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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.co · 07/11/2025

For Rails devs working with test fixtures, do you have any rules for yourself for when (if ever) you create one-off records within a test, instead of creating new fixtures?

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 03/11/2025

New from me: I wrote about Application Performance Monitoring and why developers should embrace observability tools. www.honeybadger.io/blog/apm-par...

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The APM paradox: Too much data, too few answers

Most dev teams don't need 47 dashboards or petabytes of logs—they need answers at 2 AM. Explore the evolution from APM to observability.

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 30/10/2025

“It was such a good day, seeing old friend and meeting new ones! Thank you for bringing XO Ruby to the PNW!” –Nate Vick on #XORubyPortland

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Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 30/10/2025

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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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 20/10/2025

Don't miss Landon Gray's talk, "Intelligent Event Discovery with Ruby"! What started as a simple side project to find things to do in my city evolved into a full AI-powered event recommendation engine. 10/25/25 – Tickets @ $100: xoruby.com/event/austin/

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 19/10/2025

🙋 We're looking for volunteers for our 10/25 Austin event. Exchange ~2hrs of your time to help us with set-up, registration, and packing up and get a free ticket. 🏙️ 10/25 in Austin, The Cut (401 Sabine St) ✍️ Fill out our form: xoruby.com/volunteer

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Jim Remsik @jremsikjr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We're trying something new and we'd love if you experimented with us.

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jamie @jamie.ideasasylum.com · 17/10/2025

This is me commenting on not commenting on today’s installment of Ruby drama. I wish more people would do the same.

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If you are in the San Diego area, go to this!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 15/10/2025

If you haven't taken a look at the Dashboards tab in your Honeybadger project yet, now is a great time to do it. Our new project overview dashboard combined with Insights automatic instrumentation makes it super simple to see your app's health at a glance.

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 14/10/2025

🌇 Portland, thanks for the great memories! Another XO Ruby event for the books filled with incredible speakers, community support and full-hearted weird. We thank you for traveling to, showing up, attending & speaking at this memorable conference experience. #XORuby #RubyCommunity #ThankYou

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Robby Russell @robbyonrails.com · 12/10/2025

Was great to sponsor and attend @xoruby.com today in Portland. thanks Jim!

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Aaron Patterson @tenderlove.dev · 13/10/2025

Went to @xoruby.com in Portland, and it was a blast! If you get a chance to go when it's near you, I highly recommend it!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 13/10/2025

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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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 13/10/2025

San Diego: you're up next! Copious amounts of natural light and artwork channeling the coastal energy of Bird Rock, Yes plz! 🏙️ Sat. 10/18, 9am-5pm – Found Studio 📍 5490 La Jolla Boulevard 🎟️ $100 tickets: www.xoruby.com/event/san-diego

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Benjamin Wood @benjaminwood.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

100% this! So good to see #RubyFriends that I haven’t bumped into in years! Thank you @jremsikjr.bsky.social for your love and labor bringing XORuby to Portland. San Diego, you’re up next! Don’t miss it.

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Benjamin Wood @benjaminwood.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Hey Portland #RubyFriends! Hope to see you at #xoruby tomorrow! www.xoruby.com/event/portla...

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Portland

Green. Creative. Weird.

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 10/10/2025

XO Ruby Portland is tomorrow! 🥳🥳 Will we see you there? It's not too late to grab your ticket! 🏙️ Oct. 10/11, 9am - 5pm 🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: www.xoruby.com/event/portland/

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 09/10/2025

Insights keeps rolling! Even the Honeybadger loves snakes. ;)

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Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 25/09/2025

XO Ruby, a series of traveling events is heading to San Diego on October 18th!! There are only 80 tickets available and they are going FAST www.xoruby.com/event/san-di...

A promotional image for XO Ruby San Diego featuring a coastal scene with palm trees, cliffs, and ocean waves in warm orange/coral tones. The left side displays "SAN DIEGO October 18" in purple text, followed by descriptive text about San Diego's golden coastlines, craft breweries, taco shops, desert canyons, surfers, rooftop bars, and harbor walks as the setting for this Ruby conference.

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 21/09/2025

🚗 The first leg of XO Ruby is wrapped and Jim's on the road back to Wisconsin! If you're in or near any of the cities along the way, reach out to us to meet up. 📍 Jackson, MS (9/21) 📍 Memphis, TN (9/21) 📍 St. Louis, MO (9/21) 📍 Springfield, IL (9/22) 📍 Rockford, IL (9/22)

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Hey Ruby friends at @xoruby.com New Orleans! Have an amazing day! There are three more after today! Go find the one nearest you! xoruby.com/events

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 19/09/2025

XO Ruby New Orleans is TOMORROW 🥳🥳 It's not too late to grab your ticket! 🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm 🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/

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Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 18/09/2025

🙌 Thanks CiscoMeraki for supporting #XORuby! The largest Rails shop you've never heard of is bring this Ruby conference to 6 cities across the US. $100 Ruby events possible #Ruby

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 18/09/2025

The countdown is on! 2 more days until XO Ruby New Orleans. Will we see you there? 🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm 🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/

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Rachael Wright-Munn @chael.codes · 14/09/2025

I had such an incredible time at @xoruby.com today! I'm really grateful to @jremsikjr.bsky.social and the folks at @beflagrant.com for putting this together. Regional conferences and the energy from in-person events can't be beat!

