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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One last RBQ 2026 update: All of our talks are now on YouTube, and we can't recommend them enough. Great speakers and great talks all around. Nathan will also be MCing Rails World next week, so say hi if you see him! And RBQ 2027? We're working to make it a reality.

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What do you learn building your first AI feature in Rails? In his RBQ Conf talk, Chris Gratigny shares lessons from taking an AI implementation from experimentation toward production, including prompts, tool calls, RubyLLM, and more. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=miD-...

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RBQ 2026 - Lessons Learned from my first AI implementation

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hit a scaling wall with Rails? The framework might not be the problem. In his RBQ Conf talk, Cristian Planas introduces three structural villains that can limit Rails apps as they grow and explores how to defeat them. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSbc...

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RBQ 2026 - The Three Villains of Rails Scalability — and How to Defeat Them

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What can Ruby do with the JVM behind it? In his RBQ Conf talk, Charles Oliver Nutter explores how JRuby can take Ruby beyond its usual boundaries, from maximizing cores to single-file apps, portable GUIs, and more. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPT...

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RBQ 2026 - Expand Your Ruby with JRuby

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Your tests pass. But would they actually catch a bug? In his RBQ Conf talk, Szymon Fiedler explores mutation testing with Mutant and how intentionally introducing bugs can reveal blind spots in your test suite. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mavt...

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RBQ 2026 - Would Your Tests Catch This Bug? A Mutation Testing Story

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ruby isn't just for web applications. In his RBQ Conf talk, Amir Rajan takes a deep dive into the internals of DragonRuby Game Toolkit and explores what it takes to build a cross-platform game engine with Ruby. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuC-...

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RBQ 2026 - Building a Cross Platform Game Engine with Ruby: Deep Dive

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Observability. SRE. SLOs. Traces. Metrics. Logs. You've probably heard the terms—but what do they actually mean? Ariel Valentin cuts through the buzzwords and shares a practical introduction to observability for Ruby developers. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KErL...

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RBQ 2026 - Practical Observability for Ruby

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

LLM features shouldn't be treated like a black box bolted onto your Rails app. In his RBQ Conf talk, David Paluy explores practical patterns for instrumenting LLM calls so you can measure cost, latency, failures, and more in production. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ4e...

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RBQ 2026 - LLM Telemetry as a First-Class Rails Concern

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Rails magic” is really just code waiting to be understood. In her RBQ Conf talk, Meghan Gutshall explores ActiveRecord Enums, when to use them, the features they provide, and how to trace their behavior through the Rails codebase. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn1k...

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RBQ 2026 - Revealing Rails Magic with Enums

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As more tools abstract away our workflows, understanding Git is becoming more important, not less. PJ Hagerty explores why Git still matters and how a better understanding of version control can strengthen your development workflow. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G0a...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Everything worked perfectly... until two requests arrived at the same time. In his RBQ Conf talk, Yarik explores the concurrency problems Rails apps quietly ignore and shares practical patterns for handling concurrent access safely. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5fa...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How does someone use their own domain as their Fediverse identity? In his RBQ Conf talk, Tom Brown shares what he learned from two years of building a Ruby Fediverse application and explains how WebFinger Reverse Discovery makes it possible. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mKH...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Postgres partitioning can feel confusing, risky, or reserved for massive enterprise apps. Alex Yarotsky shows how Rails developers can approach partitioning with practical, real-world techniques you can apply with confidence. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dZZ...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Regex can feel like magic. But what actually happens when Ruby sees something like `/abc/`? In his RBQ Conf talk, Daniel follows a regular expression through Ruby's internals — from parsing to bytecode to execution. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkb_...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Your background job ran for hours, processed millions of records... then disappeared during a deploy. Retries won't save you from a job that never failed. In his RBQ Conf talk, Bart explores resilient background jobs in Ruby. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtrm...

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Missed RBQ Conf? Or want to revisit a favorite talk? Starting this week, we'll be releasing about two talks each week from the inaugural RBQ Conf. Watch every release at rbqconf.com.

