Hey -- there's a Chime listing on my exact team. This is a remote job for US/Canada applicants.
careers.chime.com/en/jobs/8414...
It's doing a lot of the work I do on our Ruby code, but focused on our Python teams.
Happy to answer questions about this here or via DM.
I have to admit that I'm wildly curious what you would make of Glasshouse in 2026. 2006 me liked it quite a lot, but I have no idea how it would read now.
Worked for me eventually, possibly a temporary issue on Claude's side
No, I fixed that, it's possible there's a problem claude-side
Yeah, I get an error that the plugin is not found in the marketplace..
We should meet up anyway, but I don't get into the city much
I'm curious, DM me.
Noel's book lists are *outstanding*. I look forward to them each year and put three holds on books at the library just after skimming this
Obvious follow up question, which three?
It's time for the somewhat-awaited annual book post, a tradition unlike any other...
noelrappin.com/blog/2026/03...
It's kinda long this year, but I really did extra-love my top two books of the year, so maybe at least scroll to the end?
It's time for the somewhat-awaited annual book post, a tradition unlike any other...
noelrappin.com/blog/2026/03...
It's kinda long this year, but I really did extra-love my top two books of the year, so maybe at least scroll to the end?
You can see from the cover that we have a new forward form @matz.bsky.social
The Pickaxe. One of this week's Pragprog Top 5.
Learn Ruby from the 6th edition of the book that first introduced Matz’s amazing language to the world.
(And this weekend, 40% off with code KNITTING)
@noelrappin.com with Dave Thomas
pragprog.com/titles/ruby6
I've been saying forever that Concrete would make an amazing TV series.
While we wait for that, you should check out the original stories.
When I first saw the title One Battle After Another, it played in my head to this tune. That hasn’t stopped. (I’m not well.)
youtu.be/PKUGIq71l7Y
What I want to do is build out my own kind of specific CLI tool (kind of like Claude Code, user enters commands, main section shows results). I've been going back and forth on what tooling works, Phlex-ish sounds good to me
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I would use this yesterday
@pragprog.com says 43% Off everything with coupon code "Brrr".
Including Programming Ruby 4 (pragprog.com/titles/ruby6...)
Workshops from 2025 SF Ruby Conference are now live. These include:
- @tonsoffun.bsky.social on building AI agents with Rails
- Brandon Shar, @skryukov.dev, and Brian Knoles on Inertia Rails
- @kaspth.com on upskilling your team
- @noelrappin.com on Ruby’s dynamism to your advantage
I haven't mentioned it yet here, but Programming Ruby 4.0 does have a new beta out that runs all code against Ruby 4.0.0 final, and also covers Minitest 6.0 and a couple of other late breaking changes:
pragprog.com/titles/ruby6...
Happy to announce that I'm joining as a member of the Board of Directors for @rubycentral.org!
www.linkedin.com/posts/keysto...
This Dave Berg strip is from MAD Magazine issue 316. In the strip, Nick Meglin and John Ficarra are talking to Charlie Kadau. Nick say "Charlie, the reason we didn't give you a promotion is because you're so indecisive." John adds "Do you disagree?" Charlie responds "Well, yes and no..." In the background, other staffers (and I) watch the discussion. We really ought to mind our own business. Bill Gaines -- who recently passed away -- appears in a picture hanging on the wall. I think this may have been the first time he appeared as portrait in a Lighter Side strip.
My new profile pic is from an old issue of MAD Magazine where I popped up in Dave Berg's "The Lighter Side Of..."
Also, in news that will intrigue at least one or two of you, I actually managed to do mini book reviews as I read books in 2025, meaning my 2025 "Books I Liked" post, which traditionally comes out in, like, April, may actually come out in January.
The next beta of the book, which runs all code under Ruby 4.0 will come out this week. We'll have another one or two later this month with cleanup and any very late-breaking changes.
I think this is still going on for another day or two, and yes, Programming Ruby 4.0 qualifies:
pragprog.com/titles/ruby6...
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Just published this year's version of my "Ruby Changes" project: a full annotated changelog for Ruby 4.0:
rubyreferences.github.io/rubychanges/...
Goals: Full, comprehensive, concise, well-structured.
Examples, explanations of reasons, links to docs, all of it.
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