Aurelie Verrot
@aurelie.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails and other backend shenanigans.
Eating croissants in the SF Bay Area. 🇫🇷🇺🇸
Eating croissants in the SF Bay Area. 🇫🇷🇺🇸
Working on internal tools can be so rewarding. Nobody makes big announcements for the projects because they don’t sell. Even when building something specific for a user facing feature, mentions in announcements are rare. Everybody just expects that it works and they all freak out when it does not.
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Working on internal tools can be so rewarding. Nobody makes big announcements for the projects because they don’t sell. Even when building something specific for a user facing feature, mentions in announcements are rare. Everybody just expects that it works and they all freak out when it does not.
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
“The promise of Rails is being fulfilled. People just haven’t caught up with this reality yet,” says @inazarova.bsky.social.
We wrote about SF Ruby and reveal the real reason we decided to host the conference.
Find it here: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
We wrote about SF Ruby and reveal the real reason we decided to host the conference.
Find it here: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
Why Evil Martians hosted a Ruby conference in San Francisco—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
Here's why we scaled up our San Francisco Ruby meetups to SF Ruby Conf with 400+ Ruby engineers for three days of technical talks and startup demos.
evilmartians.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“The promise of Rails is being fulfilled. People just haven’t caught up with this reality yet,” says @inazarova.bsky.social.
We wrote about SF Ruby and reveal the real reason we decided to host the conference.
Find it here: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
We wrote about SF Ruby and reveal the real reason we decided to host the conference.
Find it here: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
Hey friends, our next #SFRuby meetup is on December 18, at Intercom!
It is a Holiday Edition: bring vibes, home-cooked sweets, and your Xmas (and cold :🥶)-inspired talks!
Sign up at luma.com/sfruby
Submit a talk at forms.gle/C9HQzaT5jvwA...
It is a Holiday Edition: bring vibes, home-cooked sweets, and your Xmas (and cold :🥶)-inspired talks!
Sign up at luma.com/sfruby
Submit a talk at forms.gle/C9HQzaT5jvwA...
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hey friends, our next #SFRuby meetup is on December 18, at Intercom!
It is a Holiday Edition: bring vibes, home-cooked sweets, and your Xmas (and cold :🥶)-inspired talks!
Sign up at luma.com/sfruby
Submit a talk at forms.gle/C9HQzaT5jvwA...
It is a Holiday Edition: bring vibes, home-cooked sweets, and your Xmas (and cold :🥶)-inspired talks!
Sign up at luma.com/sfruby
Submit a talk at forms.gle/C9HQzaT5jvwA...
15 years ago I used to listen to a French Alt radio station that was broadcasting a very specific acoustic version of a K’s Choice song they sang for a German radio station. I found the recording on YouTube at the time and it’s the only way I listen to that song. The video has 20k views and 80% of
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
15 years ago I used to listen to a French Alt radio station that was broadcasting a very specific acoustic version of a K’s Choice song they sang for a German radio station. I found the recording on YouTube at the time and it’s the only way I listen to that song. The video has 20k views and 80% of
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
The new question Ruby conferences have to add to their registration forms now (in addition to t-shirt size) is "do you need a Ruby passport?"
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The new question Ruby conferences have to add to their registration forms now (in addition to t-shirt size) is "do you need a Ruby passport?"
Is there out there any **reliable** app to manage Windows devices (parental control) that is not Norton?
Something I can control from my phone even when I am on the other side of the globe.
Something I can control from my phone even when I am on the other side of the globe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Is there out there any **reliable** app to manage Windows devices (parental control) that is not Norton?
Something I can control from my phone even when I am on the other side of the globe.
Something I can control from my phone even when I am on the other side of the globe.
When there’s something strange
In the apps at work
Who is on-call?
Aurelie!!
(It’s always me. Like al-ways.)
In the apps at work
Who is on-call?
Aurelie!!
(It’s always me. Like al-ways.)
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When there’s something strange
In the apps at work
Who is on-call?
Aurelie!!
(It’s always me. Like al-ways.)
In the apps at work
Who is on-call?
Aurelie!!
(It’s always me. Like al-ways.)
Not sure you’ll guess what I listened to today
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Not sure you’ll guess what I listened to today
People leave bad HOAs, not bad condos.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
People leave bad HOAs, not bad condos.
Cooking planning for Thanksgiving. Nothing happened as planned.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Cooking planning for Thanksgiving. Nothing happened as planned.
Your annual reminder that your cranberry sauce should be ready by now.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Your annual reminder that your cranberry sauce should be ready by now.
