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Last Week in Pony

Last Week in Pony - April 5, 2026

This week’s theme song was pulled directly from the pool of “things to appeal to Sean musically.” I give you “Apocalypse” by The Darts. Man, this one is great. Big week to go with it. ponyc 0.63.0 is out and you need to update. ponylang/hobby threw out its middleware and rebuilt around interceptors. And there’s a whole repo of Claude Code skills for Pony. Three big things and I’m excited about every one of them. Let’s go.

Last Week in Pony - March 29, 2026

ponyc 0.62.1 is out and you need to update. There’s a type system soundness hole in there, a Windows crash that we didn’t fully nail last time, and a bunch more. Beyond ponyc, ponylang/hobby threw out its old handler model and rebuilt it around actors the way Pony wants you to build things. Big week. Let’s crank up an oldie but a goodie, “Son of a Pig Farmer” by Krylls, and get into it.

Last Week in Pony - March 22, 2026

ponyc 0.62.0 is out and you should update. There are bug fixes in there that matter, including one that was quietly breaking SSL hostname verification. Beyond that, there’s a new multipart MIME parser, four new patterns, and pony-lsp landed in Helix. Let’s get into it, but first, fire up this week’s theme song: “Bloody Mary Morning” by Willie Nelson. Bob Wills might still be the king, but Willie is certainly in the royal court. Oh, and be prepared for lots of homework.

Last Week in Pony - March 1, 2026

This week’s theme song is Rawhide and it’s so good, we are gracing you with 3 different versions. And this week calls for multiple versions because it has been a big week:

  • ponyc 0.61.0 shipped with a new \exhaustive\ annotation for match expressions
  • Three new libraries hit their first releases
  • Eight Pony patterns were published
  • The website got a top-to-bottom reorganization

Last Week in Pony - February 22, 2026

Crank up this week’s theme song — Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits — and settle in. Big week. We welcomed a new committer, shipped three brand-new libraries, and put out ten releases across five projects. There’s also a persistent HashMap bug fix that enabled json-ng to drop its custom null type, three new Pony patterns, and a blog post about teaching Claude to write Pony.