--- title: "Eleven sleeps away" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 682 published_at: "2023-12-14" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/682" --- Plus being nosy at other people's Gemfiles, how Mastodon's app is structured, and Nokogiri gets an update ready for Ruby 3.3. | #​682 — December 14, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/682) ✍️ Christmas is almost here, so we're preparing our annual roundup issue for next week, before we take some time off! Keep an eye out for that next Thursday :-) __ _Your editor, Peter Cooper_ Together with [![Memetria\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_600,h_145/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/vvpdctzacmq3xehpvwps.png)](https://dashboard.memetria.com/rubyweekly/) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/bzm3x2znzvxpxqngkmbc.jpg)](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/12/11/ruby-3-3-0-rc1-released/) [Ruby 3.3.0 Release Candidate 1 Released](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/12/11/ruby-3-3-0-rc1-released/) — We’re now just 11 days from the final release, but Shopify is already using this in production… 😅 There are few changes since [preview 3](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/11/12/ruby-3-3-0-preview3-released/), though I note ‘[code GC](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38269797)’ is now disabled by default, but this seems like a good thing for performance in most cases. Yui Naruse [Everyday Performance Rules for Rails Developers](https://www.rorvswild.com/blog/2023/everyday-performance-rules-for-ruby-on-rails-developers) — It’s easy to point the finger at Ruby or Rails when performance drags, but often the issues are database-related or in how the code is written. Following some of these pointers could take you a few steps toward better performance. RoR vs Wild [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/4743feeb.png)](https://dashboard.memetria.com/rubyweekly/) [Memetria: Secure, Scalable Redis Hosting](https://dashboard.memetria.com/rubyweekly/) — High performance Redis hosting with large key tracking, detailed metrics, and a superior uptime record. Memetria sponsor [Exploring Ruby's Global Constants and Variables](https://www.fastruby.io/blog/exploring-global-constants-and-variables.html) — We can probably thank the influence of Perl for the myriad of variables and constants available to a Ruby process, but they can be incredibly useful or even just handy timesavers (e.g. `$<` has been my friend in [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/)) and this post runs through a variety. Ariel Juodziukynas (FastRuby.io) [gemfile.directory: View the Gemfiles of Popular Apps](https://gemfile.directory/) — Such a simple idea, but fun to look around. It’s a presentation of submitted Gemfiles covering apps from folks like GitLab, PlanetScale, and Discourse. You can also look at [the top gems referenced](https://gemfile.directory/top-gems) in the Gemfiles. Early days, so get submitting. Josh Pigford - 🗣 An [interview with Noel Rappin](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-noel-rappin-author/135742), the new lead author of the _Pickaxe_, a.k.a. _Programming Ruby_, of which the fifth edition drops imminently. - 🇦🇺 RubyConf AU 2024 is taking place in Sydney, Australia, next April 11-12. No site yet, but [their CFP is already open](https://sessionize.com/rubyconf-au-2024/) if you want to speak – talk proposals are due by January 12. - 🤝 Ruby Central has [welcomed four new board members](https://rubycentral.org/news/ruby-central-welcomes-new-board-members/) who also join its [new executive director](https://rubycentral.org/news/executive-director/), Adarsh Pandit. - ❓ [Why do you need to prefix Ruby constants](https://stackoverflow.com/a/74501011/3951) with `::` sometimes? - 🔠 Could we [rename the `ASCII-8BIT` encoding to `BINARY`](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18576#note-27) in Ruby 3.4? 📕 Articles & Tutorials [Mastodon: A Look Behind the Popular Rails-Powered Social App](https://allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/ruby-on-rails-open-source-mastodon) — [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) is a hugely popular federated Twitter-a-like social networking system and it’s built on Rails. Lucian casts a Rubyist's eye over the codebase looking at its basic structure, dependencies, and how its tests work. Lucian Ghinda [🌳 Ready for Ruby 3.3? Upgrade Smoothly with Bonsai by FastRuby.io](https://go.fastruby.io/htu) — Whether you’re on Roda, Sinatra, or Hanami, our fixed-cost, monthly upgrade service can help. One tiny PR at a time. Ruby Upgrades on Autopilot sponsor [Exploring the `it` Warning in Ruby 3.3](https://allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/exploring-it-default-block-param-warning-in-ruby-33) — Our big feature last week was about Ruby 3.4 landing [support for `it`](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18980#note-47) as a alias for the first parameter in a block. To pave the way, Ruby 3.3 will merely _warn_ on its use, but that has some possible side effects as Lucian explores here. Lucian Ghinda [Ruby 3.3's `Range#overlap?` Method](https://blog.saeloun.com/2023/12/11/ruby-3-3-introduces-range-overlap/) — Compare two ranges to see if they overlap each other. Prasanth Chaduvula [How I Brought My Site's LCP Down to Under 350ms for Google-Referred Users](https://blog.pawelpokrywka.com/p/how-i-took-lcp-down-under-350ms) — An exploration of the techniques used to optimize performance on a high-traffic site with specific tips for Rails (and Next.js). LCP stands for [Largest Contentful Paint](https://web.dev/articles/lcp) and refers to the time it takes for the largest image/text block visible within the viewport to render. Paweł Pokrywka [Boosting Query Performance with Incremental Materialized Views!](https://docs.epsio.io/?utm_source=rubyweeklyDec) — Plug Epsio into your database and boost performance of your most complex queries. It constantly updates query results whenever the underlying data changes, without recalculating. Epsio sponsor ▶[Lessons From Building GitHub Code Search](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZA_KmygKw) — It’s not Ruby specific, but it’s interesting. Luke Francl [Upgrading GitHub.com to MySQL 8.0](https://github.blog/2023-12-07-upgrading-github-com-to-mysql-8-0/) — Another GitHub story. Written up, this time :-) Liu, Rogart, and Wu (GitHub) [Write Resilient Tests with Matchers That Take Other Matchers](https://everydayrails.com/2023/12/07/rspec-resilient-matchers.html) Aaron Sumner ['Service Objects are Poorly-Named Models'](https://dimiterpetrov.com/blog/service-objects-are-poorly-named-models/) Dimiter Petrov 🛠 Code & Tools [online_migrations 0.10: Catch Unsafe Postgres Migrations in Dev and Run Them Easier in Prod](https://github.com/fatkodima/online_migrations) — The extensive README alone is worth the price of admission, but using the gem might save you a few headaches with dangerous migrations on large tables. Dima Fatko [Wicked: Turn a Rails Controller Into a 'Wizard'](https://github.com/zombocom/wicked) — For when you want users to take things step by step. ZomboCom [MiniLevenshtein: Simple Levenshtein Distance and Similarity Ratios](https://github.com/delonnewman/mini-levenshtein) Delon R. Newman [GraphQL::Coverage: Calculate the Coverage of GraphQL Queries](https://github.com/pocke/graphql-coverage) Masataka Pocke Kuwabara Jobs [Find Ruby Jobs with Hired](https://hired.com/join/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=%28b2c%29%28l-all%29%28r-all%29%28cooper-rubyweekly%29&utm_content=easy-job-hunting) — Hired makes job hunting easy-instead of chasing recruiters, companies approach you with salary details up front. Create a free profile now. 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