Planet Argon

We help teams maintain and modernize the Rails apps they already have. No rewrites. (Laravel and Next.js folks welcome too.) Producers of @_maintainable.

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey results are live! For nearly two decades, we’ve kept a pulse on how the community has evolved. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share how you work. Here’s what you told us.

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

@Robbyrussell joined @eSquareDesign on Technology for Humans to talk about makers vs. menders, why he’d rather maintain software than start over, and the hit-and-miss reality of brand-new apps. 🎥

https://t.co/cIxRnEr4LL

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

PHP2Shell was a quick patch for anyone on a supported version of PHP. Our Software Delivery Manager wrote up what we checked, what we fixed, and what we'd recommend to anyone still running an older version. https://t.co/MViGUWYYr6

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

PHP shipped fixes today for two critical vulnerabilities (“PHP2Shell”). If your site, blog, or store runs on PHP and you need a second set of eyes, we can help.

[Errol Schmidt | AI & CTO Advisor @eSquareDesign]

This week I spoke with @robbyrussell on the Tech for Humans podcast. You might know Robby as the creator of @ohmyzsh , or through @planetargon and his podcasts (or through his sticker empire). In fact, Robby is one of the best known voices in the Ruby community.

Hot off his keynote from Rails World a few weeks ago, Robby talks about his process to write that keynote. We also talked about running an agency, supporting open source, helping junior developers learn, and what music has to do with all of this.

Plenty here for developers and the people leading them!

Watch now: https://t.co/iApvqEJVLT

[Irina Nazarova @inazarova]

Thank you Planet Argon for the Ruby on Rails Community Survey! I was super excited to see:
- @evilmartians blog on #5 in Blogs and newsletters 🎉
- @palkan_tula ‘s Layered Rails book at #3 in Books 🔥
- and also @sfrubyconf at #10 in Conferences 💃

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

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[Planet Argon @planetargon]

The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey results are live! For nearly two decades, we’ve kept a pulse on how the community has evolved. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share how you work. Here’s what you told us.

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

Kudos to my team at @planetargon for shipping the 2026 Ruby on Rails Developer community survey results!

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

@robbyrussell Blog post: https://t.co/5ef1P3UfuI

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Are we supposed to switch to using Argon now?

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

@typecraft_dev We're alright

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

@caboliveiras @robbyrussell ..we could probably make that happen. Email us

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

Some of the @PlanetArgon team got a chance to have a post-Rails World retro in Austin. Good vibes... and what a nice-looking bunch of humans.

[Ruby on Rails @rails]

In this day one closing keynote from #RailsWorld 2026, @robbyrussell (@planetargon) talks about the "local workshop" every mature Rails app builds on top of the framework: the patterns, shortcuts, workarounds and oral traditions that teams quietly learn to compensate for, and that AI coding agents are now tripping over.

Drawing on years of experience, Robby agrees that while producing code has gotten cheaper, deciding what belongs, what can be trusted and what should change still takes human judgment.

Find the full talk here: https://t.co/7qaHaSvaKt

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

"What are your favorite Rails-related blogs and newsletters?" The Rails Survey results are in- here's what you said!

Full survey results coming soon!

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

Rails World was the top conference choice in the Ruby on Rails Community Survey this year. We hope you all get to go! And we'll see you there! ✈️ 🥳

(Full results will be live SOON!) ⏳️

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

The Rails Survey is almost ready to share. In the meantime, if you're looking for great books to read, here are the top 10 Rails-related books the community recommends.

How many have you read? 📚️

[Planet Argon @planetargon]

@RealRoyceLeslie @ElonEconomyX Don't give our location away, please.

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

We’re just a few days away from Rails World in Austin.

Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting some new ones, and revisiting Austin. It’s been a few years.

I’ll be giving my keynote, “The Most Valuable Engineer Isn’t Shipping Features,” on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve been tinkering with this one for a while… looking forward to finally sharing it.

Keep an eye out for a number of my fellow @planetargon teammates, too. We’ll be wandering around and would love to talk shop… @rails, legacy apps, modernization, AI, or whatever you’re curious about these days.

Come find us. Let’s unpack a few things together. 🤠

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

Packing for Rails World…

More than two months ago, I started writing my keynote by disappearing into the forest near the Oregon coast for a few days. Just me, stacks of notecards, yellow notepads, a lot of trees… and some runs on the beach to let the ideas wander.

I’ve been wondering, unpacking, and tinkering with those ideas since... and am looking forward to finally sharing some of what I’ve been thinking about with everyone in Austin this week.

Also, tacos. I've been thinking a lot about tacos.