--- title: "Thoughts about static typing in Ruby" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 716 published_at: "2024-08-22" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/716" --- Plus Ruby takes another big step into the machine learning world. | #​716 — August 22, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/716) Together with [![Crunchy Bridge\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_1292,h_286/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:27/somgpnjh8wivqxfry9ga.png)](https://www.crunchydata.com/case-studies/honeybadger?utm_source=cp-rb-082224) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/nfmu8bnbjxmducjdak64.jpg)](https://github.com/ankane/transformers-ruby) [Transformers.rb: State-of-the-Art Transformers for Ruby](https://github.com/ankane/transformers-ruby) — Put down that Python – great things are continuing to happen for ML aficionados in Ruby. 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