--- title: "Rails gets a new generator for lightweight apps" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 504 published_at: "2020-06-04" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/504" --- Plus more of this week's Ruby news, views, and libraries. #504 — June 4, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/504) 🖤 It's [time to speak up](https://auth0.com/blog/its-time-to-speak-up/), [donate](https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/resources-in-the-fight-against-police-brutality-and-systemic-racism/) or even just [stream a fundraising video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM), because Black lives matter. 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