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We bring Rubyists together. http://xoruby.com

Join us this fall for a series of small single-day events:
✅ Chicago - Sept. 6
✅ Atlanta - Sept. 13
✅ New Orleans - Sept. 20
✅ Portland - Oct. 11
✅ San Diego - Oct. 18
✅ Austin - Oct. 25
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rosa.codes
If you're in Europe and have FOMO because you can't attend the amazing @sfruby.bsky.social, there's another conference happening over here in Helsinki 🇫🇮at the same time 😊 helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/ from @helsinkiruby.fi - the line-up is great and Mochi will be attending 🐶🐾❤️It's going to be very nice!
tiny ruby #{conf}
A tiny Ruby conference in Helsinki, Finland
helsinkiruby.fi
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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inazarova.bsky.social
💎Hack Day by AngelList 💻
💎secret MC who you love and miss ❤️
💎swim to Alcatraz, bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge, or 10K run with Ruby friends in beautiful San Francisco on Day 3 🔥

Jump in, and let's build the future together, in Ruby! Here's a discount luma.com/sfrubyconf20...
The San Francisco Ruby Conference ♦️ · Luma
We are excited to invite you to our premier event: the San Francisco Ruby Conference, on November 19-21! We're gathering ~600 Rubyists in San Francisco:…
luma.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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inazarova.bsky.social
🪩⚠️ Alert: @sfruby.com is in 10 days ! ! !

What's inside:
💎 two dozen new and hot Ruby startups like @bolt.new
💎 authors of RubyLLM, Herb, Active Agent, Inertia Rails, ZJIT, and more
💎engineers scaling Ruby and Rails at Chime, Cisco, Intercom, Shopify
💎afterparty by GitButler 🪩
(see part 2)
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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ismaelcelis.com
I'll be at today's London Ruby User Group meet-up, speaking about Event Sourcing, eventual consistency and durable messaging patterns. Show up if interested! lrug.org
LRUG | London Ruby User Group
The London Ruby User Group (LRUG) meets on the 2nd Monday of the month for talking and socialising (about Ruby).
lrug.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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“I feel like XO Ruby was well executed, and personally I loved having a chance to kick back and really talk to people about our worries and fears and everything IRL. Thanks for all your work.” –Richard Schneeman on #XORubyAustin
Testimonial quote from Richard Schneeman: “I feel like XO Ruby was well executed, and personally I loved having a chance to kick back and really talk to people about our worries and fears and everything IRL. Thanks for all your work.” with a photo of Richard in the bottom right corner with a foam finger #1 illustration next to the XO Ruby logo.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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#XORuby has wrapped and we're feeling all the feels 🥹 Thankful for all the community, speakers, volunteers, and road trips the past few months have been filled with❣️ Until next time!
Over a grungy cement-looking background is the text “2025 Wrap," the XO Ruby logo, and a link to xoruby.com. There's a border of camping and road trip illustrations as decorative motifs around the text. Over a grungy cement-looking background is the text “The Sustenance: 19 gallons of coffee, 30 pounds of cuties, and $6,250 in lunch money given away." In the top left corner is the XO Ruby logo with the subtitle "2025 wrap" and taco and drink illustrations in the top right corner. Over a grungy cement-looking background is the text “The Road Trip: 6 cities, 9,000+ miles driven, 2 border patrol stops, and 1 accidental booking for a hotel in Mexico." In the top left corner is the XO Ruby logo with the subtitle "2025 wrap" and a gas pump illustration in the top right corner. Over a grungy cement-looking background is the text “The Community: 4 continents (speakers from Australia, Europe, South America, North America!), infinite sign volunteers (official and unofficial), and infinite connections." In the top left corner is the XO Ruby logo with the subtitle "2025 wrap" and a sparkles illustration in the bottom left corner.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
xoruby.com
There are two Board Member seats open at @rubycentral.org. Interested parties should apply at the following link:

rubycentral.teamtailor.com/jobs/6723164...
Ruby Central Board Member - Ruby Central
About Ruby Central. Ruby Central is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the Ruby programming language and community. We steward foundational open source infrastructure su...
rubycentral.teamtailor.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
xoruby.com
“XO Ruby was such a nice event to speak at and attend. You're able to meet and really connect with other local Rubyists.” –Braulio Martinez on #XORubySanDiego
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
xoruby.com
The Vancouver Ruby Meetup is looking for speakers either remote or in-person. Curious? Want more details? Contact the organizers for more details.

