In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris, Andrew, and David have conversations from New Year's resolutions and monitor specifications, to the sustainability challenges of open source projects like Tailwind CSS. They discuss the pros and cons of various hardware, upgrading to Ruby 4.0, recent issues in software projects, and the evolving landscape of AI's impact on productivity tools. They also touch on gaming experiences with Arc Raiders and the never-ending monitor hunt. Hit download now to hear more!

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• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Keychron M5 Wireless Ergonomic Mouse
• Brandon Weaver Bluesky
• Ran Craycraft LinkedIn
• Adam Wathan X
• Adam Watham issue comment #2388 (GitHub)
• Arc Raiders

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In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris, Andrew, and David humorously discuss the rapid increase of 'wrapped' features in various apps, recount personal experiences with food apps, and then dive into their favorite conference moments of the year. They also explore the concept of UI affordances and its importance in web design and give a preview of upcoming conferences in 2026, and a brief discussion on modern CSS and JavaScript elements. Hit download now to hear much more!

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• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• David Hill Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• RBQ Conf, March 26 & 27, 2026
• Tropical on Rails, April 9 & 10, 2026
• Blue Ridge Ruby, April 30 & May 1, 2026
• Blastoff Rails, June 11 & 12, 2026
• Baltic Ruby, June 12 & 13, 2026
• Ruby Conf, July 14-16, 2026
• RubyConf Africa, August 21 & 22, 2026
• Rails World, Sept 23 & 24, 2026
• Ruby events
• Affordances: The Missing Layer in Frontend Architecture (Stephen Margheim)

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Chris, Andrew, and David are back together, and the conversation starts out with TV talk, Fallout hype, why some shows overstay their welcome (Prison Break), and the “season one magic” problem (Reacher). Then there’s a big shoutout to Marco’s Rails Luminary win, and a deep dive into AI rabbit holes: self-hosting LLMs, Mac minis, and the looming reality of both token costs and RAM shortages. They discuss the Ruby releases (3.4.8 + Ruby 4.0 preview3), highlighting practical fixes, previewing features like Ruby:: Box, new syntax tweaks, and core classes updates they’re excited about. Hit download now!

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• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• David Hill Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Fallout
• Reacher
• Prison Break
• Ruby 3.4.8 Released
• Ruby 4.0 Highlights (by Nithin Bekal)
• Ruby 4.0.0 preview3 Released
• 2025 Rails Luminary-Marco Roth
• Surprising the 2025 Rails Luminary winner Marco Roth in Zurich (YouTube)
• Ruby Box
• Herb
• ReActionView

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter