The Odin Project: Why It’s One of the Best Ways to Learn Web Development

March 24, 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 If you’re looking for a structured, … Continue reading The Odin Project: Why It’s One of the Best Ways to Learn Web Development →

Choosing the Right Debugger: TracePoint, ISeq, and why your choice of debugger affects more than just comfort

Choosing the Right Debugger March 12, 2026 A Ruby Developer's Guide to TracePoint, ISeq, and why your choice of debugger affects more than just comfort If you write Ruby, you debug Ruby. Whether it's a subtle off-by-one error in a data pipeline or a race condition buried in a Rails controller, debugging is as much … Continue reading Choosing the Right Debugger: TracePoint, ISeq, and why your choice of debugger affects more than just comfort →

Ruby on Rails on WebAssembly: A Full-Stack, In-Browser Journey

March 11, 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 switch Replace expensive map stacks. Stop relying … Continue reading Ruby on Rails on WebAssembly: A Full-Stack, In-Browser Journey →

Ruby-LibGD Reaches 3,000 Downloads: A Milestone in Ruby Image Generation

Ruby-LibGD Reaches 3,000 Downloads: A Milestone in Ruby Image Generation March 9, 2026 Open-source development is often a marathon, not a sprint. Today, ruby-libgd, a Ruby library for image generation, has reached an exciting milestone: 3,000 downloads. This achievement reflects not only adoption but also the sustained effort behind a library that brings dynamic image … Continue reading Ruby-LibGD Reaches 3,000 Downloads: A Milestone in Ruby Image Generation →

The Joy of Small Scripts: Automating Ruby Community Events

The Joy of Small Scripts: Automating Ruby Community Events March 8, 2026 For many developers who experienced the early days of the hacker culture and the free software movement, programming once had a different rhythm. It was exploratory. Curious. Creative. Developers wrote small tools, scripts, and experiments simply because they could. Those scripts often solved … Continue reading The Joy of Small Scripts: Automating Ruby Community Events →

Ruby as an Orchestrator Language

Ruby as an Orchestrator Language March 5, 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 switch Replace … Continue reading Ruby as an Orchestrator Language →

Image Processing in Ruby with GD: Exploring ruby-libgd v0.3.0

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)

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)

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

Kaigi 2026 Is Approaching — Why the Global Ruby Community Should Pay Close Attention March 2, 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 & … Continue reading 🇯🇵 Kaigi 2026 Is Approaching — Why the Global Ruby Community Should Pay Close Attention →