RSpec story about disappearing classes
ActiveSupport#descendants can be slow. In a bigger system with layers of descendants, finding all of…
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Karafka framework 2.0 announcement
I'm thrilled to announce the new and shiny Karafka 2.0. It is an effect of…
Posted inbenchmark Karafka karafka framework
Reduce your method calls by 99.9% by replacing Thread#pass with Queue#pop
When doing multi-threaded work in Ruby, there are a couple of ways to control the…
Controlling Elgato Key Light under Ubuntu with Ruby
Recently I’ve acquired Elgato Key Light. It is a WiFi controllable LED lighting panel. The…
Reading the uncompressed GZIP file size in Ruby without decompression
There are cases where you have a compressed GZIP file for which you want to…
RubyGems dependency confusion attack side of things
Note: This article is not to deprecate any of the findings and achievements of Alex…
How requiring a gem can mess up your already running application
Introduction Ruby’s dynamic nature is both its advantage and disadvantage. Being able to reopen system…
RubyGems Bitcoin Stealing Malware postmortem
Introduction On the 7th and 13th of December, there were two malicious packages uploaded to…
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The hidden cost of a Ruby threads leakage
Bug hunting Recently I’ve been working with one small application that would gradually become slower…
Diffend – OSS supply chain security and management platform for Ruby
I’m incredibly excited to announce a security platform for managing Ruby gems dependencies: diffend.io. This…