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Kevin Menard

@nirvdrum
Ruby compiler enthusiast. Mastodon: @[email protected]
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    Kevin Menard
    @nirvdrum
    May 10
    I think my Web Awesome experiment has run its course. I really liked the idea of web component framework that rivaled React ones so I could use it with Rails. Actually integrating with Rails sucked because it doesn't support import maps and I had to remap all of the form helpers.
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    Kevin Menard
    @nirvdrum
    Jan 31
    The macOS device upgrade process couldn’t be much worse. I can’t restore a backup from Time Machine at all. I can’t transfer from the old MBP because I deigned to upgrade macOS and now it’s newer than what the new MBP shipped with. No way to just upgrade macOS on the new MBP 1st.
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    Kevin Menard
    @nirvdrum
    Jan 13
    This is a huge release for TruffleRuby. It’s our first under our new org. If you’ve been hesitant about contributing because of the CLA, please note that we no longer have one. We can also release more frequently so please report bugs or open PRs.
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    TruffleRuby
    @TruffleRuby
    Jan 13
    TruffleRuby kicks off the year with a new website, a new release, and a blog post to go with it! 🎉 truffleruby.dev/blog/truffleru… Many changes: * New versioning * Thread-safe Hash * No system dependencies anymore * Installs in 2 seconds * Development is now fully in the open
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    Kevin Menard
    @nirvdrum
    Dec 14, 2025
    I’ve got a friend in Massachusetts who is suspected of a financial cybercrime and has been brought in multiple times to chat with a detective. Based on the tech details it sounds specious to me. Does anyone know of a law firm or legal resource specializing in cybercrime in MA?
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    Kevin Menard
    @nirvdrum
    Sep 17, 2025
    Running native extensions in parallel is a huge performance boost. Running a large internal Rails application we saw performance roughly double. Very workload dependent, but all of the major DB adapters are implemented as native exts. We also added support for the blake3-rb gem.
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    TruffleRuby
    @TruffleRuby
    Sep 17, 2025
    TruffleRuby 25.0 is released! 🚀🎉 It can now run native extensions in parallel, just like Ruby code already ran in parallel in Threads on TruffleRuby! It also features many compatibility improvements and notably support for custom Digest algorithms. github.com/oracle/truffle…