Andy Croll
andycroll.bsky.social
Andy Croll
@andycroll.bsky.social
Back on the writing horse, in time for Xmas.
except_on for validations
andycroll.com/ruby/except...
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Could not be more deserved. Hooray for @marcoroth.dev
rubyonrails.org/2025/12/17/...
Congrats Marco Roth: 2025 Rails Luminary
We are stoked to share that the Rails Core team has announced Marco Roth as the 2025 Rails Luminary.
rubyonrails.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas.
rubytshirts.com
Ruby T-shirts
Matz is nice, and so are these excellent shirts. Ships worldwide.
rubytshirts.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's finally happening. I'm going to Brighton Ruby next June!

ti.to/goodscary/br...
Brighton Ruby 2026
The single day, single track Ruby conference for folks who like to go to the seaside, learn things and hang out with fellow Rubyists.
ti.to
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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GitHub was the answer to "what if sourceforge didn't suck?" I'm kind of worried we're getting a new sourceforge 😢
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
So I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey (again) last week. Stately, yes. Bananas, yes. Visually inspiring, also yes.

So. T-shirts. Three of them.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And this equally applies to conference talks. You need a story and not just release notes.
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-stori...
Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books
The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels
www.joanwestenberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the words of the wise monkey Rafiki from the Lion King.

brightonruby.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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It's scary getting up on stage. Especially when some guy in a sparkly jacket is throwing crazy ruby at you. Being able to give some prizes at the end is the least I can do. Big thanks to our prize sponsors:
@honeybadger.io
@judoscale.com
@joemasilotti.com
@andycroll.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If I put together a 2/3day Rails-oriented, indie business/small team technical leader MICRO-conference for early/mid-Jan in the UK countryside… would that sound interesting?

Everyone brings one strong opinion and one problem and we take it in turns to help each other out.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The game show works best when I have great contestants and I had some GREAT contestants this time. They brought the energy and the fun!
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Freedom, another member of the Ruby Central Board, wrote this post, but it closely aligns with my feelings and experiences as well.

apiguy.substack.com/p/a-board-me...
A board member's perspective of the RubyGems controversy
What a week it's been as a Ruby Central Board Member.
apiguy.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’ll be missed. Because it was so carefully curated.

We do these things out of love.
Friendly.rb is taking a break.
We've had quite a few questions about that and wanted to share them publicly.

blog.adrianthedev.com/friendly-is...
September 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Moved house. After three brutal days of boxes it’s a new (birthday) walk to work along the seafront. Brighton is an excellent (albeit windy) city, I encourage all my friends to move here.
September 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Here's Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective: radanskoric.com/news/rails-w...
Rails World 2025 from a first time speaker perspective
Last time I was in Amsterdam I was 17 and it was a different kind of trip.
radanskoric.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Thank you for what you do for Ruby (the language) and the community at large. Waiting to see ZJIT in stable versions soon!

@andycroll.bsky.social @tenderlove.dev (thank u for the punch lines)
@ufuk.dev
September 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Some quick reflections on #RailsWorld from the Rails Foundation.
In short. I had a nice time. And I made some nineties-era web buttons on the way home.
andycroll.com/ruby/rails-...
Rails World 2025
Reflections on the third Rails World in Amsterdam
andycroll.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So. Good.
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM