Javier Cervantes

Javier Cervantes

@jvrc.ca

Entrepreneur / Principal Software Engineer. I enjoy helping builders and founders use technology to grow their businesses. I work with people and companies building developer tools to help them thrive in the Ruby ecosystem. - jvrc.ca - rubyforum.org

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Baldur Bjarnason
@baldurbjarnason.com

The 'AI' Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetence www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-prom... Largely through no fault of their own, many software developers have been pushed into dysfunction by management through the misguided and excessive adoption of "AI" coding

baldurbjarnason.comThe 'AI' Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetenceWriting at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

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therubyonrails.bsky.social
@therubyonrails.bsky.social

This week's guest needed to reschedule. I have a buffer, so I don't NEED to record this week, but I'd love to keep a consistent recording schedule so I don't accidentally burn through it. Anyone out there in the Ruby/Rails space up for talking about what they're working on?

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Drew Bragg
@drbragg.dev

Welp... Got laid off from Podia today. Kinda a lot to process for a Thursday. I'll have something more coherent to say eventually. For now, send Ruby/Rails leads. Or dog pictures.... Both are good.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

Hard agree! Taking some time talk to other people in-person or online is a great antidote.

XO Ruby@xoruby.com

Who is burnt out in this new age of Al cend how do yas keep from not burning out? The consensus was spending time in-person with people.

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XO Ruby came to Toronto last weekend, and it was a great opportunity to spend some time together with other people working with Ruby. It was also great to meet new people and spend time with familiar local faces. My top 3 talks were: 1. The man who built a brain - Paolo Perrotta 2. Don't […]

jvrc.caMy experience at XO Ruby TorontoXO Ruby came to Toronto last weekend, and it was a great opportunity to spend some time together with other people working with Ruby. It was also great to meet new people and spend time with familiar local faces. My top 3 talks were: 1. The man who built a brain - Paolo Perrotta 2. Don't make your developers think about Observability - Roel Bondoc 3. One monolith, two countries - Kristine McBride But most importantly, I connected face to face with other people to talk about current challenges, projects, and ideas in the hallway track, during lunch breaks, or over dinner after the conference. I'm convinced that we should talk more to each other at every opportunity. I agree with Jim that the event was a massive success, and I can't wait to repeat the experience next year. New York City and Montreal are next, with a great lineup of speakers. Don’t miss them if you can.

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Jim Remsik
@jremsikjr.bsky.social

NYC’s @xoruby.com is happening on Saturday 10/10 9am-5pm. I have an extra ticket available for free from an attendee who can no longer make it. Message here or DM

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

This was a really nice and insightful talk!

XO Ruby@xoruby.com

Kristine McBride wraps our day sharing how they deliver multiple regions from one monolithic Rails app.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca
XO Ruby@xoruby.com

“This olde-timey camera thing is … an olde-timey camera” @paoloperrotta.bsky.social is teaching us about 1950s efforts to build a brain. Specifically Minsky, Rosenblatt, and Perceptrons.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

See you there!

XO Ruby@xoruby.com

We'll be at The Loft on King tomorrow from 9-5pm. www.xoruby.com/event/toronto/ psst. If the ticket price is the only thing preventing you from joining us scroll to the bottom of the link above and ask for a free ticket.

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I joined David to discuss the project's origins and the need for a persistent gathering place for the Ruby community. We explored the value of cross-pollination across the Ruby ecosystem, and the challenge of growing a young community until it becomes increasingly self-sustaining. At the end […]

jvrc.caThe Ruby Users Forum in the Ruby on Rails PodcastI joined David to discuss the project's origins and the need for a persistent gathering place for the Ruby community. We explored the value of cross-pollination across the Ruby ecosystem, and the challenge of growing a young community until it becomes increasingly self-sustaining. At the end, we talked about what comes next for the Ruby User Forum, how developers and companies can support it, and why the Ruby community should continue creating, experimenting, and doing things simply because it's fun. Go check it out: The Ruby User Forum with Javier CervantesJavier Cervantes, co-creator of the Ruby User Forum, joins me to discuss the limitations of Slack, Discord, and fragmented social media, the importance of connecting developers and open-source maintainers, and why talking with other people still matters in an increasingly AI-driven world.The Ruby on Rails PodcastDavid Hill

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jneen
@jneen.ca

Replying to @jneen.ca

open for the following: * tech work * music lessons (i have quite a lot of experience at this now!) * math teaching/tutoring * game dev work * game design work * JP->EN translation work * music commissions / composition work (esp for games, youtube/twitch intros, etc)

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Andrea Fomera
@afomera.dev

Also to my followers… if you’re an iOS or macOS user and use social media (Bluesky or Mastodon) and would be interested in beta testing my native app Switchfeed let me know! I’m trying to make it the best way to be on both bluesky and mastodon

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

Non-evil people, please take note.

