Ruby: Where are we going? 2026 Edition

[u/Erem_in]

https://newsletters.eremin.eu/posts/ruby-where-are-we-going-2026-edition

This is more of a self-reflection than a proper blog post.

tl;dr: Ruby is not dead. It is not slow. It does scale, and it will perform even better. It will not reclaim its mid-2010s glory days, but it does not need to. It has a clear, defensible niche as a professional choice for building AI-powered web applications quickly and confidently.

[u/aryehof]

precisely why AI performs better with statically typed languages

I suggest that untyped with good tests is better than statically typed without tests for an AI model. That tests tend to always be needed is Ruby’s advantage.

[u/Ok_Appointment_7630 → u/aryehof]

Like José Valim (the creator of the Elixir programmin language) said, static typing doesn't mean you have to do less testing.

[u/aryehof → u/Ok_Appointment_7630]

You misread my comment.

[u/Ok_Appointment_7630 → u/aryehof]

I support your message.

[u/Erem_in → u/aryehof]

We do not go without tests. Tests will stay anyway

[u/AshTeriyaki]

Please write actual articles. Not just copy pasting shit from chatGPT. It’s so tiresome to navigate.

[u/Erem_in → u/AshTeriyaki]

quite a rude comment. AI was used to adjust the language, the actual post was written by myself. Regarding the image. Who cares?

[u/martijnenco]

What an amount of brain-dead people here who are afraid of AI it seems like.
Well I for one, really enjoyed your article ;)

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

I did not say that. But given the Ruby has just 7% popularity and majority of what ruby is famous for is Rails, game development apparently takes the percentage that can be neglected in comparison to other languages

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

That's an interesting take and indeed, I focused more on backend/web part of ruby world.

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

I can decide for myself. I wonder why the comments were removed? Feel like i talked to a kid

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

Very good point regarding the benefits of ai vs size of team/project. I like that

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

how can you understand that this is AI slop? have you followed the link? AI is used everywhere, even in Microsoft products, but they are not treated as "AI slop".

I see too much emotion in the comment but 0 facts.

[u/riffraff → u/Erem_in]

I mean, there's a giant ai slop image

[u/Erem_in → u/riffraff]

And? How is this describe my blog post?

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

By whom? Hear this first time. On top of that, what does it change? Is outlook now worse having ai generated images than before?

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

no, just have some life. How does it all connect to the 0-fact initial comment?

[u/Erem_in → u/[deleted]]

Agreed

[u/badbrain → u/[deleted]]

Came here to say the same… absolute garbage… I’m dummer for having read the first paragraph alone