Joel Drapper π¬π§πΊπ¦
@joel.drapper.me
Iβm a Ruby/TypeScript/CSS engineer at @plane.com and based in the UK. https://joel.drapper.me
Iβm building a Ruby/SQLite serverlesslessness framework. I also maintain @phlex.fun.
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Iβm building a Ruby/SQLite serverlesslessness framework. I also maintain @phlex.fun.
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If the Rails Foundation tried to take Rails from its maintainers, I would stand up for the maintainers, despite my political differences.
Rails is not owned by the Rails Foundation in the same way RubyGems projects were not owned by Ruby Central.
And neither are legitimately owned by Ruby Core.
Rails is not owned by the Rails Foundation in the same way RubyGems projects were not owned by Ruby Central.
And neither are legitimately owned by Ruby Core.
Yes, also most apps done need a separate database server.
Most production rails apps could scale 1000x and still comfortably run on a single machine with a local SQLite database and have better performance and reliability than alternative setups.
Most production rails apps could scale 1000x and still comfortably run on a single machine with a local SQLite database and have better performance and reliability than alternative setups.
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Yes, also most apps done need a separate database server.
Most production rails apps could scale 1000x and still comfortably run on a single machine with a local SQLite database and have better performance and reliability than alternative setups.
Most production rails apps could scale 1000x and still comfortably run on a single machine with a local SQLite database and have better performance and reliability than alternative setups.
I love being able to do fast N+1 queries too much to ever switch.
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I love being able to do fast N+1 queries too much to ever switch.
SQLite on the same machine will be about the same but ns instead of ms.
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
SQLite on the same machine will be about the same but ns instead of ms.
Please just fix PR code review. Please.
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Please just fix PR code review. Please.
Weβve just released Phlex 2.4.1, 2.3.2, 2.2.2, 2.1.3, 2.0.2 and 1.11.1 with fixes for three specific XSS protection bypasses. github.com/yippee-fun/p...
Phlex XSS protection bypass via attribute splatting, dynamic tags, and href values
### Impact
During a security audit conducted with Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.3-Codex, we identified three specific ways to bypass the XSS (cross-site-scripting) protection built into Phlex.
1....
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February 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Weβve just released Phlex 2.4.1, 2.3.2, 2.2.2, 2.1.3, 2.0.2 and 1.11.1 with fixes for three specific XSS protection bypasses. github.com/yippee-fun/p...
Unfortunately downloads is a poor proxy for performance, quality, stability or reliability. But I have no better ideas for how to compare those things.
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Unfortunately downloads is a poor proxy for performance, quality, stability or reliability. But I have no better ideas for how to compare those things.
Looks like youβre going to need flex box-layout, table layout and keyboard events. Flex-box layout is almost done but I havenβt started implementing table layout yet. I donβt think itβs too difficult though. It can take constraints from flex-box logic and then normalize to align rows and columns.
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Looks like youβre going to need flex box-layout, table layout and keyboard events. Flex-box layout is almost done but I havenβt started implementing table layout yet. I donβt think itβs too difficult though. It can take constraints from flex-box logic and then normalize to align rows and columns.
This looks like a fantastic project to test the capabilities of Phlex::TUI. Do you have any existing ideas about the interface/layout/design of the TUI?
github.com/sidekiq/side...
github.com/sidekiq/side...
Implement TUI Β· Issue #6898 Β· sidekiq/sidekiq
Text UIs are seeing a renaissance with many new TUI libraries popping up, e.g. charm.land and ratatui.rs. I tried Charm's Ruby bindings from Marco but found that the Go dependency was flaky and cra...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
This looks like a fantastic project to test the capabilities of Phlex::TUI. Do you have any existing ideas about the interface/layout/design of the TUI?
github.com/sidekiq/side...
github.com/sidekiq/side...
Also it doesnβt matter which order you draw them, because the canvas just looks at whatβs already in place in the cell behind or around the cell youβre drawing. And this only applies to cells that were specifically drawn as line cells so it wonβt unintentionally replace regular text output.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Also it doesnβt matter which order you draw them, because the canvas just looks at whatβs already in place in the cell behind or around the cell youβre drawing. And this only applies to cells that were specifically drawn as line cells so it wonβt unintentionally replace regular text output.
Without the highlight, it looks beautiful.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Without the highlight, it looks beautiful.
With this technique, we can automatically draw adjoining line characters. Iβve highlighted the replaced character in these images.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
With this technique, we can automatically draw adjoining line characters. Iβve highlighted the replaced character in these images.
Using this technique, when painting a line, we can look at each line cell weβre about to paint over or next to and find the appropriate adjoining character to replace it with.
Hereβs the part where we look at the cell above, for example.
Hereβs the part where we look at the cell above, for example.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Using this technique, when painting a line, we can look at each line cell weβre about to paint over or next to and find the appropriate adjoining character to replace it with.
Hereβs the part where we look at the cell above, for example.
Hereβs the part where we look at the cell above, for example.
Now given any line description, say [0, 1, 0, 0] we can combine it with another description [1, 0, 0, 0] to find the character that looks like [1, 1, 0, 0].
