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Germán Alberto Gimenez Silva
Germán Alberto Gimenez Silva

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PicoRuby: Ruby Beyond Rails

Why Ruby Still Has Unexplored Frontiers

Why Ruby Still Has Unexplored Frontiers

For many developers, Ruby is synonymous with Rails, web applications, and backend services. That association is understandable—and well earned—but it is also incomplete.

Ruby has always been more than a framework or a web stack. It is a language designed for human expression, clarity, and problem-solving. PicoRuby challenges us to revisit that idea by taking Ruby into a domain where it has rarely been seen: embedded systems and constrained hardware.

This is not about replacing C or Rust.

It is about expanding what Ruby can mean.

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This post is an excerpt from a longer piece exploring how PicoRuby takes Ruby beyond Rails, opening the door to embedded systems and new execution models.

👉 Read the complete article on RubyStackNews:

https://rubystacknews.com/2025/12/17/picoruby-ruby-beyond-rails/

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