Happy Wednesday! Here is issue #137 of our newsletter, which offers news and the best tools for your current or future Rails projects… 1. 🚨 Keeping your Ruby and Rails versions aligned is critical for smooth upgrades. In this article, Gelsey breaks down the current state of Ruby/Rails compatibility now that Rails 7.1 has reached EOL. Get a clear view of which versions work together, and how to plan your next upgrade with confidence. Is your app at risk with these 'dangerous pairings'? 2. ⚠️ Every Rails version eventually reaches end-of-life, but why does that matter for your app? Henrique explains the risks of staying on unsupported versions of Rails and why planning is crucial for maintaining a secure and reliable application. Staying current is crucial for the safety and success of your business. 3. 👏 New Release: Hanami v2.3 Beta1 is out! This version of Hanami adds support for Rack 3. Hanami is a great alternative to Rails, Sinatra, and Roda. We are proud sponsors of the Hanami team. We love their idea of building a diverse future for Ruby. For more info about Ruby + Rails, Heroku, Hanami, Sinatra &/or Roda: Check out our compatibility tables. 4. 💸 Tech debt is like a mortgage; a payment is required. What is your strategy for pitching tech debt remediation? Ernesto and Drew discuss why technical leaders must communicate the importance of tech debt to non-tech stakeholders. 5. 🎙️ Catch up with The Ruby AI Podcast. In this episode, Real-World Ruby AI: Practical Systems That Work co-hosts Joe Leo and Valentino Stoll sit down with Amanda from OmbuLabs.ai to discuss hands-on work with AI, building internal bots, automating Rails upgrades, and developing multi-agent systems that make development smarter and more efficient. 🚨 Rails 7.1 hit end-of-life. Are you scrambling to decide the best way forward? Our FREE AI-powered tool builds your Rails upgrade roadmap in minutes, not weeks. Discover what it takes to upgrade with just a few clicks. ⏳ Don’t have time to follow the roadmap? Work with FastRuby.io's senior software engineers to get there faster: 🌳 Our Bonsai team offers cost-effective, zero-downtime, monthly or quarterly plans to gradually upgrade your apps. 6. 💎 Big changes are shaking up the Ruby ecosystem. This article from Tim Anderson at The Register covers the launch of the Gem Cooperative—a community-led response to growing concerns over centralization. The group formed in response to Ruby Central’s decision to take over the RubyGems and Bundler repositories and unilaterally remove long-time maintainers of those projects. Supporters of the cooperative are in favor of shared governance, transparency, and community ownership. Ruby Central has failed to address key questions regarding their move (in the name of long-term stability and security), which has been frustrating for a lot of people in the community (including our team) -- Here is their latest update: https://rubycentral.org/news/weekly-update-friday-october-3/ It's hard to understand how Ruby Central didn't take a more surgical approach without overreaching into unrelated projects. Maciej Mensfeld wrote a thorough article with his take on it: When Responsibility and Power Collide: Lessons from the RubyGems Crisis The controversy highlights deeper questions about trust, stewardship, open source governance, and the future of open source collaboration in Ruby. 7. 🚀 Meet Yippee, the brainchild of Stephen Margheim and Joel Drapper! This modern, full-stack Ruby framework is focused on speed, simplicity, and seamless integration. Read more about this work in progress. 8. 💡 Want to make your Rails apps more dynamic and efficient? In this post, Ben Shelton (Author of the GoodJob Gem) explores Serializing ViewComponent for Active Job and Turbo broadcast later, unlocking more flexible, cleaner, and quicker Rails workflows. 9. 🚀 Rendering speed matters more than you think. In this post, "Rails views performance matters: can `render` slow you down?” Fernando Martinez discusses how inline, partial, and collection rendering impact performance and when to choose speed over maintainability. 10. 🔐 Bundler 2.6 now includes built-in checksum verification. This feature helps protect the software supply chain from tampering and other attacks. 👀 Check out more FastRuby articles on: Performance | Upgrades | Best Practices | Tech Debt Bookmark them, share them, or save them for later. We hope you found these links helpful.😉 Know anyone who would love to receive this newsletter? Tell them to subscribe to the Rails Upgrade News newsletter… Best, The FastRuby.io Team |
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