I’ve created a custom QGIS plugin repository where I share the QGIS plugins I develop. This allows you to install and test the latest plugin versions early, before they are released to the official QGIS Plugin Repository. 🔗 Explore the repository: qgis.gishub.org #QGIS #Geospatial #OpenSource

I just realized that my primary driver for 25 Years (!) now has been a 14" #Thinkpad... from my first T20 in Oct 2000 to my current P14s, from IBM to Lenovo, from the T series to the P now, and from Widows 98 to Windows 10 (still). #PC #Computers

o hai 💎 slatedb-rb :D github.com/catkins/slat...

I'm a tad bit nervous to be presenting an Introductory talk about #DuckDB at the RubySG Dec meetup today (9 Dec)! But I have a good 11million record synthetic dataset to show some of the features! Register: luma.com/0em8ixuy #Programming #Ruby #Singapore

In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%. Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.

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I really liked this talk by Rory Sutherland, and the idea of "detail" and sweating the small stuff - youtu.be/dkLcwHmnPV4?...

今日の #izumo_developers_guild #rubyworld と #mrubygirls の影響もあって、PicoRubyを使ってる人がとても多い!!!

Just released RubyGems/Bundler 4.0.0: blog.rubygems.org/2025/12/03/4... I also published Upgrading Guide for 4.0.0: blog.rubygems.org/2025/12/03/u... RubyGems reached 4.0 a little earlier than Ruby, but I'm really looking forward to 12/25.

I've been experimenting with various serialization formats (as supported by github.com/elixir-explo...) to save "tabular validation reports". Choosing the right format for the job definitely matters!

Wanted to write a short post abt changing default icons on #Windows for #Office files, and so far I've written 2 other posts that make sense to write separately since these are common steps for multiple things... finally, I can start to write the post that I originally intended

Blog post announcement of DB GUI 0.3.0 & Glimmer DSL for LibUI 0.13.1 andymaleh.blogspot.com/2025/11/db-g... #ruby #desktop #gui #glimmer #dsl #libui #development #desktopdevelopment #programming #dev #software #softwareengineering

One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes: “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.” More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

Honestly, this picture's much better than you'd think. Barring the fact that most non-developers probably weren't looking for Windows Terminal, and you can remove internet searches in the start menu, every other link is good: Terminal,command prompt, folders called terminal, terminal settings, ...

Is there a name for a person who may not have the answer to a question but is able to ask a lot of relevant clarifying questions that would make it easier for someone who knows to answer precisely and quickly? (I feel like that person sometimes) #RandomThoughts

Combined with compact objects in JDK 25+ this could be a huge breakthrough in scaling JRuby apps. What if your JRuby app's working set could be half as big on the heap, with improved throughput due to smaller objects and less allocator overhead?

The db-gui #Ruby #gem 0.3.0 now supports storing multiple database configurations and remembering which one was last selected on launch. The glimmer-dsl-libui Ruby gem 0.13.1 now supports combobox items unidirectional data-binding in #GUI #apps github.com/AndyObtiva/d... github.com/AndyObtiva/g...

📚 My new book "Spatial Data Management with DuckDB" has reached #1 Best Seller in both GIS and Remote Sensing on Amazon,and even climbed to #6 in SQL! 🏆🌎 Huge thanks to the community for the support! 📘 Color-print edition on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B0G2JFMFFC

Finished watching "The Beast in Me" and all the while, I kept feeling that I am so ready for the next series of "Homeland" (which I know is not a thing since the series has ended). #TV #Streaming #Netflix

I’m thrilled to share that my new book (Spatial Data Management with DuckDB) is now published! 🎉 At 430 pages, this book provides a practical, hands-on guide to scalable geospatial analytics and visualization using DuckDB. All code examples are open-source and freely available on GitHub.

Every single time I walk past this I am reminded of @scott.hanselman.com

Writing for my blog's been tougher this year & I'm at 10 posts so far (wanted ~40). But we covered some JRuby, OneNote, Productivity, Podman/WSL2 and DuckDB. Popular: Pg18 w/o installation: notepad.onghu.com/2025/portabl... Favourite: how we know things: notepad.onghu.com/2025/thought... #Tech

Like I'd like the UI to be more compact, more dense but still readable and obvious. The picture shows the new Office icons which can't be told apart easily when you reduce the sizes (I _think_ the older ones were better. #Tech

I use #Windows a lot and have a certain way I use it. I get that @Microsoft wants to meet new users (mobile first, always connected, cloud expecting) where they are, but they're burning loyalty by disabling or removing stuff. I'd prefer a mix of old and new

I get asked about this a lot, so... Would anybody be interested enough in a native-compiled Ruby implementation to fund a fork of JRuby that can be compiled with GraalVM Native Image? It's totally doable, but the work involved is nontrivial and incompatible with the JVM version.

