RubyConf Talks & Presentations

Ruby Central

Debugging Product Teams

Explore techniques for identifying and addressing issues within product teams, focusing on observation, hypothesis formation, and targeted interventions to improve team dynamics and performance.

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

Ruby Central

Perceptual Learning - More Ruby Experts?

Explore Perceptual Learning techniques to accelerate Ruby expertise, enhance pattern recognition, and develop intuition for more effective programming skills.

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

Ruby Central

Railsbench - Rdoc Generation - Microbenchmarks - Proposal to Enable VWare Resizing Objects - Shrinking RVALUE

Explore Ruby's memory optimization project to improve performance by moving system heap memory into Ruby heap memory, reducing allocations and enhancing CPU cache efficiency.

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

Ruby Central

Optimizing Partial Backtraces in Ruby 3

Explore Ruby 3's optimized partial backtrace generation, its impact on debugging efficiency, and the process of enhancing this feature for improved performance in deep callstacks.

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

Ruby Central

Dungeons and Collaboration - A Player's Handbook to Working With Distributed Teams

Discover how Dungeons & Dragons principles can enhance collaboration in distributed teams, improving online etiquette and team-building skills for developers.

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

Ruby Central

Compiling Ruby to Native Code with Sorbet & LLVM

Explore Stripe's innovative approach to compiling Ruby using Sorbet and LLVM, aimed at improving performance in large-scale applications without sacrificing feature development.

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

Ruby Central

The Intro to Abstraction I Wish I'd Received

Explore the concept of abstraction in software development, its importance, and strategies for identifying and improving abstractions in your code.

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

Ruby Central

Beyond Blameless

Explore the nuances of blamelessness in production operations, challenging common misconceptions and highlighting the importance of balanced event analysis for improved team resilience.

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

Ruby Central

Beware the Dreaded Dead End

Explore lexing, parsing, and syntax tree search to tackle Ruby's "unexpected end" errors, improving code debugging efficiency and program execution.

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

Ruby Central

Optimizing Production Performance with MRI JIT

Discover techniques to optimize Rails applications using Ruby's JIT compiler, enhancing production performance and achieving effortless speed improvements.

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

Ruby Central

How to Stop Breaking Other People's Things

Learn strategies to identify and mitigate breaking changes in APIs, help consumers build resilient integrations, and safely release updates while minimizing disruptions to dependent software.

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

Ruby Central

The Intentional Plan for Intersectionality

Explore intersectionality in STEM, addressing challenges faced by underrepresented groups. Learn to recognize privilege, workplace issues, and create an intentional plan for inclusivity.

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

Ruby Central

Hello, Computer - Writing Ruby with Voice Recognition

Explore voice-controlled coding with Talon, a tool for developers facing repetitive stress injuries. Learn commands, tips, and accessibility features for hands-free Ruby programming.

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

Ruby Central

Golf Scripting with Ruby - Helping Santa Schedule Christmas

Discover Ruby's hidden features while solving Santa's scheduling challenge through code golf. Learn algorithmic problem-solving and optimize your Ruby code for brevity and efficiency.

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

Ruby Central

Engineering at Root

Discover how Root is revolutionizing car insurance using technology to measure driving behavior, offering fairer rates, and building innovative software to power their mission.

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