Ruby Archaeology

Explore the evolution of Ruby programming in this 30-minute conference talk from RailsConf 2022. Dive into historical Ruby code, examining works from over a decade ago to uncover interesting gems from the past. Discover which code older than 12 years still runs in Ruby 3.1, identify changing programming idioms, and learn how to set up an environment for running Ruby 1.8 code from around 2008 on modern machines. Join Nick Schwaderer on this archaeological journey through Ruby's history, inspired by _why's 2009 tweet about the transient nature of programming works.