YARD-Lint looks useful https://mensfeld.pl/2025/11/yard-lint-ruby-documentation-linter/

Fun fact: JRuby is the only alternative Ruby implementation to attempt Windows support since Microsoft killed IronRuby, and the only one ever to run Rails. We test generating and running a full stack Rails app on Windows before each release. Windows is a PITA to support. 🤬

10/10 take. No notes.

❯ ruby -v ruby 4.0.0dev (2025-11-07T11:42:29Z master 1f32464a2d) +YJIT +MN +PRISM [arm64-darwin24]

The apparent decline in Ruby use in recent years has more to do with the fact that people aren't building as much new stuff than anything about Ruby itself. A malaise has fallen on software dev: few exciting projects, skilled devs out of work. Good time to start something?

Ruby 4.0 is officially official! #RubyWorld

The Solid Queue database-based backend for ActiveJob currently requires `fork` to work, solely because that's the only way to make sure it runs in parallel on CRuby. I want it to work on JRuby, which doesn't support fork, but can run threads in parallel very easily. Help? buff.ly/18ZW69U

I was quoted in the following article by Howard Solomon: Self-propagating worm found in marketplaces for Visual Studio Code extensions. WOW supply chain attacks are becoming truly terrifying! https://twp.ai/9PWZ2d

Also please don't restrict bundler and ruby versions like `bundler < 3.0` and `required_ruby_version < 4.0` 🙏

Online on a weekend? You can grab access to my web components course for $25 today and tomorrow. Big ol’ discount. Use the code OCT25-26. (And as usual, if you need further accommodation, just use the email form and we’ll work it out.) scottjehl.com/learn/webcom...

It turns out the real Ractors were the Threads we made along the way

“The world without hegemony” — A long-form article based on my book with Amitav! Many thanks to Sam Haselby! @yalepress.bsky.social

Make sure you read yesterday announcement from @Rails about the end of support for Rails 7.0 and Rails 7.1 rubyonrails.org/2025/10/29/...

If you want to make change or add new feature to Ruby, I suggest to read www.a-k-r.org/pub/howto-pe... Ruby's decision-making process isn't democratic or based on voting. It's more like a game of persuading Matz and Module maintainers.

How have I *never* seen or heard of David Armand and his interpretive dance!? This is so funny! youtu.be/Sco3OU8jBsM?... #TV #British #Comedy

I wrote up some thoughts on how personal knowledge exists in different areas - from outside our current knowledge universe to us being deeply knowledgeable about something... also how technology can help. Link: notepad.onghu.com/2025/thought... #Productivity #RandomThoughts #Learning

Critical thinking will become, err, critical. #RandomThoughts

Here's one for someone who wants to contribute to JRuby: reimplement UNIXSocket using the JDK support for UNIX sockets: github.com/jruby/jruby/... We currently use jnr-unixsocket, part of our native FFI backend, but it has never worked perfectly.

I'm obsessed with adding relevant things to my calendar: notepad.onghu.com/2023/travel_... I really wish more people would give out calendar invites with details in them (esp. for conferences, etc.) so that the info is easily accessible but this #CoPilot prompt does help a bit when planning.

"AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea"

So.. @agoda didn't add my title ("Mr") to my booking and the airline site won't let me do anything till that is changed. Any idea how I can do it? You can't speak to anyone at Agoda & their chat doesn't understand...

New post: "Packaging Ruby Apps with Warbler: Executable JAR Files" Warbler is the JRuby ecosystem’s tool for packaging up Ruby apps with all dependencies in a single deployable file. We’ve just released an update, so let’s use Warbler to create all-in-one packaged Ruby apps! buff.ly/ZdXcCop

If you're on #Windows and want to run #PostgreSQL without installing it and having it running all the time, I've updated my guide for using Postgres as a portable setup. Link: notepad.onghu.com/2025/portabl... #Programming #Database

"especially if you use the caculator function a lot, and *want something locally installed on your computer*..." - I heard this in a video a few min back and can't believe it! What has computing come to!! #Enshittification #Tech

OK! Time to install Redmine on my home computer to play around with it a bit outside of the one we have in the office. A non-installed PostgreSQL 18 is ready! #Redmine #Ruby #Programming