Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference
@rmrubyconf.bsky.social
A two day, single track conference in the heart of Boulder, Colorado.
September 28 & 29, 2026. Stay tuned for speaker announcements!
September 28 & 29, 2026. Stay tuned for speaker announcements!
Hey friends! Details are starting to be emailed to you if you have a ticket. We definitely encourage you to join Slack for the latest in announcements & conversation. Today's was how to sign up for lightning talks which is always a highlight of the 2nd day!
September 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Hey friends! Details are starting to be emailed to you if you have a ticket. We definitely encourage you to join Slack for the latest in announcements & conversation. Today's was how to sign up for lightning talks which is always a highlight of the 2nd day!
We're now officially a week away from seeing you in Boulder for Rocky Mountain Ruby! Excited yet?
Get your ticket if you still need one, and we'll be providing helpful tips on the lead up to next Monday! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
Get your ticket if you still need one, and we'll be providing helpful tips on the lead up to next Monday! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
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September 21, 2026 at 10:39 PM
We're now officially a week away from seeing you in Boulder for Rocky Mountain Ruby! Excited yet?
Get your ticket if you still need one, and we'll be providing helpful tips on the lead up to next Monday! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
Get your ticket if you still need one, and we'll be providing helpful tips on the lead up to next Monday! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
If you wouldn't be able to come to RMR without assistance, please submit an application for a scholarship ticket! Form will only take you a couple minutes: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Rocky Mountain Ruby 2026: Apply for a scholarship ticket to attend!
The 2026 Rocky Mountain Ruby conference is back and happening on September 28th/29th in Boulder, Colorado. More information on the conference: https://rockymtnruby.dev/. If you cannot afford a ticket…
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September 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
If you wouldn't be able to come to RMR without assistance, please submit an application for a scholarship ticket! Form will only take you a couple minutes: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Booking my time off for work today because we're almost to Sep 28-29th, I reflected on how we have so many sponsors and how they make this worthwhile.
Shoutouts to @gustohq, @honeybadger.io, @appsignal, @beflagrant.com, @typesense, and @evilmartians for making RMR not just doable, but a treat!
Shoutouts to @gustohq, @honeybadger.io, @appsignal, @beflagrant.com, @typesense, and @evilmartians for making RMR not just doable, but a treat!
September 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Booking my time off for work today because we're almost to Sep 28-29th, I reflected on how we have so many sponsors and how they make this worthwhile.
Shoutouts to @gustohq, @honeybadger.io, @appsignal, @beflagrant.com, @typesense, and @evilmartians for making RMR not just doable, but a treat!
Shoutouts to @gustohq, @honeybadger.io, @appsignal, @beflagrant.com, @typesense, and @evilmartians for making RMR not just doable, but a treat!
Heading into the last day to buy a ticket and be guaranteed a stylish tshirt with the BeFlagrant stamp on it (metaphorically not literally)! Looking forward to seeing you there 👀
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
rockymtnruby.dev
September 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Heading into the last day to buy a ticket and be guaranteed a stylish tshirt with the BeFlagrant stamp on it (metaphorically not literally)! Looking forward to seeing you there 👀
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
We're excited to welcome back Typesense as a sponsor! When you're enjoying the fast Wifi and the happy hour/game hour, send over a 🫡 their direction!
Their open source search engine is an incredibly fast way to implement search on your data!
typesense.org
Their open source search engine is an incredibly fast way to implement search on your data!
typesense.org
About Typesense: Open Source Search Engine | Typesense
Learn what Typesense is, why we built an open source search engine, and how our lean team works to make powerful search technology accessible to everyone.
typesense.org
September 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We're excited to welcome back Typesense as a sponsor! When you're enjoying the fast Wifi and the happy hour/game hour, send over a 🫡 their direction!
Their open source search engine is an incredibly fast way to implement search on your data!
typesense.org
Their open source search engine is an incredibly fast way to implement search on your data!
typesense.org
Just a few days left to get a ticket before we put in orders for majestic Flagrant-styled tshirts! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
rockymtnruby.dev
September 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Just a few days left to get a ticket before we put in orders for majestic Flagrant-styled tshirts! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/
We're so excited to be able to show you our tshirt design this year from @beflagrant.com! Gonna be another good one 👁️ (previous designs attached...)
Make sure you check them out for digital services! www.beflagrant.com/services/build
Make sure you check them out for digital services! www.beflagrant.com/services/build
September 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We're so excited to be able to show you our tshirt design this year from @beflagrant.com! Gonna be another good one 👁️ (previous designs attached...)
