A life with Rails 8.0 (beta)

2024-10-10 Proposals on Rails 2024 (roppongi.rb) #proposalsonrails2024

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1. A life with Rails 8.0 (beta) @tnir - 2024-10-10 - Proposals on Rails 2024 @Roppongi.rb ITANDI
2. @tnir Takuya Noguchi X: @tn961ir • https://github.com/tnir • https://gitlab.com/tnir
3. #roppongirb @tn961ir @tnir (Takuya N) • Ruby 25y • Rails 18y • GitLab Core Team (2015-) • geminabox / nronn maintainer • Bundler / forem (dev.to) contributor • CTO at B2B SaaS sponsoring Kaigi on Rails 2023/2024 RubyKaigi 2023/2024 https://github.com/ruby/ruby
4. #roppongirb @tn961ir State: Rails 6.1 in 2023 • 9年選手のRailsアプリ(< 1M LOCs) • 1k+ modules, 500+ models • 100+ public gem dependencies (direct & indirect) ◦ 10 unmaintained gems 😞 ◦ A few edgy gems 🎉
5. 🧐Rails 6.1🌸 Spring 2023
6. 🏖Rails 6.1 →7.0 Aug 2023
7. #roppongirb @tn961ir Rails 6.1→7.0 • Updates many gems • DateTime#to_s
8. 🤝Rails 7.1 beta Sep 2023
9. #roppongirb @tn961ir Rails 7.0→7.1 beta • Deadline: Rails World 2023 (Day 2)
10. 🤝Rails 7.1.0 Inaugural Rails World 2023 (Oct 2023)
11. 🤝Rails 7.2.0.alpha
12. 🤝Rails 8.0.alpha Since May 2023 (to date)
13. 🤝Rails 8.0.0.beta1 Sep 2024 (Rails World 2024)
14. #roppongirb @tn961ir Releases based on Rails edge • We made ~ 85 releases since we moved to edge (Sep 2023).
15. #roppongirb @tn961ir Releases based on Rails edge • ~ 85 releases since we moved to edge (Sep 2023) • ~200 days passed since Rails World 2025 ◦
16. #roppongirb @tn961ir Rails 8.0 / 8.1 • 8–0-stable not yet (as of 2024-10-10) • gem “rails”, git: “[...]rails/rails”, branch: “main”
17. #roppongirb @tn961ir gem “rails”, git: “[...]rails/rails”, branch: “main” • Cache killer • CircleCI / GitHub Acitons default cache policy ◦ Branch-based • note: GitLab CI has variant cache policy😀
18. #roppongirb @tn961ir Summary • Rails edge in production: the hard way • (Ruby 3.4 with Prism???)
19. #roppongirb @tn961ir Summary • Rails edge in production: the hard way ◦ … working as CxO • ⚠We are hiring Rails enthusiasts⚠ • WANTED: Rails engineers those want to go to Rails World 2025 Amsterdam, NL