Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote - DHH

kept by eddie sep 24

DHH’s Rails World 2026 keynote reveals Hey’s backend rewritten in Rust by AI agents, cutting needs from 110 to 10 servers and hinting at Rails’ declining role.

Returning to Rails in 2026
Hacker News commenters debate the merits of Ruby on Rails in 2026, with many praising its conventions and stability while criticizing lack of typing and AI-oriented marketing.
also on Phoenix, DHH, Ruby on Rails, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
$5300 in $100s: The verdict
Jason Fried reports a $100 refundable‑ticket event drew 55 sign‑ups, 50 attendees (90% show‑rate), doubling the prior free event’s attendance and yielding $500 for donation.
also on HEY, 37signals
The Algorithm That Powers Your X (Twitter) Post
The X (Twitter) For You feed algorithm uses a Grok-based transformer model and open-sourced components to replace hand-crafted rules with ML, retrieving and ranking posts via in-memory stores and similarity search.
also on Phoenix
Ruby Programming Language
Ruby's redesigned homepage highlights the language's fun, readable syntax, rich gem ecosystem, and supportive community through testimonials from Matz, DHH, and others.
also on Ruby on Rails, #performance
I Left the Mac After 12 Years. Omarchy Made Computers Fun Again. - Hadi Javeed's blog
After 12 years on a Mac, the author switched to Omarchy, an opinionated Linux distribution, because its plugin ecosystem and AI-assisted customization made computers fun again.
also on DHH, #ai-coding, #developer-tools