If you know of any open-source program using Ractors, let me know, I'd be interested to try it with ractor-shim.

Hello, Ruby World! sfruby.com

#civictech is about benefiting the public good - not government efficiency

www.civictechnologists.org/2025/02/civi...

@derekeder.com and I write for @civictechallies.bsky.social on what civic tech volunteer groups can do to reduce harm brought on by the new administrations policies (thread!)

ACT unequivocally supports all diverse individuals. We stand for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility to build stronger, more innovative #civictech and public service.

Read our full joint statement with #TechnologistsForThePublicGood (#TPG) 👇

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If people leaving USDS are looking to stay in #civictech, the Alliance of Civic Technologisits (@civictechallies.bsky.social) is recruiting for both our current member organizations and for starting NEW civic technology volunteer organizations.

Get in touch -> hello(at)civictechnologists.org

I'm rereading "Radical Focus" to sharpen up my dislike of how OKRs are practiced.

I guess this is how we code now 🫠

tbh I'm not unhappy with the result, just disappointed in myself.

GitHub is now running Ruby 3.4.1

I wrote some high level thoughts to help make sense of the current reality of AI: https://island94.org/2025/1/how-im-thinking-about-ai-llms

I wrote about moving my static site blog from Jekyll to Parklife+Rails: https://island94.org/2025/1/living-parklife-with-rails-coming-from-jekyll

RubyConf 2024 talks are live on @rubyvideo.dev! 🥳

shouldve titled the piece "zones of ethical interest"

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