SMRTR ProgrammingSep 7, 2026lobste.rs

Converting a Ruby block interface to start/stop methods with a Fiber

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Use a Fiber to bridge block-scoped APIs into start/stop methods—simpler than Thread/Queue concurrency and elegant enough for patching RSpec's `around_suite`, as seen in playwright-ruby-client's Capybara docs.

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