What I have found gripping

• Revisiting multi-language support within a Rails application

• Discussing alternatives to a technical choice

• Refactoring code

• Community learning

• Seeing creativity and kindness around

• Learning about software development wastes

What I have read

• Documentation done right: A developer’s guide, Brittany Ellich & Sam Browning

• What makes something 'GitHubby', Matt Nigh

• My 2025 in review, Denis Defreyne

• 5 Ally Actions - Jan 9, 2026, Better Allies

• Common misconceptions about testing accessibility, Ela Gorla

• The Balanced Engineer • Issue #26, Brittany Ellich

• Rails internationalization (I18n): Tutorial on Rails locales & more, Ilya Krukowski

• Duralex : et si les citoyens sauvaient nos usines ? Caroline Diard & Olivier Meier

What I have watched

Conway’s Game of Life, Andrew P

Featured quote

Because on the journey to being better allies, we will make mistakes. This work asks us to navigate uncharted and sometimes uncomfortable territory. And while missteps are inevitable, we shouldn’t step back or stop trying to create the kind of culture we want (and others need). — Karen Catlin (Better Allies)

Further reading and resources

In English

• Rails Internationalization (I18n) API, Ruby on Rails Guides

• Conway’s Game of Life (Wikipedia)

• What is code refactoring? IBM

In French

• Duralex’s official website

• Duralex (Wikipedia)

A quick note

Thank you for reading this new issue. I wish you a wholesome 2026.