Rails News

  • Safer to_i coercion, custom to_fs formats, and more!

    Hi, I’m Emmanuel Hayford. Rails had a busy week, so grab a tea and let’s get into it. The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is open Open through July...

  • This Week in Rails: May 16, 2026

    Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Rails World 2026 update General Admission tickets are now out, and the CFP is closing this weekend. Book...

  • This Week in Rails: May 8, 2026

    Hi, it’s zzak. This week was full of changes, so grab a seat, there’s a lot to cover. New Accessibility Guide open for review The Rails Foundation is working on...

  • This Week in Rails: May 1, 2026

    Hi, it’s Greg, bringing you the latest updates about Rails. Updated guides await community input The Asset Pipeline, Layouts & Rendering, Caching, and Active Job Basics Guides have all recently...

  • Active Record gets better every week

    Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo. Let’s explore what happened this week in Ruby on Rails. Apply as a speaker for Rails World Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join 1,200+...

  • Great big Rails World 2026 update: CFP, Corporate Support tickets, workshops

    Hi everyone! Rails World is back heading to Austin, Texas on September 23-24, 2026 for the largest Rails World yet, with space for 1,200 developers, founders, and teams building with...

  • Query command for database queries and more

    Hi, Wojtek here. Let’s see what’s new in the Rails on this finally sunny day (at least in my corner of the world ;-) Query command for read-only database queries...

  • Explicit query: and body: kwargs for integration tests and more!

    Hi, I’m Emmanuel Hayford. Here’s what caught my eye in Rails this week. Fix GET+JSON+params in integration tests for API-only apps params: in integration test helpers was ambiguous for GET...

  • Speedup ActiveRecord::LogSubscriber#sql_color and more!

    Hi, it’s Vipul. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Remove fast_string_to_time workaround in ActiveModel::Type::Helpers::TimeValue Ruby 3.2.0 had a bug where Time.new(..., in: "UTC") could return an invalid...

  • This Week in Rails: March 27, 2026

    Hi, it’s zzak. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. New Rails releases this week Rails 7.2.3.1, 8.0.4.1, and 8.1.2.1 shipped as security releases, followed by 8.0.5 and...