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# December 2021 Monthly Update
- URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/december-2021-monthly-update/
- Published: 2022-01-18T22:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:44.000Z
- Author: Andre Arko
- Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39

Hello! Welcome to the monthly update. During December, our work was supported by [Zendesk](https://www.zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [Stitch Fix](http://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), and many others.

## ruby together news

In December, Ruby Together was supported by 35 different companies, including Ruby member [Zendesk](https://zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org). 2 companies joined as new members.

On top of those companies, 2 new developers signed up as members, including Kyoungwon Lee. In total, we were supported by 124 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3

## rubygems & bundler news

In December, we released new versions for RubyGems [3.3.0](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#330--2021-12-21), [3.3.1](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#331--2021-12-22), [3.3.2](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#332--2021-12-23), [3.3.3](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#333--2021-12-24), [3.3.4](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#334--2021-12-29) and Bundler [2.2.33](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#2233-december-7-2021), [2.3.0](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#230-december-21-2021), [2.3.1](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#231-december-22-2021), [2.3.2](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#232-december-23-2021), [2.3.3](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#233-december-24-2021), [2.3.4](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#234-december-29-2021).

With this batch of releases, we finally shipped the Bundler automatic version switching feature, which had been planned for some time now, and provided final versions to be included with new Ruby 3.1 release.

This month, Rubygems gained [204 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2021-12-01%7D...master@%7B2021-12-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 17 authors. There were 1,814 additions and 1,082 deletions across 186 files.

## rubygems.org news

In December, we enabled multifactor authentication on specific `api_keys` and updated the UI to reflect the change - [#2846](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2846?ref=rubycentral.org).

This month, Rubygems.org gained [34 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/compare/master@%7B2021-12-01%7D...master@%7B2021-12-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 5 authors. There were 377 additions and 112 deletions across 31 files.

As always, we continue to fix bugs, review and merge PR’s and reply to support tickets.

## budget & expenses

In December we spent a total of $10,529.13.

- Stripe Payment Processing Fees $13.70
- Employee Related $450.90
- General & Administrative $170.00
- IT & Software $1,042.58
- Professional services $219.00
- 57.6 Hours of development work at $150/hr $8,632.95

Until next time,  
Irene, André, and the Ruby Together team