Reposted by Andy CrollMike Dalessio @flavorjon.es · 25/09/2026I'm honored and humbled to join the Rails core team. I'll be focusing on security and improvements to Active Storage and Action Text. Please reach out if you have thoughts on what would make your work easier. 4516
Reposted by Andy CrollMike Dalessio @flavorjon.es · 22/09/2026Teaser for my Rails World talk tomorrow. A brief history of time. 052
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Holy shit. Robot taxis in Austin. Completely mind blowing. 010
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The journey begins to Austin. Not saying that coffee options are limited at 6:45AM on a Sunday in Brighton but, I’ve had better. 291
Reposted by Andy CrollRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026New Raffish mix. A frankly preposterous journey from Prince to King Bee via DnB, hard house and a funky tribute to the late Dolly Parton www.mixcloud.com/raffishdj/ra...mixcloud.comThe Raffish Mix Iii 093
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"Hi there, just giving you a call about your AWS usage at your business" "That's weird, we don't use it" "Azure?" "Nope" <stunned silence> 240
Reposted by Andy Crolltherubyonrails.bsky.social @therubyonrails.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Andy Kroll joins me this week to talk AI-assisted development, why coding tests may no longer make sense, hiring for judgement instead, Brighton Ruby, and Rails World. Today is the last day to enter the giveaway for a Rails World ticket: forms.gle/LoLvTfJ2BFav... 122
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This morning's two hour discovery: I am bad at soldering and should have gone to eBay first to sell a busted joypad for parts. 150
Reposted by Andy CrollElena Tănăsoiu @elenatanasoiu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The talks for Brighton Ruby are now up and free to watch www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... If you'd like to learn more about how GitHub does performance work, have a look!youtube.comBrighton Ruby 2026 - YouTubeMy goodness it was hot. https://brightonruby.com/2026 072
Reposted by Andy CrollBrighton Ruby @brightonruby.com · 13/07/2026Quick this year right? Brighton Ruby 2026's talks all on YouTube (for the first time). www.youtube.com/playlist?li...youtube.comBrighton Ruby 2026My goodness it was hot. https://brightonruby.com/2026 154
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Look at these lovely folks, wouldn't it be great to shake their hands in a week's time? thoughtbot.com/blog/meet-t...thoughtbot.comMeet thoughtbot at Brighton Ruby 2026Brighton Ruby 2026 will take place in two weeks, thoughtbot will be attending and speaking, let’s meet! 030
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Today is Raffa's final day after nearly sixteen years. He's been in heart failure for a few weeks, and reached the point where we'd be keeping him around for us and not for him. Having, loving & losing a dog feels both ridiculous & deeply profound. Lots of tears at my place today. 10270
Reposted by Andy CrollRosa @rosa.codes · 04/06/2026Got all travel booked for @brightonruby.com. First time going on the Eurostar from Brussels, I'm really excited about this! 🚄🌊 And even though organising last year's dinner on the spot with 17 people and a fan 🪭 was fun (😆), this year I've made a reservation for 10 people at Dishoom's Permit Room 😋 4271
Reposted by Andy CrollMike Dalessio @flavorjon.es · 14/05/2026It's only five weeks away! Are you going to be there? I'm talking, of course, about Brighton Ruby. I'm really excited to hang out with Rubyists near the ocean. Also, pubs. brightonruby.combrightonruby.comBrighton Ruby Conference 152
Reposted by Andy CrollAaron Patterson @tenderlove.dev · 06/05/2026Made a new blurg post about AI + OSS security. I was going to just complain on here, but I figured a short blog post would be better for my complaining 😂 tenderlovemaking.com/2026/05/06/r...tenderlovemaking.comRails Security, AI, and IBBFor quite a few years the Rails project has been working with the Internet Bug Bounty (IBB). The IBB is an organization that awarded cash to security researchers that reported issues to OSS projects p... 44312
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Designed a Brighton Ruby t-shirt for 2026! rubytshirts.com/collections...rubytshirts.comBrighton RubyMatz is nice, and so are these excellent shirts. Ships worldwide. 010
Reposted by Andy CrollRobby Russell @robbyonrails.com · 27/04/2026Can you drop a link to this survey in your Discord/Slack? railsdeveloper.com/survey/railsdeveloper.com2026 Ruby on Rails Community SurveyThe 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon. 088
Reposted by Andy CrollBlastoff Rails @blastoffrails.bsky.social · 24/04/2026We made a game for Rails devs based on the conference! You can play your way through real places in Albuquerque, interacting with real people from the community. Choose your gem and face your destiny! game.blastoffrails.comgame.blastoffrails.comBlastoff Rails: The GameA retro RPG for Rails devs. Squash bugs, earn badges, board the rocket. 054
Reposted by Andy CrollJean Boussier @byroot.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I wrote some more as a way to fight jet lag, hopefully it's still readable 😅: byroot.github.io/ruby/bundler...byroot.github.ioThe Missing Bundler FeaturesOver the last few months, there has been a lot of talk about making Bundler faster, both by improving it directly, or by reimplementing it in another language, and while it may surprise some, that did... 2165
Reposted by Andy CrollMike Dalessio @flavorjon.es · 07/04/2026I'm excited for this year's Brighton Ruby lineup! It'll be my first trip to Brighton. RUBYISTS ASSEMMMMBLE brightonruby.combrightonruby.comBrighton Ruby Conference 2182
