--- title: "It's 95 sleeps till Ruby 3.3" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 670 published_at: "2023-09-21" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/670" --- Plus Euruko begins, Kamal goes 1.0, and an opportunity to help Ruby Central. | #​670 — September 21, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/670) 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/?utm_source=-&utm_medium=-&utm_campaign=RubyWeekly-23-q3-1) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/am8kaakqrej9b0jj8gct.jpg)](https://railsatscale.com/2023-09-18-ruby-3-3-s-yjit-runs-shopify-s-production-code-15-faster/) [Ruby 3.3’s YJIT Runs Shopify’s Production Code 15% Faster](https://railsatscale.com/2023-09-18-ruby-3-3-s-yjit-runs-shopify-s-production-code-15-faster/) — YJIT in Ruby 3.2 has yielded big performance boosts to production workloads for many Rubyists, and Ruby 3.3 is looking to be even more promising with Shopify finding YJIT in 3.3 to be notably faster than in 3.2. How? Takashi explains all. _Roll on Christmas Day and Ruby 3.3!_ Takashi Kokubun [Applications Now Open to Join Ruby Central's Board](https://rubycentral.org/news/jointheboard/) — Ruby Central, the non-profit behind Rubygems and Bundler, is looking for people to join their board. Responsibilities include helping with RubyConf and RailsConf and supporting community growth efforts. Ruby Central [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/f7bcbb50.png)](https://www.cloud66.com/?utm_source=-&utm_medium=-&utm_campaign=RubyWeekly-23-q3-1) [Scale Rails with Nginx Response Times](https://www.cloud66.com/?utm_source=-&utm_medium=-&utm_campaign=RubyWeekly-23-q3-1) — No one likes a slow website. Scale your Rails application automatically on any cloud using metrics like Nginx response time. Reduce response time when traffic goes up and reduce costs when they come down. 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