CVE-2026-66066 is being probed in the wild. Active Storage + libvips, CVSS 9.5, arbitrary file read.

Triage:
• bundle list | grep -E "activestorage|ruby-vips"
• patched: 7.2.3.2 / 8.0.5.1 / 8.1.3.1
• can’t deploy today? Vips.block_untrusted(true) in an initializer

#RubyOnRails #Rails

🎨 Birds of India
🐦 Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
📏 36–38 cm
📍 Keoladeo NP, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb 2026

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #rails #coots #birds

Every schema constraint you skip becomes an if statement in six places, and one of them will be missing. Put it in the database where it cannot be forgotten. #RubyOnRails #Rails #PostgreSQL

Cache frequently accessed queries in Rails to reduce database load. Use low level caching with a short time to live for user dashboards. This approach cuts latency and keeps the app responsive under load. Need this built? developerz.ai #Rails #Performance

If you’re in London next week, it would be great to see you at “Ruby in London” at Mindful Chef HQ, where me, Tobias and Tom are all speaking. Lots of #rubyfriends already coming but room for a few more! It’s going to be a busy one! www.meetup.com/ruby-in-lond... #ruby #rails

The insert mutation implementation is on the way. I got it working on my machine today.

#glimmer #dsl #web #ruby #rails #rubyonrails #frontend #framework

In red up the gutter of "The Red Sun Rises", @john boiled the chapter down to two words:

> Chunky bacon!
> — jhawthorn

#Ruby committer, #Rails core team, Ruby Architecture team at #GitHub. Wrote #Vernier, the profiler a lot of us reach for when Rails gets slow.

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After the printed "Plenty of 🥓 chunky bacon to go around", @a_matsuda signed off:

> Chunky Bacon!!
> @a_matsuda

Akira Matsuda, #Ruby + #Rails committer, author of #kaminari, founder of #asakusaRb, chief organizer of @rubykaigi, 2024 #RailsLuminary. Sixteen years of commits.

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#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage32 #ruby #chunkybacon #rails #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #RubyOnRails #SpeedShop #RailsPerformance

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A 🦊 fox salutes the Polish delegation at @rubyconfth.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage176 #RubyLang #RubyConfTh #RubyLanguage #Rails #RubyOnRails

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things that quietly make every #Rails app a little faster), took a moment off from compacting the heap to write here.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage182 #RubyLang #rubycore #RubyLanguage

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