Best of Ruby — March 2026

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    Avatar of rubyflowRuby Flow·11w

    Ruby vs. Python: Why I Choose Happiness Over Hype

    A personal take arguing that Ruby is the superior language for product builders and SaaS developers, despite Python's dominance in data science and AI. The author makes the case through five points: Ruby's pure object-oriented design, the expressiveness of blocks and DSLs, Rails' cohesive 'omakase' philosophy versus Python's fragmented web ecosystem, Ruby's human-readable syntax, and the craft-focused community culture. Python is acknowledged as the right tool for data science and scripting, but Ruby is championed for developer happiness and code aesthetics.

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    Avatar of infoworldInfoWorld·11w

    Ruby sinking in popularity, buried by Python – Tiobe

    Ruby has dropped to 30th place in the March 2025 Tiobe index with a rating of just 0.55%, down from 25th the previous month. Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen attributes the decline directly to Python's dominance, stating 'there is no need for Ruby anymore.' Ruby peaked at 8th place in May 2016 and was language of the year in 2006. Other notable movements in the index include SQL and R swapping places in the top 10, Swift re-entering the top 20, Kotlin falling to 22nd, and Dart climbing toward the top 20 at 25th. Python leads the index with 21.25%.

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    Avatar of rubyflowRuby Flow·8w

    Rails vs Laravel vs Django vs NestJS: Why I Still Choose Ruby

    A personal comparison of four major backend frameworks — Rails, Laravel, Django, and NestJS — arguing that Ruby on Rails remains the best choice for solo developers and indie hackers who want to ship quickly. NestJS is criticized for excessive boilerplate, Django praised for AI/data use cases but faulted for clunky DX, Laravel respected but dismissed due to PHP syntax. Rails wins on ActiveRecord's elegance, Rails 8's batteries-included features (Hotwire, Solid Queue, Kamal), and Ruby's developer happiness philosophy.

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    Avatar of rubylaRUBYLAND·9w

    Avo 4 Open Beta

    Avo 4 Open Beta is now available, introducing UI4 — a refreshed visual style with new customization options including a color picker, smart breadcrumbs, and new DSL components. New features include Collaboration, Forms, Kanban, HTTP Resources, REST API, and Reactive Fields, with more (Notifications, MCP, RBAC) on the way. The release also includes internal API changes and fixes detailed in a comprehensive Avo 3 to Avo 4 upgrade guide. During the beta, all gems are accessible regardless of subscription tier. Pricing for Avo 4 has not been finalized yet.

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    Avatar of rubylaRUBYLAND·10w

    Ruby Deserves Beautiful Documentation

    A new Jekyll theme gem called Jekyll VitePress Theme brings the polished VitePress documentation experience to the Ruby/Jekyll ecosystem. It includes a sidebar, right-side page outline, local search (/ or Cmd+K), dark/light/auto mode, code blocks with copy buttons, homepage hero layout, and more — all configured via YAML files with no Node.js required. The motivation is that Ruby projects deserve documentation sites that look professional and well-maintained, which lowers adoption barriers.

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