Stop Using next in Ruby Loops

LLM-generated Ruby code tends to reach for next inside .each loops. It works, but it’s not idiomatic. When you find yourself using next, there’s almost always a more expressive alternative using Enumerable methods. A Simple Example Consider this loop that collects names of active users: names = [] users.each do |user| next if user.inactive? names << user.name end The next if is doing filtering, but it doesn’t say filtering. It says “skip this one,” which forces the reader to mentally invert t...