Jared Norman
@jardo.dev
Computers bend to my will. https://jardo.dev
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Jared Norman
@jardo.dev
· Nov 26
I guess I'll introduce myself to Bluesky. I'm Jared, but you can call me Jardo. Computers bend to my will. I'm based in Victoria, BC, and help organizations build eCommerce systems that make Shopify stores jealous using Ruby on Rails and Solidus.
Sick track but not sure why everyone talking about it. youtu.be/0sa2R-PM0Uk?si=8-o8H...
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Sick track but not sure why everyone talking about it. youtu.be/0sa2R-PM0Uk?si=8-o8H...
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*stop trying to make toasts happen*
“GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.”
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
Toasts
GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.
primer.style
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
*stop trying to make toasts happen*
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The 5.4 update of OCaml is out! Check out our blog for an overview of the biggest new features and fixes🐫 tarides.com/blog/2025-10...
OCaml 5.4 Release: New Features, Fixes, and More!
An overview of the OCaml 5.4 update highlighting new features and bug fixes!
tarides.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The 5.4 update of OCaml is out! Check out our blog for an overview of the biggest new features and fixes🐫 tarides.com/blog/2025-10...
The power went out at the cabin right after we finished making breakfast this morning. Lit a candle and watched the waves roll in.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The power went out at the cabin right after we finished making breakfast this morning. Lit a candle and watched the waves roll in.
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After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
If I make the mistake of opening Twitter on my MacBook Air, I am warned to close it by my laptop heating up so quickly that I can almost immediately feel it through the keyboard.
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If I make the mistake of opening Twitter on my MacBook Air, I am warned to close it by my laptop heating up so quickly that I can almost immediately feel it through the keyboard.
I'm always a little torn between how convenient let! can be, versus the maintenance tradeoffs. I've probably dealt with enough byzantine test files that I should fear let! more... but I don't. allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/rspec-and-l...
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm always a little torn between how convenient let! can be, versus the maintenance tradeoffs. I've probably dealt with enough byzantine test files that I should fear let! more... but I don't. allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/rspec-and-l...
Some days I kinda wish that I'd been in the right place at the right time to have had the chance to write even a little bit of Smalltalk professionally. noelrappin.com/blog/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some days I kinda wish that I'd been in the right place at the right time to have had the chance to write even a little bit of Smalltalk professionally. noelrappin.com/blog/2025/1...
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The Ruby extension for @zed.dev just got better! Huge thanks to @marcoroth.dev for adding `zed-comment` support (including all ERB languages) and RBS inline syntax highlighting!
You can find full release notes at github.com/zed-extensio...
You can find full release notes at github.com/zed-extensio...
Release v0.16.0 · zed-extensions/ruby
What's Changed
Add support for zed-comment by @marcoroth in #203
chore(deps): update pnpm to v10.20.0 by @renovate[bot] in #201
Add zed-comment support for all ERB languages by @marcoroth in #205
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github.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Ruby extension for @zed.dev just got better! Huge thanks to @marcoroth.dev for adding `zed-comment` support (including all ERB languages) and RBS inline syntax highlighting!
You can find full release notes at github.com/zed-extensio...
You can find full release notes at github.com/zed-extensio...
Saw this shared so it's worth noting that they are being super conservative about how they are using Rust. www.deployhq.com/blog/git-3-...
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Saw this shared so it's worth noting that they are being super conservative about how they are using Rust. www.deployhq.com/blog/git-3-...
You know me, I love a good post about Ruby internals. patshaughnessy.net/2025/11/3/c...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You know me, I love a good post about Ruby internals. patshaughnessy.net/2025/11/3/c...
For ten days starting next week I'm going to be staying less than five minutes from my fav surf break, rather than over an hour like normal. I cannot wait.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For ten days starting next week I'm going to be staying less than five minutes from my fav surf break, rather than over an hour like normal. I cannot wait.
Disoriented this morning when my alarm played the House theme song.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Disoriented this morning when my alarm played the House theme song.
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“Rails is easy… but it’s not simple.”
David Bryant Copeland unpacks why simple code often takes more effort — and why he designed Brut around that philosophy.
David Bryant Copeland unpacks why simple code often takes more effort — and why he designed Brut around that philosophy.
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“Rails is easy… but it’s not simple.”
David Bryant Copeland unpacks why simple code often takes more effort — and why he designed Brut around that philosophy.
David Bryant Copeland unpacks why simple code often takes more effort — and why he designed Brut around that philosophy.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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Just realized that TIME magazine is probably going to do something dumb and name AI as the Person of the Year, isn't it?
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just realized that TIME magazine is probably going to do something dumb and name AI as the Person of the Year, isn't it?
I haven't looked at the Dead Code metrics in months. We could have blown up and I'd have no idea.
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I haven't looked at the Dead Code metrics in months. We could have blown up and I'd have no idea.
Reminder that if you're still not sick of me, you can go get more of me (but mostly other people) on my podcast, Dead Code. https://deadcode.website
deadcode.website
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reminder that if you're still not sick of me, you can go get more of me (but mostly other people) on my podcast, Dead Code. https://deadcode.website
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exciting updates in the OCaml platform this month! OCaml 5.4.0 released with labelled tuples, immutable arrays, and atomic record fields 🔥 plus a new security team was established. what features are you most excited to try? 🐫
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
exciting updates in the OCaml platform this month! OCaml 5.4.0 released with labelled tuples, immutable arrays, and atomic record fields 🔥 plus a new security team was established. what features are you most excited to try? 🐫
I should probably make more of an effort to play with Ruby's pattern matching. allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/how-to-use-...
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I should probably make more of an effort to play with Ruby's pattern matching. allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/how-to-use-...
Aaron changed the name of his blog. leftofthe.dev/2025/10/27/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Aaron changed the name of his blog. leftofthe.dev/2025/10/27/...
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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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It's official! The beta release of Eloquent Ruby, 2nd edition is now on sale!
pragprog.com/titles/eruby...
pragprog.com/titles/eruby...
Eloquent Ruby, Second Edition
Write elegant Ruby code--not just correct, but idiomatic. Go beyond the vocabulary and syntax and learn to express yourself with eloquence.
pragprog.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's official! The beta release of Eloquent Ruby, 2nd edition is now on sale!
pragprog.com/titles/eruby...
pragprog.com/titles/eruby...