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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?
The survey is open- be sure to fill it out!

2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon.

Every Rails developer has an opinion about JavaScript. The 2026 Rails Survey is starting to show us where things actually stand.

Early results: Turbo and Stimulus are leading, but React is still very much in the picture. The debate isn't over.

Which are you using? And more importantly, are you happy about it? Add your answer to the survey:

2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon.

More early data: 83% of Rails developers in this year's survey are working on a monolith. Only 3.5% are on microservices. The industry conversation has been swinging back toward monoliths for a couple of years now. Looks like Rails teams got there first - or never left.
Add your perspective to the 2026 Rails Community Survey, open through July 3:

2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon.

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

But philosophy only goes so far.

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

Maintainable Rails: Free Email Course for Developers | Give Your App Its Second Act A free email course for Ruby on Rails developers who want to evolve their existing apps without a rewrite. Learn practical ways to make your Rails app faster, safer, and ready for its second act.

Early data from the 2026 Rails Survey shows that 54% of Rails developers say AI tools are regularly integrated into how they work. Only 2.4% have evaluated them and decided not to use them. The "Will Rails developers adopt AI?" conversation is happening- add your take.

2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is now open. Add your voice to the community data. Brought to you by Planet Argon.

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!

Maintainable Rails: Free Email Course for Developers | Give Your App Its Second Act A free email course for Ruby on Rails developers who want to evolve their existing apps without a rewrite. Learn practical ways to make your Rails app faster, safer, and ready for its second act.

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

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://bit.ly/4bgqAzP

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

Join us!

Maintainable Rails: Free Email Course for Developers | Give Your App Its Second Act A free email course for Ruby on Rails developers who want to evolve their existing apps without a rewrite. Learn practical ways to make your Rails app faster, safer, and ready for its second act.

🚀 🎉 WOW! Brian Middleton just hit 15 years at Planet Argon.

Fifteen years of being delightful, versatile, and dependable for our clients and our team. To celebrate, we commissioned a custom skateboard just for him, made by a REAL artist (not AI 😊).

Congrats, Brian! Thanks for being with us on this crazy ride! 🛹