Joel Drapper

@joel_drapper@robot.villas

Joel Drapper's software development articles on Ruby, types, HTML, Phlex, and open-source projects.

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Better DOM Morphing with Morphlex #Ruby #WebDev #OpenSource
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Nov 6, 2025
The journey to the perfect type signature in Ruby #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Oct 21, 2025
Bugs of Omission and Bugs of Commission #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Bugs
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Oct 20, 2025
The RubyGems takeover from the perspective of an open source developer #Ruby #OpenSource #Community
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Sep 30, 2025
Ruby Central's "security measures" leave front door wide open #Ruby #Security #OpenSource
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Sep 30, 2025
Yippee: Our vision for modern full-stack Ruby framework #Ruby #WebDev #OpenSource
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Sep 29, 2025
Why I'm not signing the "Plan Vert" (DHH) letter #OpenSource #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment
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Sep 26, 2025
Ruby Central Fact Check #Ruby #Programming #OpenSource
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Sep 25, 2025
Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover #Ruby #OpenSource #Dev
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Sep 23, 2025
Ruby LSP indexing enhancements in Literal and Phlex #Ruby #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource
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May 28, 2025
Borrowing methods #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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May 20, 2025
Objects that lie #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #WebDevelopment
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May 19, 2025
Comparing Ivar and Strict Ivars #Ruby #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming
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May 9, 2025
No Exceptions #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Ruby
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Apr 29, 2025
The problem with instance variables in Ruby #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Apr 28, 2025
The "constraint" type in Literal #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Ruby
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Apr 10, 2025
More typing with less typing, an introduction to Literal #Programming #Ruby #SoftwareDevelopment
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Apr 9, 2025
LSP-driven API design #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource #Programming
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Apr 8, 2025
Strings are a leaky abstraction for HTML #Programming #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 8, 2025
Sitting ducks #Ruby #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource
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Jun 20, 2022
Little Factories #SoftwareDevelopment #Ruby #OpenSource
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May 5, 2022
The right abstraction #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Abstraction
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Mar 11, 2022
Reinventing the wheel #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #OpenSource
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Mar 10, 2022