Blogs

What to Know About Learning Python after Programming in Ruby
As I wrap up my 15-week experience at the Flatiron School, I’m both looking back on how much we covered in such a short span of time and thinking about what to learn next. I’ve always been curious about Python, partially because of its continued r...



faastRuby 0.5 - Build Rich Serverless Applications using Ruby
A couple of weeks ago we quietly rolled out our largest release yet: faastRuby 0.5!This new release introduces “faastRuby Local” our local development and test toolkit that includes new features focused on enhancing the experience of developing se...




8 alternative Ruby frameworks. Other alternatives for developing.
We are experts not only in Ruby. But Ruby is in the list of our priorities. And we can assure you that there are many other options out there for Ruby developers, that aren’t Rails. Let’s explore 8 alternative Ruby frameworks! How many of them do ...

A 15-year-old’s Journey from Scratch Programming to a “Super-Creator”
Now 15 years old, Yuki Mihashi has been playing with computers since the age of 7. Ever since her encounter with Scratch, a visual programming language developed at MIT, she has immersed herself in the world of code. In the spring of 2018, she sta...

Benchmarking Hongli Lai's New Patch for Ruby Memory Savings
Recently, Hongli Lai of Phusion Passenger fame, has been looking at how to reduce CRuby’s memory usage without going straight to jemalloc. I think that’s an admirable goal - especially since you can often combine different fixes with good results....