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October 21st, 2025

Some good articles from Ruby published last week

1️⃣ Noel Rappin published an article about Ruby And Its Neighbors: Perl
Quote about I got weirdly nostalgic looking back over Perl code, even though I never really wrote much Perl. In fact, I left a job in part because I wanted to do a project in Python and they wanted it in Perl.
Source: https://noelrappin.com/blog/2025/10/ruby-and-its-neighbors-perl
2️⃣ Sam Ruby published an article about Testing Frozen String Literals in Production
Quote about I got weirdly nostalgic looking back over Perl code, even though I never really wrote much Perl. In fact, I left a job in part because I wanted to do a project in Python and they wanted it in Perl.
Source: https://intertwingly.net/blog/2025/10/15/Frozen-String-Literals.html
There is actuall an updated version of running the same test Frozen String Literals Redux - A More Rigorous Test.

3️⃣ Vinay Keerthi published a new article about Ruby Blocks
Quote about I got weirdly nostalgic looking back over Perl code, even though I never really wrote much Perl. In fact, I left a job in part because I wanted to do a project in Python and they wanted it in Perl.
Source: https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/posts/2025/ruby-blocks
4️⃣ Sid Krishnan published a new article about How does Turbo listen for Turbo Streams?
Quote about I got weirdly nostalgic looking back over Perl code, even though I never really wrote much Perl. In fact, I left a job in part because I wanted to do a project in Python and they wanted it in Perl.
Source: https://ducktypelabs.com/how-does-turbo-work-with-action-cable
5️⃣ Avo published an article about Open Graph Image Generation in Rails
Quote about I got weirdly nostalgic looking back over Perl code, even though I never really wrote much Perl. In fact, I left a job in part because I wanted to do a project in Python and they wanted it in Perl.
Source: https://avohq.io/blog/open-graph-image-generation-rails
You can find more articles to read in the Short Ruby Newsletter: https://newsletter.shortruby.com/p/edition-153\#more-content