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Ruby as an Orchestrator Language March 5, 2026 Ruby excels at structuring applications, managing logic, and coordinating systems. In many real-world architectures, Ruby acts as the orchestrator, while specialized libraries handle computationally intensive tasks. This hybrid model is used widely in the Ruby ecosystem. Examples include: image processing database engines cryptography machine learning bindings GIS … Continue reading Ruby as an Orchestrator Language
Writing Ruby Bindings for C Libraries March 4, 2026 Building Native Extensions with C (and Rust) Ruby is known for its productivity and elegant syntax, but sometimes performance-critical tasks require lower-level languages. Fortunately, Ruby provides a powerful mechanism called C extensions, allowing Ruby code to call native C functions directly. This approach enables Ruby developers … Continue reading Writing Ruby Bindings for C Libraries
Image Processing in Ruby with GD: Exploring ruby-libgd v0.3.0 March 4, 2026 Image processing is usually associated with languages like Python or C++, but Ruby can also manipulate images efficiently thanks to bindings for native libraries. One of those libraries is libgd, a well-known C library used to dynamically generate and manipulate images such as … Continue reading Image Processing in Ruby with GD: Exploring ruby-libgd v0.3.0
Understanding Convolution Filters in Image Processing (and Adding Them to Ruby-LibGD v0.2.5) March 3, 2026 Today I implemented support for custom convolution filters in Ruby-LibGD, enabling the application of kernels such as blur, sharpen, and edge detection directly from Ruby. At first glance, this may look like just another image filter. In reality, convolution is … Continue reading Understanding Convolution Filters in Image Processing (and Adding Them to Ruby-LibGD v0.2.5)
The Production-Grade Ruby Microservices Stack (2026) March 2, 2026 Microservices don’t fail because of Ruby. They fail because of architecture. Most “microservices” I see in Ruby are: • HTTP chains tightly coupled together • Shared databases behind the scenes • No tracing • No event replay • No contract validation That’s not distributed architecture. That’s … Continue reading 🚀 The Production-Grade Ruby Microservices Stack (2026)
Kaigi 2026 Is Approaching — Why the Global Ruby Community Should Pay Close Attention March 2, 2026 With April approaching, RubyKaigi 2026 is about to take place in Hakodate, Japan — and for the global Ruby community, this is not just another date on the calendar. It is a moment that often defines the technological … Continue reading 🇯🇵 Kaigi 2026 Is Approaching — Why the Global Ruby Community Should Pay Close Attention
March 1, 2026 The Modern CLI Stack Beyond puts Ruby is often associated with web applications, background jobs, and scripting. But quietly — almost underground — a rich ecosystem has emerged for building modern, interactive, polished terminal applications. Not the old “print some text and parse ARGV” style. We’re talking about tools that feel closer … Continue reading 🚀 Terminal UX in Ruby: Beautiful Tools Without Leaving the Shell
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