The Pulse: RoR creator sparks new “death of coding by hand” debate

Who owns an open source project? – RubyGems threatens to split

In the open source world, the popular programming language Ruby is experiencing a fierce controversy over critical infrastructure control.

Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts

: Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify

Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.

Pi: The Minimal Agent Within OpenClaw

A gentle introduction to the Pi coding agent and why I think it’s a glimpse into the future of software.

rails | RubyGems.org | your community gem host

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It encourages beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.

Coding Is Dead, Long Live Programming — Ian Cooper - Staccato Signals

Summary In this post, we argue that the role of a coder now belongs to a coding agent, but that the distinct role of a programmer define...

Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue

‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’

Coding Agents Are Easy, Actually - Kara's Nonsense

Software engineering is here to stay

Building on Bluesky's AT Protocol with Ruby

Overview of the architecture of the AT Protocol network, some examples of the projects I've built on it with Ruby, and a showcase of some other people's…

Note on 24th September 2026

The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder. We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking …

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It - …

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The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders

The open source movement runs on the heroic efforts of not enough people doing too much work. They need help.

The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes

From the Zed Blog: Working toward genuine, quality software in an era where code production is not the constraint anymore.