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Before I hit the button to open submissions on this year's Rails Developer Survey, it felt like I should do a quick pulse check first. Yes, a survey before a survey. How meta.

The team at Planet Argon has been running this biennial survey since 2009, and we have several technical topics already lined up. But before we lock things in, I want to make sure we're not overlooking something important. The goal is to surface meaningful insights for the teams responsible for Ruby on Rails apps as we head into 2027 and beyond.

What are the technical challenges, decisions, or trends your team is working through right now? Is there a topic you think the Rails community needs better data on?

Drop your suggestions below. We want this survey to actually be useful to you. 👇

Most teams treat maintenance as a code problem. But in this episode of the Maintainable podcast, Rein Henrichs argues the real work happens before you touch anything. Engineers never interact with their systems directly. They work through representations like logs, dashboards, and code, and when those drift from reality, shared understanding quietly erodes.

Have you felt this on your team? Curious what others have run into.

A deep dive conversation with Simone (CTO of DNSimple) about how Rails fits into their DNS platform.