Blue Ridge Ruby

We're happy to announce our newest sponsor for 2026! Simpliphy makes it easy for healthcare organizations to manage physician compensation. Thank you so much for your support! 🤝 simpliphy.com

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We're pleased to announce our latest sponsor for 2026! HYBRD is a tiny Rails studio offering fractional, product-focused development services. hybrd.co

Two weeks left until Blue Ridge, snag a ticket if you haven't yet! blueridgeruby.com

I chatted with Ifat Ribon about her upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "Yes, &…: Ruby’s Secret Talent for Improvisation." I was curious to hear how studying improv has benefited her career in software development and consulting. Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4w6...

We’ve awarded all of our scholarship tickets, but a dear friend has offered to cover the cost of a couple more attendees. ❤️ If you know someone who would love to come, but might be prohibited because of expense, have them reach out to us at team@blueridgeruby.com.

We're please to announce our latest sponsor for 2026! Scout provides hassle-free app monitoring that just works. Thank you so much for partnering with us! 🙏 www.scoutapm.com

I chatted with David Paluy about his upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "LLM Telemetry as a First-Class Rails Concern." One thing that struck me was just how essential telemetry is for understanding costs. (Those tokens ain't free!) Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjP...

No joke, just one month left to go before BRR 2026!

I chatted with @johnathayde.com about his upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "Learning from Permaculture: Sustainable Software Development." We've both studied it, but I wanted to hear *his* reasons for applying permaculture to software development. Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNy6...

Thanks to everyone who submitted! We’ve got our winning haikus! (If you were one of the 4 top-voted, you should see an email from us this morning with your free ticket.)

Designer and Ruby dev Joshua Wenning has been working with me on some @blueridgeruby.com design projects. And today we wrapped up the Ruby Embassy stamp design! Just made the order, can't wait to see it! (Design from Joshua and example mockup on the passport book below.)

I chatted with @chael.codes about her upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "Your First Open-Source Contribution." I had to know which was more intimidating…contributing to open source for the first time or live streaming? Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovAb...

Our 2026 schedule is live! There are a few locations TBD, but this should help with your planning. Be sure not to miss stuff happening on Wednesday night and Saturday! blueridgeruby.com/schedule/

You might have seen this one coming… ☺️ Today we're pleased to announce our latest sponsor for 2026! Avo (@avohq.io) is *the* Rails Framework for internal tools. avohq.io Thank you for partnering with us! 🙏

I chatted with @thomascannon.me about his upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "5 ways to invest in yourself for the long haul." I wanted to hear why you should invest in yourself even if/when you have a great job. Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Zp...

I chatted with Brooke Kuhlmann for the fourth episode of Ridge Notes. He'll be delivering his talk, "Terminus: A Hanami + htmx web application for e-ink devices" at @blueridgeruby.com, and I wanted to know what led to the choice of Hanami and htmx. Full episode here: youtu.be/orYN5Ga4V3w

On Friday, I sat down with @christine-seeman.com for the third episode of Ridge Notes. We chatted about her upcoming @blueridgeruby.com talk, "Optimize Your Mindset (Without Overclocking)." Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGA...

Yesterday, I chatted with @kevinjm.bsky.social for the second episode of Ridge Notes. Kevin will be bringing a brand new talk, "InstiLLMent of Successful Practices in an Agentic World," to the @blueridgeruby.com stage at the end of April. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HEr...

We're happy to announce our newest sponsor for 2026! @fastruby.io (a service of @ombulabs.ai) offers Ruby/Rails upgrade services, performance and security audits, and fixed-cost monthly maintenance. Thank you so much for your support! ☺️

We've been planning something new… On Thursday evening after Day 1 of the conference, we're going to be hosting an optional roundtable discussion, to talk about the changes happening in our industry, and how we as Rubyists are working through it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3e...

First episode of Ridge Notes just dropped! Jeremy chats Joël Quenneville about his upcoming Blue Ridge talk, "State is the First Decision You Never Made." Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Yp...

A very special package is on its way from Bucharest! 🎁🤗 My friend @adrianthedev.com, founder of @avohq.io and architect of @therubypassport.com project, has prepped our Ruby passport shipment! Can’t wait to get our embassy set up and issue these to Rubyists at @blueridgeruby.com!

We’re pleased to announce our first Ruby-tier sponsor of 2026! Typesense is a lightning-fast open source search engine. typesense.org Thanks you for partnering with us! 🙏

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See you there? kevinjmurphy.com/posts/speaki...

I'm so excited!!! This is my absolute favorite talk!! ♥️ I can't wait to see y'all at @blueridgeruby.com !

This mid-February morning, you can almost tell that spring is coming. 🌱 Today we're pleased to announce 10 wonderful Rubyists who will be bringing their stories, insights, and wisdom to the Blue Ridge stage April 30 & May 1. Hope to see you there! blueridgeruby.com

I crossed the 100-hour mark on conference organizing this week. My original target was 200-250 hours total for the project, so I'm either halfway there, or very close. I hope?

I teased this a couple days ago, but now I'm ready to share the Ashevillagers project for @blueridgeruby.com (inspired by the @sfruby.com Clouds app). Joshua Paine kindly volunteered to take on this project! 🙏 Here's our *actual* kickoff call. 😄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQI...

Just over 7 hours left to submit to @blueridgeruby.com! I want to read your talk proposal this week! 📖👀 blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

Vibecoded a little Stimulus countdown timer for the @blueridgeruby.com CFP page. github.com/jeremysmithc... Good self-destructing example: boringrails.com/articles/sel... Oh and btw, 2 more days. 👀👇

Alright, my second Behind the Scenes video for @blueridgeruby.com is out! In this one, I chat with my friend @adrianthedev.com about Ruby Passports (the origin story, how to setup an embassy, and future possibilities). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeUD...

Hey, psst… 🤫 Don't tell anybody, but you've got less than a week left to submit your talk to Blue Ridge Ruby. 🤐 Seriously, mum's the word. And whatever you do, don't share this link… 😶‍🌫️ blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

After several days of PaperCall's submission form being broken with no response from their support, we've migrated our talk submission process back to good ole Google Forms. Sorry for the trouble! Please resume sending your amazing talks! 🙏 blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

This week, Jeremy went on @codingcoders.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming conference with @drbragg.dev. Check it out here! podcast.drbragg.dev/episodes/epi...

We've had two reports of issues submitting talk proposals through PaperCall today. We've reached out to their support and are still waiting on a response. Sorry for the trouble if you've been trying to submit! We'll post an announcement when things are back working.