--- title: "#348: Sinatra 2.0, and the RailsConf2017 Videos" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 348 published_at: "2017-05-11" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/348" --- #348: Sinatra 2.0, and the RailsConf2017 Videos This week's Ruby and Rails news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://rubyweekly.com/issues/348) Ruby WeeklyIssue 348 — May 11, 2017 Sinatra[Sinatra 2.0 Released: The DSL for Creating Webapps](https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/tree/v2.0.0)A quiet but significant release. The [Changelog](https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/blob/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG.md) is the biggest guide to what’s new, and last year’s [The Road to Sinatra 2.0](http://zzak.io/log/2016-04-18-the-road-to-sinatra-2.0.html) explained the key changes. _Related: [Hacker News discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288885), [Gem page](https://rubygems.org/gems/sinatra), [Project homepage](http://www.sinatrarb.com/)._ David Heinemeier Hansson[DHH's RailsConf 2017 Opening Keynote](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx6aGMC6MjU)DHH’s talk is low on tech but high on philosophy and thinking about why we use the tools we do. You can also enjoy the keynotes from [Aaron Patterson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnCJO8Ax1qg) and [Justin Searls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4fnzHxHXMI). Confreaks[20 RailsConf 2017 Videos To Watch (So Far)](http://confreaks.tv/events/railsconf2017)The sessions from RailsConf 2017 are starting to be published, currently at 20 videos. We’ll link to some of the best over the next few issues as we watch them. Cloud 66Sponsored[How to synchronise mutex across servers](http://blog.cloud66.com/ruby-mutex-mayhem/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=cooperpressrails&utm_content=may)Useful tips and tricks on Ruby multithreading/cross process and server synchronization solutions. [![Cloud 66\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/35d533e0.png)](http://blog.cloud66.com/ruby-mutex-mayhem/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=cooperpressrails&utm_content=may) dejan[RailsPanel: A Chrome Extension for Rails Development](https://github.com/dejan/rails_panel)Stop tailing development.log and see info about your app’s requests in Chrome’s DevTools instead. A long standing project that now supports Rails 5. Piers Chambers[Active Admin 1.0 Released, Supports Rails 5.1](http://www.varyonic.com/2017/04/active-admin-1-0/)A very long standing Rails admin system has been brought up to date and supports the latest Rails. [GitHub repo here](https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin). Moshe Zioni[The Strange Case of User Enumeration on Heroku](https://hackernoon.com/the-giving-ruby-the-strange-case-of-user-enumeration-on-heroku-not-fixed-1a8296067318)A bug hunter finds an anomaly in login responses where a Rack header could be exploited with timing attacks. Jobs - [Ruby on Rails Developer at X-Team (Remote)](https://x-team.com/ruby-on-rails-developer/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ruby-news-may-17)We seek a developer with extensive Ruby knowledge. We're 100% remote and provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow. 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