Monthly progress reports and other Ruby Together updates. See exactly what we’re doing with with the money we raise.
November 9, 2022
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Navigating RubyConf2022 As A Newcomer
RubyConf2022 is three weeks away! If you're a first time conference goer and you're nervous, read on for advice on what to expect and what to prepare for as you navigate RubyConf2022 as a newcomer. read more…
November 3, 2022
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RubyConf2022 Speaker Spotlight: Lori Olson
Continuing the series! As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to highlight talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
October 21, 2022
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Sept. 2022 Monthly Update
In September, we paid for 70.9 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and removed the (sometimes surprising) auto-sudo feature to make sure no one accidentally installs gems as root. read more…
September 19, 2022
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August 2022 Monthly Update
In August, we paid for 94.3 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and implemented `Bundler.settings[:only]`. read more…
August 18, 2022
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5 Reasons To Turn That Idea Into A RubyConf 2022 Talk
On the fence about submitting to this year's CFP? Here’s why you should go for it! read more…
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July 2022 Monthly Update
In July, we paid for 39 hours of developer work, made several improvements to error and warning messages in RubyGems and improved efficiency in cases where user information was complex in RubyGems.Org. read more…
July 22, 2022
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June 2022 Monthly Update
In June, we paid for 36.4 hours of developer work, created new RubyGems documentation and made several updates and fixes to MFA requirements on RubyGems.Org. read more…
June 23, 2022
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May 2022 Monthly Update
In May we paid for 56 hours of developer work, made some formatting and design fixes on RubyGems.org, and released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler. read more…
June 13, 2022
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RailsConf: Home Edition 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Thomas Countz
As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to curate a series highlighting talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
May 26, 2022
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April 2022 Monthly Update
In April we paid for 48.5 hours of developer work, added experimental built-in support for Rust extensions, and we released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler. read more…
May 16, 2022
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RailsConf2022 Speaker Spotlight: Vladimir Dementyev
As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to curate a series highlighting talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
May 12, 2022
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RailsConf On Tracks
You may be wondering: "Should I choose a conference track? And if so, which one?" Well, you’re in luck! Read on to get insights from the program committee on the RailsConf 2022 tracks. read more…
May 11, 2022
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RailsConf2022 Speaker Spotlight: Andy Andrea
As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to curate a series highlighting talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
May 5, 2022
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RailsConf2022 Speaker Spotlight: Kevin Murphy
As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to curate a series highlighting talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
May 2, 2022
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RailsConf2022 Speaker Spotlight: Adam Cuppy
As a tech sector newcomer, I thought it would be fun to curate a series highlighting talks that immediately captured my curiosity. read more…
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Countdown to RailsConf2022!
Welcome to our first dispatch from Ruby Central! read more…
April 18, 2022
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March 2022 Monthly Update
In March we paid for 32.4 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and fixed an error when installing the `aws` gem from RubyGems.org. read more…
March 14, 2022
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February 2022 Monthly Update
In February we paid for 21.4 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and resolved some long-standing CI workflow issues. read more…
February 14, 2022
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January 2022 Monthly Update
In January we paid for 31.4 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and published blog posts on Bundler version switching and RubyGems adoptions. read more…
January 18, 2022
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December 2021 Monthly Update
In December we paid for 57.6 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and shipped the Bundler version switching feature. read more…
December 17, 2021
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November 2021 Monthly Update
In November we paid for 52.5 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and wrote a blog post for rubygems adoptions. read more…
November 18, 2021
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October 2021 Monthly Update
In October we paid for 71.1 hours of developer work, simplified the gem install and Bundle install processes, and updated and released an MFA opt-in feature. read more…
November 10, 2021
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The New Ruby Central and How We Got Here
