Thomas B

Software Engineer based in Tokyo. Ruby lover. Interested in good engineering. And "Keep IT Simple".

[DHH @dhh]

It's pencils down, people. Writing code by hand is no longer an economically viable skill for most programmers at most companies. But the future of making software has never been brighter. Don't you dare black pill this beautiful moment! https://t.co/qaCgfmkW0u

[Brandur @brandur]

In the last ~month:

• Bun Rust rewrite.
• Shopify migration from Reactive Native to native.
• Next version of Hey will be Rust + native apps. From the Rails company, no Rails.

Yesterday, I asked a Shopify person: what are the chances that in two years Shopify is still Ruby?

[Rust Bytes 🦀 @rustaceans_rs]

"I love Rust! Rust is amazing ...if you never, ever, EVER have to look at it yourself."
@dhh

[Brandon - "Fietser" @AmericanFietser]

Design city infrastructure around people instead of cars, and you completely redefine what words like "traffic" and "intersections" actually mean.

[John Nunemaker @jnunemaker]

Ruby was 55%. Now it’s 3%. Rust on rails here we come.

[Emmanuel @EmmanuelSPV]

Puisqu'on reparle d'arbres dans les rues de Paris, une illustration que ça ne pousse pas instantanément : cette vidéo montre des rues juste après végétalisation, d'un aspect qu'on peut trouver "léger", puis deux ou trois ans plus tard, déjà plus fournies.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Ultimate DIY test for the proper functioning of any urban streets: does it allow you, your friends and people passing by to engage in a good old Norwegian rowing activity? 🇳🇴🚣

#OEM
#WorldCup26
#LevelOfService
#FreeFlow

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

If we really want to expand capacity, we need more bike highways.

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

It's nice to see people in Mexico having a positive reaction to Japanese soccer fans.
However, if non-Japanese people did this kind of thing to celebrate at an event in Japan, it would probably go mega viral as "rude rule-breaking foreigners."

[haruka no yume【はるかのゆめ】 @haruka_no_yume]

🇯🇵 Japan two years before the start of World War II in 1937. Some very interesting shots of daily life. Many people in Japan have recently began trying to add color to older videos.

Japan must have been so different in those days.

[Stephen Margheim @fractaledmind]

CSS Anchor Positioning is now baseline.

Firefox 147 ships today with full support. Chrome, Edge, Safari — all on board. Position elements relative to other elements. No JavaScript.

Here's the 60-second rundown...

[ⓑιcιcletⓞ @Bicicleto_ZGZ]

Estas terribles y horripilantes imágenes son el resultado de alejar el coche de los ciudadanos.

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

Cities need more trees.

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

In 2025, police recorded 234 cleared auto-theft cases involving foreigners, down from 280 in 2024.
The number of foreign nationals convicted fell from 64 to 51.
Source: https://t.co/PWT4caozPd
Full 2026 data will not be released until next year, but Jan-April data shows a 20 foreign nationals convicted.
Source: https://t.co/gUcsHz42vn
There are about 78 million automobiles in Japan.

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

Japan's foreign population has doubled since 2003. In the same period, the number of car thefts dramatically declined.
For some reason, Japan's ruling party shared a video implying that foreigners stealing cars is a major issue.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

30 minutes of active mobility a day:
✅ Lower risk of heart disease
✅ Better mental health & reduced stress
✅ Improved fitness & weight
✅ Lower risk of diabetes-2
✅ Better sleep
✅ Better air quality
✅ Less congestion
✅ Stronger community

Good for you. Good for the planet.

[Thomas B @ThomasOneDev]

@jessicastokyo There are still a lot of new build houses with parking within 10 minutes from a station around 70M yen. There's a new build 6 minutes from my station in the Nerima ward.
Anyway, it's an anecdote, not an average. Thanks for sharing the information (with sources).

[DHH @dhh]

It's been twenty years since I last spoke in Japan about Rails. That's clearly far, far too long. So very happy to be back this October in Tokyo. One of my favorite places on this little planet. https://t.co/LKpbG8BqvA

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

"The bike lane is empty."

[Dirk Laurenz @DirkLaurenz]

Was Batterien in einem Jahr ausrichten können, wenn man sie nicht ideologisch bekämpft.