Ruby 每周问题 643：2023 年 3 月 2 日

Matz's Audio Message: In his audio message, Matz acknowledges there are multiple ways to define Ruby's birthday but is happy to go with the named date.
Free eBook: There is a free eBook on Advanced Database Programming with Rails and Postgres available at pganalyze.com. It teaches about subqueries, materialized views, and custom data types with realistic examples and source code.
MRSK's Homepage: There is more explanation on MRSK's very minimal homepage at mrsk.dev.
Quick Bits:
- Ruby 2.7 gets security releases until March 2023 and goes EOL on March 31.
- Ruby Central is sponsoring the development of Mastodon.
- You can add pronouns to your GitHub profile.
- !value.nil? is a lot faster than value!= nil.
- Drifting Ruby is doing a weekly video update on all things Rails on YouTube.
- The 7th annual Rails Camp West is taking place in September in Hawaii with a scholarship application.
Tutorials and Articles:
- A Beginner's Guide to Ractors on honeybadger.io provides a quick introduction to ractors.
- What's Postgres Got to Do with AI on crunchydata.com looks at using Ruby and OpenAI's API with Postgres.
Code & Tools:
- mruby 3.2.0 is released, a lightweight alternative implementation of Ruby for embedding.
- Litestack is an embedded services tool for Ruby webapps using SQLite.
- Various Ruby code and tool gems are mentioned: RuboCop::GraphQL, CSVLint.rb, sidekiq-rate-limiter, Action Cable CLI, AttrJson, RBS, Sequel, Resque, Puma.
Jobs:
- Sweatcoin is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Backend) to apply knowledge and help users.
- Sticker Mule is seeking a Software Engineer (Backend) to join their "kick ass" team.
- Hired offers an easy way to find Ruby jobs by having companies approach with salary details.