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social

We had a lot of fun in How to Sell today. When we do this, we get the question "What if you're trying to sell someone on an idea?" Honestly, the biggest mistake non-evil people make is focusing on changing minds instead of changing behavior. And not understanding the perceived costs.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

"Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge — regardless of whatever “game changing” technology is in place — we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death." bell.bz/youll-miss-p...

bell.bzYou’ll miss publishers when they’re goneEver since Piccalilli started to get traction, I’ve always seen CSS-Tricks, Smashing Magazine and A List Apart (among others) as peers. We all help each other behind the scenes and importantly, back each other. When CSS-Tricks was initially acquired by DigitalOcean, I was really happy for Chris. The work that he’d put into that publication […]

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Ruby is a beautiful programming language that balances functional programming with imperative programming with ideas inspired from other languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp). If you want to take a deep dive into its fundamentals and learn more about what makes Ruby a favourite […]

jvrc.caRecommended books for learning RubyRuby is a beautiful programming language that balances functional programming with imperative programming with ideas inspired from other languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp). If you want to take a deep dive into its fundamentals and learn more about what makes Ruby a favourite tool for programmers, below is a list of recommended books to start your journey. ### Learn to program A thorough, but lighthearted approach that teaches you the fundamentals of computer programming, with a minimum of fuss or bother. Whether you are interested in a new hobby or a new career, this book is your doorway into the world of programming. ### Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition) The Pickaxe Book, named for the tool on the cover, is the definitive reference on Ruby, a highly-regarded, fully object-oriented programming language. This updated edition is a comprehensive reference on the language itself, with a tutorial on the most important features of Ruby. ### Learn Enough Ruby to be Dangerous Designed to get you started writing practical and modern Ruby programs as fast as possible, with a focus on the real tools used every day by software developers. ### Practical Object-Oriented Design (An Agile Primer Using Ruby) This book is a programmers tale about how to write object-oriented code. It explains object-oriented design (OOD) using realistic, understandable examples. POODR is a practical, readable introduction to how OOD can lower your costs and improve your applications. ### The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Fourth Edition For over fifteen years, _The Well-Grounded Rubyist_ has taught beginner and developing Ruby programmers the veteran secrets of Ruby. This new fourth edition of the groundbreaking classic goes beyond syntax and commands into how a Rubyist really thinks. ### Eloquent Ruby, Second Edition Write better, clearer, more focused Ruby code by becoming truly fluent in the language. To express yourself eloquently in any language, you need to go beyond its vocabulary and syntax.

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XO Ruby
@xoruby.com

Bonjour Montréal 👋 We're coming to town this October 17! Who should speak at the conference? We’re looking for new voices. Maybe someone who dives into a deep part of a domain that Ruby helped solve, someone who has a story to tell that’ll make us think about our AI age, ...

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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀
@thomasfuchs.at

Hi, just because a software tells you it’s “reasoning” or “thinking” doesn’t mean it actually is. You won’t believe this but programmers can make software lie about what it does. Maybe programmers need more guardrails.

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The Verge
@theverge.com

Replying to @theverge.com

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe.

theverge.com1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux projectThe controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

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Konstantin Haase
@rkh.cool

Has anyone been a very active @1password.bsky.social user, including their more advanced features (SSH key management, OTP, passkeys, team accounts, etc), and successfully migrated to an alternative? I've been using it for over a decade, but I'm upset about the direction the company has been taking.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

Cool stuff in the last couple releases. Now I just need more hours in the day to be able to play with them.

miren.dev@miren.dev

Miren Runtime v0.14.0 is out 🚀 First Class Secrets: store app credentials with miren secret, reference them from app.toml. Encrypted, and never in your config, logs, or image layers. Plus App Tasks, a SQLite addon, and more: miren.dev/blog/v0-14-r...

miren.devMiren v0.14: Release Highlights - MirenYou build the app. We'll take the fiddly bits: secrets, tasks, maintenance windows, SQLite, and reaching clusters off the public internet.

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Anil Dash
@anildash.com

Do I know any folks who can connect me to academics or researchers who are more fluent in the history of rhetoric used to attack the Roma people? I am far from an expert and want to be thoughtful in how how I’m articulating the danger of DHH’s hateful screeds.

Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

If you already know some of the fundamentals of the Ruby language, but you want to get some hands-on experience to expand your skills, I suggest taking a look at the following tools/platforms: www.rubyforum.org/t/expand-you...

rubyforum.orgExpand your Ruby knowledge with deliberate practiceIf you already know some of the fundamentals of the Ruby language, but you want to get some hands-on experience to expand your skills, I suggest taking a look at the following tools/platforms: Ruby...
Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

This is a version of the world I would love to see. Not sure if we'll be able to pull it off (as an industry), but I think it still worth trying to move in that direction.

Chad Fowler@chadfowler.com

The specification is not a document. This is a long one. I’m trying to work through what the durable artifact of software becomes when code is cheap to regenerate, and what that means for documentation, production evidence, decisions, evaluations, and provenance.

aicoding.leaflet.pubThe Specification Is Not a Document

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Aaron Sumner
@ruralocity.bsky.social

I just learned about Roundhouse. Good timing as I wonder what to do with a couple of Rails apps I'm worried about supporting as Rails long-term. https://www.rubyforum.org/t/have-you-guys-seen-roundhouse/639 #Rails

rubyforum.orgHave you guys seen Roundhouse?This is a wild project which takes your rails application and translates it into C#, Crystal, Elixir, Go, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Swift, and TypeScript. It also translates it into magic-less ruby which is incredibly verbose but runs faster and is more JIT friendly. He claims it also runs under spinel which means you could compile it to a binary. Crazy project.
Javier Cervantes
@jvrc.ca

I’ve been doing some explorations about deployment options for Ruby, so I’m curious to learn more about what you’re using to deploy your applications. Please participate in the poll, I would love to get your input: www.rubyforum.org/t/where-do-y...

rubyforum.orgWhere do you deploy your Ruby apps?Hello! Lately, I’ve been doing some explorations about <span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"></span>deployment</span> options for Ruby, so I’m curious to learn more about what you’re using to deploy ...

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Amyville Hoyrror
@amyhoy.bsky.social

if you didn’t write it… you didn’t write it no, using an llm to “draft” for you is not writing it writers write: that’s one of the four noble truths for writers if you don’t write, you’re not a writer it’s really that simple no wriggling, hairsplitting, whining argument will change that