Reposted by Andy CrollBrian Casel @briancasel.com · 01/04/2026Excited to be speaking at @brightonruby.com this June! Looks like quite a lineup for Ruby/Rails builders. I'll also be hosting a workshop the day before on AI adoption with your team. Ruby friends — who's going? 141
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 30/03/2026The inflection trilogy ends. (Much less cool than it sounds, but still useful) andycroll.com/ruby/teach-...andycroll.comTeach Rails Irregular Plurals with InflectionsUse inflect.irregular to teach Rails non-standard plurals like criterion/criteria. 011
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The dive into inflections continues. andycroll.com/ruby/handle...andycroll.comHandle Uncountable Words in Rails InflectionsUse inflect.uncountable to stop Rails pluralising words like staff, metadata, and feedback. 010
Reposted by Andy CrollBrian Casel @briancasel.com · 19/03/2026Booked to speak at 2 conferences this year. Both in Europe! Topic: AI (obviously). Wish me luck writing talks that aren't out-dated by the time I'm on stage 3 and 6 months from now 😬 3101
Reposted by Andy CrollThe Ruby Passport @therubypassport.com · 19/03/2026200 Passports leaving for Brighton Ruby 053
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 02/03/2026In a world of AI there's one father-figure 90s robot we can believe in. rubytshirts.com/products/th...rubytshirts.comThumbs UpWhen your new robot dad sacrifices himself to protect the future. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the U 000
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Now Heroku is drifting away... running your own servers is fine right? rubytshirts.com/products/se...rubytshirts.comServer's Don't BiteOr do they? • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US Disclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer and may app 030
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 02/03/2026to_param lets you customize your URLs andycroll.com/ruby/to-par...andycroll.comCustomize Model URLs with to_paramOverride to_param to control how your Rails models appear in URLs—use slugs, hide IDs, or combine both. 361
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Wrote again on a nice little Rails-enabled inquiry pattern. andycroll.com/ruby/use-st...andycroll.comUse StringInquirer for Readable Predicate MethodsThe same pattern Rails uses for Rails.env.production? 030
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Also I published this on a readable Rails-ism andycroll.com/ruby/prefer...andycroll.comPrefer in? Over include? for Readable ConditionsA more natural way to check if a value is in a collection 141
Reposted by Andy CrollIrina Nazarova @inazarova.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Discovering Hong Kong or taking photos of my new fit from rubytshirts.com? Gimme both! #_why 191
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 04/02/2026If you're within my age demographic and you lived in Europe... then I don't need to explain this. rubytshirts.com/products/wo...rubytshirts.comWorkbenchOne for the nineties European computer nerds. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US Disclaimer: The fa 010
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Shared the @tailwindcss.com and jekyll no build setup I use on my site. andycroll.com/ruby/simple... 010
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Just to say we're up to a very healthy 2,400+ organisations on usingrails.com. You can thank @marcoroth.dev for a bunch of those :-) 0186
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 27/01/2026My blog. I’ll extract it. Needs tailwind cli though. 000
Reposted by Andy CrollBrian Casel @briancasel.com · 22/01/2026Agent OS v3 is out. Legacy codebases are a challenge in AI development. Your agents can scan your files, but not the knowledge and decisions baked in between the lines. Agent OS enhances (doesn't reinvent) what Claude Code does well. New video & docs here: buildermethods.com/agent-osbuildermethods.comAgent OS | Coding standards for AI-powered developmentAgent OS helps you capture, maintain, and deploy your coding standards across all your agentic development work. Free and open source. 3121
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Array#rfind arrived with Ruby 4.0 andycroll.com/ruby/find-t... 0102
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Opening the CFP for Brighton Ruby 2026. All the videos are up for last year. Tickets still on sale. Please sponsor. (PLEASE) 197
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Back on the writing horse, in time for Xmas. except_on for validations andycroll.com/ruby/except... 021
Reposted by Andy CrollChad Fowler @chadfowler.com · 22/12/2025aicoding.leaflet.pubThe Death and Rebirth of ProgrammingProgramming didn't die all at once. There was no single moment, no dramatic obsolescence event. Instead, something quieter happened: the core constraint that shaped software for seventy years dissolved. Writing code stopped being the hard part. 1173
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Could not be more deserved. Hooray for @marcoroth.dev rubyonrails.org/2025/12/17/...rubyonrails.orgCongrats Marco Roth: 2025 Rails LuminaryWe are stoked to share that the Rails Core team has announced Marco Roth as the 2025 Rails Luminary. 1162
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 15/12/2025If you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas. rubytshirts.comrubytshirts.comRuby T-shirtsMatz is nice, and so are these excellent shirts. Ships worldwide. 043
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 08/12/2025I made some lovely Ruby loving foxes on a t-shirt in tribute to the long lost _why. rubytshirts.com/products/_w...rubytshirts.com_why the foxesWhat a racket. With love to Ruby's missing spirit animal. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping • Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US Discla 0100
