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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 1d

I had a blast at @rmrubyconf.bsky.social and @xoruby.com last week. It was great to see old Ruby friends and make some new ones.

Also, I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've attended two conferences in the same week. :)

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

And remember, for those of you still around tomorrow, you have more options to continue the party!

Come by Rayback Collective anytime for Code && Coffee. Then join Boulder Ruby at 6 pm at Viget for another great presentation by Scott Werner!

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Boulder Ruby October 2025 Presentation Night · Luma

Join us at our monthly gathering where we present topics of interest to Rubyists and aspiring programmers. Doors open at 6:00pm, where you can hangout and…

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travis-code.bsky.social @travis-code.bsky.social · 7d

@rmrubyconf.bsky.social was awesome! Met so many great people and left inspired. Already looking forward to next year!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Good evening, Rocky Mountain Ruby! We'll will be sharing media, updates, and videos in the next few weeks, but for now, thank you for all the camaraderie and making Bekki cry!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

One more thank you for all our sponsors -for funding, in-kind donations and services, and podcasts for spreading the word! ♥️💎

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Aww yeah we're kicking off another round of Who Wants to be a Ruby Engineer?!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for sharing your time in preparing and presenting! Great crop of lightning talks this year!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

More lightning talks! Importantly, many of our sponsors send devs, who are represented here talking about their own passion projects (Caribou, Checkr, Meraki)

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Some highlights of all our lightning talks! (part 1)

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Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 7d

Join XO Ruby's "The Artist's Way" book club! 12-week creativity program starting Sept 11. Weekly Zoom calls, Slack chat, async discussion. Design-focused but all welcome. Rediscover your creative spark!
www.xoruby.com/blog/the-art...
#BookClub #Creativity #Ruby

Promotional image for "Design Book Club: The Artist's Way" with red and yellow background. Shows the book cover (30th Anniversary Edition) and URL "bit.ly/xoruby-the-artists-way". Features Flagrant and XO Ruby logos as collaborating organizations.

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

We're so very excited to have André Arko (@indirect.io) with us today presenting what makes and keeps an app production-ready.

... and I hear he'll be back on the stage for lightning talks too!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Max VelDink of @shopify giving us the process and cultural tools to manage the big changes of a Rails upgrade - welcome to the Rocky Mountain Ruby stage!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Co-organizer Bekki flipped the camera around on our mid-morning stretch, showing all our Ruby friends including our volunteers and @meraki folks anchoring the front row!

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Recapping our AI conversations so far this week, Christine Seeman blends Rush 🎸 in asking how we blend a thoughtful Rubyist mentality 👥 with a future of GenAI usage 🤖

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

Erin Pintozzi, to an audience of 80% technologists who got here through unconventional means, giving us tools for ensuring the future still includes junior devs

Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

It's difficult with Twitter fracturing to make sure we capture speaker handles properly, especially in the flurry of posting the day of. If you have content regarding your talk you want shared, or want us to update a post w/ a handle, just tag us on your fave post, photo, reply!

Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 7d

With a callback to Rocky Mountain Ruby of yesteryear, Sean Collins is leading us through simplifying the complexity of an app with Hanami slicing and layers

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

Make sure you stop by the table and get extra stickers to share the @beflagrant love with coworkers and fam!

www.beflagrant.com

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

Jeff Cohen and the persistent question of a developer's existence - if the key to success is always learning new things, what does that mean? And how can you improve how you learn?

theahamap.com

a slide with the question "how many more times will I need to learn something new?"

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that you can watch all these talks later (and even lightning talks) thanks to the great work from @confreaks and Cindy!

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Dan Moore is at LeadDev @mooreds.com · 8d

Another great reason to attend community conferences like @rmrubyconf.bsky.social or @sw2con.bsky.social .

Job opportunities and chances for conversations with hiring managers where you are not flotsam in the LinkedIn sea.

Screenshot of slack message: "Jobs: Be sure to checkout our #job-board channel if you are looking for a job or if you are hiring. There are several companies with open roles."

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

Day two, ten degrees warmer, let's gooo!

photo of etown Hall with early morning lighting

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

Scott Werner (@scottwernerd) is sketching the legacy of early Ruby history: creative expression, testing, design driven, and whimsy, and where we can go from here

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

Rashnadeep (@rtdp) will jump in with us about reading Rails source code, but first! Some pretty Colorado views 🫶🏞️

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Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @rmrubyconf.bsky.social · 8d

🍧 Rocky Mountain ice cream break! 🍦

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