Spinel: A Different Direction for Ruby Performance

Spinel: A Different Direction for Ruby Performance April 27, 2026 Built for Ruby on Rails Build Maps WithoutGoogle APIs Generate beautiful production-ready maps directly from your Rails backend. Fast rendering, zero external dependencies, full control. View Live Demo → Read Docs ✓ No API fees ✓ Self-hosted ✓ Rails Native ✓ Fast Rendering Why developers … Continue reading Spinel: A Different Direction for Ruby Performance →

MapView Flyers are at RubyKaigi 2026 – Here’s the Must-Watch Talk Schedule

MapView Flyers are at RubyKaigi 2026 – Here's the Must-Watch Talk Schedule April 22, 2026 Scan to try 🎯 Live Demo Available Introducing MapView Render beautiful, production-ready maps directly from your Ruby backend. No external APIs. No dependencies. Just pure speed and control. ✓ Zero external dependencies ✓ Lightning-fast rendering ✓ Production-ready & battle-tested Try … Continue reading MapView Flyers are at RubyKaigi 2026 – Here’s the Must-Watch Talk Schedule →

Ruby 4.0.3 Released: Critical ERB Deserialization Fix

Ruby 4.0.3 Released: Critical ERB Deserialization Fix April 21, 2026 Scan to try 🎯 Live Demo Available Introducing MapView Render beautiful, production-ready maps directly from your Ruby backend. No external APIs. No dependencies. Just pure speed and control. ✓ Zero external dependencies ✓ Lightning-fast rendering ✓ Production-ready & battle-tested Try the Live Demo → Read … Continue reading Ruby 4.0.3 Released: Critical ERB Deserialization Fix →

RubyKaigi 2026: A Reminder of What Innovation Actually Looks Like

RubyKaigi 2026: A Reminder of What Innovation Actually Looks Like April 15, 2026 Scan to try 🎯 Live Demo Available Introducing MapView Render beautiful, production-ready maps directly from your Ruby backend. No external APIs. No dependencies. Just pure speed and control. ✓ Zero external dependencies ✓ Lightning-fast rendering ✓ Production-ready & battle-tested Try the Live … Continue reading RubyKaigi 2026: A Reminder of What Innovation Actually Looks Like →

Create QR Codes from Scratch with Ruby, ruby-libgd, and rqrcode

April 15, 2026 Scan to try 🎯 Live Demo Available Introducing MapView Render beautiful, production-ready maps directly from your Ruby backend. No external APIs. No dependencies. Just pure speed and control. ✓ Zero external dependencies ✓ Lightning-fast rendering ✓ Production-ready & battle-tested Try the Live Demo → Read Docs Today I created a flyer to … Continue reading Create QR Codes from Scratch with Ruby, ruby-libgd, and rqrcode →

Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view

Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view April 10, 2026 🚀 See the LIVE DEMO in action MapView Render maps directly from your backend no external APIs required. Fast, controlled, and production-ready. Try the demo → Over the past few months I’ve been working on a small GIS-oriented stack in … Continue reading Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view →

Pure Ruby Maps: libgd-gis + Rails

April 8, 2026 🚀 See the LIVE DEMO in action MapView Render maps directly from your backend no external APIs required. Fast, controlled, and production-ready. Try the demo → Static GIS maps, pure Ruby, GeoJSON support, and zero JavaScript bloat. Over 15 years ago, I discovered the GD library at a Linux conference. I was … Continue reading Pure Ruby Maps: libgd-gis + Rails →

MapView: Static maps for Rails. No JS. No frontend. Just Ruby.

MapView: Static maps for Rails. No JS. No frontend. Just Ruby. April 7, 2026 🚀 See the LIVE DEMO in action MapView Render maps directly from your backend no external APIs required. Fast, controlled, and production-ready. Try the demo → From the creator of ruby-libgd and libgd-gis comes native Rails integration Many of you already … Continue reading MapView: Static maps for Rails. No JS. No frontend. Just Ruby. →

What’s this? DragonRuby Game Toolkit

What's this? DragonRuby Game Toolkit April 6, 2026 🚀 See the LIVE DEMO in action MapView Render maps directly from your backend no external APIs required. Fast, controlled, and production-ready. Try the demo → Ruby outside the web browser. On a game cartridge. Sort of. Every so often, something appears in the Ruby world that … Continue reading What’s this? DragonRuby Game Toolkit →

This Week in Rails: Faster Logs, Reliable Parallel Tests, and Key Deprecations

This Week in Rails: Faster Logs, Reliable Parallel Tests, and Key Deprecations April 5, 2026 🚀 See the LIVE DEMO in action MapView Render maps directly from your backend no external APIs required. Fast, controlled, and production-ready. Try the demo → A new batch of improvements has landed in the Rails codebase this week, focusing … Continue reading This Week in Rails: Faster Logs, Reliable Parallel Tests, and Key Deprecations →