Make sure you check them out for digital services! www.beflagrant.com/services/build
Make sure you check them out for digital services! www.beflagrant.com/services/build
The schedule is officially live! 🙌 As you may remember from previous years, we have a long lunch break both days. Single track. Light breakfast. This year we're hosting a game and craft happy hour! Take a peek ➡️
rockymtnruby.dev/schedule/
rockymtnruby.dev/schedule/
Schedule
Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
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September 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The schedule is officially live! 🙌 As you may remember from previous years, we have a long lunch break both days. Single track. Light breakfast. This year we're hosting a game and craft happy hour! Take a peek ➡️
rockymtnruby.dev/schedule/
rockymtnruby.dev/schedule/
We're excited to welcome back Alan Riddlehoover to RMR!
250,000 tech workers laid off in a year. Alan is going to share the secrets of NASA's human computers for three strategies to stay indispensable in the age of AI. ❤️
250,000 tech workers laid off in a year. Alan is going to share the secrets of NASA's human computers for three strategies to stay indispensable in the age of AI. ❤️
September 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
We're excited to welcome back Alan Riddlehoover to RMR!
250,000 tech workers laid off in a year. Alan is going to share the secrets of NASA's human computers for three strategies to stay indispensable in the age of AI. ❤️
250,000 tech workers laid off in a year. Alan is going to share the secrets of NASA's human computers for three strategies to stay indispensable in the age of AI. ❤️
UFOs. Theology. Psychedelics. What they share is a framework for understanding ontological shock, and AI is giving programmers exactly that. Travis Turner's talk is unlike anything else on the schedule. Strap in. 👽✨
August 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
UFOs. Theology. Psychedelics. What they share is a framework for understanding ontological shock, and AI is giving programmers exactly that. Travis Turner's talk is unlike anything else on the schedule. Strap in. 👽✨
Pager duty panic is optional. Sonja Peterson's incident response training plan will turn you into the engineer who *fixes* the outage—not the one who hides from it. 🚨 Catch her in Boulder in September! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
August 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pager duty panic is optional. Sonja Peterson's incident response training plan will turn you into the engineer who *fixes* the outage—not the one who hides from it. 🚨 Catch her in Boulder in September! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
ERB templates that actually understand HTML. Phoenix LiveView-style reactivity with zero new JS framework. Marco Roth is unveiling Herb + ReActionView for Rails 8.2. 🌿
Welcoming Marco back to Boulder for RMR!
(Get your tix here: lnkd.in/gwG_WMZj)
Welcoming Marco back to Boulder for RMR!
(Get your tix here: lnkd.in/gwG_WMZj)
August 27, 2026 at 1:12 AM
ERB templates that actually understand HTML. Phoenix LiveView-style reactivity with zero new JS framework. Marco Roth is unveiling Herb + ReActionView for Rails 8.2. 🌿
Welcoming Marco back to Boulder for RMR!
(Get your tix here: lnkd.in/gwG_WMZj)
Welcoming Marco back to Boulder for RMR!
(Get your tix here: lnkd.in/gwG_WMZj)
Welcome to Hours Unlimited. Meet powerfuLLMachine. (Plot twist: it's all actually about humans.) Kevin Murphy's creative reframing of agentic practices will change how you think about LLMs (and your team!) 🧑💻 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
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August 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Welcome to Hours Unlimited. Meet powerfuLLMachine. (Plot twist: it's all actually about humans.) Kevin Murphy's creative reframing of agentic practices will change how you think about LLMs (and your team!) 🧑💻 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
Senior isn't the end of the road. GitHub's (and Boulder's) Joel Hawksley is breaking down what "staff" actually means and whether it's the right move for your career. Time to level up? 🚀
Welcome back to RMR, Joel!
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
Welcome back to RMR, Joel!
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
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Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder,…
rockymtnruby.dev
August 23, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Senior isn't the end of the road. GitHub's (and Boulder's) Joel Hawksley is breaking down what "staff" actually means and whether it's the right move for your career. Time to level up? 🚀
Welcome back to RMR, Joel!
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
Welcome back to RMR, Joel!
rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
The Ruby ecosystem stays healthy when companies actually using Rails put money back into it.
Thanks to our sponsors for 2026 Rocky Mountain Ruby: @honeybadger.io, AppSignal, and Gusto❣️
Thanks to our sponsors for 2026 Rocky Mountain Ruby: @honeybadger.io, AppSignal, and Gusto❣️
August 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The Ruby ecosystem stays healthy when companies actually using Rails put money back into it.
