# Year in Review 2022: Tenderlove's Ruby and Rails Reflections and Predictions

DevFeed: [Year in Review 2022: Tenderlove's Ruby and Rails Reflections and Predictions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/year-in-review-2022-tenderlove-s-ruby-and-rails-reflections-and-predictions-1556.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/ruby-rails-year-in-review-2022>)

Author: Aaron Patterson

Published: 2022-12-22T15:00:02Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [JIT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jit.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>)

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## AI overview

A 2022 review of developments in the Ruby and Rails community, including Shopify's work, the Rust rewrite of the YJIT compiler, ARM and Apple Silicon support, and Ruby's variable-width object allocation changes. The article also includes predictions for 2023.

## Source excerpt

Senior Staff Engineer and Rails core team member Aaron Patterson recaps his favourite Ruby and Rails updates of 2022 and some predictions (okay, so maybe it's more of a wish list) for 2023.