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# Issue #813: A new attempt to fork Rails — Ruby Weekly

**[Ruby Weekly](https://daily.dev/sources/rbywkly)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Ruby Weekly issue 813 covers Lucas Dohmen's new community-run Rails fork called Amiko, which criticizes Rails' stagnation and DHH's direction, drawing pushback from Ryan Bigg who favors Hanami instead. Also covered: Rails 7.2 officially reaching end of security support on August 9 (with Rails 8.0 following November 7), a breaking JSON gem 3.0.0 RC1 release removing create_additions, Matz's proposal for String#tr hash-style options, Euruko and Rails World 2026 event details, an LLM agent coding experiment, and several gem releases (Haml 7.3, Reline 0.7, Delayed 4.0, Ahoy Email 4.0, Brakeman 8.0.6).

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://rubyweekly.com/issues/813>

## Questions this post answers

### What changed in the json gem 3.0.0 release candidate for Ruby?

Json 3.0.0 RC1 removes the create_additions option entirely, making JSON.load and JSON.dump safe by default since they can no longer instantiate arbitrary objects. Additionally, passing unknown options to the gem's methods now raises an error instead of silently ignoring them. Jean Boussier, the maintainer, is asking developers to test the release candidate ahead of the planned stable release the following month.

_Ruby developers upgrading json dependencies can track breaking gem changes like this via daily.dev._

### When does Rails 7.2 stop receiving security support?

Rails 7.2 officially stopped receiving security support as of August 9, meaning it no longer gets patches for newly discovered vulnerabilities. Rails 8.0 is scheduled to reach a similar end of security support on November 7. Teams running these versions in production should plan an upgrade path before those dates to avoid running unpatched code.

_Teams planning Rails upgrades can keep tabs on maintenance and EOL dates through daily.dev._

### What is Amiko and why was it created as a fork of Rails?

Amiko is a community-run fork of Rails 8 announced by Lucas Dohmen, who argues that Rails' core architecture has changed little since version 6.0 and that DHH's design philosophy no longer aligns with his own preferences. Critic Ryan Bigg has publicly pushed back on the fork's rationale, calling it unconvincing and suggesting the Hanami framework is a better alternative path forward for Ruby web development.

_Developers weighing Rails alternatives can follow framework forks and rival projects on daily.dev._

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