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Shopify / ruby-lsp

ruby-lsp

An opinionated language server for Ruby

5Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
2KGitHub stars
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What it is

An opinionated language server for Ruby

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:24:10 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-12-19 16:00:52 UTC to 2025-01-28 23:11:30 UTC.

0122023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsDec 20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 20242024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 2025

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Dec 20232023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Jan 20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20242024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 20242024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20242024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20242024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20242024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20242024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20242024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20242024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20242024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20242024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20242024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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The statement that Rails is an "unserious" framework is not true. There are many multi-million/billion dollar companies built with Rails: Shopify, GitHub, Chime, Gusto, GitLab, and Basecamp/Hey, to name a few. 1. It does: https://github.com/Shopify/ruby-lsp 2. It does have a type system, just not a _static_ type system. You can declare/annotate methods using RBS/Sorbet, just like TypeScript. 3. I don't care what paradigm is being used if it solves my problem and I can be productive in it. 4. I wouldn't want to work with them either.
In Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?
Some details from https://github.com/Shopify/ruby-lsp > NOTE: starting with v0.7.0, it is no longer recommended to add the ruby-lsp to the bundle. The gem will generate a custom bundle in .ruby-lsp/Gemfile which is used to identify the versions of dependencies that should be used for the application (e.g.: the correct RuboCop version).
In RoR Debugbar
IRB type completion comes as a result of a chain of events which starts from the incredible work done by Kevin Newton (et al) to write a new canonical Ruby parser called Prism in C99 with no dependencies [1]. With Prism, you can then create tool suites like syntax_tree [2], which then leads Prettier formatters [3], a new Ruby LSP [4], which unlocks a new Ruby LSP VS Code extension [5], not to mention a laundry list of other gems like Rubocop and of course Ruby itself that will benefit from a faster and more maintainable Ruby parser. It's a beautiful illustration of the power of questioning conventions, going back to first principles to uncover better solutions to previously solved problems, whose new solutions create new capabilities which unlocks the ability to solve new problems. [1]: https://github.com/ruby/prism [2]: https://github.co
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In Unveiling the big leap in Ruby 3.3's IRB
Check out VSCode's "Ruby in Visual Studio Code" page [1]. Ruby LSP already does quite a bit and started gaining go-to method abilities last month [2], though it isn't complete quite yet [3]. It's build on Prism, so promises to be more robust than past attempts. Shopify has been moving fast on improving things here. The Rdbg integration works great too [4]. Just add a `launch.json` and VSCode can hook into the very nice capabilities Koichi Sasada has been adding to the official `debug` gem. [1]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/ruby [2]: https://github.com/Shopify/ruby-lsp/releases/tag/v0.12.4 [3]: https://github.com/Shopify/ruby-lsp/issues/899 [4]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=KoichiSa...
In I Love Ruby

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