https://xitter.cf/t.co/Vfbxo6yzUw Rails Specialist. Open Web Communities. he/him

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Joined March 2009
Sam Ruby retweeted
Heaven is where the compile speed is from Go, the safety from Rust, the performance from C++, the libraries from Python, the macros from Lisp, the stability from Java, the types from Haskell, the ubiquity from JavaScript, and the error handling from Elm. Hell is where the compile speed is from Rust, the safety from C++, the performance from Python, the libraries from Lisp, the macros from Java, the stability from Haskell, the types from JavaScript, the ubiquity from Elm, and the error handling from Go.
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In this article, we will integrate Fluxpinel into a Rails application converted for Spinel using Roundhouse and take a look inside a running server via a socket.
Replying to @hasumikin
「ダイナミックSpinel(3) Railsコンソール編」 RoundhouseとSpinelがビルドしたRailsアプリの中に入ろう hasumikin.com/2026/10/24/flu…
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What the Campfire Benchmark Measures: intertwingly.net/blog/2026/1…
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Transpiler update: Compiling an internal Rails API into a single native binary with #roundhouse + #Spinel. Today: 16 PRs merged upstream, 6 issues filed. • Binary builds ✅ • Gaps the compiler can't model: 39 → 25 (−36%) • 111/173 routes answer like Rails • Mastodon as a 2nd test app: 65 → 60 gaps
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Sam Ruby retweeted
Just released Prism v2.0.0. For the first time ever, Prism has no open issues, PRs, discussions, or redmine tickets. A couple of highlights below.
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Start date: 26 October Joining: railsatscale.com/about/
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I did a thing.
Sam Ruby has helped shape the web for decades, and @GregMolnar and I got an hour with him on episode 3 of the @PingbackPodcast. I'm extremely honored. Thanks, @samruby. pingbackpodcast.com/episodes…
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You can find the Dockerfile that can be used to deploy Campfire here: rubys.github.io/roundhouse/a…
We talked about Roundhouse and Spinel on the pod last week with @joelga and @RaulOnRails. Spoiler alert, we will be talking about it again tomorrow! Stay tuned!
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Consequence? Both Spinel and Roundhouse started before Rails World.
the words of @dhh triggered Ruby people but the consequence is that we improve the Ruby tooling now - spinel and roundhouse are good examples
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These conferences are major catalysts. And so can be edgy talks at them. I’ve been kind of unrecognizable after I gave a talk that included several axes to grind. And I did it bc of DHH’s, lol.
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There is no question that DHH gave an edgy talk. He also did not mention Roundhouse and in fact endorsed a completely different direction. He's pursuing his vision, I'm pursuing mine, which is exactly how it should be.
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Replying to @samruby
Started, yes. But I'd never heard of them before Rails World 2026
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FWIW, I attribute that to statements made by Jeremy and Matz at Rails World, relating to a discussion of his ongoing work on Spinel.
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Replying to @samruby
But those projects did get more attention after rails world, don't you think ? I figure you'd have the data ... Anyway, truth < storytelling.
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Interest in Roundhouse spiked twice: first after Euruko and then after Rails World. FWIW, I attribute both to statements made by Matz.
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Pure poetry. "Why even spend precious tokens on improving the gardens we already live in if you can raze them to the ground and replace them with glorious concrete?"
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Compiling a real production @rzilient_club Rails API into a single native binary with #roundhouse + #Spinel (AOT Ruby → C): it now builds, boots and serves, with responses checked field by field against Rails. Along the way: 69 PRs merged into roundhouse and 31 Spinel bugs filed (all 31 fixed). Next: a full route-by-route comparison against Rails. And for Mastodon, following @samruby 's advice, the new Futamura target, keep Rails and the gems, then profile and specialize the hot spots.
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Whole Routes in a Box: the hope/plan is to enable moving an application from Rails to Roundhouse one route at a time. intertwingly.net/blog/2026/1…
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My read: this is what happens when you treat LLMs as "clankers". I don't name my LLMs, but I sense those that do will get better results. I use Claude as a peer that just happens to be smarter than me. My role is closer to "managing up". Those are the skills to have.
Replying to @josevalim
Also, to clarify, Redis is just one of several checks that are being enforced differently across languages. So we are effectively measuring how AI can evolve different languages, with different prompts, with different baselines, with different efforts, and different guarantees. GG.
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When you think about a Ruby on Rails conference in India, what do you imagine? 💃💃💃Of course we danced, and not only on stage! At @hideccanqueen 🔥
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I often use Data class like that. Roundhouse (by @samruby) didn’t support it yet, so I have prepared a PR to fix it. github.com/rubys/roundhouse/… Thanks to @thomasklemm for the help with merging here!
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Sam Ruby retweeted
Readability/elegance vs performance... Why not both?
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