RailsConf Talks & Presentations

Ruby Central

How Rails Fosters a Diverse and Competitive Tech Ecosystem in the Era of Big Tech

Explore how Rails promotes diversity and competition in tech, challenging big tech patterns with economic and organizational critiques of microservices and single-page apps.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Deep End Diving - Getting Up to Speed on New Codebases

Strategies for quickly understanding and contributing to new codebases, empowering developers at all levels to dive into projects with confidence and efficiency.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

The Math Every Programmer Needs

Explore practical applications of discrete math in programming, including Boolean algebra, combinatorics, and graph theory, to enhance your coding skills and problem-solving abilities.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Merged PRs - An Untapped Resource for Practice and Exploration

Explore real-world Rails debugging using merged PRs, enhancing skills, framework familiarity, and confidence in navigating complex issues while appreciating community-driven development.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Building Ruby Head for Your Rails App

Learn to build and run Ruby head on Docker for Rails app testing, exploring Docker, jemalloc, and the benefits of using cutting-edge Ruby versions in your development workflow.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Migrating Shopify's Core Rails Monolith to Trilogy

Explore Shopify's migration from Mysql2 to Trilogy, covering MySQL protocols, Active Record adapters, and open source contributions. Learn about implementation challenges and the impact on Shopify's monolith.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Offsite Planning for Everyone

Learn effective strategies for planning engaging virtual and in-person offsites, fostering team connection and alignment in remote work environments. Discover key considerations for successful offsite events.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Don't Be Afraid of the Scary Red Error Messages; They're Actually Our Friends

Embrace errors as learning opportunities to enhance coding skills and deliver quality solutions. Discover actionable strategies for handling failures and growing from mistakes.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Building an Offline Experience with a Rails-Powered PWA

Discover how to transform your Rails app into a Progressive Web App, enabling offline functionality and native-like experiences using Rails 7's front-end tools.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Applying Microservices Patterns to a Modular Monolith

Explore applying microservices patterns to modular monoliths, focusing on data consistency and distributed transactions. Learn from real-world experiences, pitfalls, and insights.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Who Wants to Be a Ruby Engineer?

Interactive game show exploring Ruby's quirks and challenging developers to predict code outputs, enhancing understanding of the language's nuances and edge cases.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Off to the Races

Explore race conditions in Rails apps: detection, reproduction, testing, and fixing strategies for shared resources and multi-process environments.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Using Rails Engines to Supercharge Your Team

Explore Rails engines as powerful tools for modular development, focusing on their role in implementing GraphQL Federation at Doximity and enhancing team productivity.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Building a World Class Engineering Organization - Learning from Cave Paintings and Horsey Land Art

Explore principles for building enduring engineering organizations, drawing insights from ancient structures and applying them to modern Rails app development.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Let's Standardize Rails, Once and For All!

Participate in a community-driven effort to establish standardized Rails conventions through a town hall-style event, voting on rubocop-rails rules to create a consensus-based linter and formatter for Rails developers.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk