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This thread does a better job of capturing why the cloud isn’t merely “renting a bunch of servers” than anything else I’ve seen recently.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This thread does a better job of capturing why the cloud isn’t merely “renting a bunch of servers” than anything else I’ve seen recently.
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I wrote about some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward. blog.peterzhu.ca/open-source-...
Open Source is the Most Fragile and Most Resilient Ecosystem - Peter Zhu
Some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward.
blog.peterzhu.ca
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I wrote about some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward. blog.peterzhu.ca/open-source-...
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I tried to explain why I don't believe the recent accusations toward my former teammates, as well as how the Ruby and Rails Infra team at Shopify operates and why it can be trusted.
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn’t Your Enemy
I’ve been meaning to write a post about my perspective on Open Source and corporate entities. I already got the rough outline of it; however, I’m suffering from writer’s block, but more importantly, t...
byroot.github.io
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I tried to explain why I don't believe the recent accusations toward my former teammates, as well as how the Ruby and Rails Infra team at Shopify operates and why it can be trusted.
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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My Linux laptop is named "Grandma" because every time it goes to sleep there's a terrific chance it's never gonna wake up again.
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My Linux laptop is named "Grandma" because every time it goes to sleep there's a terrific chance it's never gonna wake up again.
Original post: dice.camp/@johnzajac/1...
July 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Original post: dice.camp/@johnzajac/1...
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A bunch of tech CEOs are talking about being “AI-first”, the latest in a series of CEO fads like “return to office”, “founder mode” and “pivot to full fascism”. This one’s weird, though, because it only makes sense if… none of their workers are great at their jobs. anildash.com/2025/04/19/a...
"AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A bunch of tech CEOs are talking about being “AI-first”, the latest in a series of CEO fads like “return to office”, “founder mode” and “pivot to full fascism”. This one’s weird, though, because it only makes sense if… none of their workers are great at their jobs. anildash.com/2025/04/19/a...
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February 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I got quite a lot of free time lately, so I figured I'd use it to blog a bit. Hopefully it's worth the effort?
Here's the first one, about some of the optimizations I and others made to ruby/json recently: byroot.github.io/ruby/json/20...
Here's the first one, about some of the optimizations I and others made to ruby/json recently: byroot.github.io/ruby/json/20...
Optimizing Ruby’s JSON, Part 1
I was recently made maintainer of the json gem, and aside from fixing some old bugs, I focused quite a bit on its performance, so that it is now the fastest JSON parser and generator for Ruby on most ...
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December 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I got quite a lot of free time lately, so I figured I'd use it to blog a bit. Hopefully it's worth the effort?
Here's the first one, about some of the optimizations I and others made to ruby/json recently: byroot.github.io/ruby/json/20...
Here's the first one, about some of the optimizations I and others made to ruby/json recently: byroot.github.io/ruby/json/20...
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People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
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Ruby 3.4.0-rc1 is out!
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I'm working to keep stability of new release now. Please build and run your code with 3.4.0-rc1. If you faced issues, please file it to bugs.ruby-lang.org. #ruby
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I'm working to keep stability of new release now. Please build and run your code with 3.4.0-rc1. If you faced issues, please file it to bugs.ruby-lang.org. #ruby
Release 3.4.0-rc1 · ruby/ruby
What's Changed
YJIT: Add --yjit-mem-size option by k0kubun · Pull Request #11810
[DOC] Tweaks for Array#permutation by BurdetteLamar · Pull Request #11802
[DOC] Tweaks for Array#pop by BurdetteLam...
github.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Ruby 3.4.0-rc1 is out!
github.com/ruby/ruby/re...
github.com/rbenv/ruby-b...
I'm working to keep stability of new release now. Please build and run your code with 3.4.0-rc1. If you faced issues, please file it to bugs.ruby-lang.org. #ruby
github.com/ruby/ruby/re...
github.com/rbenv/ruby-b...
I'm working to keep stability of new release now. Please build and run your code with 3.4.0-rc1. If you faced issues, please file it to bugs.ruby-lang.org. #ruby
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I could not have been clearer about this
December 9, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I could not have been clearer about this