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# March 2021 Monthly Update
- URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/march-2021-monthly-update/
- Published: 2021-04-19T20:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:44.000Z
- Author: Andre Arko
- Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39

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

## ruby together news

In March, Ruby Together was supported by 40 different companies, including Ruby member [Zendesk](https://zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org). We were also supported by 111 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3

## rubygems & bundler news

In March, we released 4 new versions of RubyGems [(from 3.2.12 to 3.2.15)](https://rubygems.org/gems/rubygems-update/versions?ref=rubycentral.org) and Bundler [(from 2.2.12 to 2.2.15)](https://rubygems.org/gems/bundler/versions?ref=rubycentral.org). Additionally, we worked on making the client tools more secure, and making Git sources faster and more disk efficient.

For this month, [RubyGems](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems?ref=rubycentral.org) gained [150 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2021-03-01%7D...master@%7B2021-03-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 10 authors. There were 2124 additions and 753 deletions across 107 files.

## rubygems.org news

This month in RubyGems.org, we [enabled Rails 6.0 defaults](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2674?ref=rubycentral.org) and [deployed an update to Rails 6.1.3](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2675?ref=rubycentral.org).

In addition, RubyGems.org saw various bug fixes and other work this month, including:

- fixed upload of test coverage report to code climate. - [#2673](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2673?ref=rubycentral.org)
- made users’ emails private by default and updated existing accounts to hide emails. - [#2663](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2663?ref=rubycentral.org)
- added text-only versions of emails to support more email clients. - [#2652](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2652?ref=rubycentral.org)
- upgraded ES instance type and storage, and added a strict rate limit on the Search API endpoint. - [#2665](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2665?ref=rubycentral.org)
- updated nginx to latest mainline to fix `cache file .. has too long header` issue that landed in `v1.19.3`. - [#2660](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2660?ref=rubycentral.org)
- replied to support tickets on Zendesk and Tenderapp

For this month, [RubyGems.org](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org?ref=rubycentral.org) gained [60 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/compare/master@%7B2021-03-01%7D...master@%7B2021-03-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 8 authors. There were 546 additions and 515 deletions across 48 files.

## budget & expenses

In March, we saw $8,842.52 in total income, and spent a total of $27,189.93.

- Stripe Payment Processing Fees $325.31
- Employee Related $1,950.50
- General & Administrative $821.12
- IT & Software $1,355.50
- 151.6 Hours of development work at $22,737.50

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