The Ruby and Rails community linklog https://rubyflow.com New episode is out. David recaps Blue Ridge Ruby and talks about coming back motivated to contribute more to open source, which leads into a broader discussion on why smaller single-track Ruby conferences create better hallway conversations, networking, and lightning talks. We also get into real-world Rails and Stripe lessons covering workshop prep, validation decisions, webhook recovery, subscription edge cases, and the growing complexity of payment integrations. 
 <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/episodes/19173186" rel="nofollow">Listen now</a> Sat, 23 May 2026 05:13:59 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/sm58ii--remote-ruby-blue-ridge-ruby-insights-experiences https://rubyflow.com/p/sm58ii--remote-ruby-blue-ridge-ruby-insights-experiences A collection of the various Ruby libraries and execution environments for building desktop, mobile, terminal, game, and browser applications. Fri, 22 May 2026 15:05:50 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/5i9u9r-ruby-beyond-the-server https://rubyflow.com/p/5i9u9r-ruby-beyond-the-server <a href="https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/21/inside-rubys-object-model/" rel="nofollow">https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/21/inside-rubys-object-model/</a> Fri, 22 May 2026 02:13:15 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/lmy8ca-inside-rubys-object-model- https://rubyflow.com/p/lmy8ca-inside-rubys-object-model- Most developers think that “progress” means adding lines of code. We feel good when we finish a new… Thu, 21 May 2026 22:06:29 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/qm4yed-the-art-of-deleting-code-why-your-one-man-app-should-be-shrinking https://rubyflow.com/p/qm4yed-the-art-of-deleting-code-why-your-one-man-app-should-be-shrinking <a href="https://0x1eef.github.io/posts/how-to-build-a-man-page-agent/" rel="nofollow">I wrote a post</a> as an introduction to developing your own AI agent that is backed up an ActiveRecord model. The agent can search and read man pages, and provide answers from those sources rather than training data. Thu, 21 May 2026 20:51:42 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/y6zlwt-connect-an-llm-to-man1-and-apropos1 https://rubyflow.com/p/y6zlwt-connect-an-llm-to-man1-and-apropos1 A walk through the design choices for showing rich UI in an LLM chat app instead of plain text bubbles. Tools, schemas, and a tiny gem for generative UI on top of RubyLLM. <a href="https://msg.samsonov.io/2026-05-21-generative-ui-ruby-llm/" rel="nofollow">https://msg.samsonov.io/2026-05-21-generative-ui-ruby-llm/</a> Thu, 21 May 2026 15:49:42 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/9zes40-generative-ui-in-rails-with-rubyllm https://rubyflow.com/p/9zes40-generative-ui-in-rails-with-rubyllm <a href="https://github.com/sergey-homenko/llm_cost_tracker" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sergey-homenko/llm_cost_tracker</a> Thu, 21 May 2026 14:51:15 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/r4jtev--llmcosttracker-0110-self-hosted-llm-cost-ledger-for-rails https://rubyflow.com/p/r4jtev--llmcosttracker-0110-self-hosted-llm-cost-ledger-for-rails <a href="https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/20/ruby-libgd-cheat-sheet-building-native-graphics-pipelines-in-ruby/" rel="nofollow">https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/20/ruby-libgd-cheat-sheet-building-native-graphics-pipelines-in-ruby/</a> Thu, 21 May 2026 02:46:14 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/t6lfq5-just-published-a-visual-cheat-sheet-for-ruby-libgd- https://rubyflow.com/p/t6lfq5-just-published-a-visual-cheat-sheet-for-ruby-libgd- We are living in a wild time for software development. With tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and ChatGPT,… Wed, 20 May 2026 23:17:08 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/xa58c4-the-vibe-coders-survival-guide-concepts-you-cant-just-prompt-away https://rubyflow.com/p/xa58c4-the-vibe-coders-survival-guide-concepts-you-cant-just-prompt-away Every morning, I see the same thing on my Twitter feed or the GitHub Trending page. A new Ruby gem is… Wed, 20 May 2026 22:06:31 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/6tp29b-the-solo-developers-secret-why-boring-tech-is-more-profitable https://rubyflow.com/p/6tp29b-the-solo-developers-secret-why-boring-tech-is-more-profitable I got tired of the existing APM options being overkill for smaller Rails projects, so I built <a href="https://deadbro.com" rel="nofollow">DeadBro</a>. It detects N+1 queries, tracks errors with full stack traces, and sends alerts via Slack or Pushover when things break. Real-time dashboards, multi-app and multi-environment support, installs via the <code>dead_bro</code> gem. Wed, 20 May 2026 21:25:54 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/3f1n09-i-built-an-apm-tool-for-rails-apps-deadbro https://rubyflow.com/p/3f1n09-i-built-an-apm-tool-for-rails-apps-deadbro Springtime in Portland is always a true delight, and <a href="https://www.bridgetownrb.com/release/everyone-deserves-a-wiki-bridgetown-2-2/" rel="nofollow">the perfect backdrop for our newest release of Bridgetown</a>, version 2.2 “Verdant River City“. Featuring “wikilinks” in Markdown, support for Falcon the highly concurrent Ruby web application server, performance enhancements, bugfixes, new sponsorship opportunities, and more. Wed, 20 May 2026 18:20:46 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/32y6vm-everyone-deserves-a-wiki-bridgetown-22-is-here https://rubyflow.com/p/32y6vm-everyone-deserves-a-wiki-bridgetown-22-is-here <a href="https://github.com/the-teacher/active_harness" rel="nofollow">ActiveHarness</a> — a