Ruby Conf Africa 2026 Join us on August 21-22, 2026, for Ruby Conference Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Connect with leading Ruby developers, learn from insightful sessions, and explore the latest trends in Ruby development.

Excited to see RubyConf Africa happening in August! A great chance to connect with the global Ruby community, learn, and share. 🌍✨

More info: rubyconf.africa
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Rubyists often struggle with version & dependency management. The discussion revealed diverse preferred tools & workflows to navigate these complexities, underscoring a need for more streamlined, user-friendly solutions. #RubyDev 4/6

HN discussed compiling Ruby to machine language, spurred by 'Ruby Under a Microscope.' Explored past efforts like MacRuby/RubyMotion, the inherent challenges of AOT compilation, and the performance boost from JITs like YJIT. Also touched on Ruby's dev ease and GUI tools. #RubyDev 1/6

Community fragmentation is a major concern, fearing a 'JavaScript-like' ecosystem with multiple package managers. Yet, some believe competition could drive innovation benefiting the Ruby community. #RubyDev 5/6

Who are the #ruby and #rails people here on Bluesky? Need to find people to follow.

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So much is happening at #BalticRuby — we can barely keep up! 😅

Today's highlights:
🎤 Marty Haught (keynote)
🎥 Marco Roth on indexing Ruby confs
🔥 Charles Nutter on JRuby everywhere
🛠 Roman Samoilov on modernizing systems

Videos coming soon — stay tuned!
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A silver sponsor who jumped in at the last moment — and definitely won’t regret it!
@Typesense

Thanks for supporting the Ruby community and helping make Baltic Ruby even better 💙
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Counter-intuitive idea from the thread: rewriting some C parts in Ruby can actually *improve* performance with JITs. Reason: avoiding the overhead of crossing the Ruby-C boundary makes the code more JIT-friendly. #RubyDev 5/6

It's a work around, but I basically had to bypass this one library and hand code it myself. simply because the #rubydev team decided big decimal was no longer useful without my input.

Building a GitHub Activity CLI in Ruby Hands-on guide: Build your own GitHub Activity tracker in Ruby. Perfect blend of API integration and CLI design for growing developers.

🚀 From idea to CLI: Built a GitHub Activity tracker in Ruby!

Simple command: `./bin/github-activity username`

Check out the build journey & contribute: sulmanweb.com/building-git...

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