# glimmer (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover glimmer. Page: Feed: --- ## [Least-Data Supervised Fine-Tuning of Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/least-data-supervised-fine-tuning) _2026-08-18 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ It is the smallest model form Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 series… ## [One of The Dumbest Questions Asked on Ruby/Rails Subreddits](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/08/one-of-dumbest-questions-asked-on.html) _2026-08-17 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ One of the dumbest questions I see asked on the Ruby/Rails subreddits is "Are Ruby & Rails still worth learning today?" (plus other variations, such as "Are Ruby and Rails still relevant today?" and "Are Ruby and Rails dead?"). Are you stupid!?!! Obviously, if you ask such a question inside an online community of devs who make a living with these technologies, they are going to answer "yes" (to… ## [Was a new category of Language Model just created by NVIDIA & Meta?](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/was-a-new-category-of-language-model) _2026-08-13 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Meta AI released Muse Glimmer and NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Lightning… ## [XO Ruby joins RubyConf/RailsWorld as Another Exclusive Discriminatory Unexcellent Conference](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/08/xo-ruby-joins-rubyconfrailsworld-as.html) _2026-08-11 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ So, I got contacted by the organizer of the XO Ruby conference (aka Travelling Ruby), Pascal Laliberté, on meetup.com because I organize the Montreal.rb Ruby Meetup and am a Montreal-based Expert Ruby Software Engineer. He said XO Ruby is coming to Montreal and asked me for help with it. We end up meeting in a video conference call. To help out, I indicated that I asked my company to consider… ## [NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/nvidia-nemotron-35-lightning) _2026-08-11 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ The Execution Engine for Always-On Agents ## [Meta Muse Glimmer](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/meta-muse-glimmer) _2026-08-10 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Muse Glimmer is an open agentic model that runs on your device ## [Agentic Supervised Fine-Tuning](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/vibe-model-fine-tuning) _2026-08-06 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Agentic Supervised Fine-Tuning in this context means treating the whole process as an agentic, iterative experiment loop… ## [Graph Engineering is an old idea reborn](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/graph-engineering-is-an-old-idea) _2026-08-05 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ From state machines and chatbots to agentic circuits…why structured autonomy keeps returning ## [Open Weight Models Aren't the Enemy…Distillation, Trust & the Real Opportunity](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/open-weight-models-arent-the-enemydistillation) _2026-08-04 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Three concerns and three truths about open-source models that the current uproar keeps missing. ## [FDE is the new PLG](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/fde-is-the-new-plg) _2026-08-03 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ For the better part of a decade, Product-Led Growth ruled… ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Civvk56LFeUI) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0: Voice Is Ascending as the Primary UI](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/grok-voice-think-fast-20-voice-is) _2026-07-31 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Speech-to-Speech, Customer Service architecture & why Voice-to-Voice is important ## [Ruby Memes 2026-07-30: One Bad Monkey Spoils The Bunch](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/ruby-memes-2026-07-30-one-bad-monkey.html) _2026-07-30 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ One Bad Monkey Spoils The Bunch! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This Ruby meme is a variation on the common expression "One Bad Apple Spoils The Bunch" that is noting how introducing inferior devs into a Software Engineering team ends up reducing the entire team's skill and intelligence to the least common denominator skill and intelligence of the weakest links, thus corrupting the whole team the same way a bad apple… ## [The power of speed…a lesson from Cerebras](https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/the-power-of-speeda-lesson-from-cerebras) _2026-07-29 · Cobus Greyling · Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots_ Speed only matters once the product becomes useful ## [The Embarrassing Ruby/Rails Community Chronicles 2026-07-28](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-embarrassing-rubyrails-community.html) _2026-07-28 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ "The Embarrassing Ruby/Rails Subreddit Chronicles" becomes "The Embarrassing Ruby/Rails Community Chronicles" as it expands to cover embarrassing interactions by bad Ruby/Rails devs all across social media and the real world, exposing rudeness, meanness, discrimination , and