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January 5, 2026 How ruby-libgd brings a real raster engine back to Ruby For many years, Ruby quietly lost something fundamental: The ability to generate images natively, fast, and with full control. Yes, RMagick and MiniMagick exist. But they depend on external binaries, are slow, fragile in production, and unsuitable for things like: map tile … Continue reading Ruby Can Create Images Again
Ruby on Rails Developer | Ruby, Backend January 2, 2026 In late 2025, during a RubyConf presentation about disaster-response systems, an uncomfortable truth was stated publicly: Generating map tiles and images on the server is difficult in Ruby. RMagick and MiniMagick were too slow. ruby-gd is used, but it is poorly maintained. This was not … Continue reading Rebuilding Rubyβs Image Processing Layer: Why ruby-libgd Matters for GIS and the Future of Ruby
December 15, 2025 Lessons from Ruby World Conference 2025 At Ruby World Conference 2025, Masatoshi Seki (ι’ ε°δΏ) and Miwa Fukaya (ζ·±θ°· ηΎε) presented a talk grounded in something rare in our industry: more than 20 years of real testing history. Their presentation, βHow to Create Todayβs Recommended Testsβ, introduces Ninja Testing β a testing … Continue reading Smart Test Suites with Ruby
Exploring the World of Electronic Engineering with PicoRuby December 11, 2025 Based on the presentation βExploring the World of Electronic Engineering with PicoRubyβ by Hayao Kimura at Ruby World Conference 2025. 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 … Continue reading Exploring the World of Electronic Engineering with PicoRuby
December 8, 2025 The RubyWorld Conference 2025, held in Matsue, Japan, showcased an unexpected star of the ecosystem: Ruby running on microcontrollers. While the event traditionally focuses on Ruby in web, enterprise, or academic settings, this year a significant amount of attention shifted toward embedded systems, thanks to PicoRuby and the community project mruby Girls. … Continue reading RubyWorld Conference 2025: PicoRuby, mruby Girls, and the Future of Embedded Ruby
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 β and one of the most common sources of errors developers face when building APIs. If youβre working with Ruby on Rails, React, or React … Continue reading π¦ Understanding CORS in Modern Web Development
December 4, 2025 Most developers think contributing to Rubyβs 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 π₯ Yes, YOU Can Fix a Bug in IRB β Hereβs How a Simple Emoji Crash Led to a Real Ruby Patch
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 isnβt just about shipping code or passing specs. Our workflow depends a lot on understanding the latest improvements in the ecosystem, keeping an eye on whatβs being deprecated, and making sure our … Continue reading π 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 isnβt always ideal β it overwrites existing keys. Thatβs where reverse_merge comes in. π What Is reverse_merge? Unlike Rubyβs merge, Railsβ reverse_merge keeps the original values and only fills in missing ones. { a: 1 }.reverse_merge(a: 2) … Continue reading π Understanding reverse_merge in Ruby on Rails
July 7, 2025 π» #Ruby #RubyOnRails #ProgrammingTips #CleanCode Ever needed to combine two arrays element by element in Ruby? There's a method for thatβit's called zip, and itβs one of my favorites for transforming structured data with elegance. π Here's why zip is worth knowing: β Combine Arrays by Index [1, 2, 3].zip(["a", "b", "c"]) … Continue reading π Rubyβs zip: Elegant Array Merging Made Easy
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