Photo of the Limelight theater packed full of Rubyists, attentively listening to Thomas Cannon discuss the junior pipeline problem.

XO Ruby attendees gathered around a table at a seafood-focused pub, 6 Feet Under.

Painted sign around the exit to the theater: "Thanks for coming. Had fun? Tell your friends!"

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Check out the upcoming @xoruby.com events near you. There are four more after today, make sure to grab a ticket. www.xoruby.com/events/

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Events

A treasure map to all of our in-person events.

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I hope everyone @xoruby.com Atlanta has an amazing day!

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 09/09/2025

🎤 You won't want to miss Javier Zon's talk "From Expensive Queries to Smart Caching: A DBA’s Guide for Rails". Sat. 9/13 in Atlanta 🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/atlanta/

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 02/09/2025

Chicago, we can't wait to see you this weekend! We've got some incredible talks lined up from Aji Slater, @coralineada.bsky.social, and Erin Claudio. Sat. 9/6 @ Fulton Street Collective 🎟️ Do you have your ticket yet? Grab yours for $100: xoruby.com/event/chicago/ #rubyfriends #ruby

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 23/08/2025

We're traveling the country over the next 9 weeks bringing regional Ruby conferences to your backyard. Put your shoes on and get out of the house for a day to meet some #rubyfriends new and old. www.xoruby.com/events/ Follow us here or #Subscribe on the website.

Stylized graphic that says XO RUBY is hitting the road with markers at Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Portland, San Diego, and Austin.

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Jim Remsik @jremsikjr.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

This sounded like a good idea in my head. 😅 I'm driving 7500 miles in the months of September and October bringing people together for single-day, single-track Ruby conferences. If I'm coming to a city near you I'd love to catch up!

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Hey PNW Ruby Friends! We have a single day conference coming to Portland on Oct 11! I’m so excited for a regional Ruby conference in my neck of the woods. Come spend the day with me and a bunch of other #RubyFriends! www.xoruby.com/event/portla...

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Portland

Green. Creative. Weird.

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Irina Nazarova @inazarova.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Reminder: we ported the new Rails Getting Started Guide to the browser (using Wasm) to allow engineers to get a taste of @rails before they have to install it: rails-tutorial.evilmartians.io It's not perfect yet, but please share and bring us feedback!

Rails model generator running in browser

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I’m so excited for @xoruby.com Portland in October! www.xoruby.com/event/portla...

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Portland

Green. Creative. Weird.

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Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev · 27/07/2025

RubyEnv.app Beta is Live 🎉 Me: “I’ll build a whole beta invite system” Also me: just drops the link 🔗 rubyenv.app/download 📄 rubyenv.app/docs 💬 rubyenv.app/beta-feedback/new support@rubyenv.app if it breaks 💎

rubyenv.app

RubyEnv - Ruby Development, Perfected on macOS

A native macOS app for managing Ruby environments. Built with care for Rails developers.

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Justin Bowen @tonsoffun.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If you’re curious about Active Agent and building AI in Rails but haven’t had that 'aha' moment yet… This might do it 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOC...

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Active Agent (AI Rails Framework) Demo / Pairing ✨ Let's Build Your First Agent in Ruby on Rails!

YouTube video by Active Agent - Build AI in Rails

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 25/07/2025

The presentations from #railsconf are available on YouTube, and mine is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa2f... I've been told it was a good one. ;)

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RailsConf 2025 From FTP to Kamal: 20 Years of Deploying Rails by Ben Curtis

YouTube video by Ruby Central

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

One of the key reasons Matz created Ruby was for developer happiness. Current languages are optimized for human to computer interaction. Do you think we will see new languages optimized for AI?

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Social media achievement unlocked! Multiple people at #RailsConf mentioned my tractor, backroads driving, and I use it for its original purpose of sharing what you are doing. 💪🏻

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · 11/07/2025

Hope you all had a great final @railsconf! We loved hanging out with you all. 💖

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Irina Nazarova @inazarova.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

San Francisco Ruby Conference is calling 🌁☎️ sfruby.substack.com/p/san-franci...

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San Francisco Is Calling 🌁☎️

Call for proposals closes this Sunday

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 11/07/2025

Mini #RailsConf thread 🧵 on "10 Costly Database Performance Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)" I was really honored and grateful to present to a packed & overflowing room! What a way to go out!

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

The final #RailsConf was an amazing end of an era. Thank you to the entire team that made it happen!

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Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

#RailsConf when you see me come say hi and tell me how you are using AI in development, ops, in your app, or why you aren’t using it. I’ve been having fun using Claude Code and will be digging into Claude Swarm this week.

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Josh from Honeybadger @joshuawood.honeybadger.io · 07/07/2025

I brought five of our original #RailsConf Portland 2013 stickers with me. These may be the last five in existence. Lmk if you are feeling lucky. :) #RailsConf2025

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