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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 05/08/2026

We’ve moved! Morning walk for coffee has had a big upgrade 😃. Thanks #Bristol for 10 great years but now it’s all about #Weymouth #Dorset

Morning shot of Weymouth harbour from the bridge

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 25/11/2025

Back home from a fantastic @sfruby.com conference and 10 days in San Francisco. A packed schedule of talks, hack day at #angellist and many great conversations. The #ruby community really still is something special. Thanks @inazarova.bsky.social and team who put in so much in to make this happen.

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 17/11/2025

In a fast moving world of AI, self driving taxis and robots, I love that my favourite cafe in San Francisco hasn’t changed since I was a regular when I lived here 20 years ago. Literally same menu, same pastries, same guy behind the counter. Great to be back! #sanfrancisco #caffetrieste

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 17/09/2025

Just arrived in Viana do Castelo for @euruko 2025. So far so good. Looking forward to the conference, talks and of course #rubyfriends. #euruko2025 #ruby #portugal

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 07/09/2025

Fantastic work and gifts from @marcoroth.dev! Within the first 2 minutes of trying this, I can't imagine not having this rich set of tools for developing erb views, and it's only the first version! Thanks Marco for all you do and are doing 🎉

Screenshot of 1500cals.com on a developers machine showing the new Herb browser tools from Marco Roth

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 02/09/2025

Arrive in Amsterdam for #railsworld. Super cool hotel is a great start. This is a view from my window. Dylan on the turntable. Love it! Off out to find some lunch. Looking forward to see so many #rubyfriends and great talks. #ruby #rails

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 22/07/2025

I never met Ozzy, but always seemed like a great bloke from afar. I did see him play from side of stage when I was working on the Warped Tour and it somewhat absurdly linked up with OzzFest in 1998 in a field in Wisconsin. It was dubbed "Skating meets Satan" as I recall! RIP Ozzy. Brummie Icon 🤘

OZZ/WARPED TOGETHER FOR ONE GREAT DAY! OzzFest 98 meets up with Warped in Wisconsin

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 29/05/2025

Love to see this @inazarova.bsky.social. So great what you're building. And 19 years after the first SF Ruby I attended at the Twitter office (when they were still called Odeo)! Ruby still going strong. Hope to get back some time. #ruby #rubyfriends

A screenshot of the SF Ruby meetup from 2006

WED, AUG 9
"Rodeo at Odeo" - August SF Ruby Meetup
The San Francisco Ruby Meetup Group • San Francisco, CA

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 20/04/2025

While in #Japan for #rubykaigi I took the opportunity to explore 3 more of the 12 original castles. All these are on #shikoku, and all a long way up! 1. Matsuyama 2. Uwajima 3. Marugame

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 18/04/2025

Dramatic entrance from @matz.bsky.social as he rose up from a trap door on the stage lift before his keynote! Building on the theme he talked about at EuRuKo the focus was a Programming Language for the AI Age #rubykaigi #minaswan

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 17/04/2025

This was a fantastically detailed talk by @coe401.bsky.social at #rubykaigi about the race to get Happy Eyeballs implemented in TCPSocket .new just in time for Ruby 3.4! Shoutout to the live translator too. That was an action packed, fast paced performance! #ruby #happyeyeballs #translator

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 17/04/2025

Another great #rubykaigi talk, this time from @tenderlove.dev showing how his work on Ruby 3.5 should make Class#new at minimum 1.4x faster. And yes, we are excited! #ruby

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 16/04/2025

24hr+ journey to #rubykaigi in #matsuyama - Bus 2hrs, Flight 14hrs, Shinkansen 4hrs, Shiokaze 4hrs - but all so worth it! Still only day 1 afternoon and already had dinner with @matz.bsky.social and other rubyists, met countless #rubyfriends and seen some stellar talks! #ruby

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 16/04/2025

Great talk and deep dive on PIDs and bringing PIDFDs to #ruby from long time #rubyfriend and #karafka creator Maciej at #rubykaigi

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 16/04/2025

Very interesting new tools launched and great talk from #rubyfriend @marcoroth.dev at #rubykaigi. Excited to dig in to Herb! github.com/marcoroth/herb 🌿

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 15/04/2025

En-route to #rubykaigi in #japan and impressed already by the merch game this year 😉 #ruby

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 04/04/2025

The #RailsWorld CFP closes next week! Submit your talks here to speak in Amsterdam rubyonrails.org/2025/3/7/app... #rails #rubyonrails

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 19/03/2025

Quick overnight business trip to Geneva! Managed to get a 5k run in along the Lake yesterday, 3hr meeting and back to Bristol for dinner. #planes #trains #nikes

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 29/12/2024

With one more run planned in 2024 I wondered how far I’d done this year. Turns out it’s just over 500 miles! Didn’t set a goal but this feels like a good accomplishment! 🎉 #running #fitness #theproclaimers

Screenshot from Nike Run Club app showing 506.4 miles completed in 2024

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 25/12/2024

Throwback to Christmas 1983 where it all started for me with the ZX Spectrum. Visiting my cousin and dug this out of the attic! Defender in ~30 lines of code 🔥 #sinclair #zxspectrum #BASIC

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 22/12/2024

Today marks 22 years since the untimely passing of #joestrummer. I was lucky to work with Joe at the Sun Theatre in Anaheim, CA in 1999. Flyer from that show in the pic here. He arrived with Rudy - a friend of mine - who introduced me as “the Specials sound guy”. Went well from that point! #rip

Flyer for Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros at the Sun Theatre in Anaheim, California

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 12/12/2024

Some incredible new #rails resources coming from the Rails Foundation in the next few days. Look out for the amazing new official “Getting Started Tutorial” from @excid3.com and the fantastic “Rails 8 Unpacked” series of 9 videos from the inimitable @typecraft.dev. #ruby #rubyonrails

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 24/11/2024

I’m getting a lot of this when I Google in the UK. Is this what you’re working on? 🤣 #iykyk #zigandzag #1990s

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 24/11/2024

I happened to be there to catch Steve play that day too! So great. Seen him numerous times but the best was solo last year closer to home in Bristol (second pic). Absolute legend

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 18/11/2024

Good old ZX Spectrum, Christmas 1982 (Image: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spec...)

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 04/11/2024

Great set from Cast at #komedia in #Bath last night. John Power’s voice and songs still right up there with the very best. Go see them if you get the chance!

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 23/10/2024

Arrived very early in #Edinburgh for #HaggisRuby. Waited a couple hours but is 10am still too early for a wee dram? #ruby #rubyfriends

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tapster @mileswoodroffe.com · 22/10/2024

First post! Love twitter but been waiting for a way out. Feels like somethings happening here! Thought I’d start with my first tweet from 2007. Some things never change. #ruby #rubyfriends

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