Thanks to our sponsors for 2026 Rocky Mountain Ruby: @honeybadger.io, AppSignal, and Gusto❣️
Thanks to our sponsors for 2026 Rocky Mountain Ruby: @honeybadger.io, AppSignal, and Gusto❣️
AI can write 1,000 tests in an hour. But should it? Ifat Ribon is bringing the philosophy of *fewer, better* tests to the AI era. Quality over quantity, and confidence over coverage. 🎯 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
August 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
AI can write 1,000 tests in an hour. But should it? Ifat Ribon is bringing the philosophy of *fewer, better* tests to the AI era. Quality over quantity, and confidence over coverage. 🎯 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
6 microservices. 4 languages. 2 databases. OR... one simple Rails app. Giovanni Panasiti rebuilt a corporate RAG system the Rails way and he's here to prove Rails developers aren't second-class citizens in the AI conversation. 🔥 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
August 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
6 microservices. 4 languages. 2 databases. OR... one simple Rails app. Giovanni Panasiti rebuilt a corporate RAG system the Rails way and he's here to prove Rails developers aren't second-class citizens in the AI conversation. 🔥 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
That TODO comment from 2019? It's now the code you're afraid to touch. After 13 years consulting on Rails apps, Fernando Perales knows the smell of decay and will be joining us at RMR in September! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
August 20, 2026 at 3:26 AM
That TODO comment from 2019? It's now the code you're afraid to touch. After 13 years consulting on Rails apps, Fernando Perales knows the smell of decay and will be joining us at RMR in September! rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
Our sponsor AppSignal has written a wealth of knowledge about performance in Rails apps. Today we're reading what they have to share about causes of Sidekiq performance degradation blog.appsignal.com/2026/07/27/w...
Appreciate their contributions to the community, and for sponsoring RMR!
Appreciate their contributions to the community, and for sponsoring RMR!
Why Your Sidekiq Jobs Are Slower Than You Think, and How AppSignal Fixes That | AppSignal Blog
Learn why your Sidekiq jobs are slower than you expect and how to pinpoint N+1 queries, missing indexes, Redis spikes, and more with AppSignal.
blog.appsignal.com
August 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Our sponsor AppSignal has written a wealth of knowledge about performance in Rails apps. Today we're reading what they have to share about causes of Sidekiq performance degradation blog.appsignal.com/2026/07/27/w...
Appreciate their contributions to the community, and for sponsoring RMR!
Appreciate their contributions to the community, and for sponsoring RMR!
~400 lines of Ruby => one fully functional AI agent. Drew Bragg is demystifying the magic so you can build your own from scratch. Just Ruby. 🤖 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
August 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
~400 lines of Ruby => one fully functional AI agent. Drew Bragg is demystifying the magic so you can build your own from scratch. Just Ruby. 🤖 rockymtnruby.dev/tickets
Today we're reading our sponsor Gusto's engineering blog and picked up on the concept of "quality backpressure" on retaining craftsmanship when building agentic systems engineering.gusto.com/taste-over-t...
Taste Over Tooling: Craftsmanship in the Post-Execution Era
As AI agents commoditize the execution of code, the leverage moves to the two things a machine can’t do for you: deciding what belongs on…
engineering.gusto.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Today we're reading our sponsor Gusto's engineering blog and picked up on the concept of "quality backpressure" on retaining craftsmanship when building agentic systems engineering.gusto.com/taste-over-t...
A little bird has told us that sponsor @honeybadger.io has a really fun giveaway for RMR attendees. Will share an action shot with you before long!
Grateful for their support of the Ruby community AND their wacky taste in swag (you'll see...)
Grateful for their support of the Ruby community AND their wacky taste in swag (you'll see...)
August 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A little bird has told us that sponsor @honeybadger.io has a really fun giveaway for RMR attendees. Will share an action shot with you before long!
Grateful for their support of the Ruby community AND their wacky taste in swag (you'll see...)
Grateful for their support of the Ruby community AND their wacky taste in swag (you'll see...)
Mindfulness. Growth mindset. Habit building. Deep work. Christine Seeman has four research-backed techniques to level up your brain without burning out. Your career isn't 100% code! 🧠
Welcoming her back to the Rocky Mountains in September!
Welcoming her back to the Rocky Mountains in September!
August 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Mindfulness. Growth mindset. Habit building. Deep work. Christine Seeman has four research-backed techniques to level up your brain without burning out. Your career isn't 100% code! 🧠
Welcoming her back to the Rocky Mountains in September!
Welcoming her back to the Rocky Mountains in September!
STI? Abstract classes? Delegated types? Nicolas Erlichman is mapping the messiest part of Active Record so you can model with confidence. No more guessing which tool fits the job
rockymtnruby.dev#program
rockymtnruby.dev#program
August 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
STI? Abstract classes? Delegated types? Nicolas Erlichman is mapping the messiest part of Active Record so you can model with confidence. No more guessing which tool fits the job
rockymtnruby.dev#program
rockymtnruby.dev#program