Great weather here in SF today. This was taken from Fort Mason where the SF Ruby is hosted.
You can still grab tickets at sfruby.com
You can still grab tickets at sfruby.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Great weather here in SF today. This was taken from Fort Mason where the SF Ruby is hosted.
You can still grab tickets at sfruby.com
You can still grab tickets at sfruby.com
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
Friendly PSA for everyone travelling to @sfrubyconf.com: Bring your Ruby Passports with you 🙌
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Friendly PSA for everyone travelling to @sfrubyconf.com: Bring your Ruby Passports with you 🙌
For those who have taken a sabbatical in the past, what did you do during this time off?
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
For those who have taken a sabbatical in the past, what did you do during this time off?
Here’s to 41! 🥂 (<= that’s kombucha , I am old now, I can’t manage alcohol anymore and need to think about my digestion)
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here’s to 41! 🥂 (<= that’s kombucha , I am old now, I can’t manage alcohol anymore and need to think about my digestion)
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
Guess who's got two free tickets to give away for the first edition of @sfruby.com?
👉 🙋♂️👨💻 👈
Just comment below the answer to this riddle to get a chance to get one.
p [
[65, 118, 111],
[105, 115],
[116, 104, 101],
[98, 101, 115, 116]
].map { |w| w.map(&:chr).join }.join(' ')
👉 🙋♂️👨💻 👈
Just comment below the answer to this riddle to get a chance to get one.
p [
[65, 118, 111],
[105, 115],
[116, 104, 101],
[98, 101, 115, 116]
].map { |w| w.map(&:chr).join }.join(' ')
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Guess who's got two free tickets to give away for the first edition of @sfruby.com?
👉 🙋♂️👨💻 👈
Just comment below the answer to this riddle to get a chance to get one.
p [
[65, 118, 111],
[105, 115],
[116, 104, 101],
[98, 101, 115, 116]
].map { |w| w.map(&:chr).join }.join(' ')
👉 🙋♂️👨💻 👈
Just comment below the answer to this riddle to get a chance to get one.
p [
[65, 118, 111],
[105, 115],
[116, 104, 101],
[98, 101, 115, 116]
].map { |w| w.map(&:chr).join }.join(' ')
10 years ago today we were certainly above Greenland, in a plane on our way to San Francisco just the 4 of us, our clothes, video games, and ziplock bags full of little cars and Legos.
What a ride it has been 🧡
What a ride it has been 🧡
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
10 years ago today we were certainly above Greenland, in a plane on our way to San Francisco just the 4 of us, our clothes, video games, and ziplock bags full of little cars and Legos.
What a ride it has been 🧡
What a ride it has been 🧡
I bought Feastables!! We were supposed to be the cool house in the street. Only 3 kids came.
I am so done with Halloween…
I am so done with Halloween…
November 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I bought Feastables!! We were supposed to be the cool house in the street. Only 3 kids came.
I am so done with Halloween…
I am so done with Halloween…
Talking Halloween plans for my 14yo and his friends.
Him: Mom we can’t go trick or treating anymore, we’re 6ft tall, nobody wants to give us candies
Me: yes you can, all your friends are not that tall, look at your friend A
Him: HE HAS A MUSTACHE
Him: Mom we can’t go trick or treating anymore, we’re 6ft tall, nobody wants to give us candies
Me: yes you can, all your friends are not that tall, look at your friend A
Him: HE HAS A MUSTACHE
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Talking Halloween plans for my 14yo and his friends.
Him: Mom we can’t go trick or treating anymore, we’re 6ft tall, nobody wants to give us candies
Me: yes you can, all your friends are not that tall, look at your friend A
Him: HE HAS A MUSTACHE
Him: Mom we can’t go trick or treating anymore, we’re 6ft tall, nobody wants to give us candies
Me: yes you can, all your friends are not that tall, look at your friend A
Him: HE HAS A MUSTACHE
Reposted by Aurelie Verrot
Today is the last day to grab a GA ticket for SF Ruby! Read our new blog post for a preview: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
Why we're excited about the SF Ruby conference—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
SF Ruby and Evil Martians are excited to invite you to our premier event: the San Francisco Ruby Conference.
evilmartians.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today is the last day to grab a GA ticket for SF Ruby! Read our new blog post for a preview: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
OH yesterday: « AWS being down is the tech version of a snow day ».
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
OH yesterday: « AWS being down is the tech version of a snow day ».
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Woke up, AWS on fire, I am on-call, might go back to bed.
bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway
ALT: bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Woke up, AWS on fire, I am on-call, might go back to bed.