<![CDATA[Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream:]]>Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream:

gem 'foobar', '>~ 1.0', flags: [:activerecord, :rspec, :phlex]

... which would set up integration with other gems, make them dependencies if needed etc.

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At least the names and versions section of it.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://status.pointless.one/users/pointlessone/statuses/116473210450595130https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://status.pointless.one/users/pointlessone/statuses/116473210450595130Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:49:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream: on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:54:59 GMT]]>Main use case I would see:

- selecting HTTP adapter, so you don't end up with 12 different in the project
- choosing markdown renderer
- using nokolexbor instead of nokogiri

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/katafrakt/statuses/116472525561212612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/katafrakt/statuses/116472525561212612Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:54:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream: on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:52:57 GMT]]>@ahx yes. Perhaps RSpec is a bit exotic, but thinking about ActiveRecord, it could:

- set minimal supported AR version as a dependency
- load AR extensions
- even if the project has Sequel in deps, does not load Sequel extensions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/katafrakt/statuses/116472517612243782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/katafrakt/statuses/116472517612243782Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:52:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream: on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:44:10 GMT]]>@katafrakt I don’t understand. Does this load the rspec integration of the foobar
gem?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/ahx/statuses/116472483074156434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/ahx/statuses/116472483074156434Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:44:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Now that we are openly challenging technical status quo around gems, I feel that I can openly share my dream: on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:23:56 GMT]]>Of course, this does not have to be limited to other gems integration, might be also used to turn off some unneeded features (with their dependencies).

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