[SF Ruby Conf 2025] Rails X

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1. RAILS Vladimir Dementyev Evil Martians
3. One can't build new tomorrow using yesterday's tools
4. 3 github.com/palkan 2017-... 2016-... 2015-... 2015-...
5. Path to X Reflect Listen Observe Predict 4 What are the past decisions to reconsider? What do users want? What do competitors offer? How do we stay relevant?
6. Disclaimer: Sources Personal reflections Community surveys Social platforms Hallway tracks 5
7. REFLECT rails new --skip-javascript --skip-actiontext --skip-hotwire --skip-actionmailbox --skip-ci --skip-whatever BALLAST TYPES
8. 7 CALLBACKS 29 RECONSIDER
9. 8 github.com/evilmartians/callback_hell
10. 9 CALLBACKS 29 RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21
11. –Anonymous Rails user with 10+ years of experience “ActiveRecord was an architectural failure since pre-1.0.” 10
13. 12 CALLBACKS 29 RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21 ACTION MAILBOX 17
14. 12 CALLBACKS 29 RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21 ACTION MAILBOX 17 ACTION TEXT 9
15. 13 laravel.com
16. 14 CALLBACKS 29 RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21 ACTION MAILBOX 17 IVARS IN VIEWS 11 ACTION TEXT 9
17. 14 CALLBACKS 29 4 ACTION PATTERN (CONTROLLERS) RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21 ACTION MAILBOX 17 IVARS IN VIEWS 11 ACTION TEXT 9
18. module Store module Products class Create < Hanami::Action include Deps["repos.product_repo"] params do required(:name).filled(:string) end def handle(request, response) halt 422 unless request.params.valid? product = product_repo.create(name: request.params[:name]) response.redirect_to routes.path(:product, id: product.id) end end end end 15
19. module Store module Products class Create < Hanami::Action include Deps["repos.product_repo"] params do required(:name).filled(:string) end def handle(request, response) halt 422 unless request.params.valid? product = product_repo.create(name: request.params[:name]) response.redirect_to routes.path(:product, id: product.id) end end end end 15
20. 16 CALLBACKS 29 42 JS/CSS MGMT 4 ACTION PATTERN (CONTROLLERS) RECONSIDER ACTIVE RECORD 21 ACTION MAILBOX 17 IVARS IN VIEWS 11 ACTION TEXT 9
21. –Reddit user “Bad: JS integration. Every new version comes with a different approach. Not solid, no consistent.” 17
23. 19 propshaft
24. 19 propshaft jsbundling-rails esbuild bun cssbundling-rails tailwindcss-rails + + +
25. 19 propshaft jsbundling-rails esbuild bun cssbundling-rails tailwindcss-rails + + + Joyful developer experiences are about reducing friction
26. 20 propshaft jsbundling-rails esbuild bun cssbundling-rails tailwindcss-rails hotwire-spark + + + +
27. –Ruby on Rails Community Survey 2024 “Better integration with front-end technologies.” 21
28. 22 vite_rails
29. 23 vite_rails
30. 24 vite_rails But now I need a JS runtime :(
31. 25 vite_rails bundlebun +
32. 26 github.com/yaroslav/bundlebun
33. 28 vite_rails bundlebun + Yes-Build Future For All, No Deps Attached!
34. Future For All—? 29
35. ONE PERSON FRAMEWORK GETTING FROM ZERO TO ONE
36. 31 rails new 0 IPO 1 ∞ 2 ··· New users Makers Growing startups Big Rails
37. 32 rails new 0 IPO 1 ∞ 2 ··· New users Makers Growing startups Big Rails "Listen" target audiences
38. LISTEN TO USERS AT ±0
39. –Anonymous Rails user with 5+ years of experience “rails new generates something closer to a fully functional SaaS app with the right flag configurations.” 34
40. –Another anonymous Rails user with 5+ years of experience “The prebuilt modules you see teams using in the Laravel community... there's a lot of convention only provided by gems or private libraries, eg Jumpstart” 35
41. 36 laravel.com
42. 37 railsbytes.com
43. 38 railsbytes.com
46. My "starter kit" 40
52. LISTEN TO USERS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 1
53. “Official abstractions for service classes and conventions on when to use them vs using background jobs or models.” 47
54. “Being opinionated it still lacks a clear prescription on where to put business logic code and architectural guidelines on how to interact with other external systems appart from the database” 48
55. “Out-of-the-box solutions for service objects, form objects, and policy objects would be generally useful” 49
57. Layered Rails 2ED is out this December RUBY30 for 30% off (valid till Nov, 23rd)
58. “Clearer paths for transitioning architecture for Big Rails.” 52
59. 53 github.com/rubyatscale
60. 53 github.com/rubyatscale Clearer paths, please
61. 55 github.com/rubyatscale No setup, low config!
