Jason Meller
@jmeller.bsky.social
Founder of Kolide.com
VP, Product at 1Password
Author of honest.security
CT, USA
I write about entrepreneurship, Ruby, IT, and cyber security.
VP, Product at 1Password
Author of honest.security
CT, USA
I write about entrepreneurship, Ruby, IT, and cyber security.
Great news for all who depend on a Ruby ecosystem that's healthy and secure.
Ruby Gems and Bundler will be moved into the Ruby organization.
* Ruby Core and Ruby Central will be managing it together
* No changes to license, IP, or copyright
* rubygems.org operated by Ruby Central
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
rubycentral.org/news/ruby-ce...
* Ruby Core and Ruby Central will be managing it together
* No changes to license, IP, or copyright
* rubygems.org operated by Ruby Central
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
rubycentral.org/news/ruby-ce...
The Transition of RubyGems Repository Ownership
www.ruby-lang.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great news for all who depend on a Ruby ecosystem that's healthy and secure.
Reposted by Jason Meller
Good news for the Ruby ecosystem.
RubyGems now has the same governance as Ruby itself. Matz and Ruby Core as stewards.
If Ruby Core has authority over where gems (by default) install from, this alignment makes sense.
Viva la Ruby!
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
RubyGems now has the same governance as Ruby itself. Matz and Ruby Core as stewards.
If Ruby Core has authority over where gems (by default) install from, this alignment makes sense.
Viva la Ruby!
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
The Transition of RubyGems Repository Ownership
www.ruby-lang.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good news for the Ruby ecosystem.
RubyGems now has the same governance as Ruby itself. Matz and Ruby Core as stewards.
If Ruby Core has authority over where gems (by default) install from, this alignment makes sense.
Viva la Ruby!
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
RubyGems now has the same governance as Ruby itself. Matz and Ruby Core as stewards.
If Ruby Core has authority over where gems (by default) install from, this alignment makes sense.
Viva la Ruby!
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025...
Arko in this post says he’s in control of a second 1Password account. One thing he should do is check if he’s the only owner. If he is, no one can evict him and regain the account.
IMO he should have disclosed this access to them in his original email, esp if it’s how he got AWS root access.
IMO he should have disclosed this access to them in his original email, esp if it’s how he got AWS root access.
Ruby Central said some really concerning things today. I don’t think they’re representing the situation accurately. andre.arko.net/2025/10/09/t...
The RubyGems “security incident”
Ruby Central posted an extremely concerning “Incident Response Timeline” today, in which they make a number of exaggerated or purely misleading claims. Here’s my effort to set the record straight.
Fir...
andre.arko.net
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Arko in this post says he’s in control of a second 1Password account. One thing he should do is check if he’s the only owner. If he is, no one can evict him and regain the account.
IMO he should have disclosed this access to them in his original email, esp if it’s how he got AWS root access.
IMO he should have disclosed this access to them in his original email, esp if it’s how he got AWS root access.
How can you tell if non-tech leadership understood your tech idea? Their first questions are about patent status.
November 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
How can you tell if non-tech leadership understood your tech idea? Their first questions are about patent status.
3 things I found are always true when making SaaS.
1. To know what you need to build, you must first build it.
2. A fast and cost-effective way to find and fix bad bugs is to ship them to production.
3. If you're nervous about deploying to production, the solution is to deploy more frequently.
1. To know what you need to build, you must first build it.
2. A fast and cost-effective way to find and fix bad bugs is to ship them to production.
3. If you're nervous about deploying to production, the solution is to deploy more frequently.
November 17, 2024 at 3:49 PM
3 things I found are always true when making SaaS.
1. To know what you need to build, you must first build it.
2. A fast and cost-effective way to find and fix bad bugs is to ship them to production.
3. If you're nervous about deploying to production, the solution is to deploy more frequently.
1. To know what you need to build, you must first build it.
2. A fast and cost-effective way to find and fix bad bugs is to ship them to production.
3. If you're nervous about deploying to production, the solution is to deploy more frequently.
Here it is! The toothpaste that most accurately simulates brushing your teeth with dirty swimming pool water!
July 5, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Here it is! The toothpaste that most accurately simulates brushing your teeth with dirty swimming pool water!
How I used ChatGPT today. This saved me at least 20 minutes because I always (ALWAYS) mess up stuff when it comes to time.
July 4, 2023 at 8:45 PM
How I used ChatGPT today. This saved me at least 20 minutes because I always (ALWAYS) mess up stuff when it comes to time.
Reposted by Jason Meller
We’ve got more “small teams” than ever before. They’re all mostly B2B SaaS.
