I was in the audience at Rails World 2026 for Jorge Manrubia's talk on Lexxy, a new rich text editor for Action Text. Jorge is a Principal Programmer at 37signals, and if you've used Active Record Encryption, you've used something he built.
I was in the audience at Rails World 2026 for Jorge Manrubia's talk on Lexxy, a new rich text editor for Action Text.
Jorge is a Principal Programmer at 37signals, and if you've used Active Record Encryption, you've used something he built.
Jorge explained why 37signals built a new editor, what Lexxy adds, and how the work opens Action Text to other editors beyond Trix, the editor that's shipped with Action Text since day one.
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I was in the audience at Rails World 2026 for Jorge Manrubia's talk on Lexxy, a new rich text editor for Action Text. Jorge is a Principal Programmer at 37signals, and if you've used Active Record Encryption, you've used something he built. Jorge explained why 37signals built a new editor, what Lexxy adds, and how the work opens Action Text to other editors beyond Trix, the editor that's shipped with Action Text since day one.
Originally appeared on The Rails Tech Debt Blog.
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