So, what happened to Ruby Together? read more…
October 21, 2021
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Ruby Together and Ruby Central, coming together
The boards of Ruby Together and Ruby Central have agreed to combine into one organization. read more…
October 18, 2021
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September 2021 Monthly Update
In September we paid for 168 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and added a dependency listing feature to Ruby Toolbox. read more…
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Falling Back On Our Strengths
We have officially entered a new phase in the year. Whether you’re entering the fall, as we are here in the US, or welcoming in another season, this turning point can be a good time to reflect on how far we’ve come this year, and how we’d like the remaining part of it to go. read more…
September 16, 2021
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August 2021 Monthly Update
In August we paid for 281 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and started evaluating corresponding changes to be deployed on RubyGems.org. read more…
September 7, 2021
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Ruby In Google Summer of Code 2021
We were delighted to act as fiscal sponsor for the Ruby organization as part of Google's Summer of Code (GSOC) program. This year, the org was administrated by Ruby core team member Koichi Sasada. Read on to hear from two students who participated in this year. read more…
August 24, 2021
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July 2021 Monthly Update
In July, we paid for 39.6 hours of developer work, achieved faster bundler/setup performance, and resolved CPU spikes on the RubyGems.org database. read more…
August 11, 2021
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A Vision For Ethics In Open Source Software
Ruby Together board member Coraline Ada Ehmke has been working for almost a decade on infusing the ideas of justice and equity into the culture and practice of open source. However, like many, her journey in the open source space did not start there. read more…
July 21, 2021
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June 2021 Monthly Update
In June, we paid for 107.3 hours of developer work, released new versions of Bundler and RubyGems, and worked on Ruby API's frontend. read more…
July 1, 2021
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A New Approach to Documentation: Ruby API
Ruby API is improving the experience of searching Ruby 3's documentation and types — but just a couple of years ago, it almost ceased to exist. read more…
June 18, 2021
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May 2021 Monthly Update
In May, we paid for 51.2 hours of developer work, released new versions of Bundler and RubyGems, and launched gem dependences on Ruby Toolbox. read more…
May 20, 2021
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April 2021 Monthly Update
In April, we paid for 84.5 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and began work on some exciting new features for Ruby Toolbox and Ruby API. read more…
April 19, 2021
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March 2021 Monthly Update
In March, we paid for 151.6 hours of developer work, released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and made several updates to Rails and RubyGems.org. read more…
March 19, 2021
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February 2021 Monthly Update
In February, we paid for 56.3 hours of developer work, reduced confusion and security issues with Gemfiles that have more than one source, and improved the search response times on the Ruby Toolbox. read more…
February 17, 2021
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January 2021 Monthly Update
In January, we paid for 26.3 hours of developer work, we released new versions of Bundler and RubyGems, and updated and deployed a Rails 6.1 update. read more…
January 18, 2021
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December 2020 Monthly Update
In December, we paid for 71.1 hours of developer work, released Bundler 2.2 and RubyGems 3.2, and updated our API Key recommendations. read more…
December 17, 2020
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November 2020 Monthly Update
In November, we paid for 59.8 hours of developer work, improved RubyGems platform support, and researched and implemented updates and improvements to our security features and policies. read more…
December 15, 2020
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Five Things To Be Grateful For in the Ruby Together Community
This was a tough year. We’d love to offer you a moment to reflect with us on what we’re grateful for in the Ruby Together community. read more…
November 24, 2020
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October 2020 Monthly Update
In October, we paid for 65.9 hours of developer work, released Bundler 2.2.0.rc.2 and RubyGems 3.2.0.rc.2, and made several Fastly related updates for speed and security. read more…
October 19, 2020
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September 2020 Monthly Update
In September, we paid for 59.8 hours of developer work, including triaging a boatload of RubyGems issues, Deploying a Google Summer of Code project and upgrading Ruby Toolbox. read more…
September 21, 2020
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August 2020 Monthly Update
In August we paid for 91.6 hours of developer work including several improvements for our contributors, progress on issues related to Ruby-Core versioning, and testing and deploying a PR for blocking -/_ gem name variations. read more…
August 19, 2020
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July 2020 Monthly Update