62. 56 github.com/palkan/engems $!#(
63. “Workflow orchestration” 57
64. Active Job Continuation class CloudGenerationJob < ApplicationJob include ActiveJob::Continuable def perform(cloud) @cloud = cloud step :moderate, isolated: true step :generate, isolated: true unless cloud.failed? end end 58 https://github.com/evilmartians/sfruby-clouds
65. Active Job Continuation New in Rails 8.1 No durability (Temporal?) No parallel steps Good foundation => build on top! 59
66. “First-class native async support” 60
67. # Supported since 8.0 (almost) config.active_support.isolation_level = :fiber 61
68. 62 Puma Action Cable Server Rails Executor Connection Channel Web Socket Channel Channel Thread Pool rack.hijack #connect #subscribed #receive #disconnect #unsubscribed I/O loop Client Socket #send
69. 63 github.com/anycable/actioncable-next
70. 64 Puma Action Cable Server Rails Executor Connection Channel Web Socket Channel Channel Thread Pool rack.hijack #connect #subscribed #receive #disconnect #unsubscribed I/O loop Client Socket #send
71. 65 Puma Action Cable Server I/O loop Rails Executor Connection Channel Web Socket Channel Channel Worker Pool rack.hijack #connect #subscribed #receive #disconnect #unsubscribed Falcon Async Cable AnyCable RPC AnyCable
72. 66 github.com/anycable/actioncable-next github.com/socketry/async-cable
74. 67 That’s all you need for scale!
75. 67 That’s all you need for scale! ...and AnyCable!
76. 68 That’s all you need for AI scale! ...and AnyCable!
77. PREDICT YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW IS TODAY 1
78. Predictions 70
79. Predictions DX is more important than ever 70
80. Predictions DX is more important than ever 70 For developers sake, for community's sake, for better world, I want you to enjoy programming
81. Predictions DX is more important than ever AI-readiness is the must 71
82. Predictions DX is more important than ever AI-readiness is the must 71 This is Ruby's time to shine in AI!
83. Predictions DX is more important than ever AI-readiness is the must Hotwire hits its limits 72
84. Predictions DX is more important than ever AI-readiness is the must Hotwire hits its limits 72 => more frontend options
85. “Inertia js support should be done first class” 73
86. “Rails will solve the view layer better than React ever could” 74
87. Frontend options ReActionView LiveComponent Inertia Rails (and Inertia Native) 75
89. In 2025, the frontend landscape for Rails isn’t about choosing a single solution—it’s about having the right tool for each job
90. Future DX 77
91. Future DX Better LSPs and such (Herb ! ") 77
92. “I want Rails to point out what's missing, which design patterns, gems, capabilities of the framework we're not using the way we should. Act as true and careful GuardRails for our application.” 78
93. GuardRails Strict loading Prosopite Strong migrations Isolator, TestProf 79
94. Future DX Better LSPs and such (Herb ! ") GuardRails (linters, runtime guards, doctors) Types (?) 80
96. –Stan Lo, RubyWorld 2025 “Not for typecheker, for tools.” 82
97. Future with AI 83
98. Future with AI AI-enhanced templates / starter kits / AGENT.md 83
99. Future with AI AI-enhanced templates / starter kits / AGENT.md First-class AI concepts (RubyLLM, Active Agent) 83
100. Future with AI AI-enhanced templates / starter kits / AGENT.md First-class AI concepts (RubyLLM, Active Agent) Code & runtime intelligence 83
101. Intelligence MCP and such (Tidewave) More introspection (callback_hell, chatwerk, detailed view annotations) 84
102. Future with AI AI-enhanced templates / starter kits First-class AI concepts Code & runtime intelligence Vibe coders onboarding 85
103. Future with AI AI-enhanced templates / starter kits First-class AI concepts Code & runtime intelligence Vibe-boarding 86
104. 87 github.com/palkan/rails-tutorial-template
109. Vibe-boarding From zero to one without leaving the browser Claude Code, Tidewave => only for coders Next step => lightweight deployments 92
110. ARE WE RAILS X YET? DREAM UNTIL THE DREAMS COME TRUE 1
111. Rails X Beginner-friendly Developer-friendly AI-native Ready to scale 94 Docs, starter kits, UI kits, vibe-boarding LSPs, guardrails, linters AI concepts, augmentation Maintainable architecture, performance-oriented extensions
112. 95 Who's in charge? Core team? Rails X may happen.. or may not
113. Rails X != rails/rails 96
114. Rails X Safe & sound Beginner-friendly Developer-friendly AI-native Ready to scale 97 Docs, starter kits, UI kits, vibe-boarding LSPs, guardrails, linters AI concepts, augmentation Maintainable architecture, performance-oriented extensions Stable, robust, and secure foundation # rails/rails
116. Future 101 Do this Try this Keep that in mind 99
117. Rails X 101 Keep building software systems, keep sharing Adopt new ideas within the community and get inspired by the world outside of Rails Remember that Rails is not a single, perfect idea (rails/rails), it's a messy quilt 100
118. Rails X 101 Keep building software systems, keep sharing Adopt new ideas within the community and get inspired by the world outside of Rails Remember that Rails is not a single, perfect idea (rails/rails), it's a messy quilt 100 THANK YOU!