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Meetup for Ruby developers of the North West of England. Meeting the third Thursday of every month nwrug.org Manchester, UK

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North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · 3h

And we’re off! @twnsnd.com scaling his tails of scaling Rails

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · 11h

Last call for our meet-up happening tonight in Manchester!
Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of £5 million.
Register here to attend:
nwrug.org/events/milli...

NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October

This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR: Ryan h...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · 7d

Just one week to go until our next event! Come hear @twnsnd.com share his story – Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails
nwrug.org/events/milli...

NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October

This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR: Ryan h...

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Ryan Townsend @twnsnd.com · 14d

Looking forward to talking about scaling #RubyonRails to hundreds of millions of yearly client revenue @nwrug.org meetup on Thursday 16th in Manchester, my old university city 🙌

Come join us for free 👉 nwrug.org/events/milli...

NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October

This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached £5M ARR: Ryan h...

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Tekin Süleyman @tekin.co.uk · 24d

The Ruby community has a DHH problem
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The Ruby community has a DHH problem

The Ruby community can no longer afford to stand silent in the face of DHH and his toxic ideas.

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · 28d

Getting our Hotwire Native on

A presentation demonstrating building a native iPhone application from a standard Rails application using Hotwire Native.

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · 28d

Final reminder: Tonight at NWRUG we're hearing all about building mobile apps using Rails and Turbo Native.
Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
nwrug.org/events/septe...

NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September

This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Sep 16

This Thursday from 6:30pm in sunny Manchester: Steven Harrison will be taking us through building native apps using Turbo Native. nwrug.org/events/septe...

NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September

This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Sep 13

We're back for another North West Ruby User Group this Thursday. Our very own Steven Harrison will be taking us on a tour of building native mobile apps using Turbo Native: nwrug.org/events/septe...

NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September

This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Aug 18

This Thursday! Come hear Rahoul (AKA Baz) update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. #ruby

nwrug.org/events/softw...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Aug 8

We’re back later this month with another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Rahoul (AKA Baz) will update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. Register now: nwrug.org/events/softw...

NWRUG Event: Software dev with LLMs, Summer 25 update, Thursday 21st August

We're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Rahoul (https://ruby.social/@rahoulb) (AKA Baz) explaini...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Jul 14

This Thursday! Come hear Caius expound the virtues of tugging on those mysterious threads that we happen upon during our day to day code weaving #ruby

nwrug.org/events/tuggi...

NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July

After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Jul 11

We’re back next Thursdaywith another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Caius will be delivering a talk on the power of tugging on threads. Register now: nwrug.org/events/tuggi...

NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July

After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Jun 9

There is no NWRUG Ruby meet-up this month as we'll all be down in Brighton for @brightonruby.com. Normal service resumes next month.

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Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · May 29

Looking to give away some tickets for brightonruby.com purchased by kind folks in the community in the name of Noah Gibbs.

Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.

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Ruby + Rails : Distilled @distilled.skillstopractice.com · May 15

If you've got a blog where you (at least sometimes) write Ruby-related posts, please reply with a link to your RSS feed below.

I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · May 12

Join us this Thursday as @cpytel.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @thoughtbot.com leads us on a look back at Rails AntiPatterns 15 years later. How exactly have best practices changed since Rails 3? Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/rails...

NWRUG Event: Rails AntiPatterns Revisited, Thursday 15th May

Come join us for another NWRUG! Nearly 15 years ago, Rails 3 was born from the merger of Rails 2.x and Merb around the same time the book Rails AntiPatterns:...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Apr 15

At this Thursday's meetup we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.

Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...

NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding — Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April

Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Apr 10

We’re back for another Ruby meet in Manchester! Next Thursday we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.

Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...

NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding — Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April

Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Mar 20

And we’re off! Rob taking us through the Noisy Animal kata

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Mar 20

Our March meeting is tonight (20 March). Join us at the Colony, One Silk Street in Ascots at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) to work through the Noisy Animals kata. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring

Full details, including the all important registration link, available at

NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March

Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Mar 17

We're doing the Noisy Animal kata this Thursday evening in Ancoats, Manchester. All are welcome, no matter your level of #ruby experience.
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...

Select tickets – North West Ruby User Group March 2025 Meeting – Colony, One Silk Street

It's the March 2025 edition of NWRUG More details at https://nwrug.org/events/2025-march Remember that attendance of NWRUG even...

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North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Mar 14

Our March meeting is on 20 March. We'll be back at Colony in Ancoats. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring.

We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!

You can register at

NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March

Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Feb 19

NWRUG is back tomorrow for our lightning talks night! Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/febru...

NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February

This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...

North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org · Feb 4

We’re back! Thursday 20 Feb will be lighting talks at North West Ruby User Group. Come join us.

nwrug.org/events/febru...

NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February

This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...