Planet Argon

There’s no such thing as a perfect app — just a better way to take care of it. Producers of @_maintainable s/w podcast. [email protected]

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

📊 The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is open!
9 years of tracking the @rails ecosystem — and we need your input to keep it going. Takes just a few minutes. Please share with your team!

https://t.co/pYVoTG1tAV

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Rails 8 adoption is moving faster than the usual "everyone's stuck on old versions" narrative suggests. In early responses to the 2026 Rails Community Survey, Rails 8.1 is already the most-used version. The community is keeping up.
What version are you on? https://t.co/5Hgv77WSKA

[Maintainable Software Podcast @_maintainable]

We talk about long-lived software every episode. Now we want to hear from the teams building it. If you work with Rails, let's hear from you!

https://t.co/2JVvegVjco

(The Ruby on Rails Community Survey is led by Planet Argon, the producers of Maintainable Podcast.)

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

The @planetargon team has shipped 6,000+ orders to nerdy devs around the world running the @ohmyzsh merch shop since 2013.

Here's what we decided to do with everything we learned.

Fulfillment takes real work. Returns, customs holds, lost packages, support queues... it adds up fast. We built the know-how to navigate it all.

Most OSS maintainers have way more important things to spend their cycles on.

So we started handling it all for them.

Hosting, payments, fulfillment, customer support... covered. Maintainers get a healthy cut of every sale, with zero upfront cost.

That's how @CommitGoods came to be.

We're a few months in, onboarding projects at a pace that works for each maintainer.

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Every Rails developer has an opinion about JavaScript. Early 2026 survey data is starting to show where things actually stand - and the Hotwire vs. React debate is still very much alive. Which side are you on? Survey closes July 3! https://t.co/5Hgv77WSKA

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

83% of Rails developers in this year's survey (so far!) are working on a monolith. Only 3.5% on microservices. Rails teams may have never bought the microservices hype in the first place. Add your take - survey closes July 3: https://t.co/5Hgv77WSKA

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

If you’ve followed us for a while, you’ve probably heard our perspective on long-lived Rails apps.

Maintainable Rails is a short email course from Robby Russell sharing practical ideas for refactoring, upgrades, and keeping mature Rails apps healthy.

https://t.co/z0iJ0edUIq

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Early data from the 2026 Rails Survey shows that 54% of Rails developers say AI tools are integrated into their work. 2.4% have evaluated them and decided not to use them. The "Will Rails developers adopt AI?" conversation is happening- add your take.
https://t.co/5Hgv77WSKA

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

We've been experimenting with having our devs in Brazil translate some of their own technical posts. Let us know if you find it valuable.

🇧🇷 Uma História de Upgrade para Rails 8: Ganhando Tração Sem Reescrever Tudo

[Ruby on Rails @rails]

In one year, @Intercom went all-in on Claude Code, doubling the throughput of their entire engineering and R&D org. Now 95%+ of daily code is AI-generated, with 1,000+ weekly users enabled across the whole company (including sales, marketing, and finance).

@brian_scanlan shares how they got there and where they’re going next on the next episode of On Rails with host @robbyrussell: https://t.co/BJ2iiX1JNS

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Stay sharp. Skip the noise. Join the Maintainable Podcast newsletter.
One email when a new episode drops. That's it.
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[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

Hey @rails devs! Before the @PlanetArgon team opens submissions on the Rails Developer Survey (our 9th since 2009!), we want to make sure we're asking the right questions. Not just where we've been, but where we're going.

What's the one question you think we should be asking but probably aren't? 👇

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Maintainable Rails is a short email series from Robby Russell with practical lessons on refactoring, upgrades, and steady progress in long-lived codebases.

Built for busy Rails developers.

Join the course!
https://t.co/z0iJ0edUIq

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Our teammates Evaldo Klock and Jaison Coelho are having a blast at Tropical on Rails in Brazil this week!

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

What starts as simple reporting can quietly become the slowest part of a Rails app.

Join our 30-minute Planet Argon LIVE webinar with Sergiu Truta next week to learn how to build efficient, maintainable reports with Rails.
https://t.co/fPI0nHbhSs

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

We talk a lot about helping Rails apps evolve instead of starting over. This e-course shows how.

Join us!

https://t.co/z0iJ0edUIq

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

🚀 🎉 WOW! Brian Middleton just hit 15 years at Planet Argon. Fifteen years of being delightful, versatile, and dependable. To celebrate, we commissioned a custom skateboard just for him, made by a REAL artist (not AI 😊).
Thanks for being with us on this crazy ride, Brian! 🛹

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Some software can’t be paused.

When your system is in daily use, the work has to happen while everything keeps moving.
https://t.co/pXIPxysX6P

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Our CEO, @Robbyrussell, built a tool called Clarion that analyzes a ticket and surfaces relevant context from Jira, Confluence, and GitHub. Then it suggests clarifying questions before development even starts. He wrote up the full breakdown on his blog.
https://t.co/Ef8y8NLXzZ

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Inherited a Rails app with years behind it? Maintainable Rails is our free course on stewarding and improving legacy code. Join the community! https://t.co/z0iJ0edUIq