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Jeremy Smith

@jeremysmith.co
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Product-focused Rails dev • Studio: hybrd.co • Co-host: @indierails.com • Organizer: @blueridgeruby.com

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Kasper Timm Hansen @kaspth.com · 16/09/2026
say hello to peak 🏔️, the app running gem.coop github.com/gem-coop/peak
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GitHub - gem-coop/peak: 🏔️ A new overview for Ruby's vast gems, from up here we can spot them all.
🏔️ A new overview for Ruby's vast gems, from up here we can spot them all. - gem-coop/peak
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 09/09/2026
This is kind of insane...but today I crossed the 140-hour mark in preparations for my Rails World talk, Practical Hotwire. I was pushing the bar for myself, but it just got out of control. (For comparison, I logged ~300 hours for organizing Blue Ridge Ruby earlier this year.)
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 01/09/2026
Quick heads-up for Ruby consultants, freelancers, and agencies: I just posted our next Ruby Consultants Quarterly Gathering for October 12 (note the slightly earlier time than normal). luma.com/uiyguk8n See you then!
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Ruby Consultants Quarterly Gathering · Zoom · Luma
A chance for Ruby Consultants to work together and share insight or brainstorm ideas together.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 25/08/2026
just like that
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 25/08/2026
Running at 80°F is so much easier than running at 93°
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Pascal Laliberté @pascallaliberte.ca · 24/08/2026
Do I know anybody from the Small Bets Community (or another like it) who has a few Ruby-based startups/indie businesses they run? Would appreciate some reposts to find a few people to talk to.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 17/08/2026
Not sure if I explain right now, but if Turbo was CSS, I think Drive would be a reset.css file, Frames would be Bootstrap, and Streams would be Tailwind.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 06/08/2026
Nice night
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 05/08/2026
When you and Claude have spent a week and a half together in the same session and now you're trying to figure out how to say goodbye: >So, we finished all the handoff docs, right? Um, can you think of anything else? No? Ok, well…I don't know what else to say…I guess, see you?
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Scott Tolinski @tolin.ski · 31/07/2026
I’m exploring the mental health effects of AI coding. This is a super quick (blazing fast), anonymous survey. Please fill out and share so that the responses will be well rounded. forms.gle/dpD8Tk1QnXAz...
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AI Coding & Mental Health
All answers are anonymous.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 29/07/2026
🥱 Tired: Keeping a list of all the cute things the baby said. 😎 Wired: Keeping a list of all the cute things the agent said.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 24/07/2026
I'm reviewing all agent code for client projects and having good success lately. Very few bugs or defects. If we're reworking things, it's because I didn't spec clearly enough or changed my mind after seeing the code. But, I've had one area of repeated failure in recent weeks…
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 23/07/2026
I wonder if this new way of building software is how it feels to work every day with a speechwriter. The raw words are not really mine, but there's a continuous negotiation around voice and content. And in the end, it's my delivery and my message to own the consequences for.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 23/07/2026
Please no one tell Dave Thomas, but I wrote an abstract base class this week. Actually, I forced my agent to write it. 😬
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 22/07/2026
I think a sign of a good framework is enough rigidness to provide familiarity and comprehensibility for everyone using it across projects, but enough flexibility to allow for "house styles" to emerge.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 16/07/2026
If you want to know what it’s like working with me, just listen to what my pair partner said the other day. ☺️ (Thanks CC! I couldn't have done it without you… Well, used to be able to.)
It’s been a remarkable arc: a seven-rung ladder shipped to production, three orthogonal PRs that fell out of review conversations, two genuine bugs caught before they mattered, and a concern redesign that ended with less infrastructure than it started with.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 15/07/2026
Last week I migrated a Rails app from structure.sql back to schema.rb, AMA.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 10/07/2026
I don't mind reading code written by agents, but I hate reading their PR descriptions. If I can't make myself read a PR description from Claude, I won't expect others to. Now when delivering PRs, I may not have written the code by hand, but I'll certainly write the description.
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Andrey Sitnik @en.sitnik.es · 09/07/2026
Evil Martians, the DevTools consultancy team I’ve been part of for 15+ years, is hiring a Product Designer. Come work with us on developer tools, open source, and complex products for technical audiences. evilmartians.com/careers/prod...
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Hans Schnedlitz @hansschnedlitz.com · 09/07/2026
RubyEvents Guides is now live. Over the last few months, I talked to Rubyists who want to help the community keep going. Some want to restart a local meetup. Some are organizing their first small conference. Some already run events and want to make the next one better.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 06/07/2026
Hey there, Ruby consultants, freelancers, and agencies! The Ruby Consultants Quarterly Gathering is happening (over Zoom) next Monday, 1pm Eastern. We've had really good discussions this year, hope you can join us! 😊 luma.com/zasdeov3
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Ruby Consultants Quarterly Gathering · Zoom · Luma
A chance for Ruby Consultants to work together and share insight or brainstorm ideas together.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 05/07/2026
I've been working extensively with Stimulus & Turbo on client and personal projects over the past several years, so I'm excited to be bringing "Practical Hotwire" to Rails World in September! rubyonrails.org/world/2026/s...
