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We'd already deployed a prerelease version and started serving all Shopify storefront requests with Ruby 3.2 earlier this week. Here is a Twitter thread from me

by ufuk 4y ago

We'd already deployed a prerelease version and started serving all Shopify storefront requests with Ruby 3.2 earlier this week. Here is a Twitter thread from me about all the work that into this release from Shopify with respect to performance and stability: https://twitter.com/paracycle/status/1605706226007941122 https://twitter.com/paracycle/status/1605706226007941122 If you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer them here. Merry Christmas everyone!

purple_ferret 4y ago
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- synu 4y ago
  They clearly haven’t read the HN comments about Ruby
  - ksec 4y ago
    I am not aware of any HN comments that point to Ruby ( or Rails ) being a bottleneck. Most of them only suggest Ruby ( or specifically Rails ) being more expensive to scale.
- Existenceblinks 4y ago
  You are too optimistic. The js mind virus is spreading inside fast. The old devs' moving up, the new naive devs' moving in. Web tech is heading towards what tech influencers and companies making money of. You will never see shiny VC backed companies pumping Rust outside of the bubbles.
igravious 4y ago
Thanks for the detailed write-up. Great to see Ruby getting so much love. Already looking forward to 3.3 Is it a dumb question to ask what additional tooling you use to hop from one version of Ruby to another? There are so many: RVM, Rbenv, …
- ilvez 4y ago
  Recently have found asdf most flexible, mainly because of plug in systems. https://asdf-vm.com/ https://asdf-vm.com/
  - stanislavb 4y ago
    This. Since I’ve migrated to asdf a lot of related tasks have been easier.
  - williamcotton 4y ago
    New shell instances load much faster when running asdf instead of rbenv/nvm/etc… instead of having multiple processes checking multiple dotfiles for a given environment there is just a process and single file.
  - michaelbuckbee 4y ago
    Just another +1 to the asdf positivity. I've now used it for years with both Windows (WSL) and on modern OSX. The key thing is that asdf will keep your ruby + all other languages (node, python, etc.) in sync'd versions.
- ufuk 4y ago
  It is not a dumb question at all. At Shopify we use chruby since it is lightweight and less opinionated. However, devs never really have to use chruby directly, since our in-house `dev` CLI tool can install the Ruby version any project at Shopify specifies and configure `shadowenv` to set the right env variables to use it.
  - igravious 4y ago
    Muchas gracias. Got distracted by Christmas day familial activities and didn't realise you'd replied. ps: my sis uses Shopify to run her entire online biz and even though I'm the supposedly techie one she's the one that set it up, configured it, and runs it – she wouldn't know what a Ruby is!
- purple_ferret 4y ago
jrochkind1 4y ago
Do you know if standard latest Rails 7.0.x runs fine on ruby 3.2?
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- ufuk 4y ago
  As far as I know, yes, it should. But I haven't tested it so I can't say for sure.

by ufuk 4y ago

purple_ferret 4y ago

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synu 4y ago
They clearly haven’t read the HN comments about Ruby
- ksec 4y ago
  I am not aware of any HN comments that point to Ruby ( or Rails ) being a bottleneck. Most of them only suggest Ruby ( or specifically Rails ) being more expensive to scale.
Existenceblinks 4y ago
You are too optimistic. The js mind virus is spreading inside fast. The old devs' moving up, the new naive devs' moving in. Web tech is heading towards what tech influencers and companies making money of. You will never see shiny VC backed companies pumping Rust outside of the bubbles.

igravious 4y ago

Thanks for the detailed write-up. Great to see Ruby getting so much love. Already looking forward to 3.3 Is it a dumb question to ask what additional tooling you use to hop from one version of Ruby to another? There are so many: RVM, Rbenv, …

ilvez 4y ago
Recently have found asdf most flexible, mainly because of plug in systems. https://asdf-vm.com/ https://asdf-vm.com/
- stanislavb 4y ago
  This. Since I’ve migrated to asdf a lot of related tasks have been easier.
- williamcotton 4y ago
  New shell instances load much faster when running asdf instead of rbenv/nvm/etc… instead of having multiple processes checking multiple dotfiles for a given environment there is just a process and single file.
- michaelbuckbee 4y ago
  Just another +1 to the asdf positivity. I've now used it for years with both Windows (WSL) and on modern OSX. The key thing is that asdf will keep your ruby + all other languages (node, python, etc.) in sync'd versions.
ufuk 4y ago
It is not a dumb question at all. At Shopify we use chruby since it is lightweight and less opinionated. However, devs never really have to use chruby directly, since our in-house `dev` CLI tool can install the Ruby version any project at Shopify specifies and configure `shadowenv` to set the right env variables to use it.
- igravious 4y ago
  Muchas gracias. Got distracted by Christmas day familial activities and didn't realise you'd replied. ps: my sis uses Shopify to run her entire online biz and even though I'm the supposedly techie one she's the one that set it up, configured it, and runs it – she wouldn't know what a Ruby is!
purple_ferret 4y ago

jrochkind1 4y ago

Do you know if standard latest Rails 7.0.x runs fine on ruby 3.2?

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ufuk 4y ago
As far as I know, yes, it should. But I haven't tested it so I can't say for sure.