What if your Rails app didn't need Rails?

#​818 — September 24, 2026 Read on the Web 🤔 DHH opened Rails World yesterday with a keynote that may have implications for Rubyists. I know readers like and loathe DHH in equal measure, so my writeup is at the end of this issue to either read or skip as you prefer. Ruby Weekly Benchmarking Compiled-Away Rails on Three Rubies — Roundhouse can compile (some!) Rails apps to simpler Spinel -compatible Ruby. But how does "Rails-free" Ruby fare on CRuby, JRuby and TruffleRuby? In Sam's tests, 3-17...