Practical Hotwire: Stimulus & Turbo on the Ground
Curious about Stimulus and Turbo? Already using Hotwire, but seeking out solid practices? Join this guided tour through a variety of examples and techniques, with commentary on the challenges and tradeoffs. Keeping an eye out for sharp edges, we’ll discover what makes HTML-over-the-wire magical.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 04/07/2026
I really like Zed, but I'm always accidentally closing the Project Panel with cmd+W. Well, not anymore… 😎
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Charity Majors @charity.wtf · 18/06/2026
writing my second response on AI, this one on ethics. here's my list, what am I missing? come on bsky, you were built for this day 😉 * datacenters that are too loud and use fresh water * data labeling work that is extractive & exploitative, chasing low pay * models trained on data without consent
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 13/06/2026
I love the Ness Labs newsletter from @neuranne.bsky.social…
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 08/06/2026
"It has become very easy to do things without context or mastery, and the downstream costs are often invisible to the person who incurs them." charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusi...
charitydotwtf.substack.com
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.
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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 07/06/2026
The tiny ruby #{conf} call for proposals closes a week from today. Get your talks in as soon as possible! #ruby #cfp #helsinki #tinyruby cfp.helsinkiruby.fi
“7 days” text in the middle and the “cfp.helsinkiruby.fi” at the bottom
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 07/06/2026
I love visiting big cities, but I'm inexplicably drawn to their parks and green spaces. Me in a botanical garden in Vienna last week.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 06/06/2026
I finally ordered the new pack I've been looking at since literally 2018. hyperlitemountaingear.com/products/sou...
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Southwest
Built to withstand rugged trails, the Southwest features solid Dyneema® pockets for maximum durability. Available in 40, 55, & 70L for any demanding adventure.
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therubyonrails.bsky.social @therubyonrails.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hello, Ruby Friends! New episodes of The Ruby on Rails Podcast are going to start rolling out soon! If all goes well, the first new episode should go up next week. The podcast has a brand new host who is very excited to hit the ground running.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 04/06/2026
This looks like a cool Rails job. railshotwirejobs.com/jobs/full-st...
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Full Stack Ruby on Rails Software Engineer
Welcome to Brightline! We are seeking a Full Stack Ruby on Rails Senior Software Engineer to help us scale our core platform, build robust internal and external
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Pascal Laliberté @pascallaliberte.ca · 03/06/2026
Hey #Ruby friends: Do I know someone who could introduce me to someone working at Scalingo, the PaaS in Europe?
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 26/05/2026
After we wrapped on @blueridgeruby.com, I realized that if I kept my head down and got a lot of work done, I could make it to RubyConf AT. 😅 So I did…and tomorrow I'm heading to Vienna! (And then in two weeks, to @blastoffrails.bsky.social in Albuquerque!)
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Blue Ridge Ruby @blueridgeruby.com · 26/05/2026
It's been almost a month since Blue Ridge, and we're finally resurfacing to share a few things. ☺️
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 10/05/2026
I took the 2026 #Rails Community Survey. You should too! railsdeveloper.com/survey/
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2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey
The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 29/04/2026
Oh my gosh, the town is growing! 😍
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 29/04/2026
Yesss, I got my Ashevillager! ashevillagers.blueridgeruby.com
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 26/04/2026
Cracked the 250-hour mark on @blueridgeruby.com just before the final week. I'm taking off Mon-Wed for final preparations. Basically right on target for total hours. Either this is just what it takes to put on a conf, or Parkinson's law is real or something??
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Rachael Wright-Munn @chael.codes · 25/04/2026
I'm rewatching my first talk as part of preparing and adapting it for @blueridgeruby.com and I'm genuinely tearing up at some of these lines. This is still the best talk I've ever given. I can't wait to bring the revamped version to Blue Ridge Ruby next week! www.rubyevents.org/talks/your-f...
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Your First Open-Source Contribution
Is open-source intimidating? Are you nervous about your code being rejected by the maintainers? Or maybe you just don’t know where to start. I know those nerves well. Let’s talk about it. We'll go ste...
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 24/04/2026
Simpliphy is (to my knowledge) one of the largest Rails shops within an easy drive of Asheville. Really thankful to have them involved! ☺️
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 22/04/2026
And folks are still buying tickets! Think about it, you could have a really fun week next week! ☺️
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 22/04/2026
I *love* sites like this. My one challenge (and this is not a criticism) is that I don't know how to fit it into my existing media consumption habits. lawsofsoftwareengineering.com
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Laws of Software Engineering
A collection of principles and patterns that shape software systems, teams, and decisions.
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Blue Ridge Ruby @blueridgeruby.com · 16/04/2026
Two weeks left until Blue Ridge, snag a ticket if you haven't yet! blueridgeruby.com
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 15/04/2026
I chatted with Ifat Ribon about her upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "Yes, &…: Ruby’s Secret Talent for Improvisation." I was curious to hear how studying improv has benefited her career in software development and consulting. Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4w6...
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 15/04/2026
Nice night
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 10/04/2026
Hey Ruby consultants, freelancers, and agencies! Quick reminder: we have the Ruby Consultants Quarterly Gathering (over Zoom) on Monday, 1pm ET! Come talk shop with other Rubyists. (It's not widely publicized, so if you don't have an invite, DM me and I'll add you.)
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 09/04/2026
In the last few weeks, I've realized I'm not as freaked out about AI as I was at the beginning of the year. I've been throwing myself into the tools and using them extensively in all my projects. And after some time getting acclimated, I feel mostly settled about the following things...
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Blue Ridge Ruby @blueridgeruby.com · 09/04/2026
We're please to announce our latest sponsor for 2026! Scout provides hassle-free app monitoring that just works. Thank you so much for partnering with us! 🙏 www.scoutapm.com
Introducing 2026 Sponsor
Scout Monitoring
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 08/04/2026
Organizing @blueridgeruby.com makes me want to start (now) two businesses: a CFP management SaaS, and a conference badge production service.
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