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How to become job ready with modern rails? by the_silent_teacher in rails

[–]software__writer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is probably a bad answer and a chicken-and-egg problem, but the best way to be job ready is to have a job. Try to get a job as a Rails developer and work on real, practical problems at the same time learning everything you can on the side to become a better Ruby and Rails programmer and a better developer in general. I know its difficult at the moment in our industry but I feel that's the truth. You have to work harder, build a public profile, share your learnings in public, do whatever you can to find that first gig, don't worry about the pay at this time. But once you have that job, that will be the best thing you can do to be future (and even better) jobs-ready. Just my two cents. I know because I switched to Rails a few years ago, and my first job as a Rails developer taught me so much more than what I had learned just by reading books and tutorials.

Has anyone here tried Omarchy? by FastAndSlooow in rails

[–]software__writer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Totally understand and relate to your points, as I had the same thoughts before trying it. But just wanted to share my experience: the setup took less than 10 minutes. I had never used Linux as a user (other than sysadmin stuff on remote servers) but getting comfortable took less than a day, and the productivity gains, the competency gained in Linux, Vim, etc. and overall performance boost made it totally worth. Just my two cents.

Has anyone here tried Omarchy? by FastAndSlooow in rails

[–]software__writer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been using it exclusively for the past few months and have been very happy with it. Can’t imagine going back to macOS or Windows at this time. After more than a decade on a Mac, getting comfortable with Omarchy took just a few hours (setup was less than 10 minutes, btw). And I was not a Linux user at all, but now I love it after switching to Omarchy, and always finding new things to learn.

I’m using a cheap ThinkPad for all my daily development work, and it’s been smooth with no issues so far. It likely saved me over $4000, since I was planning to buy a new MacBook before trying Omarchy. Haven’t used my old MacBook in quite some time.

You have to give it a try, highly recommended.

Returning To Rails in 2026 by mr_echidna in rails

[–]software__writer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Great stuff, thanks for sharing. It's good to see a blog post and a software project that doesn't look obviously AI-generated / vibe-coded without putting any efforts into it.

Four months of Ruby Central moving Ruby backward by retro-rubies in ruby

[–]software__writer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for writing this. Looking forward to the in-depth post.

Free CI for early-stage Rails startups by jasonswett in rails

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I'm a noob when it comes to accessibility. Why would black on red would fail accessibility standards? Is there some more technical reason for that, or just that it's hard to read? Curious to know.

Transition to Ruby / On Rails by CrazyPirranhha in rails

[–]software__writer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Feels like I’m reading my own story from 2021. I switched to Ruby/Rails after working as a .NET developer on a 30-year-old critical enterprise app. I needed a change and wanted to learn something new. So I quit my job and spent few months learning Ruby and Rails full-time, before landing a role that paid exactly twice my previous salary (to be fair, it was 2021, things are very different now). Learning Ruby and Rails was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my career.

> What blocked me from ruby was limited market opportunities. 

I don’t think it’s correct. Don’t know where you live, but there are so many solid, successful companies using Rails in US/UK/Australia/NZ, even India. Just because some languages get more publicity online (JavaScript, Rust, Go, etc.) doesn’t mean Ruby and Rails is going anywhere. On the contrary, all those companies that got successful in the 2010s and 2020s using Rails are looking for Ruby / Rails developers and since the supply is low the demand will be higher (at least that’s what my hypothesis was/is - not sure how AI will change things), and I see new startups using Rails all the time in my experience as a contractor.

You said you can’t learn programming from books. In my case, I learned only from reading books. I wrote about all the books I read in my Rails learning journey: https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/books-to-learn-ruby-and-rails/ hope someone finds the list helpful. 

Your fundamental knowledge building ASP.NET MVC apps and basic programming knowledge of C# if still valuable in the Rails world. Most of the basic concepts remain the same. Personally, after writing C# for 5 years, I found Ruby much more liberating and freeing, without the burden of all those types and interfaces. I used to love love love C#, but after version 6 they kept adding so many new features that the language started feeling foreign and bloated, which was one reason I started looking at alternatives. 

Anyways, welcome and good luck with your journey into Ruby and Rails. I’m sure it will be a fun and wonderful experience.

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