November 28, 2025 The creator of Ruby — Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto — has acknowledged that Ruby draws from a mosaic of languages: Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada and Lisp. In his “Ruby And Its Neighbors” series, Noel Rappin turns to Lisp to reflect on what parts of Lisp — if any — live on in Ruby … Continue reading Ruby and Lisp — What Ruby Borrowed from Lisp’s Spirit
Bundler 4.0.0.beta1: A Big Step Forward for Writing Clean and Modern Ruby November 27, 2025 As Ruby developers, we know that writing Ruby isn’t just about shipping code or passing specs. Our workflow depends a lot on understanding the latest improvements in the ecosystem, keeping an eye on what’s being deprecated, and making sure our … Continue reading 🚀 Bundler 4.0.0.beta1: A Big Step Forward for Writing Clean and Modern Ruby
November 26, 2025 When working with Ruby hashes, we often combine user input with default values. But merge isn’t always ideal — it overwrites existing keys. That’s where reverse_merge comes in. 🔄 What Is reverse_merge? Unlike Ruby’s merge, Rails’ reverse_merge keeps the original values and only fills in missing ones. { a: 1 }.reverse_merge(a: 2) … Continue reading 🚀 Understanding reverse_merge in Ruby on Rails
November 25, 2025 In every engineering team, the topic eventually comes up: Should our tests be concise and optimized, or explicit and easy to read? As engineers, we tend to enjoy clever solutions—those elegant one-liners or metaprogrammed helpers that feel powerful. But when it comes to test suites, clever is rarely the right choice. In … Continue reading Readable Specs vs. Clever Specs: Finding the Balance in Test Design
November 24, 2025 Ruby keeps evolving, and the 4.0.0-preview2 release is packed with exciting changes. If you love clean code, emojis, and a little bit of magic in your programming, this one’s for you. What’s New? 💎 Nil Gets Smarter nil.to_a no longer surprises you, just like nil.to_hash. Less magic, more clarity. 🔗 Bindings Refined … Continue reading 🚀 Ruby 4.0.0 Preview2 is Here!
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