Senior Full-Stack Rails Engineer | Authentic Collaborator | Problem Solver
South Africa
Joined June 2009
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Francois Buys retweeted
life is f**king incredible. cows turn grass into ribeyes, trees turn sunlight into oxygen, fruits and coconuts, water falls from the sky and dogs exist. we get to do literally anything we want with our life, fall in love with someone who was a stranger and somehow sex with them makes new life forms. God is real, magic exists, manifestation works, and love always finds a way. dont fall for the doomer shit. we live in a magical dreamscape, dont waste it.
Privacy isn’t about hiding.
It’s about resilience.
I’m exploring a simple idea I call Bring Your Own Privacy (BYOP) — small habits that reduce digital risk without turning life into a paranoia ritual.
Manifesto + first post here: [fbuys.dev/blog/posts/2025/12…]
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Francois Buys retweeted
A massive advantage in life: Being a pleasure to deal with. Kind when others aren’t. Calm when things go sideways. Reliable under pressure. Intelligence alone is overrated. Be someone who lightens the load for folks around them. People value people who make their lives easier.
Francois Buys retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Be patient with yourself when you’re trying to become someone you’ve never been. You’ll feel lost, unsure, and tempted to quit. Don't. Change feels chaotic because your old self is fighting for survival. Expect it to be a battle. But also expect to win.
Francois Buys retweeted
Happiness is having better problems. Success is having better failures. Discipline is having better addictions.
Francois Buys retweeted
Shouldn't this be default in #rubyonrails?
I always do this in every app, am I missing something obvious?
Francois Buys retweeted
Time flies, and half-birthdays arrive. Get 40% off my Practical Object-Oriented Design I (POOD-I) course (with free study groups!) and the 99 Bottles of OOP book through Dec 13th.
50% of profits go to Habitat for Humanity. Let's build someone a house. sandimetz.com/birthday
Working with Ruby Curses recently gave me a whole new appreciation for how editors like Neovim work under the hood.
Managing the screen, handling input, keeping everything responsive… Wild how a low-level tool can suddenly illuminate a whole world you’ve used for years. ⚡️
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I’m no longer a dark mode maximalist.
(Some) Light mode can be beautiful too. ☀️
Funny how things eventually balance out — even our eyes know when it’s time for light.
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I bought a Casio F-91W.
No apps. No notifications. Just time.
I didn’t buy it for nostalgia, I bought it for what it represents:
• Authenticity
• Function over features
• Buying things that last
In tech and in life:
Find what is essential and do it well.
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TIL: Rake isn’t just like Make… it’s actually inspired by it.
It threw me back to the very first language I learned, C, and wondering why make was shouting errors at me. 😂
I ❤️how Ruby basically said:
“Cool idea. Let’s make it readable.”
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Francois Buys retweeted
Need to upgrade? Low test coverage? We've been there.
@francoisbuys has tips from embracing tiny PRs to the safety of bug trackers, we've got your back: go.fastruby.io/d00
Francois Buys retweeted
Unfortunately we only started tracking time for our upgrade projects around 2018 (even though we have been upgrading Ruby/Rails since 2012)
Since 2018 we have collectively invested more than 20,000 developer hours in Ruby/Rails upgrade projects at @FastRubyIO
#UpgradeRails
ALT Time tracking report from Noko and @FastRubyIO
Want to see how we help companies with Rails upgrades? Take a look at our new blog post: fastruby.io/blog/upgrades/tw…
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Francois Buys retweeted
One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being interested in other people’s perspectives.
95% of people I meet aren’t.
Crazy.
Francois Buys retweeted
The CSS Working Group is debating over the best way to define nesting in CSS, and want your input!
Which do you like best?
You can vote in the official poll here: webkit.org/blog/13607/help-c…
I have a personal website at francoisbuys.com that I've been meaning to revamp for a while now. Recently, I discovered @bridgetownrb and decided it was time to bring the website back to life! #learninginpublic
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I set the templating engine to erb (github.com/ruby/erb) because I am already familiar with how Rails uses erb.
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I also added the open-props configuration (open-props.style/). It's new to me, but I think it will be a good starting point for the simple design system I have in mind for the website.
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