unexcellence/unintelligence in the Ruby/Rails worldwide community. The goal of course is to call that out to discourage in… ## [Glitter magic... I'm so thrilled with how these turned out!](https://miristone.substack.com/p/glitter-magic-im-so-thrilled-with) _2026-07-24 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ My stock has arrived and I can't wait to showcase these pretties at LOVE ON THE BEACH. Sneak peek of exclusive special editions inside, plus a chance to claim an advanced copy of my next release! ## [RubyConf Austria 2026 Talk Video: Frontend Ruby on Rails with Glimmer DSL for Web — Andy Maleh](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/rubyconf-austria-2026-talk-video.html) _2026-07-20 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ My RubyConf Austria 2026 talk has been published on YouTube! What if your frontend was just... Ruby? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTukq5AcSK0 You can find the talk slides over here: https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/rubyconf-austria-2026-frontend-ruby-on.html ## [A Supporter Sympathizes with My Discrimination by RubyConf 2026](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-supporter-sympathizes-with-my.html) _2026-07-15 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ I am thankful to the Software Engineer who shared a very supportive comment regarding my experience of discrimination by RubyConf 2026 . ## [RubyConf 2026 Is Not a Safe Environment for Everyone](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/rubyconf-2026-is-not-safe-environment.html) _2026-07-14 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ RubyConf 2026 is not a safe environment for everyone. They have an in-group and an out-group. If you're in the in-group, they will treat you well and accept talk proposals by you even if you don't have top-level skills in Software Engineering. If you're in the out-group, it doesn't matter if you launch rockets to the moon successfully on your own or win the approval of Matz himself, you will be… ## [Ruby Open-Source Innovation Process Expectation vs Reality](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/ruby-open-source-innovation-process.html) _2026-07-13 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ Expectation regarding the Ruby open-source innovation process: 1- I stumble upon a problem at my job in our Ruby application. 2- I build a solution for it in an open-source project (e.g. the ability to write the Frontend with a Ruby Frontend Framework instead of using an inferior JavaScript library like React). 3- I win an award for my open-source project by Matz, the creator of Ruby. 4- I get… ## [Reminder that RubyConf 2026 is a Cesspool of Discrimination and Exclusion](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/07/reminder-that-rubyconf-2026-is-cesspool.html) _2026-07-10 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ Just a reminder that RubyConf has become a Cesspool of Discrimination and Exclusion . In 2026, it doesn't matter how well accomplished a Ruby Software Engineer is in the Ruby community as even if they win awards by the creator of Ruby himself, if they propose a topic that is taboo with the organizers of RubyConf, they are excluded and discriminated against, without even providing a valid reason… ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hXw5LUCyVNyT) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [My next book signing is coming up fast - check out the pocketbook that will be making it's first appearance as a signing exclusive](https://miristone.substack.com/p/my-next-book-signing-is-coming-up) _2026-07-03 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ Cover reveal for KITTY'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO HALLOWEEN... copies are on their way for my table at LOVE ON THE BEACH! ## [Ruby Memes 2026-06-26: The Ruby Clown](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/ruby-memes-2026-06-26-ruby-clown.html) _2026-06-26 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ The brief version: The explained version: ## [The Ruby Community in 2026](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-ruby-community-in-2026.html) _2026-06-25 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ The Ruby community in 2026 is dominated by mean discriminators and their benefactors (they're about 50% of the community at least). Many devs in the Ruby community who are indirect (unconscious) or direct benefactors of discrimination have this attitude of "well, if this discrimination problem is not affecting me, then I don't care". So, they're not real Rubyists because real Rubyists always care… ## [Ruby Memes 2026-06-12: The "Cool" Reactionary](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/ruby-memes-2026-06-12-cool-reactionary.html) _2026-06-12 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ ## [Andy's Laws of AI in Software Engineering](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/andys-laws-of-ai-in-software-engineering.html) _2026-06-09 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ (Note: this is a live document that could undergo revisions in the future) I came up with a list of laws in relation to doing general Software Engineering work with reliance on AI, from my experience as a Master Software Engineer experimenting with AI and from observing other Software Developers who experiment