I'm usually pretty emotionally, even? But I just made the final update to Sustainable Rails and have taken it out of print. It doesn't feel good, even though it is the right call for me. I enjoyed writing&updating the book over the years & the advice it contains is still highly recommended. But…

Looking at Rails 8.1 to update https://sustainable-rails.com. The CI stuff is…really poorly designed IMO. What was something that could be created, managed, and expanded using shell scripts is now an inflexible DSL that I'm guessing most teams will jettison immediately.

I don't need much from my iPhone, really, but being notified when a contact calls me or when I get a text would be awesome. I have a sneaking suspicion that installing RoboKiller - to the tune of $80 - is why I no longer get notifications for most calls/texts.

Reason # 467 to not rely on software produced by 37 Signals: https://github.com/hotwired/turbo/issues/1456 My only surprise is that David Rails didn't just post a picture of the fuck you slide and actually wrote a response

I was on the Dead Code Podcast talking about https://brutrb.com (and a bit about #looptober and synths). Had a good convo about why Brut is currently the way it is and where it might go.

Take two of my interview with @davetron5000.com. We talk alternative Ruby web frameworks, synthesizers, and how Rails might be easy, but it's not necessarily simple. shows.acast.com/dead-code/ep...

the former maintainers of Bundler and RubyGems have a proposal: we want to move Ruby forward andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/w...

I wrote my most personal blog post to date. It summarizes some of my personal feelings and experiences in the Ruby/Rails community. afomera.dev/posts/2025-1...

I use a modified version where I set `$debug` in a test causing an issue, then check it in the code to put debugging info

Current Status: 529 payment to my nephew's school lost in mail, $250 late fee. Cool. Meanwhile, DME wants to swap batteries on my Dad's power chair which would leave him immobile for 1-2 months while we wait. Problem is the power cable, not batteries. Cool.

#looptober Oct 7 - I think I need to master/normalize these - they seem really quiet. Loving the TR-8, which I discovered has the 7x7 drum machines in it!

Oops, forgot the link re: bsky.app/profile/dave... ephemeral5000.bandcamp.com/track/oct-6

Re: musical gear, I realized that I don't care about "analog warmth" - I need the immediacy of being able to grab a knob and turn it and have it do something (what's called "knob-per-function"). Programming analogy here:

The music I make (e.g. in #looptober) is all "dawless", so only hardware synths/sequencers. To quickly remind myself what they can do and avoid going into the manuals on my phone, I made a PWA generator to capture quick docs/cheatsheets for each synth.

#looptober for Oct 6, this time with more techno (I think?) sounds. I just got a TR-8, and the combo of it + the Drumbrute Impact sounds great in my headphones. Steampipe is packed up & awaiting my listing on Reverb. I was also going to sell my Microfreak, but I think I might try harder to love it.

Handoff strikes again - new iPad OS allows taking calls on it. As it did when enabled for Mac, the net result is calls don't ring anywhere and I just get voicemails popping up. You can't delete the phone app, but I think I disabled it. It's a LOT of settings.

Per suggestion from https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb, I enabled adaptive transparency mode (which I had confused with "turn the volume down when you clear your throat mode"). It is really cool! Was doing some woodworking… re: https://ruby.social/@davetron5000/115265298490572809

#looptober for oct 5, Steampipe on lead again, however I think I'm gonna get rid of it. I'm not a good pianist and don't have a linnstrument, so I think it's just sorta lost on me.

#looptober for Oct 4 - I think the Steampipe is not a great synth for me. I thought it would be more tweakable than it is, but most of the time turning dials creates non-musical sounds/detunes drastically. It's playing the lead in this song, and it's a fine sound, but it's just another preset

#looptober For Oct 3 - featuring East Beast on lead (wait til :45 or so). This is in my favorite BPM range, 150-165. It's probably super cheesy, but I like ska and pop punk so whatever :)

The Anthropic settlement (where they mass-pirated ebooks) seems to be coming to a close and it looks like you can't make a claim for a book you wrote that they stole unless you registered it with the US Copyright Office. Why this matters?

#looptober day 2 - this features a "flute" from the Erica Steampipe (that is a preset because programming that thing is like 0.7 DX7 level synth programming).

Gonna try to do #looptober this year. First track done in about 30 minutes.

Y'all, I'm retiring from public life - ParkMobile had a massive data breach and a class action lawsuit was settled. THE SYSTEM WORKED! I'll be clearing a cool $1.00 (USD) that I can use only in 25 cent increments and only when I use ParkMobile. I've struck gold!!!!

Reddit wanted a password reset. It doesn't work unless you type a character into one of the text fields. Continually amazed that literally one guy out-programmed and out-product-managed a massive team at a public company.