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PJ Hagerty @aspleenic.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I cannot emphasize enough how kind, caring, and vibrant the #Ruby community STILL is! Thanks for an awesome time @rbqconf.bsky.social

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Closing out RBQ with a great story from Nick. (Coming Soonish to a video on youtube) #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The villains of scaling Rails have no chance. Batman, I mean Cristian, gives a wonderful talk on how to use your scaling toolbelt to “Kapow” those villains. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

JRuby is the “alt” ruby that has stood the test of time. Thanks Charles for a wonderful talk and the care you’ve taken over these many years maintaining JRuby #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

4 small morsel talks to get the afternoon kicked off for the last day of RBQ. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Chris built an AI feature into his companies app. He shares the steps he took to implement, orchestrate, track, and protect outcomes. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Learning about Rails Magic through Enums. Awesome talk from Meg this morning! #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Bart shows us how to think through building resilient background jobs. Great talk with solid examples. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

PJ reminds takes down memory lane, reminding us what life was like before git and why git is more important than ever. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Metaverse? no thanks! Fediverse is pretty cool. Thanks Tom for a wonderful talk to start the second day! #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yarik walks us through production race conditions that can happen even with Transactions in place. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Making the case for Open Telemetry and Observabilty in Ruby and Rails. Excellent talk from Austin’s own, Ariel Valentin. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

David gives us something to think about w.r.t. AI and measuring its performance/outcomes like anything else in software development. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Games in Ruby? it’s totally doable with DragonRuby. Thanks Amir for a great talk and great framework. #RBQConf

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Charles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Inspired by DragonRuby and a quick chat with @amirrajan.bsky.social at @rbqconf.bsky.social in Austin, I threw together a five-minute JRuby + Simple Directmedia Layer example using LWJGL! I'm actually shocked how easily this worked. JRuby is really amazing! 🤩

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Szymon shows us how mutation testing and Mutant gem can help increase confidence in a code base we’re less and less confident in. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Excellent walkthrough of Partitioning Postgres by Alex #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

From AI to Regex, Daniel explains the dark magic of programming. #RBQConf

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GitButler ⧓ @gitbutler.com · 26/03/2026

If you are in Austin for @rbqconf.bsky.social and you'd like to join us - we are having a Happy Hour tonight at Higbie's! Join us for cocktails, mocktails, and fun! luma.com/26dxy3co

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RBQ Happy Hour with GitButler · Luma

Join us at Higbie's for the RBQ Happy Hour! GitButler is happy to host an evening of free cocktails, mocktails, and fun at one of Austin's premiere hang…

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Here we Go! Kinsey kicks it off with a great talk on what we were thinking about. An extensive survey of all the ways to use and incorporate AI Agents into your flows. #RBQConf

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

RBQ Conf is tomorrow. Safe travels to everyone heading to Austin. We can’t wait to get started. See you in the morning. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We're happy to announce Typesense as a Gold Sponsor of RBQ 2026 Typesense is an open-source search engine to build blazing fast site and app search experiences. typesense.org

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

RBQ Conf is next week. Lightning Talks are still open, and we’ve added an activities page with things to do around Austin outside the conference. We also still have a few tickets left. [rbqconf.com](rbqconf.com)

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RBQ Conf

RBQ Conf is a regional Ruby gathering where code meets community, with meaty talks, saucy insights, and plenty of time to connect. Coming to Austin, TX on March 26 & 27, 2026.

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We’re extending Medium pricing for 24 hours. It now ends March 5th at 12:00pm CT. If you meant to grab your RBQ Conf ticket before pricing moves up, this is your window. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Last, but not least — two more speakers joining RBQ Conf. - Meghan Gutshall - Tom Brown That rounds out this year’s lineup. Medium pricing ends soon if you’ve been meaning to grab your ticket. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Another three speakers joining us at RBQ Conf. This week’s spotlight: - Amir Rajan - Bart de Water - Chris Gratigny Medium pricing ends soon if you’ve been meaning to grab your ticket. rbqconf.com

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The Ruby Passport @therubypassport.com · 23/02/2026

About 440 Passports left for US. Get them at @blueridgeruby.com, @blastoffrails.bsky.social, @rbqconf.bsky.social, and @xoruby.com 🙌 Special thanks to @jeremysmith.co for helping out with the logistics of it all 🫶

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The RBQ Conf schedule is live. Two days of Ruby talks, hallway conversations, and time to connect. We’ve also made Community Pricing more transparent on the site — with clear discounts for students, folks who are Open to Work, and teams. Take a look: rbqconf.com#schedule

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This week’s RBQ Conf speaker highlights: - Cristian Planas - Yatish Mehta - Szymon Fiedler Community Pricing remains available for teams, students, and folks who are Open to Work. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This week’s RBQ Conf speaker spotlights: - Yarik - Ariel Valentin - Daniel Colson We’re excited to hear these talks in Austin. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Community Pricing is available for RBQ Conf. We’re offering options for teams, students, and folks who are Open to Work. If this sounds like you, reach out — we’re happy to help. rbqconf.com

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RBQ Conf @rbqconf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We’re starting speaker spotlights for RBQ Conf. This week, we’re highlighting **three speakers** who’ll be joining us in Austin this March to share real-world Ruby stories and ideas. More speakers coming soon. rbqconf.com

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