with or use AI. Law #1: "The more Software Developers use AI, the more valuable Software… ## [RubyConf has joined RailsConf & RailsWorld as another exclusive discriminatory unexcellent conference](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/rubyconf-has-joined-railsconfrailsworld.html) _2026-06-05 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ RubyConf has joined RailsConf & RailsWorld as another exclusive discriminatory unexcellent conference by discriminating against any speakers who submit talks that cover Frontend Ruby technologies or dethrone React/JavaScript in any way. In 2025, I won an award for a highly innovative and outside-the-box Ruby open-source project at an international Japanese tech competition that Matz, the creator… ## [Presentation Slides for RubyConf Austria 2026 Talk "Frontend Ruby on Rails with Glimmer DSL for Web"](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/06/rubyconf-austria-2026-frontend-ruby-on.html) _2026-06-02 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ My talk “Frontend Ruby on Rails with Glimmer DSL for Web” went well at RubyConf Austria 2026 . Especially given that after the talk, Chad Fowler (the starter of RubyConf and famous book author of The Passionate Programmer , among other books) told me “good job”, and Obie Fernandez (a famous entrepreneur and book author of The Rails Way , among other books) told me he will try Glimmer DSL for Web… ## [Falling into glimmers as the wheel turns](https://miristone.substack.com/p/falling-into-glimmers-as-the-wheel) _2026-05-29 · Miri and the Muse_ Join me as we hunt for the spark that will see us through winter and I sink deeper into the writing cave with my next book for the KNIGHTS OF DESTRUCTION... ## [Glimmer DSL for Web 0.9.1 Hello, Modal!](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/05/glimmer-dsl-for-web-091-hello-modal.html) _2026-05-05 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ Glimmer DSL for Web ( Matz Approved Fukuoka Award Winning Frontend Framework for Rails) had a new release in version 0.9.1 that includes a new sample called Hello, Modal! to teach how to create modals in Glimmer DSL for Web in the Frontend of Ruby on Rails web applications. By the way, rendering modals has been supported since the beginning in Glimmer DSL for Web, but there were no samples that… ## [DB GUI 0.4.0 Remember SQL Command History (useful w/ Ruby on Rails DBs)](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/05/db-gui-040-remember-sql-command-history.html) _2026-05-04 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ DB GUI is a Database querying desktop app built in Ruby. It supports PostgreSQL to start. Version 0.4.0 added support for remembering SQL command history. I needed that feature at my job to be able to easily re-run certain SQL queries in our Rails web application, so I added it very quickly, thanks to the awesomeness of Ruby! GitHub: https://github.com/AndyObtiva/db-gui RubyGem:… ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8vrUalwlwrOc) _2026-05-04 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Ruby Memes 2026-05-03: The Popularist](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/05/ruby-memes-2026-05-03-popularist.html) _2026-05-03 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ The Popularist (see the meme below first) ceases to question things, stops thinking for themself, and throws all their principles out of the window as soon as a bad technology becomes popular, due to The Popularist lacking the courage and backbone needed to say no when many devs head in the wrong direction. Do you know Software Engineers who behave like "The Popularist", making it impossible to… ## [Ruby Gem Discovery: HighLine](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/ruby-gem-discovery-highline.html) _2026-04-30 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ I recently stumbled upon a Ruby gem called HighLine that simplifies basic command line input/output via an \`ask\` method and supports validation, conversion, and multi-choices: https://github.com/JEG2/highline Here is an IRB session going through HighLine examples from the project README : ## [What took 1.5 months to build in React JS code took 1.5 days in Glimmer DSL for Web Ruby code](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/what-took-15-months-to-build-in-react.html) _2026-04-28 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ When I reimplemented a React component as the first Glimmer DSL for Web Component in my job's Fintech Rails web app, I thought I did what would have taken 1 week in React in 1.5 days in Glimmer, which seemed like a great improvement in productivity at the time (333.33% the productivity if we count 1 week of React as 5 business days). I recently inspected the Git timeline of the original React… ## [Exercises for the wroclove.rb 2026 Ruby conference workshop "Building Rails SPAs in Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web"](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/exercises-for-wrocloverb-2026-ruby.html) _2026-04-25 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ I recently published a GitHub repo containing the exercises of the wroclove.rb 2026 Ruby conference workshop "Building Rails SPAs in Frontend Ruby with Glimmer DSL for Web": https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer\_commerce This GitHub repo provides