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I was at #BrightonRuby this week, and I had some thoughts.

https://physhbowl.kryptykphysh.xyz/Coding/Brighton-Ruby-2025

Brighton Ruby 2025

It was a lot less like the end of Carrie than the decor might indicate So, I was at Brighton Ruby this week. It’s my first time going to a Ruby meetup of this size before.

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fglc2 1d ago

Ivan Reese 2d ago

Hey Germans, please come up with a word that means "the fear of typing `return` vs `shift-return` because you don't know which inserts newline and which sends the message"

fglc2 1d ago

Conferences drain me like nothing else but boy are they fun, inspiring and utterly irreplaceable.

Thanks @andycroll for another great #BrightonRuby and @balticruby for my first #BalticRuby !

fglc2 2d ago

Carme Miàs 2d ago

#accessibility
Getting ready to speak at @brightonruby in a few minutes.

Here are the slides for those links to useful resources!

https://carmemias.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250619-accessibility-boost.pdf

fglc2 2d ago

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fglc2 2d ago

Rob Whittaker 2d ago

Happy #BrightonRuby, everyone! I look forward to seeing you for some post-conference drinks later. Will you be there?

I can neither confirm nor deny if I'll have some drinks money on behalf of @thoughtbot. I guess you'll have to meet me to find out!

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fglc2 3d ago

Also they’ve been very busy filling in the gaps that were present initially, eg

https://github.com/sorbet/sorbet/pull/8910 (T.bind)

https://github.com/sorbet/sorbet/pull/8916 (T.absurd)

So you can do things you can’t do in pure RBS (I think)

Introduce RBS alternative to `T.bind` by Morriar · Pull Request #8910 · sorbet/sorbet

Motivation Allow binding self with an RBS comment: class Foo def foo; end end def bar #: self as Foo T.reveal_type(self) # => Foo foo # ok end The implementation to support this commen...

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fglc2 3d ago

I knew vaguely about the new sorbet<-> rbs comment stuff, but I had no idea how much nicer it looked #BrightonRuby

fglc2 3d ago

Rachel J Graves 3d ago

Who’s going to Brighton Ruby today? #brightonruby Boost Boost!

fglc2 3d ago

Brighton Ruby Conference 3d ago

Promise we’ll open the gates.