Bart de Water

mini shai-hulud song

This Week in Rails....was a big one, all thanks to 31 contributors. Highlights include: - `ActiveJob::Attribute`: persist typed data between job steps without overriding serialize/deserialize - f.datalist and datalist_tag: native HTML datalist support in form builders - Rails.cache.read("key", delete: true): atomic read-and-delete for Redis (great for OTPs) - params.fetch_values(:a, :b): fetch multiple required params in one call - AR Encryption keys now readable from ENV Read all this and much more in this week's newsletter: rubyonrails.org/2026/5/8/this-…

Fintech Biz Weekly just dropped: Y Combinator & Coinbase invested in a Venezuelan sanctions evasion app linked to the Maduro regime, including, rumors say, the son of Nícolas Maduro: @kontigo_app The story is a LONG one. You know where to find it.

i am convinced that software devs have a speed problem they think the #1 issues is writing code faster... its not. its fixing the code that is already there to stop being utter garbage (as a garbage code connoisseur) quality is really lacking these days, yet quantity has never been higher

Well, it has happened. Ghostty on macOS now has search. This is now in tip releases, I'm certain there's a bunch of polish and bugs to work through over the next months, but more than enough time for it to be rock solid for 1.3 next year. GTK to follow soon. Gobble, gobble. 🦃🦃

@jpcamara @palkan_tula I spent a good chunk of my flights back looking at Vernier profiles 🙊

@palkan_tula YES. I had like 5 terminals open last night in different repos both existing and newly created 😂

(Conferencing hangover notes) For me, the most valuable outcome of attending a (good; typically, community driven) conference is an inspiration/creativity boost you receive, a desire to build something right away. Pick your next conference and experience that yourself!..

So excited about what the @cedarcode team has put together to help #Rails companies adopt #passkeys! Right in time for the @AuthenticateCon 🚀 If you have a RoR app and are thinking about adding passkeys as 1st or 2nd factor, checkout rubygems.org/gems/webauthn-… and give us feedback

The American healthcare system seems hopelessly broken. It is not. Just as a small quirk in the tax code shifted retirement plans from pensions to 401(k)s, ICHRA can shift insurance from employee-sponsored to individual choice. A Deep Dive on healthcare, ICHRA, & Thatch:

@jankomarohnic I have that problem with missing validations at work right now, was going to give github.com/zdennis/active… a try.

@nateberkopec I suspect GitHub CoPilot suggesting this too. Our app uses Sorbet but unfortunately RuboCop doesn't talk to LSPs (yet) in order to safely remove this nonsense.

nit: I see a lot of juniors pepper `present?` all over their code because they don't know what the exact type of the receiving object is. `present?` is used as a crutch to "safely" deal with potentially strange situations. seniors have better mental models, no need for present?

@ArturAtTheX @GergelyOrosz I met with the POS team to understand how we could launch online and IRL payments on the same day. Turns out that processing cards has regional nuances and logistics for importing electronic hardware is complex. Came away with a new appreciation for their work.

@ArturAtTheX @GergelyOrosz Shopify POS + payment terminals launched in 2013, you see these way more often in the US or Canada. In 2018-19 I worked on bringing Shopify Payments to new countries (including NLD), the #1 question from merchants was when the POS terminals would follow the online launch.

Incredible to see how formerly digital-only tech companies take market share in the physical world. First time I used a Shopify POS in the wild. This space used to be dominated with companies specializing in this “offline” domain: but clearly not anymore! (Congrats to Shopify!)

@jnunemaker @andatki @pragprog And John's super power is recognizing a watch, he immediately got the brand and model right ⌚️ Pleasure meeting you both in person!

@andatki @bdewater @pragprog I got to meet Bart last night!

👏 Congrats to Bart @bdewater for winning a copy of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails at #RailsWorld @pragprog

@nateberkopec Sounds like porter.run - still need to play with this some more

I just talked to someone making a top-secret "heroku on your own/arbitrary infra" project. This person is legit + has the skills to deliver. What would be your wishlist for such a product?

Thrilled to announce our $38M Series A led by @generalcatalyst and @IndexVentures , with participation from @a16z , @AvidVc, and @thegp!

Friction has become the status quo in the American healthcare system, but @thatch_ai is here to change that. The company’s easy-to-use platform enables companies to offer employees the option to purchase their own plans with tax-free dollars, ultimately providing better flexibility and greater savings across the board. We’re thrilled to co-lead its $38M Series A, announced today - learn more about the company’s mission and why we’re so excited to invest.

@nateberkopec Feels like a lot of that integration is done client side, and can be solved with OpenTelemetry?

A ONCE-ized Datadog is probably worth a lot of money. I think the problem is that the ONCE model relies on software being “done”, but APM platforms need constant updates as the software they monitor and integrate with changes.

European Union fines in 3... 2... 1.

“Nobody wants to live in a car free city, until they live in one.” @VelocitySeries 🎥Tristan Schachner

Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/