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December 10, 2025 Based on the presentation script from RubyWorld Conference 2025 This article is based on the script of the presentation “Why Now Is the Right Time for PicoRuby”, delivered by Hitoshi Hasumi (ANDPAD Inc.) at RubyWorld Conference 2025. The original session was a 30-minute conference talk, and this text adapts its core ideas, … Continue reading Why Now Is the Right Time for PicoRuby
December 9, 2025 A curated list of tools that accelerate development and keep your codebase clean One of the most underrated strengths of Ruby on Rails is its generator ecosystem. Beyond the native Rails generators, many gems ship with their own commands to scaffold authentication, background jobs, pagination, translations, slugs, geolocation, and much more. These … Continue reading 🧰 Ruby Gems With Powerful Generators You Should Be Using in Your Rails Projects
December 5, 2025 A Complete Guide for Ruby on Rails, React, and React Native Developers Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is one of the most misunderstood parts of modern web development — and one of the most common sources of errors developers face when building APIs. If you’re working with Ruby on Rails, React, or React … Continue reading 🚦 Understanding CORS in Modern Web Development
December 4, 2025 Most developers think contributing to Ruby’s internals requires wizard-level C skills, decades of experience, and a direct line to Matz. Advertise on RubyStackNews RubyStackNews is a niche publication read by Ruby and Rails developers worldwide. Our audience includes senior engineers, tech leads, and decision-makers from the US, Europe, and Asia. Sponsorship Options … Continue reading 💥 Yes, YOU Can Fix a Bug in IRB — Here’s How a Simple Emoji Crash Led to a Real Ruby Patch
December 3, 2025 By Germán Silva Bindings are one of the most underrated yet critical pieces of the Ruby ecosystem. They are the bridges that connect Ruby to native libraries, databases, protocols, and even hardware. Bring Your Next Project to Life with High-Quality Development Don’t miss the opportunity to take your project to the next … Continue reading The Ruby Bindings Every Rails Developer Should Know
December 2, 2025 In the Ruby and Ruby on Rails ecosystem, developers interact constantly with tools like Bundler and commands such as bundle exec or rails c. These commands may look similar, but each plays a crucial role in how your application loads and manages dependencies. Understanding these differences isn’t just a best practice — … Continue reading Understanding bundle, bundler exec, and the Real Difference Between rails c and bundle exec rails c 🛠
December 1, 2025 Debugging is one of those tasks that quietly shapes a developer’s day. It’s not flashy, it’s not glamorous, but it’s the difference between smooth development and losing an afternoon wondering why a request refuses to behave. Over the years working with Ruby and Rails, one of the tools I’ve learned to appreciate … Continue reading Debugging in Real Life: How I Use Rails.logger and Docker Logs in My Daily Workflow
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
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