--- title: "Faraday keeps us in the loop" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 652 published_at: "2023-05-04" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/652" --- Plus RailsConf reflections, VS Code extensions for Rubyists, and wow it really is a quiet week out there. | #​652 — May 4, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/652) Together with [![Cloud66 logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_250,h_250/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/ofjgwnua55tonrserpbl.png)](https://www.cloud66.com/frameworks/rails/?utm_source=-&utm_medium=-&utm_campaign=RubyWeekly-23-q2-1) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/v1683203514/ceej9v4ha0igssqrvezr.png)](https://census.dev/blog/ruby-retry-made-better) [Retries Made Better with Faraday Loop](https://census.dev/blog/ruby-retry-made-better) — Ever need a simple way to retry a block of code in Ruby? 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