--- title: It is 2026; where were we? | daily.dev description: A software developer and Ruby committer reflects on their writing journey through 2025, including maintaining Ruby's annotated changelog for version 4.0 and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/it-is-2026-where-were-we--1stjcwskp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: It is 2026; where were we? | daily.dev og:description: A software developer and Ruby committer reflects on their writing journey through 2025, including maintaining Ruby's annotated changelog for version 4.0 and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/it-is-2026-where-were-we--1stjcwskp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1STjcwSKp.png og:image:alt: It is 2026; where were we? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # It is 2026; where were we? **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A software developer and Ruby committer reflects on their writing journey through 2025, including maintaining Ruby's annotated changelog for version 4.0 and translating Ukrainian poetry. They discuss why consistent blogging has been challenging while serving in the Ukrainian military, their struggle to find the right audience for deep technical content about language evolution, and concerns about how AI/LLMs are transforming software development from craft to industrialized production. Despite uncertainty about relevance in an AI-dominated future, they plan to continue writing about code as thoughtful composition, focusing on pragmatic testing approaches rather than broad philosophical topics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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