In July we paid for 143.6 hours of developer work including several improvements for Bundler maintainers and over 30 merged pull requests for RubyGems.org, Bundler and JRuby read more…
July 20, 2020
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June 2020 Monthly Update
In June, we paid for 142.8 hours of developer work, released Bundler 2.2.0.rc.1 and RubyGems 3.2.0.rc.1, and made several changes to clean up our email and notification processes read more…
June 9, 2020
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May 2020 Monthly Update
In May, we paid for 141.3 hours of developer work which included several updates, fixes and changes in preparation for the next Bundler release. read more…
April 28, 2020
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April 2020 Monthly Update
In April, we paid for 96.1 hours of developer work, updated our CI to ruby 2.7, and completed several updates and optimizations for Ruby Gems and RubyGems.org. read more…
April 2, 2020
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March 2020 Monthly Update
In March, we paid for 123.5 hours of developer work, retired the Bundler repository and GitHub organization, and completed many fixes and improvements for the RubyGems.org website. read more…
October 17, 2019
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Growing Ruby Together
A closer look into why growing the Ruby Together community is so important and what initiatives we can accomplish as we grow. read more…
July 8, 2019
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June 2019 Monthly Update
In June, we paid for 61 hours of developer work, wrote a brief summary of what we did during the month. read more…
July 7, 2019
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Helping Everyone Learn To Code
A deep dive into the Bridge Troll project, including an interview with the developer and the first 4 weeks worth of updates. read more…
June 30, 2019
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Career Switching Into Code
This article is the first in a series of interviews with Ruby community members, open source developers, and Ruby Me participants. Keep an eye on our blog for more! read more…
June 10, 2019
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May 2019 Monthly Update
In May, we paid for 129 hours of development work, launched new Ruby Together membership levels, and combined the Bundler and RubyGems teams. read more…
May 15, 2019
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April 2019 Monthly Update
In April, we paid for 129 hours of developer work, hired new heads of community and growth, and saw a huge amount of work done on Bundler and RubyGems. read more…
April 8, 2019
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March 2019 Monthly Update
In March, we paid for 143 hours of developer work, re-opened applications for Ruby Me, and did a lot of maintenance work on Bundler, RubyGems, and RubyGems.org. read more…
March 13, 2019
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January February 2019 Monthly Update
In January and February, we paid for 320 hours of developer work, made improvements to the Bundler release process, updated several RubyGems.org dependencies, and worked to reduce malicious gems. read more…
February 9, 2019
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December Monthly and 2018 Yearly Update
In December, we paid for 75 hours of developer work. In all of 2018, we paid for 1,394 hours of developer work, which included 21 Bundler and 11 RubyGems releases. read more…
December 19, 2018
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Announcing Project Proposals
Ruby Together is now accepting proposals for open source project funding from any Ruby developer. read more…
December 8, 2018
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November 2018 Monthly Update
In November, we paid for 107 hours of developer work, announced Bundler 2.0, merged 2FA for RubyGems, and shipped important security updates to RubyGems.org. read more…
November 5, 2018
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October 2018 Monthly Update
In October, we paid for 117 hours of developer work, released Bundler v1.17, updated several RubyGems.org dependencies, revived the reverse dependencies list endpoint, and worked to reduce malicious gems. read more…
October 10, 2018
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September 2018 Monthly Update
In September, we paid for 100 hours of developer work, launched a mentorship program called RubyMe, and fixed a bug to prevent typo attacks on RubyGems.org. read more…
September 18, 2018
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Announcing Ruby Me
The Ruby Me project offers paid internships to learn programming and collaboration skills while contributin to open source software. read more…
September 10, 2018
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August 2018 Monthly Update
In August, we were joined by new Ruby member Handshake.org, we paid for 113 hours of developer work, shipped a new Bundler guide, and fixed bugs in Bundler and RubyGems. read more…
August 8, 2018
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July 2018 Monthly Update
In July, we paid for 90 hours of developer work, released Bundler 1.16.3, and started testing an alpha release of two-factor authentication for RubyGems.org. read more…
July 9, 2018
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June 2018 Monthly Update
In June, we paid for 58.8 hours of developer work, continued with Google Summer of Code, released a new version of RubyGems, and continued to make progress with Bundler, RubyGems.org, and the Ruby Toolbox. read more…
June 6, 2018
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May 2018 Monthly Update
In May, we paid for 73 hours of developer work, prototyped new metrics rankings for Ruby Toolbox, and continued work on Google Summer of Code projects. read more…
