##Posts

• 2026-10-04 6 min read The developer growth path has dramatically changed How AI agents change our career growth, from less control over our tools to unequal learning opportunities and the cost of learning outside work.
• 2026-09-05 8 min read My chief-centered development workflow in Codex This post explains how I set up a chief thread pattern to help me manage my agentic development workflow.
• 2026-04-10 12 min read Building a Career with Open Source: From User to Maintainer My experience building a career with open source as a non-native English speaker with no CS background. How I picked projects, built trust with maintainers, and made my work visible.
• 2026-01-24 5 min read Ruby Skills: Teaching Claude Code About Ruby's Tooling And Ecosystem Why I built ruby-skills to help Claude Code use the right Ruby version, find reliable documentation, and work with Ruby LSP.
• 2026-01-12 3 min read My RDoc roadmap for 2026 My plans for RDoc in 2026: better Markdown support, RBS signatures, and documentation that works better for both developers and AI tools.
• 2026-01-11 2 min read Fixing My Blog from My Phone with Claude's Code Sessions (NOT Claude Code) I used Claude's Code sessions to fix my blog from my phone. Here's what worked and where I had to step in.
• 2025-12-30 7 min read AI and Open Source: A Maintainer's Take (End of 2025) My views at the end of 2025 on AI coding tools, contributor responsibility, and what maintainers need to benefit from them.
• 2025-09-08 6 min read How Ruby Executes JIT Code: The Hidden Mechanics Behind the Magic How Ruby runs JIT-compiled code, decides what to compile, and returns to the interpreter when assumptions fail, using ZJIT as an example.
• 2025-07-19 5 min read AI Coding Agents Are Removing Programming Language Barriers How AI coding tools and guidance from my teammates helped me contribute to C, C++, and Rust projects after a decade of working only in Ruby.
• 2025-03-13 3 min read My Ruby Debugging Tips in 2025 My Ruby debugging tips for 2025, covering Ruby LSP, debug.gem, IRB integration, tracing, and ways to make breakpoints more useful.
• 2024-12-26 4 min read Ruby 3.4 Documentation: A Step Towards Better Ruby Documentation What changed in Ruby 3.4's documentation, from the index and mobile layout to method links and ri output.
• 2024-11-02 6 min read A RDoc Maintainer's View on Ruby's Documentation My ideas for improving Ruby's documentation in 2024, from RDoc's theme to Markdown support.
• 2022-12-09 7 min read What's new in Ruby 3.2's IRB? The IRB improvements we made ahead of Ruby 3.2, from new commands and editor access to shortcuts into debug.gem.
• 2022-09-08 3 min read ruby/debug cheatsheet A quick reference for ruby/debug commands, from stepping and frame navigation to breakpoints, variable inspection, and scripted commands.
• 2022-08-08 2 min read Setup ruby/debug with VSCode A short guide to setting up ruby/debug in VSCode and connecting it to a running Rails application.
• 2022-08-08 7 min read From byebug to ruby/debug A comparison of byebug and ruby/debug, covering commands, breakpoints, tracing, and remote debugging to help with the switch.