Remi Mercier

@remi@ruby.social
206 Followers
177 Following
223 Posts

Freelance Ruby on Rails developer, writer, former stained-glass master (yup!).

I share what I learn about building software on http://remimercier.com. Swears a lot when nobody's watching.

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans lives matter

📝 Where I writehttps://remimercier.com
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Remi Mercier9h ago
Uncle Duke16h ago
i hope the first one works because i just don’t think i can fit a second one in there
Remi Mercier19h ago
Show threadJeremy2d ago
@marcoroth glad that you like my idea, I will try to open issues to support each of the a11y supported linter rules on Herb repo
Remi Mercier20h ago
Vitaly Slobodin1d ago
The Ruby extension v0.10.0 for Zed editor is out, featuring Herb LSP by @marcoroth and bundle-aware debugger support. Happy vide coding!
Remi Mercier20h ago
Marco Roth20h ago

The Herb Language Server is now also available in @zeddotdev in the latest version of the official Ruby extension!

Big thanks to @vitallium for maintaining the extension and making Ruby a very well supported language in Zed! 🙌🏼
https://fosstodon.org/@vitallium/114753586649431589

Vitaly Slobodin (@vitallium@fosstodon.org)

The Ruby extension v0.10.0 for Zed editor is out, featuring Herb LSP by @marcoroth@ruby.social and bundle-aware debugger support. Happy vide coding!

Fosstodon
Remi Mercier1d ago
The urge to look for flights for Helsinki in November even before submitting a talk proposal to @helsinkiruby 🙃
Remi Mercier1d ago
Ivan ReeseJun 19
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"
Remi Mercier2d ago
Denis Defreyne2d ago

I got laid off today. Eek!

Looking to hire a senior/staff engineer? I might be exactly what you need.

Some more details on what I offer here: https://denisdefreyne.com/notes/get-me-a-job-2025/

repost = ❤️

#GetFediHired #Ruby

Get me a job in 2025

A note written by Denis

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Remi Mercier2d ago
Paul Buetow3d ago
Commenting your regular expression is generally a good advice! https://thoughtbot.com/blog/comment-your-regular-expressions Works pretty well as described in the article not just in #Ruby, but also in #Perl (@Perl), #RakuLang, ...
Comment your regular expressions

(Don’t Fear) The Regex

thoughtbot
Remi Mercier3d ago
Monospace Mentor3d ago
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." - Harold Abelson. Write code that tells a story, not just solves a problem.
Remi Mercier4d ago
Petr Hlavicka 4d ago
New post: Versioning API requests
https://petr.codes/blog/rails/versioning-api-requests/
Versioning API requests

Learn how to handle API request versioning in Rails without duplicating controllers, using a schema-based approach that supports OpenAPI documentation and seamlessly maps external API structures to internal models.

Petr Hlavicka