2025 Wrap Up from the Rails Foundation

So many, many times this past year, I’ve thought to myself, ‘Holy cow, things are moving so fast.’ This is as true in the wider tech world, as it is in the Ruby community. These are exciting times. Ruby 4.0.0 is days away, the Ruby website and documentation just got awesome new rebrands, and there are constant updates to the Rails framework. But we’ve also watched this year as companies built on Rails grow and adapt to a new (and constantly shifting) AI landscape in fascinating ways. There are new startups choosing Rails every day, new projects and gems taking shape, new folks joining the community, new conversations, new collaborations, new books being published, new events popping up all over the world. Things are happening, left, right and center, and at times the pace feels breathless. You all just…don’t stop shipping.