruby Weekly for backpacking. ☺️
Solid advice from evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
August 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Solid advice from evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
I've been working on a speculative workflow library, built on a draft Batches feature for SolidQueue. 😅 I've been low-key obsessed with workflows lately, can't seem to help myself. Here's what the workflow interface looks like currently.
August 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I've been working on a speculative workflow library, built on a draft Batches feature for SolidQueue. 😅 I've been low-key obsessed with workflows lately, can't seem to help myself. Here's what the workflow interface looks like currently.
And if you're on the way, let me know and maybe we can roadtrip! ☺️
July 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
And if you're on the way, let me know and maybe we can roadtrip! ☺️