🫨 Newsletter WoR #65: a new JS framework, IA can write your Jira ticket, a better hiring experience...
A monthly newsletter about Ruby on Rails and the web
In this issue, we still talk about AI (please, when will this stop?), we look at crafting a bold color palette that still respects accessibility, we create dropdown menus in pure CSS, we get inspired by interactive or Japanese designs…
😚 French version (version française)
Web News 🗞️
We’re going to be honest: we can’t wait for the generative AI bubble to pop. Apparently there’s a slim chance this could happen with this ongoing copyright class action. It would be nice to not see hundreds of articles about AI anymore; is everyone going to get fired?; but no it will never replace humans, etc.
Two ideas that we found interesting:
If generative AI is replacing junior developers and we stop hiring them, how will we train the senior developers of the future?
Code writing was never really the issue (or even what takes the most time in the day of a developer), so instead of looking at AI as simple technical tool, we have to look at how it reshapes work organization. That is, how to integrate generative AI to improve productivity, or incidentally, quality of life at work. And it’s great because, like everyone knows, management and strategy of Human Resources in the long term has always been the strong suit of tech companies.
Ruby and Rails News 🛤️
🎫 Lightening Your Jira Mental Load
We all love writing Jira tickets, especially during Monday morning meetings with 8 people around the (virtual) table. If that’s not you, here’s an example of a multi-agent system that will allow you to work out a first draft.
✨ Building a multi agent system in Rails - Amanda Bizzinotto
🤏 News in Brief
Videos of RailsConf 2025 have been published.
An article which got shared outside the Ruby community: AI Coding Agents Are Removing Programming Language Barriers.
The Rails Foundation has come up with interesting ways of getting the community involved. One of them is making the framework more accessible to newcomers, with new tutorials for beginners.
On the Web 🕸️
🎨 Adding a Touch of Color
It’s a popular belief that comes back from time to time: when it comes to accessibility, colors are very limited. This idea is debunked in this article providing step by step explanations on how to build an accessible color palette in Figma.
✨ Yellow, Purple, and the Myth of “Accessibility Limits Color Palettes” - Stéphanie Walter
👑 The Tech Billionaire You Never Heard Of
We all know (sometimes reluctantly) names of tech magnates: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Have you ever heard of Judy Faulkner or seen her name heralded in newspapers as a tech success story? And yet, she founded her company Epic in 1979 in a basement, and led it to success. Sounds familiar? It’s time to learn more about her.
✨ Bill Gates meets Willy Wonka: How Epic’s 82-year-old billionaire CEO, Judy Faulkner, built her software factory - Ashley Capoot
🏢 Let’s Improve Hiring
Heads up that this article doesn’t apply to developers, because you already know that looking for a job is a real pain. However, it offers avenues for improvement to companies and engineering managers.
✨ an engineer's perspective on hiring - Jynn Nelson
Some Code 💻
⚓ Dropping Anchor
To create a dropdown menu in a navbar with different options showing when clicking or hovering on a element, it had to be done using JavaScript. But that was before. Now it’s possible to position this dropdown menu simply, using CSS. This tutorial shows you how.
✨ A gentle introduction to anchor positioning - Saron Yitbarek
🫨 Large Scale SSL Panic
Starting in 2029 SSL certificates will expire every 47 days instead of 398 days currently. That’s of course better for the security of the Internet and websites (if they still exist by then, and we’ll not just be using AI chatbots). The renewal process that can be done by hand today will for sure require some automated infrastructure.
✨ The Great SSL Certificate Panic - Kate Holterhoff
🤠 A New JS Framework Has Dropped
A new JS framework! Still.js. This will be the one, we’re sure of it. Apparently it has lower complexity compared to the current competition. OMG. Does that mean that React which was built for a giant like Facebook isn’t a good solution for all websites?
✨ Tired of JavaScript Framework Complexity? Meet Still.js - Loraine Lawson
Fun 🎉
🧙♀️Pretty Things
Back to school season is tough, whether you were on vacation or you’re seeing colleagues coming back to the office you had all by yourself. So to procrastinate a little and to get inspired, here are some pretty animations.
🇯🇵 Some Freedom
While webpages progressively standardized in a minimalist style over the years thanks to Bootstrap, Tailwind, Material… The design of Japanese websites remained truly maximalist. A little change of scenery is in order.
✨ the peculiar case of japanese web design
🥾 Bootlicker
An interesting PR to have a look at: fixing an over-enthusiastic Claude that thinks all your ideas are awesome.
✨ [BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everything #3382
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Editors: Camille and Juliette
English version: Jade