May 7, 2018
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April 2018 Monthly Update
In April, we paid for 133.5 hours of developer work, held a board meeting, and created a new feedback forum for Ruby Together. read more…
April 25, 2018
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April 22 Board Meeting Results
The Board of Directors met on April 22, 2018. We decided to implement additional transparency efforts, add new communication channels, as well as picking several topics for future planning work. read more…
April 6, 2018
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March 2018 Monthly Update
In March, we paid for 147 hours of developer work, Coinbase became a high-profile member, we printed new Bundler shirts, and fixed many bugs. read more…
March 5, 2018
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February 2018 Monthly Update
In February, 85 hours of developer work, released RubyGems versions 2.7.5 and 2.7.6, and updated two Bundler commands. read more…
February 1, 2018
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January 2018 Monthly Update
In January, we paid for 105 hours of developer work, released bug fixes in Bundler and RubyGems, and relaunched the Ruby Toolbox. read more…
January 7, 2018
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December Monthly and 2017 Yearly Update
In December, we paid for 92 hours of developer work. In 2017, we paid for 1,169 hours of developer work, closed 1,489 GitHub issues, released 21 new versions of Bundler, and released 11 new versions of RubyGems. read more…
December 13, 2017
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October and November 2017 Monthly Update
In October and November, we paid for 165 hours of developer work, spoke at RubyConf, shipped Bundler 1.16, and started deploying the beta Ruby Toolbox 2.0. read more…
October 15, 2017
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September 2017 Monthly Update
In September, we paid for 182.6 hours of developer work, shipped a RubyGems security release, and funded the new Ruby Toolbox. read more…
September 19, 2017
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August 2017 Monthly Update
In August, we paid for 139.4 hours of developer work, focused mainly on Bundler milestones 1.16 and 2.0. read more…
August 7, 2017
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July 2017 Monthly Update
In July, we paid for 142 hours of developer work, released Bundler bugfixes, and worked on smoothing the path towards Bundler 2 and TLS v1.2. read more…
July 5, 2017
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May and June 2017 Monthly Update
A double update! In May and June, we paid for 179.4 hours of developer work, made Bundler faster, started preparing for Bundler 2, and kicked off some new sub-projects. read more…
May 13, 2017
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April 2017 Monthly Update
During April, we paid for 39 hours of developer work, fixing bugs, applying security patches, and worked with Fastly to prevent a major outage for some users. read more…
April 18, 2017
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March 2017 Monthly Update
In March, we paid for 62.4 hours of developer work, fixing bugs, administrating servers, and quietly kept things chugging along. read more…
March 8, 2017
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January and February 2017 Monthly Update
summary: In January and February, we paid for 167.8 hours of developer work, pushed a Bundler feature release as version 1.14, got some feedback, and made plans for the future. read more…
January 21, 2017
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December 2016 Monthly Update
In December, we paid for 77.8 hours of developer work, hired an Empress of Documentation, and shipped the Bundler 1.14 prerelease. read more…
November 30, 2016
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November 2016 Monthly Update
This month 16 new members joined, André spoke at RubyConf about contributing to open source, and we paid for 129.5 hours of work on Bundler, RubyGems, and RubyGems.org. read more…
October 31, 2016
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October 2016 Monthly Update
This month we released four bugfixes for Bundler 1.13, weathered great internet storms, and dramatically improved server response times. We did it with 70.3 hors of paid work on Bundler, RubyGems, and RubyGems.org. read more…
September 30, 2016
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September 2016 Monthly Update
Ruby Together paid for 71.3 hours of work, and had 18 new members join. This month we went to Strangeloop, gave a talk at EuRuKo about the first year of Ruby Together, and released Bundler 1.13.0, 1.13.1, and 1.13.2. All part of the plan for ramping up Ruby community outreach and engagament. read more…
September 27, 2016
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A Year Of Ruby Together
Ruby Together has been around for over a year! Here's a summary of why we exist, what we've gotten done so far, and what we want to do in the future. read more…
August 30, 2016
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August 2016 Monthly Update
Ruby Together paid for 65.5 hours of work, and had 2 new members join. This month we released Bundler 1.13.rc2, and created detailed roadmaps for Bundler 1.13, 1.14, 2.0 and the merged RubyGems + Bundler 3.0 read more…
July 30, 2016
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July 2016 Monthly Update
Ruby Together paid for 64.4 hours of work, and had 5 new members join. We launched a new design for bundler.io, and made a big chunk of progress towards Bundler 1.13, 1.14, 2.0, and the combined Bundler+RubyGems 3.0. read more…
June 30, 2016
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June 2016 Monthly Update
