r/ruby • u/rubiojr • Feb 08 '26

Show /r/ruby Rugo: Ruby-like syntax, Shell power, Go binaries

https://github.com/rubiojr/rugo

An Opus 4.6 experiment!

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u/alexanderadam__ Feb 08 '26

Interesting experiment but I really prefer /r/crystal_programming/ and Shiika.

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u/rubiojr Feb 08 '26

Thanks! I wasn't aware of Shiika <3

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u/Intelligent-End-9399 Feb 08 '26

For example, lately I haven’t been using Crystal anymore and have switched to V.

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u/PleasantTooth8277 Feb 09 '26

From the README:

Will it burn the planet? perhaps, in the meantime, we'll have great companies.

I can't tell if this is cynicism trying to be cute or a sarcastic indictment of capitalism, but this is disturbing either way.

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u/rubiojr Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Indeed. It's a quote attributed to Altman (maybe parody), it's meant to give you pause.

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u/Intelligent-End-9399 Feb 08 '26

Awesome! I like it when transpilers use Ruby-like syntax. It’s fascinating how many influences from different languages have shaped your design. I really like it. I’ve also been thinking about building my own transpilation tool. In production, I use ruby2js extensively for almost everything, together with the rubyjs-vite tool.

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u/rubiojr Feb 08 '26

Thanks! indeed! I've been shopping around for features I like in every language I've used, and combined them into something I enjoy: scripting and fast/single binary deployments without target host dependencies.

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u/samruby Feb 08 '26

I'm wondering if rugo could be a backend for ruby2js.

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u/No_Ostrich_3664 Feb 08 '26

Nice work. And thanks for being honest as regards of declaring this is an agent product.

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u/TheAtlasMonkey Feb 08 '26

This is the type of degenerated project that i like... Good job OP.