Joel DrapperJoel Drapper’s blog about software.https://joel.drapper.me/Better DOM Morphing with Morphlexhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/morphlex/https://joel.drapper.me/p/morphlex/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe journey to the perfect type signature in Rubyhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-type-sig/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-type-sig/Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTBugs of Omission and Bugs of Commissionhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/omission-commission/https://joel.drapper.me/p/omission-commission/Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTRuby Central’s “security measures” leave front door wide openhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central-security-measures/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central-security-measures/Despite locking maintainers out of Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe RubyGems takeover from the perspective of an open source developerhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central/We must demand that Ruby Central make this right.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTYippee: Our vision for modern full-stack Ruby frameworkhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/yippee/https://joel.drapper.me/p/yippee/What would it look like to build a new web application framework from a blank sheet of paper today?Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhy I’m not signing the “Plan Vert” (DHH) letterhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/plan-vert/https://joel.drapper.me/p/plan-vert/DHH has been boiling the frog for years, but a Rails fork isn’t the solution.Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTRuby Central Fact Checkhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central-fact-check/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-central-fact-check/Fact-checking the claims made by Ruby Central about the RubyGems takeover.Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTShopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeoverhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover/https://joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover/Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTRuby LSP indexing enhancements in Literal and Phlexhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-lsp-indexing-enhancements/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ruby-lsp-indexing-enhancements/Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTBorrowing methodshttps://joel.drapper.me/p/borrowing-methods/https://joel.drapper.me/p/borrowing-methods/Borrowing UnboundMethods from other classes.Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTObjects that liehttps://joel.drapper.me/p/objects-that-lie/https://joel.drapper.me/p/objects-that-lie/In many programming languages — but especially in Ruby — objects can lie. These fibs are usually harmless — even useful — but they can mess things up if you don’t expect them.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTComparing Ivar and Strict Ivarshttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ivar/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ivar/Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTNo Exceptionshttps://joel.drapper.me/p/no-exceptions/https://joel.drapper.me/p/no-exceptions/There’s no acceptable level of runtime exceptions any of us should be putting up with.Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe problem with instance variables in Rubyhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/ivars/https://joel.drapper.me/p/ivars/Fixing the most annoying thing about RubyMon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe “constraint” type in Literalhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/literal-constraints/https://joel.drapper.me/p/literal-constraints/Exploring Literal’s most flexible type.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTMore typing with less typing, an introduction to Literalhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/more-typing-less-typing/https://joel.drapper.me/p/more-typing-less-typing/An introduction to the Literal Ruby gem.Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTStrings are a leaky abstraction for HTMLhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/leaky-strings/https://joel.drapper.me/p/leaky-strings/Structural templating in PhlexTue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTLSP-driven API designhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/lsp-driven-design/https://joel.drapper.me/p/lsp-driven-design/Embracing the limitations of Ruby LSP in Ruby API design.Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTSitting duckshttps://joel.drapper.me/p/sitting-ducks/https://joel.drapper.me/p/sitting-ducks/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTLittle Factorieshttps://joel.drapper.me/p/little-factories/https://joel.drapper.me/p/little-factories/Thu, 05 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTThe right abstractionhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/the-right-abstraction/https://joel.drapper.me/p/the-right-abstraction/Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTReinventing the wheelhttps://joel.drapper.me/p/reinventing-the-wheel/https://joel.drapper.me/p/reinventing-the-wheel/Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT