DISPATCHES FROM THE RUBY OVERDRIVE
How to Become a Full-Stack Ruby on Rails Developer in 2026: A Practical Roadmap
A practical, step-by-step roadmap to becoming a full-stack Ruby on Rails developer in 2026: framework choices, Hotwire vs SPAs, database guidance, deployment with Kamal, AI workflows, and job search reality.
What Ruby Is Missing for AI and How the Community Can Take Back the Initiative
An honest look at Ruby's weak spots: multi-agent systems, typing, delayed vendor SDKs. How the community can grow the open source ecosystem and take back the initiative.
Why Ruby on Rails Is a Great Fit for the AI Era: Performance, Tokens, and Architecture
Why Ruby 3 + YJIT is 2x faster than Python, how Ruby's concise syntax saves LLM tokens, and why Convention over Configuration is a natural fit for AI agents.
AI Startups on Ruby on Rails: 4 Real Cases from 2026
Real cases of AI startups built on Ruby on Rails in 2026: Bolt.new reaching $40M ARR, Cora Computer, Chat with Work, and Intercom Finn AI. Why founders choose Rails for AI products.
Ruby in 2026: Why Engineers Fear AI and Where the 'Shame' Around Rails Came From
Will AI replace developers and why do companies hide Rails in job postings? Breaking down IT engineers' fears, lessons from history, and the future of Ruby on Rails in 2026.