the simplest and fastest way to learn Glimmer DSL for Web (the Ruby-in-the-Browser Rails Frontend Framework that gained Matz's approval by winning a… ## [Ruby Memes 2026-04-14: The Ruby Hypocrite](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/ruby-memes-2026-04-14-ruby-hypocrite.html) _2026-04-14 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ "Oh Ruby, you're the most elegant and beautiful language ever! I just love you so much..." ## [Tough (self) love... and some doona dives](https://miristone.substack.com/p/tough-self-love-and-some-doona-dives) _2026-04-02 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ A peek at what's been keeping me up reading at night these past few weeks, a smol writing cave update, and a few happy snaps. ## [Competent vs Incompetent Ruby Devs When Encountering React](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/04/competent-vs-incompetent-ruby-devs-when.html) _2026-04-01 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ Incompetent Ruby devs when encountering React: - This language is used by Facebook, so it must be great (regardless of the fact that Facebook always suffers from tons of bugs and is an unethical company that has spied on its own users)! - React is used by many rich large companies, so it must be a very good technology (regardless of the fact that often, rich large companies are unagile, unethical,… ## [Ruby devs who use React end up with too much competition from the React community](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/03/ruby-devs-who-use-react-end-up-with-too.html) _2026-03-20 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ I have observed that Ruby devs who use React often have a hard time finding a job because too many people know React. Well, that's one more reason to learn Glimmer DSL for Web ! Not only will you do the work of React devs in half the time or sometimes at 10x productivity in Ruby, but also you will have a unique competitive advantage not many devs have and become indispensable as a result, unlike… ## [Glimmer DSL for Web 0.8.3 Preventing Components from Shadowing HTML Elements](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/03/glimmer-dsl-for-web-083-prevent.html) _2026-03-18 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ Glimmer DSL for Web (Fukuoka Award Winning Ruby-in-the-Browser Frontend Framework for Rails) had a new release in version 0.8.3 , which now raises an exception plus a correction hint if the user attempts to define a component or a component slot with a name that shadows an existing HTML element. For example, suppose a developer defines a Glimmer Web Component class called \`Input\`, which would… ## [Workshop Accepted: "Building Rails SPAs in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for Web" at Wroclove.rb 2026](https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2026/03/workshop-accepted-building-rails-spas.html) _2026-03-17 · Andy Maleh · Code Master Blog_ My 3-hour workshop proposal "Building Rails SPAs in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for Web" was accepted at the Wroclove.rb 2026 Ruby Conference, which takes place April 17-19, 2026 in Wroclaw, Poland. Title: Building Rails SPAs in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for Web Description: Glimmer DSL for Web is a Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework for Rails that won an award at the Fukuoka Prefecture Future IT… ## [Cover reveal... let's get our squee ready for TOASTY HALLOWEEN!](https://miristone.substack.com/p/cover-reveal-lets-get-our-squee-ready) _2026-03-02 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ Words. Are. Happening! Writing cave update below plus I have a post book signing wrap up from MEET ME IN THE MOUNTAINS and a cover reveal for my new KNIGHTS OF DESTRUCTION short story \<3 ## [Are you coming to MEET ME IN THE MOUNTAINS?](https://miristone.substack.com/p/are-you-coming-to-meet-me-in-the) _2026-01-29 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ Enter an LGBTQIA+ reader giveaway, get an update from me in the writing cave, and nab yourself a chance to win a copy of LONELY KITTY signed by yours truly! ## [Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season filled with glimmers...](https://miristone.substack.com/p/wishing-everyone-a-peaceful-holiday) _2025-12-23 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ Lots of holiday treats inside including a chance to win a signed copy of LONELY KITTY for my book devourers! ## [The Knights of Destruction is getting a juicy new prequel...](https://miristone.substack.com/p/the-knights-of-destruction-is-getting) _2025-12-02 · Miri Stone · Miri and the Muse_ Who is gonna ride shot gun for Elizabeth as she gets a taste of Halloween mayhem in the Dragon's Den?! ## [NEW RELEASE ALERT: Demon at the Crossroads is LIVE!](https://miristone.substack.com/p/new-release-alert-demon-at-the-crossroads) _2025-10-30 · Miri and the Muse_ I couldn't help myself... I got all excited about HALLOWEEN and published my saucy why choose paranormal MC romance just in time for All Hallow's Eve! ## [Some saucy noodling...](https://miristone.substack.com/p/some-saucy-noodling) _2025-10-02 · Miri and the Muse_ September has been all about re-starting positive daily practices (on and off the page) to support my writing. Nab a spicy PNR and check out what books I've added to my dragon book hoard lately.