vanruby.ca
VanRuby - Vancouver Ruby on Rails Group
vanruby.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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nateberkopec.bsky.social
Welcome aboard Joshua Young to the Puma maintainers team 🫡
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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“People welcomed total strangers into deep technical conversations. Folks shared lessons, code, and encouragement. Rubyists are out here grinding to keep our language relevant, excellent, and fun.” –Alison Acuña on #XORubyPortland
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November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Good day, eh?
pascallaliberte.me Pascal Laliberté @pascallaliberte.me · 5d
Is that in Canada?
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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“XO Ruby exemplifies the Ruby community's dedication to uplifting diverse voices, and in cultivating our connections. It was the best. I'll be coming back. We're gonna throw one of these in SLC next year it was so fun. JIM CALL ME!” –Karl Oscar Weber on #XORubySanDiego
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November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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schwad.org schwad @schwad.org · 5d
Another successful BelfastRuby in the books! Thank you @altabyte.bsky.social, @petr.codes for your wonderful talks! And a huge shoutout to Stora for hosting and sponsoring!! 🙌
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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antontkachov.bsky.social
Today's November #ChicagoRuby at @cisco.com has passed 70 RSVPs, making it the most wanted meetup since 2019 🥳

Walk-ins are not possible, but you have a great alternative to join us online via Webex (from Cisco): cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?....

Significant milestone for our community in Chicago 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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XO Ruby Louisville, is that a thing?
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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“Thank you to XO Ruby and Jim Remsik for reminding me of exactly how much I missed getting together in person with good folks and talking shop and life and everything else.” - Mando Escamilla (@mando.org) on #XORubyAustin
Testimonial quote from Mando Escamilla: “I got a lotta thoughts (and feelings) about it, but foremost I'm just really, really grateful. Thank you to XO Ruby and Jim Remsik for reminding me of exactly how much I missed getting together in person with good folks and talking shop and life and everything else.” There's also a photo of Raluca in with a foam finger #1 next to the XO Ruby logo.
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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“The community at XO Ruby were the real gems! Great talks, amazing people, and real talent all in one place. I was grateful to be apart of it and even more grateful to connect with such amazing folks at the event.” - Corey M. on #XORubyAustin
Testimonial quote from Corey M.: “The community at XO Ruby were the real gems! Great talks, amazing people, and real talent all in one place. I was grateful to be apart of it and even more grateful to connect with such amazing folks at the event.” with a photo of Corey in the bottom left corner with a foam finger #1 illustration next to the XO Ruby logo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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russolsen.bsky.social
It's official! The beta release of Eloquent Ruby, 2nd edition is now on sale!

pragprog.com/titles/eruby...
Eloquent Ruby, Second Edition
Write elegant Ruby code--not just correct, but idiomatic. Go beyond the vocabulary and syntax and learn to express yourself with eloquence.
pragprog.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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“I had a blast...It was great to see old Ruby friends and make some new ones.” - Ben Curtis on #XORubyPortland
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November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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joshuawood.net
New from me: I wrote about Application Performance Monitoring and why developers should embrace observability tools.

www.honeybadger.io/blog/apm-par...
The APM paradox: Too much data, too few answers
Most dev teams don't need 47 dashboards or petabytes of logs—they need answers at 2 AM. Explore the evolution from APM to observability.
www.honeybadger.io
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
xoruby.com
Chicago Ruby is meeting this Wednesday at @cisco.com's offices.

They are also looking for speakers for 2026. If you've ever been interested at speaking at a meetup this is a great opportunity.

www.meetup.com/chicagoruby/...
ChicagoRuby @ Cisco Systems, Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
**Save the date!** Cisco Systems on November 5th, 2025, 6pm - 8:30pm **Speakers:** 🎤 **Andy Andrea** (**in person,** joining us from North Carolina!! Woot woot!!**) -** Re
www.meetup.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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jeremysmith.co
Whoa, Big Cartel is hiring a principal Rails eng. It's been a while since I've seen a posting from them. jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/8334-pr...
Principal Rails Engineer at Big Cartel
Big Cartel is an e-commerce platform that's been around since Rails was in it's infancy. Our platform has evolved from an app built on early beta v...
jobs.rubyonrails.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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“Still feeling so energised and grateful after this weekend's XO Ruby in Austin. It was an honour to not just attend, but also to volunteer and help out behind the scenes.” - Raluca Badoi on #XORubyAustin
Testimonial quote from Raluca Badoi: “Still feeling so energised and grateful after this weekend's XO Ruby in Austin. It was an honour to not just attend, but also to volunteer and help out behind the scenes.” with a photo of Raluca in the bottom right corner with a foam finger #1 illustration next to the XO Ruby logo.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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“Thoroughly enjoyed Tim Riley's talk at XO Ruby. Thank you for making this available to us. That was fun!” –Martin Emde on #XORubySanDiego
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October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM