Monday, October 12, 2026

The Smart Rubyist #1: I prefer to be in the top 10% developers who train AI with new ideas

The Smart Rubyist #1: I prefer to be in the top 10% developers who train AI with new ideas

https://x.com/AndyObtiva/status/2109689588474163310?s=20

Related: Dissecting DHH's RailsWorld 2026 Keynote Speech from a Software Engineering Point Of View

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tech Repost 2026-09-29: Programming Is Building a Mental Model

This applies to programming with any languages, including Ruby.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lincolnwebs_most-people-employing-programmers-fundamentally-activity-7510300184120188928-cXTN?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAACibY7UBBT6_V2g4B0k3UTwFTNp0ccrJDjg



Montreal.rb September 2026: Ruby Version Managers in 2026

The video and slides for the Montreal.rb September 2026 talk "Ruby Version Managers in 2026" have been published! 

Talk Description:

It is often useful to install more than one Ruby version on one's machine, whether to explore newer Ruby versions before committing to them on a Rails project, or to support multiple Rails projects running on multiple Rubies. Additionally, being able to scope gems by a Ruby project can be very helpful in ensuring the safety of running a Ruby app in complete isolation from other Ruby apps. The Ruby ecosystem contains multiple Ruby Version Managers that help with installing Ruby and scoping Ruby gems by project. This talk will cover the common Ruby Version Manager options in 2026, such as RVM, RBENV, CHRUBY, and ASDF.

YouTube Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFMQOkEZUSc

Presentation Slides: 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vR_uc-FSdvKmMT0gzRRK-qJ-JSUsPgrOeDVNKQHoUoLIbYLvI_YF2lQB9qJ09_rz4ir_T2v_qwVq4zN/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000


Monday, September 28, 2026

October 2026 Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup Announced: A Peek Under the Hood of Solid Queue

The October Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup has been announced. The next meetup talk will be "A Peek Under the Hood of Solid Queue" by Robert Jakubowicz. Also, the meetup will include a book club discussion at the end for the O'Reilly book "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" 2nd edition. Read the first 60 pages for this meetup if you want to participate. 

RSVP link: 

https://www.meetup.com/montrealrb/events/313731032/ 

Talk Description: 

In this talk, we'll explore the source code of the Solid Queue gem and look at the lifecycle of a Rails background job. We'll look at concurrency, the interactions between the supervisor, dispatchers, and workers, and how coordination happens between them. 

This talk assumes you've used or are familiar with background jobs in a Rails application. 

Speaker Bio: 

Robert Jakubowicz is a Full Stack Software Developer with over 15 years of experience building and scaling web applications. 

His interests range from product engineering that improves user experience and drives business outcomes to distributed systems, databases, and web performance at scale.

Dissecting DHH's RailsWorld 2026 Keynote Speech from a Software Engineering Point Of View

Dissecting DHH's RailsWorld 2026 Keynote Speech from a Software Engineering Point Of View:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsM8Ej-em8I