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Tridentas

Libertas • Proprietas • Pietas

Libertas

Freedom

Full control and transparent access to every layer — from the framework to the OS. True freedom in development.

Proprietas

Ownership

No external gatekeepers. You define your experience and stack. Your code, your rules, your destiny.

Pietas

Duty

A call to contribute back, not just consume. We build together, we grow together, we give back.

The Rails Vision

From David Heinemeier Hansson's keynote at Rails World 2025, Amsterdam

Breaking the Paradox

DHH tackled the paradox of modern software development: despite all the advancements in tools and open source, projects often feel more complex and deployments slower than ever. This is the work of the "merchants of complexity" — developers and organizations who chase unnecessary layers of difficulty to feel like they're doing more than just "CRUD apps."

We reject this complexity theater. We embrace simplicity. We focus on solving problems end-to-end with clarity, instead of piling on abstraction.

"Sometimes progress isn't about adding more, but about cutting away the unnecessary so we can focus on what really matters: building software that solves real problems."

— David Heinemeier Hansson

Pax Railsana

DHH's vision of harmony in the ecosystem guided by freedom, ownership, and responsibility. Rails continues to evolve as a mega-framework that provides everything a developer needs.

Markdown Rendering

Built right into Rails 8.1

Action Text Editor

Live syntax highlighting included

Action Job Continuations

Resumable background jobs

Turbo Offline

Support for offline applications

Action Push Native

Simplified push notifications

Pruning the Unnecessary

Removing what doesn't serve us

The Path Forward

Rails is pruning what doesn't serve us anymore — system tests, overuse of Docker, even Puma dev — in favor of simpler defaults. We're not just adding features; we're removing friction.

DHH urged the community to contribute, especially by extracting Action Web Push. He even made Campfire free again, with that one catch. Build tools that matter. Share what you learn. The community thrives when we all give back.