North West Ruby User Group
@nwrug.org
Meetup for Ruby developers of the North West of England. Meeting the third Thursday of every month nwrug.org
Manchester, UK
Manchester, UK
And we’re off! @twnsnd.com scaling his tails of scaling Rails
October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And we’re off! @twnsnd.com scaling his tails of scaling Rails
Last call for our meet-up happening tonight in Manchester!
Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of £5 million.
Register here to attend:
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Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of £5 million.
Register here to attend:
nwrug.org/events/milli...
NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October
This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR:
Ryan h...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Last call for our meet-up happening tonight in Manchester!
Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of £5 million.
Register here to attend:
nwrug.org/events/milli...
Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of £5 million.
Register here to attend:
nwrug.org/events/milli...
Just one week to go until our next event! Come hear @twnsnd.com share his story – Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails
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NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October
This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR:
Ryan h...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just one week to go until our next event! Come hear @twnsnd.com share his story – Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails
nwrug.org/events/milli...
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Looking forward to talking about scaling #RubyonRails to hundreds of millions of yearly client revenue @nwrug.org meetup on Thursday 16th in Manchester, my old university city 🙌
Come join us for free 👉 nwrug.org/events/milli...
Come join us for free 👉 nwrug.org/events/milli...
NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October
This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR:
Ryan h...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Looking forward to talking about scaling #RubyonRails to hundreds of millions of yearly client revenue @nwrug.org meetup on Thursday 16th in Manchester, my old university city 🙌
Come join us for free 👉 nwrug.org/events/milli...
Come join us for free 👉 nwrug.org/events/milli...
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The Ruby community has a DHH problem
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The Ruby community has a DHH problem
The Ruby community can no longer afford to stand silent in the face of DHH and his toxic ideas.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Ruby community has a DHH problem
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Getting our Hotwire Native on
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Getting our Hotwire Native on
Final reminder: Tonight at NWRUG we're hearing all about building mobile apps using Rails and Turbo Native.
Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
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Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
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NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September
This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native:
I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Final reminder: Tonight at NWRUG we're hearing all about building mobile apps using Rails and Turbo Native.
Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
nwrug.org/events/septe...
Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
nwrug.org/events/septe...
This Thursday from 6:30pm in sunny Manchester: Steven Harrison will be taking us through building native apps using Turbo Native. nwrug.org/events/septe...
NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September
This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native:
I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This Thursday from 6:30pm in sunny Manchester: Steven Harrison will be taking us through building native apps using Turbo Native. nwrug.org/events/septe...
We're back for another North West Ruby User Group this Thursday. Our very own Steven Harrison will be taking us on a tour of building native mobile apps using Turbo Native: nwrug.org/events/septe...
NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September
This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native:
I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...
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September 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We're back for another North West Ruby User Group this Thursday. Our very own Steven Harrison will be taking us on a tour of building native mobile apps using Turbo Native: nwrug.org/events/septe...
This Thursday! Come hear Rahoul (AKA Baz) update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. #ruby
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August 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This Thursday! Come hear Rahoul (AKA Baz) update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. #ruby
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We’re back later this month with another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Rahoul (AKA Baz) will update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. Register now: nwrug.org/events/softw...
NWRUG Event: Software dev with LLMs, Summer 25 update, Thursday 21st August
We're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Rahoul (https://ruby.social/@rahoulb) (AKA Baz) explaini...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We’re back later this month with another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Rahoul (AKA Baz) will update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. Register now: nwrug.org/events/softw...
This Thursday! Come hear Caius expound the virtues of tugging on those mysterious threads that we happen upon during our day to day code weaving #ruby
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NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July
After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...
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July 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Thursday! Come hear Caius expound the virtues of tugging on those mysterious threads that we happen upon during our day to day code weaving #ruby
nwrug.org/events/tuggi...
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We’re back next Thursdaywith another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Caius will be delivering a talk on the power of tugging on threads. Register now: nwrug.org/events/tuggi...
NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July
After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We’re back next Thursdaywith another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Caius will be delivering a talk on the power of tugging on threads. Register now: nwrug.org/events/tuggi...
There is no NWRUG Ruby meet-up this month as we'll all be down in Brighton for @brightonruby.com. Normal service resumes next month.
June 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
There is no NWRUG Ruby meet-up this month as we'll all be down in Brighton for @brightonruby.com. Normal service resumes next month.
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Looking to give away some tickets for brightonruby.com purchased by kind folks in the community in the name of Noah Gibbs.
Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.
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Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.
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Noah Gibb's Educational Ticket
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May 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Looking to give away some tickets for brightonruby.com purchased by kind folks in the community in the name of Noah Gibbs.
Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.
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Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.
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If you've got a blog where you (at least sometimes) write Ruby-related posts, please reply with a link to your RSS feed below.
I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.
I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.
May 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you've got a blog where you (at least sometimes) write Ruby-related posts, please reply with a link to your RSS feed below.
I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.
I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.
Join us this Thursday as @cpytel.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @thoughtbot.com leads us on a look back at Rails AntiPatterns 15 years later. How exactly have best practices changed since Rails 3? Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/rails...
NWRUG Event: Rails AntiPatterns Revisited, Thursday 15th May
Come join us for another NWRUG! Nearly 15 years ago, Rails 3 was born from the merger of Rails 2.x and Merb around the same time the book Rails AntiPatterns:...
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May 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join us this Thursday as @cpytel.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @thoughtbot.com leads us on a look back at Rails AntiPatterns 15 years later. How exactly have best practices changed since Rails 3? Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/rails...
At this Thursday's meetup we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.
Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...
Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...
NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding — Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April
Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At this Thursday's meetup we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.
Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...
Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...
We’re back for another Ruby meet in Manchester! Next Thursday we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.
Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...
Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...
NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding — Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April
Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...
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April 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We’re back for another Ruby meet in Manchester! Next Thursday we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.
Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...
Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...
And we’re off! Rob taking us through the Noisy Animal kata
March 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And we’re off! Rob taking us through the Noisy Animal kata
Our March meeting is tonight (20 March). Join us at the Colony, One Silk Street in Ascots at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) to work through the Noisy Animals kata. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring
Full details, including the all important registration link, available at
Full details, including the all important registration link, available at
NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March
Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our March meeting is tonight (20 March). Join us at the Colony, One Silk Street in Ascots at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) to work through the Noisy Animals kata. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring
Full details, including the all important registration link, available at
Full details, including the all important registration link, available at
We're doing the Noisy Animal kata this Thursday evening in Ancoats, Manchester. All are welcome, no matter your level of #ruby experience.
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...
Select tickets – North West Ruby User Group March 2025 Meeting – Colony, One Silk Street
It's the March 2025 edition of NWRUG
More details at https://nwrug.org/events/2025-march
Remember that attendance of NWRUG even...
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March 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're doing the Noisy Animal kata this Thursday evening in Ancoats, Manchester. All are welcome, no matter your level of #ruby experience.
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...
Our March meeting is on 20 March. We'll be back at Colony in Ancoats. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring.
We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!
You can register at
We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!
You can register at
NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March
Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...
nwrug.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our March meeting is on 20 March. We'll be back at Colony in Ancoats. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring.
We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!
You can register at
We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!
You can register at
NWRUG is back tomorrow for our lightning talks night! Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/febru...
NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February
This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...
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February 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NWRUG is back tomorrow for our lightning talks night! Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/febru...
We’re back! Thursday 20 Feb will be lighting talks at North West Ruby User Group. Come join us.
nwrug.org/events/febru...
nwrug.org/events/febru...
NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February
This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We’re back! Thursday 20 Feb will be lighting talks at North West Ruby User Group. Come join us.
nwrug.org/events/febru...
nwrug.org/events/febru...