26 daring pilots brimmed the horizon with their commits this week. There were loops and barrel rolls galore - you should have been there! Oh, but you can. See the last item if you feel the need for speed (and contributing).

In Rails 5 you'll see your SQL has gotten a fresh coat of paint - several in fact. Now common SQL statements appear in color when sprouting up in your logs. Check the link for the color map.

Gone are the thrills of remembering past defaults, when you changed it for a column. Both from and to can be passed now: change_column_default(:posts, :state, from: nil, to: "draft")

If all your life's ROFLMAO'ing have left you with ass left to laugh off, you'll be ready to migrate and roll back on the floor laughing the remainder of your rear right off over this.

If you're a Windows user and witness to the horror of rails new failing with native gems not being able to be installed - rejoice! You need the latest Development Kit version, which our getting started guide will now tell you.

To prevent ambiguity and potential collisions, association names in where are assumed to reference the table name.

When a Rails 5 controller action have no corresponding template, Rails renders head :no_content. Before libraries were hooking into the missing template exception being thrown. Now default_render takes a block and the hook is back.

From time to time DHH opens issues on Rails about stuff he'd like implemented. As long as someone hasn't laid claim to it in the comments (or is assigned) it's yours to take a stab at.