Ruby framework for building production-ready AI agents with multiple LLM providers, lifecycle hooks, and a Rails-friendly DSL. Made for Rails but works in plain Ruby too. Wed, 20 May 2026 12:42:57 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/fxyjo6-activeharness-gem-has-been-released https://rubyflow.com/p/fxyjo6-activeharness-gem-has-been-released We are a renowned Software Development Company in the USA called Sapphire Software Solutions that provides inexpensive Web and Mobile Application Development Services. Our products enable companies to expand their businesses and be competitive. Read More:- <a href="https://www.sapphiresolutions.net/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sapphiresolutions.net/</a> Wed, 20 May 2026 10:56:38 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/km4xzr-best-software-development-company-in-usa-sapphire-software-solutions https://rubyflow.com/p/km4xzr-best-software-development-company-in-usa-sapphire-software-solutions I just released stimulus_grid_rails v0.1.0 — Rails + Hotwire bindings for a server-driven, multi-user editable data grid over Turbo Streams and Action Cable. No React, no client-side grid framework, no JS build step. Wed, 20 May 2026 08:01:48 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/lmq2y7-stimulusgridrails-user-editable-data-grid-for-rails-hotwire https://rubyflow.com/p/lmq2y7-stimulusgridrails-user-editable-data-grid-for-rails-hotwire When to reach for duck typing and when for inheritance in Ruby. Template Method, hook messages, and the signals that point to a hidden abstraction. Wed, 20 May 2026 05:11:05 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/ri5rk7-duck-typing-and-inheritance-in-ruby https://rubyflow.com/p/ri5rk7-duck-typing-and-inheritance-in-ruby <a href="https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/19/inside-rubys-net-http-exploring-the-networking-engine-behind-ruby-apis/" rel="nofollow">https://rubystacknews.com/2026/05/19/inside-rubys-net-http-exploring-the-networking-engine-behind-ruby-apis/</a> Wed, 20 May 2026 02:27:54 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/xuykt4-inside-rubys-nethttp- https://rubyflow.com/p/xuykt4-inside-rubys-nethttp- If you want a terminal that tells you if a command is valid, predicts what you’re about to type, and… Tue, 19 May 2026 23:17:04 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/brzac1-the-perfect-zsh-setup-oh-my-zsh-on-cachyosarch https://rubyflow.com/p/brzac1-the-perfect-zsh-setup-oh-my-zsh-on-cachyosarch I spent years looking at websites like Stripe or Linear and feeling depressed. I would try to… Tue, 19 May 2026 22:06:27 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/wf3c27-why-good-enough-design-is-the-solo-developers-secret-weapon https://rubyflow.com/p/wf3c27-why-good-enough-design-is-the-solo-developers-secret-weapon <a href="https://yaroslav.io/posts/inkmark-fast-ai-first-markdown" rel="nofollow">https://yaroslav.io/posts/inkmark-fast-ai-first-markdown</a> Tue, 19 May 2026 16:02:42 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/81y77l-inkmark-a-very-fast-feature-packed-ai-first-markdown-gem-for-ruby https://rubyflow.com/p/81y77l-inkmark-a-very-fast-feature-packed-ai-first-markdown-gem-for-ruby <a href="https://www.rubyforum.org/t/phlex-literal-are-joining-the-ruby-users-forum" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubyforum.org/t/phlex-literal-are-joining-the-ruby-users-forum</a> Tue, 19 May 2026 13:59:41 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/x8ks1j-phlex-literal-are-joining-the-ruby-users-forum https://rubyflow.com/p/x8ks1j-phlex-literal-are-joining-the-ruby-users-forum <a href="https://paweldabrowski.com/farewell-to-rails-way/when-rails-way-does-not-work" rel="nofollow">https://paweldabrowski.com/farewell-to-rails-way/when-rails-way-does-not-work</a> Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:13 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/imjk0a-when-rails-way-does-not-work-anymore https://rubyflow.com/p/imjk0a-when-rails-way-does-not-work-anymore <strong><a href="https://drexed.github.io/cmdx" rel="nofollow">CMDx</a></strong> has been updated with richer error messages that include links to documentation and common issues. Middleware’s how support using status methods to halt processing. There are also a slew of quality of life updates that can be reviewed in the <a href="https://github.com/drexed/cmdx/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow">changelog</a>. Tue, 19 May 2026 13:12:08 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/hb30km-cmdx-210-clearer-errors-less-pipeline-friction https://rubyflow.com/p/hb30km-cmdx-210-clearer-errors-less-pipeline-friction <a href="https://github.com/perrystreetsoftware/rubyzen" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/perrystreetsoftware/rubyzen</a> Rubyzen is a modern linter for Ruby that allows you to write architectural lint rules as unit tests Tue, 19 May 2026 09:46:05 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/r1246m-rubyzen-write-architectural-lint-rules-as-rspec-tests https://rubyflow.com/p/r1246m-rubyzen-write-architectural-lint-rules-as-rspec-tests AI-driven development is a spectrum, not a one-size-fits-all solution. Like editor setups in 2014-2018, you need to find your own workflow instead of chasing every new tool or influencer recommendation. I’m sharing how I navigate this without losing my sanity. Read the full article on: <a href="https://avohq.io/blog/ai-driven-development-it-s-a-spectrum" rel="nofollow">https://avohq.io/blog/ai-driven-development-it-s-a-spectrum</a> Tue, 19 May 2026 09:12:52 +0000 https://rubyflow.com/p/rrbazr-ai-driven-development-its-a-spectrum https://rubyflow.com/p/rrbazr-ai-driven-development-its-a-spectrum