When I first encountered Ruby on Rails back in 2010, it changed my life in ways that are hard to put into words. Meeting a framework sounds like a small thing but back then, Rails showed me how quickly I could bring my ideas to life. That realization made me want to share what I knew with everyone around me. I've been doing that ever since. Years have passed. We've entered the age of AI. Many of us assumed that the era of "Ruby makes things easy" was quietly closing. And in some ways, it was. But a new door opened at the same time. The era of doing things even faster with Ruby and AI is just beginning. Why Ruby? Fair question. Python dominates AI. JavaScript is everywhere. Why would anyone look at Ruby when building AI-powered applications? Here's what I kept noticing: the developers who were moving fastest weren't necessarily using the most popular AI frameworks. They were using the ones that got out of their way. And Ruby, it turns out, is exceptionally good at getting out of your way.…