Chris Is Back And Ready To Rant

Chris returns from Greece and catches up with Andrew and David on travel, conferences, movies, and the latest developments in the Rails community. They dig into the newly announced Rails World lineup, the possibilities of Active Search, alternatives to Elasticsearch, extending Action Text and Lexi, a tricky ruby-vips dependency update, and mise’s rapidly expanding machine bootstrap tools. They wrap up with open source funding, RubyConf preparations, rising tech prices, and the massive anticipation surrounding GTA VI. Hit the download button now! LinksJudoscale- Remote Ruby listener giftObsession Toy Story 5Porsche reveals three one-of-one 911 models on the red carpet at the World Premiere of Toy Story 5 (Porsche Newsroom US)Here are the Rails World 2026 speakers (Ruby on Rails)Typesense side-by-side feature comparisonBootstrap (mise)mise oci mise membershipGrand Theft Auto VIRubyConf, Las Vegas, July 14-16, 2026Rails World, Austin, TX, Sept 23-24, 2026Chris Oliver X/TwitterAndrew Mason X/TwitterJason Charnes X/Twitter