--- title: "Rails: The Movie" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 677 published_at: "2023-11-09" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/677" --- Plus lots of stdlib updates, Ruby 3 keyword argument confusion, and some lagniappe. | #​677 — November 9, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/677) Together with [![Bosch\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_1280,h_443/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:17/udmp5biufp3th3c4xz0n.png)](https://www.bosch.com/careers/?utm_campaignid=ruby&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=wlab&utm_term=primary&utm_content=recognition) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/px4sefg1qnmmqrgyppag.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUEXBF3B4) ▶[Ruby on Rails: The Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUEXBF3B4) — Skip _Netflix_ and enjoy this well produced 45-minute documentary going into the history of Rails (including the infamous _'F— You'_ slide) and DHH's relationship with the project and the community. A few other folks pop up to flesh out the story and we get to see a six-year old DHH! If you prefer to read, don't worry – we're told a written version will be available shortly. Honeypot 💡 If you like this sort of documentary, a recently released [▶️ TypeScript origins documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6s2pdxebSo) was also fantastic, even if you're not a TypeScript developer. [Should I Add Typing to My Ruby Project?](https://radanskoric.com/articles/should-i-add-typing-to-my-ruby-project) — Last week we linked to Radan’s experiment in [adding types to a Ruby project](https://radanskoric.com/experiments/experiment-gradual-typing). This week he’s back with a quick, quantitative way for you to evaluate whether _your_ team should be considering adding types to your project (and how). 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Christopher Winslett (Crunchy Data) - 🏆 The Ruby Association has announced [which projects have been selected by its committee](https://www.ruby.or.jp/en/news/20231031) to receive a _Ruby Association Grant._ Kevin Newton also won [the Ruby Prize 2023](https://twitter.com/kddnewton/status/1722477472170586433) for his work on the [Prism](https://github.com/ruby/prism) Ruby parser. - 📈 Lucian Ghinda presents [an analysis of Ruby gem download numbers](https://allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/ruby-gems-download-trends-an-analysis-from-2013-to-2023) between 2013 and now. - 👨‍🔧 Vinicius Stock, Ruby LSP lead, has tweeted about [some of the recent improvements made to the Ruby LSP](https://twitter.com/vinistock/status/1722317590289104942). - 🗣 A [thorough interview with Daniela Baron,](https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/interview-with-daniela-baron/) a staff engineer who works with Ruby and Rails at _FundThrough._ She shares some useful resources and advice, as well as the tools she likes to use. - 📰 JetBrains has [some updates on its RubyMine 2023.3 EAP](https://blog.jetbrains.com/ruby/2023/11/rubymine-2023-3-eap-update/). - … Victor Shepelev [concludes his series looking into pattern matching](https://zverok.space/blog/2023-11-03-syntax-sugar2-pattern-matching-fin.html). 📕 Articles & Tutorials [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/rzc78kjosdxmxetmlvo9.jpg)](https://ryanbigg.com/2023/11/ruby-32-hashes-and-keyword-arguments) [Ruby 3, Hashes and Keyword Arguments](https://ryanbigg.com/2023/11/ruby-32-hashes-and-keyword-arguments) — Can you spot the issue in the code above? _“We didn’t for a while.”_ Ryan digs into how a change in how Ruby 3 handles keyword arguments led to confusion. Ryan Bigg [See the History of a Method with `git log -L`](https://calebhearth.com/git-method-history) — While `git log` lets you see commit logs, you can use the `-L` option to “trace the evolution” of a specific method, showing you logs of how it has changed over time, regardless of other things happening in the same file. Caleb Hearth [💸 Need to Upgrade Rails but Can’t Get Budget Approval? Get a Roadmap](https://www.fastruby.io/roadmap?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=ruby-weekly&utm_campaign=nov-5-2023&utm_term=roadmap-budget&utm_content=estimates) — Secure a detailed Ruby and Rails upgrade action plan with timelines and estimates to strengthen your [business case](https://www.fastruby.io/blog/rails/upgrade/how-to-pitch-an-upgrade-to-your-boss.html). The Roadmap by FastRuby.io sponsor [Sponsoring _Rails World_: What Did It Cost, and Was It Worth It?](https://blog.appsignal.com/2023/10/30/sponsoring-rails-world-what-did-it-cost-and-was-it-worth-it.html) — If you’re as nosy as me about these sorts of things, Roy is pretty transparent here. Roy Tomeij ▶[Detect Spam with AI](https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/detect-spam-with-ai) — Python and an LLM do the heavy lifting here, but David shows us how to integrate with them to add a feature to a Rails app. David Kimura [Undo in `assets:clobber` What You Do in `assets:precompile`](https://calebhearth.com/assets-precompile-clobber) — The `assets:clobber` Rake task is the less well-known sibling of `assets:precompile`. Caleb Hearth [`git rebase`: What Can Go Wrong?](https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/11/06/rebasing-what-can-go-wrong-/) Julia Evans 🛠 Code & Tools [JRuby 9.4.5.0 Released: Ruby 3.x on the JVM](https://www.jruby.org/2023/11/02/jruby-9-4-5-0) — The Ruby 3.1-compatible JRuby version gains support for the experimental Fiber::Scheduler and IO::Buffer APIs (based on the Ruby 3.3 implementation) if you enable them with `-Xexperimental.fiber.scheduler`. The JRuby Team [ActualDbSchema: Keep a Rails DB Schema Consistent When Switching Branches](https://github.com/widefix/actual_db_schema) — Migrations can get messy if you’re switching branches in a Rails app. This helps [clean up that mess.](https://blog.widefix.com/actual-db-schema/) Now supports Rails 7.1. Andrei Kaleshka [Get APM Insights into Your Ruby Apps in Less Than 4 Minutes!](https://ter.li/dwyi8j) — Whether it's those pesky N+1 database queries or memory bloat troubles, Scout's got your back. 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