North West Ruby User Group

We're back for another North West Ruby User Group in Manchester tonight! Rob Whittaker from thoughtbot will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to stub your external requests in your test suite. nwrug.org/events/its-t...

It’s NWRUG week! Come hang out in Manchester this Thursday with fellow Rubyists for our RubyConf watch along. Details and registration here: www.fatsoma.com/e/dkujjula/r...

It’s NWRUG week! Come hang out in Manchester this Thursday with fellow Rubyists for our RubyConf watch along. Details and registration here: www.fatsoma.com/e/dkujjula/r...

This month at NWRUG we're doing a RubyConf 2026 watch along. We'll be watching @marcoroth.dev's talk The Anatomy of an ERB Rendering Engine. Register to attend! nwrug.org/events/septe...

Ruby event incoming! Join us tomorrow evening in Manchester to hear @jadedickinson.bsky.social tell us all about strategies for working with multi-database connections in Rails. nwrug.org/events/augus...

NWRUG has new branding! What do you think? Also one week today is our next meetup, signup now! nwrug.org/events/augus...

This month's NWRUG is now open for registration! Thursday 20th we'll have @jadedickinson.bsky.social with their talk: Syncing from a non-Rails app with Multiple Database Connections — nwrug.org/events/augus...

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

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...

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...

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...

The Ruby community has a DHH problem tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

Getting our Hotwire Native on

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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. forms.reform.app/goodscary/b...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

🚨 Final reminder for the NWRUG Festive Social! 🚨 When: Thursday, Dec 19th Where: Beermoth, Tib St Time: 6:30 PM Come along for craft beer, great chats, and end-of-year cheer. Let’s celebrate 2024 together! 🍻 https://nwrug.org/events/festive-social-at-cafe-beermoth

🎅 Countdown to the NWRUG Festive Social! Just one week to go. 🗓️ Dec 19th ⏰ 6:30 PM 📍 Beermoth, Tib St, Manchester Join us for a relaxed evening with fellow Ruby enthusiasts. No talks, just festive fun! Christmas jumpers welcome. 🎄✨