In this edition of Ruby Magic, we'll implement our very own background processing system to offload potentially slow tasks as a peek into background job libraries like Sidekiq.

Ruby comes with an excellent standard library. Parts of which are unknown, almost hidden gems, like today's subject Stringscanner

Through examining metaclasses, we'll learn how class and instance methods work in Ruby.

In this edition of Ruby Magic, we’ll show how scope works in Ruby’s methods and closures. We’ll also take a peek at how ERB uses the binding object to render templates.

In this edition of Ruby Magic, we shine a light on Enumerable and Fiber to explain flow controlling enumerables and turning blocks inside out.

In this edition of Ruby Magic, we'll show you how to use code written in C from Ruby.

Even classes are objects in Ruby. In this edition of Ruby Magic, we'll look at class-level instance variables by creating a module for wrapping an object's methods.

In Ruby Magic we love to dive into the magic behind the things we use every day to understand how they work. In this edition, we’ll explore the differences between blocks, procs and lambdas.

In this edition of Ruby Magic, we'll look at how Ruby creates and initializes objects and how we can modify the default behavior.

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Streaming files line by line is often preferred over “slurping” the whole content at once. In this edition of Ruby Magic, we'll learn how streaming files and other I/O streams works in Ruby.

Ruby's handling of enumerables is one of it's most magical features. In this episode of Ruby Magic, we'll learn how these work and how to make your own objects tenumerable.