Ruby’s IRB is a lovely interactive console. By leveraging a custom .irbrc configuration file, we can make the experience even better.
Improving IRB experience with a custom .irbrc
Benchmarking Ruby 3 in PDF generation
Ruby 3 JIT was optimized against CPU-intensive demo, which left Rails enthusiasts left out. But what about tasks in the middle of both? Here’s my latest benchmark on Ruby 3 JIT in generating PDF files with Prawn.
Create a git branch archive
This week I needed to prepare some files for the buyers of my book Deployment from Scratch. I use various git repositories for the content and case studies, and I needed to create archives for the current release quickly.
Elixir and Phoenix after two years
Thoughts on the Elixir language and its Phoenix framework after two years of professional work.
InvoicePrinter 2.1 with Ruby 3 support
Ruby 3 was released three months ago, so it was a time to support it in InvoicePrinter, a pure Ruby library for generating PDF invoices.