[Ruby] My personal opinion: It’s best not to overuse the block parameter it.

My personal opinion: It's best not to overuse the block parameter it. April 28, 2026 In this article, Junichi Ito (https://qiita.com/jnchito/items/3fb1d28f7d75f2edc1b8) clearly articulates an idea I’ve held for quite some time. I’m sharing a translation of his work, as faithful as possible, so you can read it and share your thoughts. Built for Ruby on … Continue reading [Ruby] My personal opinion: It’s best not to overuse the block parameter it. →

When Signals Align: A Ruby GIS Project Finds Its Audience

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 Over the past months, I've been iterating on a … Continue reading When Signals Align: A Ruby GIS Project Finds Its Audience →

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 MapView: Architecture, CI/CD, and Production Deployment on Railway

Building MapView: Architecture, CI/CD, and Production Deployment on Railway April 13, 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 → Introduction MapView is a server-side map rendering engine for Rails that generates high-quality geographic visualizations without external … Continue reading Building MapView: Architecture, CI/CD, and Production Deployment on Railway →

MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails

MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails April 12, 2026 After an extensive development journey, MapView has arrived: a powerful API for generating map images directly from your Ruby server. What is MapView? MapView is a Ruby gem that enables you to render maps, routes, points, and polygons with zoom levels ranging from a global world … Continue reading MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails →

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 →