Ruby Together paid for 119.6 hours of work, and had 7 new members join. Work this month includes RubyGems 2.6.6, Bundler 1.13 pre-release, and an array of minor improvements thanks to our Google Summer of Code students. read more…
May 30, 2016
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May 2016 Monthly Update
This month at Ruby Together was all about people: we met the Ruby community at RailsConf, started our Google Summer of Code students working, and started reorganizing Bundler and RubyGems issues. read more…
April 28, 2016
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April 2016 Monthly Update
In April we had our one year anniversary, paid for 106 hours of developer time, had six new members join, and launched Bundler 1.12 and the new gem index format. read more…
March 30, 2016
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March 2016 Monthly Update
Ruby Together gained 6 members, paid for 68 hours of developer time, and reached the penultimate step of big accomplishments for Bundler and RubyGems.org. read more…
February 29, 2016
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February 2016 Monthly Update
Setting a new record, we paid for more than 86 hours of developer work. We also released new versions of RubyGems and Bundler, and gained 6 new members. read more…
February 1, 2016
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January 2016 Monthly Update
In January, Ruby Together paid for 56 hours of developer time, released RubyGems 2.5.2, hired two more developers, and gained 9 new members. read more…
December 31, 2015
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December 2015 Monthly Update
This month, Ruby Together paid for 40 hours of developer time, shipped t-shirts from our Teespring campaign, released Bundler 1.11, hired developers to work on the RubyGems library, and gained 6 new members. read more…
November 30, 2015
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November 2015 Monthly Update
In November, we went to RubyConf, hired @cczona, gave away 250 shirts, paid for 40 hours of developer work on Bundler and RubyGems.org. We also had 8 new developers and 9 new companies join as members! read more…
October 30, 2015
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October 2015 Monthly Update
Since last month, Ruby Together paid for 40 hours of developer time on Bundler and RubyGems.org, had 7 new members join, and visited ROSSConf and EuRuKo to hear from the community. read more…
September 23, 2015
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September 2015 Monthly Update
In September we paid for 58 hours of development work on Bundler and RubyGems.org, while we were joined by 8 new members, including New Relic, Stitch Fix, Square, and Intercom. read more…
August 18, 2015
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August 2015 Monthly Update
New members Yammer, Kickstarter and Basecamp joined, while we paid for 40 hours of development work on Bundler and RubyGems.org. read more…
July 18, 2015
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July 2015 Monthly Update
A double progress report including 80 hours of developer work paid for, a new website, a new Bundler version, RubyGems progress, and juicy financial details. read more…
July 15, 2015
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Project Codes Of Conduct
Ruby Together will only fund work on projects that have established and enforce a code of conduct. read more…
July 13, 2015
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June 2015 Monthly Update
During our third month, there was a Bundler support emergency. We'll have a full Ruby Together update with financials and detailed progress for both June and July in the July update. read more…
May 18, 2015
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May 2015 Monthly Update
For our second month, Bundler made five bugfix releases, three prerealeses, and pushed the 1.10 release candidate. RubyGems.org finally started deleting gems when they are yanked. read more…
April 19, 2015
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April 2015 Monthly Update
In our first month of operation, we hired our first two developers, and accomplished a record amount of work on both Bundler and RubyGems.org. read more…
April 8, 2015
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Cloud City and Ruby Together
Cloud City development has joined Ruby Together as a corporate member. read more…
April 6, 2015
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David Radcliffe Joins The Team
We've hired David Radcliffe, a prolific contributor to the software that keeps RubyGems.org running. read more…
April 3, 2015
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Engine Yard and Ruby Together
Welcome to Engine Yard, our second founding corporate member. read more…
April 2, 2015
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Stripe and Ruby Together
Stripe has joined Ruby Together as a founding corporate member. read more…
March 21, 2015
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Sponsoring Rubybench
The RubyBench project is a great resource for Ruby developers, and Ruby Together is sponsoring the hardware in runs on. read more…
March 20, 2015
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Friends Of Ruby Together
By popular demand, it is now possible to support Ruby Together with as little as $10 per month, or any amount one time. read more…
March 19, 2015
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Announcing The Rubygems Partnership
Ruby Together & Ruby Central have agreed to work together to make RubyGems.org better than ever. read more…
March 17, 2015
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Announcing Ruby Together
Ruby Together is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the needs of the Ruby community. read more…