I think B2C is the big upset. How do we explain to people that they should “shop local” when it comes to software.
And pay for it!
I think B2C is the big upset. How do we explain to people that they should “shop local” when it comes to software.
And pay for it!
July 4, 2023 at 6:15 AM
We’ve got more “small teams” than ever before. They’re all mostly B2B SaaS.
I think B2C is the big upset. How do we explain to people that they should “shop local” when it comes to software.
And pay for it!
I think B2C is the big upset. How do we explain to people that they should “shop local” when it comes to software.
And pay for it!
Happy Fourth of July!
…or as it is better known in the UK, “Urgent Support Ticket Submission Day”
…or as it is better known in the UK, “Urgent Support Ticket Submission Day”
July 4, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Happy Fourth of July!
…or as it is better known in the UK, “Urgent Support Ticket Submission Day”
…or as it is better known in the UK, “Urgent Support Ticket Submission Day”
July 3, 2023 at 10:00 PM
What do you do on a day like today?
You write docs.
You write docs.
July 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM
What do you do on a day like today?
You write docs.
You write docs.
I love our channel on the #macadmins Slack and I love the passionate people who build things with our API.
Thanks Thomas. ❤️
https://www.macadmins.org/slack
Thanks Thomas. ❤️
https://www.macadmins.org/slack
July 3, 2023 at 1:43 PM
I love our channel on the #macadmins Slack and I love the passionate people who build things with our API.
Thanks Thomas. ❤️
https://www.macadmins.org/slack
Thanks Thomas. ❤️
https://www.macadmins.org/slack
...And 4 emails and docusign later, it's already 6:00am. Gotta get these three noobs up for the day!
July 3, 2023 at 10:04 AM
...And 4 emails and docusign later, it's already 6:00am. Gotta get these three noobs up for the day!
Third task for the day. Lot's of stuff shipped over the weekend. What I like to do is let individual customers to know via our shared Slack channels when something they cared about ships.
This is one of those things that won't scale for long, but we do it anyway because it's the right thing to do.
This is one of those things that won't scale for long, but we do it anyway because it's the right thing to do.
July 3, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Third task for the day. Lot's of stuff shipped over the weekend. What I like to do is let individual customers to know via our shared Slack channels when something they cared about ships.
This is one of those things that won't scale for long, but we do it anyway because it's the right thing to do.
This is one of those things that won't scale for long, but we do it anyway because it's the right thing to do.
Reposted by Jason Meller
Btw, we can see when this commit is deployed by going to https://www.kolide.com/version which simply shows the SHA1 hash of the git commit deployed.
This was an idea I stole from a GitHub talk in the early 2010s. I think from Kyle Neath?
This was an idea I stole from a GitHub talk in the early 2010s. I think from Kyle Neath?
July 3, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Btw, we can see when this commit is deployed by going to https://www.kolide.com/version which simply shows the SHA1 hash of the git commit deployed.
This was an idea I stole from a GitHub talk in the early 2010s. I think from Kyle Neath?
This was an idea I stole from a GitHub talk in the early 2010s. I think from Kyle Neath?
Second Problem. Customer bug report.
Kolide offers Slack based support (which btw is the best decision we've ever made) & while normally it's quiet, we have a customer who is hitting a problem with mobile registration.
This is bad because I _just_ changed this code last night.
What did I break?
Kolide offers Slack based support (which btw is the best decision we've ever made) & while normally it's quiet, we have a customer who is hitting a problem with mobile registration.
This is bad because I _just_ changed this code last night.
What did I break?
July 3, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Second Problem. Customer bug report.
Kolide offers Slack based support (which btw is the best decision we've ever made) & while normally it's quiet, we have a customer who is hitting a problem with mobile registration.
This is bad because I _just_ changed this code last night.
What did I break?
Kolide offers Slack based support (which btw is the best decision we've ever made) & while normally it's quiet, we have a customer who is hitting a problem with mobile registration.
This is bad because I _just_ changed this code last night.
What did I break?
First problem. The kolide.com/blog uses the srcset so that a lower resolution image is loaded on mobile. Sadly on Safari, the first cover image does not show up.
Blog | Kolide - Zero Trust Access Designed for Okta
The latest news, tutorials, deep-dives, and more from Kolide.
kolide.com
July 3, 2023 at 8:30 AM
First problem. The kolide.com/blog uses the srcset so that a lower resolution image is loaded on mobile. Sadly on Safari, the first cover image does not show up.
It’s 4:25am, it’s Monday. Let’s get into it.
July 3, 2023 at 8:26 AM
It’s 4:25am, it’s Monday. Let’s get into it.