AirPods Pro 3 heart rate monitoring seems to work pretty well, modulo Apple's awful bluetooth/software. The AirPods must be paired to the phone, so e.g. you cannot watch AppleTV with the AirPods and get heart rate. You also have to keep the phone active to avoid it auto-connecting to the TV

I understand the appeal to make DSLs or compact configuration around cumbersome standardized tools. Docker is a great example - it's a mish-mash of extremely specific sensitive incantations you copy from a vendor and your own app-specific stuff - both things you manage differently…

NGL, there is still something magical about Terraform to me - create a config file and stuff is setup; dependencies between coordinated - very cool. That said, HCL is not my favorite config language, but they did do a good job of erroring instead of footgunning when you do things incorrectly.

> Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences for that speech. It is at great risk I consider my words and publishing them. However, I simply must say something therefore I write today. wrote this latest post from the heart. it's about #ruby and #rails afomera.dev/posts/2025-0...

My bank (Novo) has not done this to me, but I assume it's only a matter of time. I really wish there were an easy way to know which companies had humans on staff to provide customer service and which don't. Sounds like Wise doesn't.

I have not signed the "hard fork" letter, not because Tobi won't think I'm a terrible person—I hope he does—but because I don't want a hard fork of Rails. I want the community to use Rails less. I want Rails to be less important to the community. One reason I created https://brutrb.com

https://xcancel.com/tobi/status/1970944464303923687 Billionaire is scared by a markdown file with some names on it. Wonder if he's ever faced real criticism and real consequences?

Previously, I'd mentioned creating playlists in Plex based on where I was when listening. Today's is "Creative Nomad on MUNI" I had the giant Jukebox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Nomad#Nomad_Jukebox_Zen) and I think 64 _megabytes_. This was late 90's meaning ska punk was heavily featured

I got the AirPods Pro 3, upgrading from original AirPods Pro. My thoughts: • Sound is fine • Noise cancelling is good • Controlling stuff by manipulating the "sticks" doesn't work for me at all - it does stuff, just nothing like what I want.

In https://brutrb.com, I wanted codegen,app templates, etc to be more predictable and helpful than Rails/Thor. To that end: • Using Prism instead of gsub where I can • Designing codegen to work on both new and existing apps • Failing on wrong assumptions vs silently moving on like Thor

More clarification from Ruby Central: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyCiE3GjQps I can't find a transcript, but it's only 9 minutes long. For me, this adequately explains what they were trying to do and why. I think they did an extremely poor job of planning & execution.

Why does Cloudflare support the linux distro created by a multi-millionaire instead of like, any other important open source project?

Things Ruby Central should always keep in mind: • Most people don't know how non-profits work • Most people don't know how companies work • Almost no ruby dev knows how RubyGems etc. are built and maintained or even what is involved • When information is scare, almost everyone catastrophizes

Apologies for the substack link, but this appears to me the most clear explanation so far of what happened with Ruby Central:

I strongly considered making https://brutrb.com in JavaScript, to extend the reach of the framework and to be rid of David Rails entirely. I didn't, because I despise async programming and await/async keywords in particular. But, boy howdy, maybe I should've ejected from Ruby anyway

Wild idea: use what you know

My evergreen post that you literally cannot manage security issues in an NPM-based system: naildrivin5.com/blog/2019/07... Why do people do it? Easy and/or inertia and/or don’t' care. What actual person has EVER been held seriously accountable for a security incident?

Some of the most effective engineers I've worked with just don't give a shit about conferences, blogs, or influencing.They've never heard of ruby drama, never watched Wat. They just quietly do awesome things. Also worked with devs who didn't know what they were doing, but gave great talks.

I continue working on https://brutrb.com Just added `<brut-toast>` (https://brutrb.com/brut-js/api/Toast.html) which is a custom element to help with adding toasts. Styling, hiding, showing is done via CSS. https://gist.github.com/davetron5000/8397752372d914ac0cac20dccbf5b5b9

My home automation experience is mixed and I am too old for nonsense. Here's my review of everything I've tried: X10 - OLD SCHOOL, did not work if anything was weird with your wires at home. Nest - as mentioned, pretty bad. Devices look nice? Software was garbage from day 1, never improved.

FINALLY!!!! I've been waiting for my Nest Smoke alarm to age out and now I am finally free of the horrible Nest Ecosystem. From a learning thermostat that could not learn, to a dogshit slow app for video, to having an absolute hard-on for Google Home…good riddance.

Is there a good list of marketing spam/recruiting spam URLS that can be used to block incoming emails? Not just a 100%-known spammer, but junk like "we have mobile developers ready to help" or "optimize the SEO of your website" crap. I block the domains when I get spam and have over 100 in my list

Recently there was a discussion about using ivars directly vs. private accessors: www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comme... I've been using private accessors, but @davetron5000.com's take changed my mind. 🧵 1/2