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Reconfiguring Your App Live with dRuby — dRuby (aka drb) provides a way for objects in one process to invoke methods on objects in other processes relatively seamlessly. It’s been around forever (at least, it was about in 2004 when I started!) but doesn’t get much attention despite offering some interesting opportunities, as shown here.

Installing Ruby 3.3 with YJIT on macOS — YJIT was enabled for me using ruby-build through asdf (like so), but if it wasn’t for you, this may be helpful.

childprocess 5.0: Cross-Platform Way to Work with Child Processes — A long-standing library (the first version came out in 2010) for controlling external programs on any combination of CRuby/JRuby and OS.

HexaPDF 0.35.0: PDF Creation and Manipulation Library — A popular and powerful approach for working with PDFs from Ruby. Now supports fallback fonts. (Note that it’s AGPL licensed, with a commercial option.)

Nested Modules in Ruby — An explanation of not just two ways to define them, but how to access nested constants and what Module.nesting does.

Turn Your Code Into Pixel Art — You might think your code is a work of art, but now it can be visually true, too.

Editing Rails Credentials using VS Code — How to use VS Code to edit secrets when you run rails credentials:edit.

🎉  Ruby 3.3 Released — It's not exactly breaking news, but I was too busy eating turkey on Christmas Day to dig into this new, mammoth release of Ruby till now 😉 If you’ve been playing with the preview and RC releases, little has changed, but here’s the big picture regarding improvements:

Extralite 2.4: An Enhanced Way to Work with SQLite from Ruby — Imagine a faster and easier way to use SQLite from Ruby than the default sqlite3 library. Now, stop imagining and try this. v2.4 includes improvements like improved performance for multi-threaded apps and support for binding BLOBs.

Dragonfly — Redis with Wings, Built for Modern Ruby Applications — A drop-in Redis replacement with better performance and scalability. Apps built on Dragonfly deliver faster experiences while reducing costs.

Versionaire 13.0: An Immutable Semantic Version Type — If you’re working with version numbers, this class provides a lot of neat abstractions (for comparisons, type conversions, equality, etc.)

Introducing Superglue: React ❤️ Rails — An attempt at a framework that brings together Rails, React and Redux in a way that makes them as smooth and productive to use as Hotwire, Turbo and Stimulus. We’ll never say no to more options in this area.

Ruby 3.3's Language Changes in Detail — For five years, Victor has scoured through each new Ruby release and produced extensive notes on the changes made to the language (rather than CRuby the implementation). 3.3 gets the same treatment here, and any time you spend checking this out will be repaid in problems avoided during future upgrades.

Get CodeCare Shield for Ruby on Rails Security & Updates — Worried about your Ruby on Rails application? With CodeCare Shield, your app will always be secure and up-to-date. Don't let vulnerabilities in your Ruby on Rails applications keep you up at night – let us handle your security worries.

Why You Need Strong Parameters in Rails — Strong Parameters were introduced in Rails in response to a rash of ‘mass assignment’ vulnerabilities. This post explains the problem and how it is addressed in modern Rails apps.