rv plan and progress update

kept by eddie jun 19

rv is a fast Ruby manager that precompiles Rubies, manages gems, and aims to match uv's speed, with recent progress on clean-install, tool management, and multi-platform support.

Can Bundler be as fast as uv?
Aaron Patterson argues Bundler can match uv's speed through design changes like parallel installation and a global cache, not just a Rust rewrite.
also on Bundler, uv, Ruby, #open-source, #developer-tools
Package Managers Need to Cool Down
A survey finds that while many package managers and update tools have adopted dependency cooldowns to prevent supply chain attacks, implementations vary wildly in naming, scope, and timestamp handling, and major ecosystems like Go, Maven, and Gradle still lack support.
also on Bundler, uv, #open-source, #developer-tools
Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty
OpenAI acquires Astral, the company behind uv, ruff, and ty, to accelerate Codex development while promising continued open-source support.
also on uv, #open-source, #developer-tools
Moats in the Age of AI
As AI models and software commoditize, moats erode for pure software/AI firms; value concentrates in compute, energy, and relationship-based assets.
also on uv, #open-source
Ruby 4.0.0 Released
Ruby 4.0.0 introduces experimental Ruby Box for isolated definitions and ZJIT, a new JIT compiler built in Rust, alongside Ractor improvements and core class updates.
also on Ruby, #open-source, #developer-tools