UI means user interface and UX means user exerface

I wrote a history of rv until now, what we've released, and what our plans are andre.arko.net/2026/06/13/rv-…

🔥New Blog Post: Ruby Hello World on Linux with rv: Quickstart Guide 💡Discover rv, the fast Ruby version manager. Step-by-step guide to install Ruby on Linux (Fedora) with rv, set up RubyMine, and run your first Hello World. #ruby #rubymine #linux blog.devandreacarratta.it/en/ruby-rv-h...

they published 2,118 RFCs before going "we should define what 'should' means"

#GemCoop namespaces are now out of beta! gem.coop/updates/7/ I am *SUPER* excited about this!

has the time come? will we finally be able to convince companies that we shouldn’t treat our teammates like strangers? I for one would love to Stop Using Pull Requests: a4al6a.substack.com/p/stop-using... (this isn’t about open source… yet)

DSLs are a bad idea because programmers are not good at designing programming languages. It’s like letting the nouveau riche spec their own mcmansion

With new gaming hardware getting more expensive by the day, it's finally time to start making games again for the hardware everyone already owns. That's right, the sun rises once more for the Nintendo DS

this weekend is the last weekend of the indo net cafe! come watch award-winning indonesian film "daly city", and read pieces by @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social & @mayli.bsky.social! 78 gough st, sf sat & sun 1-6pm

enough. i’m tired of github actions. it’s time for github consequences

Welcome to Hanakai! The new home for Hanami, Dry, and Rom. hanakai.org/blog/2026/05...

this was very good, thank you for writing it @tarakiyee.bsky.social tarakiyee.com/gardens-not-ro…

thinking about F L I G H T P O T A T O

last month, i hosted in internet cafe at my studio. next month, which is aapi month, i'm hosting an indo-net cafe—a showcase of digital narratives by indonesian american artists, alongside indonesian snacks! luma.com/zp9dqquy

I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

TIL the hypothetical samurai who sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln could have drunk a cup of Folgers coffee beforehand. History is amazing.

anyone need a NetApp or F5 rack mount server while I’m at the gatcha store?

open to contracts as well, short- or long-term! let me clean up your mess!

polycule's "clawdbot" who is just a service bottom with an objectification kink, who occasionally gets bratty and deletes your files despite telling her "make no mistakes"

We did it!

OH the burning bush is definitely an SCP oh yeah? Sanctify, Cleanse, Protect?

Mountain Dew, I choose YOU https://www.igloocoolers.com/products/pokemon-poke-ball-crossbody-cooler

Towards an amicable resolution with Ruby Central andre.arko.net/2026/04/02/tow…

born too late for lead poisoning, born too early for slop, i am generation microplastics

I should make a game of life simulator for the terminal called "shellular automata"

I’ve posted the full unedited Zoom recording of the meeting between Ruby Central and RubyGems maintainers that took place on 17 September 2025, *before* the takeover. youtu.be/FjQKOIf8_Wg

if you're in san francisco early for GDC, saturday and sunday will be the last two days of this interactive art showcase!

excited to showcase some cool games by game devs of color in collaboration with @gdocexpo.com next wednesday! rsvp here! luma.com/2v2mgk41

nullsignal.games continues to knock it out of the park when they make new NetRunner cards

after four months of private discussions, I have an update on the Bundler and RubyGems situation with Ruby Central: andre.arko.net/2026/03/03/fou…

they should invent a cost of living that goes down

rvx installs and runs Rails in 8 seconds, vs. gem exec rails in 18 seconds.

OH so like a functional programmer to not have class consciousness

who called them persistent data structures and not cow tools

the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair

OH I've noticed a trend of some of the people I work with like...re-juniorizing, is the only way I can really think to describe it?

rv has a big release, with windows support and gem CLI tools! the fastest way to generate a rails app is now `brew install rv; rvx rails new`. check it out: https://spinel.coop/blog/rv-0.5-cli-tools-windows/

by the way, you don't need to RSVP to attend POPUP INTERNET CAFE (opening this weekend) but if you do RSVP, you can get some fun freebies! luma.com/calendar/cal...

Whoa nice! If you're hesitant to try @jj-vcs.dev because you're a Magit user maybe try this out

“I wish the programming industry would take security problems more seriously, and expect new software to not be full of known holes” :monkey’s paw curls:

Announcing the winners of the 2026 Gem Fellowship! gem.coop/updates/2026...

vtuber is short for vpotato

@andycroll.bsky.social is there any chance there will ever be more physical copies of the poignant guide? I have just seen the conference guestbook copy and now I really want one of my own 😅

gem.coop has news! we've just released dependency cooldowns (in beta), a strong defense against supply chain attacks gem.coop/updates/4/

if my favorite author is jane austen, does that mean i have regency bias?

"wifi" is short for wireless fireless

Hyped to see rv reach v0.4 - spinel.coop/blog/rv-clea... - I've been enjoying working on it with @indirect.io, @adamchalmers.com, and the @spinel.coop folks!

rv 0.4 can install your project gems now. Locked gems only so far, but that's still super exciting. Try it out, and tell us what you want next! spinel.coop/blog/rv-clea...

last night on this boat the 7yo was trying to give a clue for "YouTube" and screamed "the opposite of Netflix!!!". I am still trying to recover today