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Ruby on Rails, Organizing @blastoffrails
Thank you @marcoroth_ for helping me get @blastoffrails onto rubyevents.org and rubyconferences.org during the hackspaces at #railsconf2025!!! 🙏
Heard @excid3 say my name on the Remote Ruby podcast and stopped spreading peanut butter on my toast to do a little fist pump. Putting that on my resume. remoteruby.com/2260490/episod…
The field of software verification (tests, code reviews, Q&A, type systems, formal verification, etc) will require new development and practices over the coming years and folks have not being paying enough attention to it (except for code reviews). PS: Having AI write and run…
This has already hit our team Even with automated PR review tools, we struggle to code-review, QA and accept code fast enough We are discussing bringing back full-time paid QA to help accelerate this - something I haven't seen in over a decade
If you’re curious about Active Agent and building AI in Rails but haven’t had that 'aha' moment yet… This might do it 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=SnOCOf…
I am really excited about this! I've been reading Akshay's blog for a while and I think hus in depth approach will be really interesting on a real world project.
New project: Rebuild the Write Software, Well blog in Ruby on Rails. writesoftwarewell.com/rebuilding-wri…
⚡️ We launched General ticket sale for the San Francisco Ruby Conference on November 19-20! Get yours at lu.ma/sfrubyconf2025 The full program is live on sfruby.com/speakers and it is 🔥exceptional🔥. Friends, help us share the message!
I'm building a @rails engine for managing prompts that your application uses. There's a CRUD interface for creating the prompts, defining the variables, model parameters, etc. Prompts get versioned. You can load your prompt in your code via a slug. It will also provide…
The thing I love about programming is being able to make my own solution when the existing ones don't fit my need. This is the same reason I started learning to sew my own clothes. Claude Code has 10x'd my custom solution output. How I wish there was a Claude Code for sewing 😂
Announcing the RMR keynotes: Drew Bragg (@drbragg) & Brandon Weaver (@baweaver@hachyderm.io) will be joining with their unique Ruby perspectives! Early Bird tickets also drop! Excited for another year of quality talks & conversations? Get in now -> rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
As an added bonus, every attendee gets free tickets to the museum! 😎
The paperwork is signed and the deposit has been made. We officially have dates and a venue! Blastoff Rails will be happening June 11th and 12th of 2026 at the Albuquerque Museum. The location and quality of this venue are exactly what I was looking for. cabq.gov/artsculture/al…
Just spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why "git format-patch -l" wouldn't work when I was clearly reading about other people using it. Turns out it is "git format-patch -1" 🥲 Who uses numbers as flags???
SF Ruby Conference CFP submissions will close this Sunday (midnight Pacific), if you want any help on your ideas or submission that’s also a valued usage of my time! I have no say in who gets accepted, but I’m always happy to collaborate!
Friends, it's time to submit your talk for the San Francisco Ruby Conference! The deadline is this Sunday, midnight in Pacific time. We received 68 applications already–thank you all! The key themes and criteria are on cfp.sfruby.com Here are some ideas to consider:…
RailaConf was incredible. Thank you to all the people that were encouraging when I told them about @blastoffrails. I definitely have a lot more confidence, new ideas, and inspiration to continue forward. And also confirmation that we need more conferences 😆