Rails Is a JIT Compiler(railsatscale.com)
9 points by fbuilesv | 2 comments
Rails at Scale blog post on speeding up Rails ActiveRecord enum methods by generating static code via module_eval instead of define_method and public_send, with benchmarks.
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Rails Is a JIT Compiler(railsatscale.com)
5 points by hellerve | 0 comments
Rails at Scale blog post on speeding up Rails enum methods by generating code with module_eval instead of define_method and public_send, with YJIT/ZJIT benchmarks.
Does Ruby on Rails still make sense?(tech.dirkjonker.nl)
63 points by dajonker | 61 comments
Blog post arguing that Ruby on Rails and frameworks generally still make sense even as LLMs make writing code cheap.
Living in the Weimar Era of Ruby(blog.julik.nl)
71 points by julik | 38 comments
Blog post by Julik Tarkhanov critiquing DHH's RailsWorld keynote and reflecting on the state of the Ruby and Rails community.
I'm sorry, but you still have to think(itsallaboutthebit.com)
291 points by drogus | 128 comments
Blog post by Piotr Sarnacki critiquing DHH's AI-agent-generated rewrites of Campfire Once into Rust and other languages, arguing developers still need to read code and think.
What About Rails?(jardo.dev)
287 points by jrochkind1 | 186 comments
A blog post by Jared Norman on jardo.dev titled "What About Rails?", discussing the Ruby on Rails framework.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/24/9d2a52d8-20ac-42d4-99de-d216c2f86e18.jpg)
Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video](youtube.com)
420 points by an0malous | 467 comments
YouTube video of DHH's opening keynote at the Rails World 2026 conference, posted by the Ruby on Rails channel.
Returning to Rails in 2026(markround.com)
351 points by stanislavb | 221 comments
A personal blog post by Mark Dastmalchi-Round about returning to Ruby on Rails in 2026 for a side project.
Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres(andyatkinson.com)
336 points by pil0u | 370 comments
Blog post by Andrew Atkinson arguing against using random UUID version 4 values as primary keys in PostgreSQL, covering performance issues and alternatives.
Doing Rails Wrong(bananacurvingmachine.com)
324 points by treesenthusiast | 206 comments
A blog post written as a satirical dialogue about overcomplicating Rails 8 apps with Vite, Node, and npm instead of Rails' built-in tooling.
We fell out of love with Next.js and back in love with Ruby on Rails(hardcover.app)
432 points by mike1o1 | 372 comments
Hardcover blog post by Adam Fortuna explaining why the team moved from Next.js back to Ruby on Rails with Inertia.js.
Gumroad’s source is available(github.com)
445 points by philipjoubert | 192 comments
GitHub repository for antiwork/gumroad, the newly published source code of the Gumroad creator commerce platform.
I stopped everything and started writing C again(kmx.io)
371 points by dvrj101 | 392 comments
A personal blog post by a longtime freelance developer explaining why they moved from Ruby on Rails and Common Lisp back to writing C.
Why Ruby on Rails still matters(contraption.co)
484 points by philip1209 | 426 comments
Blog post by Philip I. Thomas on Contraption Co. arguing why Ruby on Rails still matters compared with Next.js.
Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server(github.com)
637 points by nateb2022 | 280 comments
GitHub repository for Blackcandy, an MIT-licensed self-hosted music streaming server built with Ruby on Rails and Hotwire.
Rails is better low code than low code(radanskoric.com)
441 points by thunderbong | 210 comments
Blog post by Radan Skorić arguing that Ruby on Rails is a better choice than low-code tools for building simple CRUD apps, told as two parallel scenarios.
What's New in Ruby on Rails 8(blog.appsignal.com)
440 points by amalinovic | 204 comments
An AppSignal blog post by Damilola Olatunji from October 2024 outlining the new features in Ruby on Rails 8.
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Ruby on Rails: The Documentary [video](youtube.com)
411 points by 541 | 184 comments
YouTube video of a 44-minute documentary about the history of the Ruby on Rails web framework.
Show HN: I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons(diceright.com)
354 points by YakiSauce | 101 comments
Landing page for DiceRight, a web-based virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons online with friends.
Ask HN: Why did Python win?
398 points by MatthiasPortzel | 649 comments
An Ask HN thread asking why Python grew into a dominant programming language while Ruby, once similarly popular, stalled.
Docuseal: Open-source DocuSign alternative(github.com)
526 points by thunderbong | 173 comments
GitHub repository for DocuSeal, an open-source, self-hostable DocuSign alternative for creating, filling, and signing digital documents.
Bullet Train – Rails-based SaaS framework(bullettrain.co)
375 points by bauerpl | 121 comments
Landing page for Bullet Train, an MIT-licensed open source Ruby on Rails framework providing common SaaS features to speed up app development.
Building GitHub with Ruby on Rails(github.blog)
594 points by Lukas_Skywalker | 276 comments
GitHub engineering blog post on how GitHub.com is built as a Ruby on Rails monolith of nearly two million lines worked on by over 1,000 engineers.