Ruby 3.3 enters security maintenance phase today until end of March 2027. Ruby 3.2 reaches EOL in 5 days.

Are you all caught up with your Ruby upgrades? If not, get in touch so we can help! 🚀

#Ruby #DevSecOps #RubyLang #EOL

👨🏻‍💻 This week Henrique Medeiros and I started the #Rails upgrade project for the Irish Chess Union! Here is a video of our pair session.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr2V...

#ClaudeCode #YouTube

Introducing 2026 Sponsor FastRuby.io Ruby Maintenance, Done Right

We're happy to announce our newest sponsor for 2026! @fastruby.io (a service of @ombulabs.ai) offers Ruby/Rails upgrade services, performance and security audits, and fixed-cost monthly maintenance.

Thank you so much for your support! ☺️

Zero downtime Migration service By FastRuby.io A productized way to migrate away from Heroku and to modern platforms.

This week we launched a new productized service by @fastruby.io: Our zero-downtime Heroku migration service. 🚀

Hey, random question, but…what are you doing April 30 and May 1? 👀

IndieRails | Ernesto Tagwerker - OmbuLabs on AI After more than two years, Ernesto Tagwerker returns to IndieRails to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Ernesto is the founder of OmbuLabs, makers o...

Episode 69 just came out of the lab! 👨‍🔬 Ernesto Tagwerker (@etagwerker.bsky.social), founder of OmbuLabs and FastRuby.io, returns to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Thanks for catching up with us, Ernesto! 🙏☺️
www.indierails.com/69

Is your #Gemfile putting your application at risk? Learn about the hidden dangers lurking in your dependencies

#ruby #CISO #DevSecOps

go.fastruby.io/8mb

This is our first release of a new era — courtesy of our patrons and their financial support.

Thank you @mike.contribsys.com, @baweaver.bsky.social, @honeybadger.io, @fastruby.io, & @appsignal.com! Hanami 2.3 couldn’t have happened without you.

We’d love for you to join them. sponsor.hanamirb.org

Demo: The Automated Roadmap to Upgrade Rails YouTube video by FastRuby.io: Rails Upgrade Service

🤖 Still wondering how our AI-enhanced Rails Upgrade Roadmap works? Watch our latest demo... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjB...

#AI #TechDebt #RubyOnRails #LegacyCode

Red Flags That Signal Growing Technical Debt: What FastRuby Has Learned from Client Projects Our friends at FastRuby share how to spot the quiet warning signs of growing technical debt and how to address it strategically instead of reactively.

🚩🚩 Red flags aren’t just for dating apps.

@fastruby.io's @etagwerker.bsky.social shares what they’ve learned spotting them in legacy Rails projects over on @planetargon.com blog.

blog.planetargon.com/blog/entries...

“Another beta!” you exclaim. “And so soon! How did you do it?”

With the support of @mike.contribsys.com, @baweaver.bsky.social, @honeybadger.io, @fastruby.io, and @appsignal.com, that’s how!

These are our patrons, and we think you can become one too: sponsor.hanamirb.org

You too can become a Hanami, Dry & Rom patron. Help their team build a diverse future for Ruby.

#Ruby #Web #Dry #Rom #OpenSource #OSS

It's no secret: We are proud sponsors of the #Hanami framework. ♥️

They recently launched their new sponsorship program and they're actively looking for new sponsors 👉 sponsor.hanamirb.org

Hanami 2.3 beta1 is out! This is the one that includes Rack 3 support 🚀

hanamirb.org/blog/2025/10...

If you have any questions, join the #Hanami Discord server:  discord.gg/KFCxDmk3JQ

#Hanami #Dryrb

Thank you to our patrons who made this release possible!

That’s @mike.contribsys.com, @baweaver.bsky.social, @honeybadger.io, @fastruby.io, and @appsignal.com.

Visionaries, all of them! We’re so grateful for their support.

*Hint hint,* you can also join them: sponsor.hanamirb.org

Check out our latest article about old, unmaintained, and insecure #Rails versions 🚀

TL;DR: Anything older than Rails 7.2 is EOL. You should stop using Rails 7.1 and older in production.

Those versions are no longer getting security updates.

go.fastruby.io/o8h

#DevSecOps #CISO #Security #SOC2

Need to upgrade #Rails? Don’t know how long it will take?

Get a #Ruby and #Rails code audit with an action plan to upgrade Rails.

Get estimates by our team of experts (based on 50,000+ dev/hours of Ruby/Rails upgrades) and secure the budget to upgrade! 🚀

go.fastruby.io/r26 #TechDebt

🔒 Worried about the security of your #Rails application and production database?

Learn how #Brakeman can help you find and fix vulnerabilities! #RailsSecurity #DevSecOps

go.fastruby.io/aj2

#InfoSec #CISO

Today, October 1st, #Rails 7.1 reaches the end of its security support. That means that if you're running this version in production, you won't get any more security patches from the core team.

Need to upgrade to Rails 7.2? 👉 www.fastruby.io/blog/upgrade...

#TechDebt #InfoSec #DevSecOps

💸 Don’t have $50,000 to upgrade your #Ruby application? Neither do we!

Check out our monthly, fixed-cost, top-notch upgrade plan (starting at $2,000/month) 🚀

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#TechDebt #InfoSec #DevSecOps #RailsUpgrade

💣 Is your #Ruby app vulnerable to known CVEs? Is it safe in production? Is it ready for a #SOC2 audit?

If you don’t know, you need a security audit. Find out how many vulnerabilities are present in your code and dependencies. Let's talk!

go.fastruby.io/wbw

#RubySec #InfoSec #DevSecOps

Ready to get your free, automated roadmap to upgrade #Rails?

Our AI Agent will analyze your codebase to identify which deprecations are actually relevant to your application. We will also provide links to documentation and guides, for each item in the plan.

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- "My #Ruby application is really out of date"
- "Oh yeah, how many libyears behind is it?"

How does your current project do in terms of libyears and out-of-date percentage? Check out this step by step article by our CTO 🚀

#TechDebt #Upgrades

go.fastruby.io/dug

Need to understand the different indexes available in #PostgreSQL and how to properly pick the one that will boost your application's performance? Check out The #Rails Developer's Reference to PostgreSQL indexes 🚀

go.fastruby.io/ug4

#Postgres #Performance #WebPerf

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Need to Upgrade #Rails? Let FastRuby’s AI Agent Help!

Your Automated Step-by-Step Guide to Upgrading Rails is here! Their Free Automated Roadmap uses an #AI Agent to deliver a custom roadmap tailored to your application. 🚀

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How do you use `load_defaults` to your advantage in a #Rails upgrade project?

Here are 3 different strategies to deal with the `load_defaults` option: go.fastruby.io/td9

#TechDebt #ProTip

How do you test the boundaries of your #Ruby application? Test doubles!

Learn 4 techniques for employing test doubles, such as dummies, fakes, stubs, spies, and mocks, that maximize their value and minimize the risk. 🕵🏼‍♀️

go.fastruby.io/u7h

#Testing #TDD #BestPractices

Is your #Rails application's LCP too high? This could be affecting your user's experience and your #SEO strategy.

Check out this helpful article on measuring and improving your main page's Largest Contentful Paint

go.fastruby.io/5rs

#WebPerf #RailsPerf #Performance

Ready to get started with your very own upgrade action plan and upgrade Ruby and Rails? Aysan published a thorough walkthrough of The Roadmap to Upgrade Rails. Check it out! go.fastruby.io/v7x