Docsmith: Gem to version your document.
Shipped my first Ruby gem this weekend Docsmith: https://rubygems.org/gems/docsmith
It adds snapshot versioning, format-aware diffs, and inline comments to any ActiveRecord model. Zero system dependencies.
But here's the honest story of how it got built.
My first design had branching, merging, conflict resolution — the works. Looked impressive on paper. Turned out I was building Git for documents when all
anyone needs is "save this version, show me what changed, let me leave a note." I stripped all of it out and shipped what actually mattered.
The other honest thing: I built this with Claude Code using the superpowers plugin. Vibe-coding with human intervention. I planned it, tons of tweaks, made architecture decisions,
and course-corrected when things got too complex. The AI was a collaborator, not an autocomplete. Two weekends, 210 passing tests, published to RubyGems.
If you're curious about the planning and implementation process — including the over-engineered version that didn't make it — it's all in the repo under
docs/superpowers.
Rails devs: gem install docsmith. Feedback welcome.