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Now given any line description, say [0, 1, 0, 0] we can combine it with another description [1, 0, 0, 0] to find the character that looks like [1, 1, 0, 0].
Then we can create a map for each box drawing character that describes it in terms of top, right, bottom, left.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Then we can create a map for each box drawing character that describes it in terms of top, right, bottom, left.
We can create a data structure that stores these in a way that lets us easily look them up. First, weβll make a key that mapsΒ border styles to numbers.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
We can create a data structure that stores these in a way that lets us easily look them up. First, weβll make a key that mapsΒ border styles to numbers.
The trick is to find these characters and put them in the right place. Each box-drawing character has four parts: top, right, bottom, left. This one it thin on the top, thick on the right, nothing on the bottom and thin on the left.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The trick is to find these characters and put them in the right place. Each box-drawing character has four parts: top, right, bottom, left. This one it thin on the top, thick on the right, nothing on the bottom and thin on the left.
But thereβs a box drawing character β that can join these up. If the lines just met but didnβt cross, they might look like this. Again, there is a box drawing character that would join these up. βΈ
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
But thereβs a box drawing character β that can join these up. If the lines just met but didnβt cross, they might look like this. Again, there is a box drawing character that would join these up. βΈ
Draw the vertical line first and the output looks like this.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Draw the vertical line first and the output looks like this.
In the terminal, if you draw a thin horizontal line and then draw a thick vertical line above it, youβll get something that looks like this.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
In the terminal, if you draw a thin horizontal line and then draw a thick vertical line above it, youβll get something that looks like this.
All of this is because I want to build a TUI for Quickdraw so I can quickly navigate test results, rerun tests, jump to files in the stack trace, browse code coverage, etc.
February 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
All of this is because I want to build a TUI for Quickdraw so I can quickly navigate test results, rerun tests, jump to files in the stack trace, browse code coverage, etc.
Currently the planned elements are:
table βΒ a container for row/col elements
row β like <tr>
col βΒ like <td>
box βΒ like a <div> with flex box
text βΒ like a Text node
canvas βΒ a box with access to a low-level painting API
embed β a box that negotiates layout for rendering 3rd party ANSI components
table βΒ a container for row/col elements
row β like <tr>
col βΒ like <td>
box βΒ like a <div> with flex box
text βΒ like a Text node
canvas βΒ a box with access to a low-level painting API
embed β a box that negotiates layout for rendering 3rd party ANSI components
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Currently the planned elements are:
table βΒ a container for row/col elements
row β like <tr>
col βΒ like <td>
box βΒ like a <div> with flex box
text βΒ like a Text node
canvas βΒ a box with access to a low-level painting API
embed β a box that negotiates layout for rendering 3rd party ANSI components
table βΒ a container for row/col elements
row β like <tr>
col βΒ like <td>
box βΒ like a <div> with flex box
text βΒ like a Text node
canvas βΒ a box with access to a low-level painting API
embed β a box that negotiates layout for rendering 3rd party ANSI components
Youβll also have access to the low-level canvas drawing utilities that let you draw layered boxes and lines, use shading, etc.
Youβll be able to select from any UTF-8 font when rendering text. All the layout is automatic and high level. Like using CSS. You can even specify light/dark variants.
Youβll be able to select from any UTF-8 font when rendering text. All the layout is automatic and high level. Like using CSS. You can even specify light/dark variants.
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Youβll also have access to the low-level canvas drawing utilities that let you draw layered boxes and lines, use shading, etc.
Youβll be able to select from any UTF-8 font when rendering text. All the layout is automatic and high level. Like using CSS. You can even specify light/dark variants.
Youβll be able to select from any UTF-8 font when rendering text. All the layout is automatic and high level. Like using CSS. You can even specify light/dark variants.
Youβll be able to define character animations for loading spinners, draw vertical and horizontal bars with 1/8th of a character precision. Youβll be able to embed ANSI blocks from other libraries, with βembedβ blocks partaking in the layout flow, negotiating for space in the final layout.
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Youβll be able to define character animations for loading spinners, draw vertical and horizontal bars with 1/8th of a character precision. Youβll be able to embed ANSI blocks from other libraries, with βembedβ blocks partaking in the layout flow, negotiating for space in the final layout.
Youβll be able to control overflow, with scrolling elements and focus management. Youβll be able to create clickable elements. Youβll be able to use Phlex::Kits to define your own reusable, responsive components like buttons and cards. Youβll be able to respond to keyboard and mouse input too.
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Youβll be able to control overflow, with scrolling elements and focus management. Youβll be able to create clickable elements. Youβll be able to use Phlex::Kits to define your own reusable, responsive components like buttons and cards. Youβll be able to respond to keyboard and mouse input too.
Connecting borders will automatically join up with equivalent adjoining characters. For example, if a thin horizontal line crosses a thick vertical line, the character at the cross point will be automatically replaced with the appropriate adjoining box-drawing character. β
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Connecting borders will automatically join up with equivalent adjoining characters. For example, if a thin horizontal line crosses a thick vertical line, the character at the cross point will be automatically replaced with the appropriate adjoining box-drawing character. β