Rubycon 2026 - Transport tips for moving to the event
Want to attend Rubycon but haven't sorted the logistics yet?
Fly to Rimini (15 min taxi) or Bologna (1.5h train). Partner hotels with discounts at rubycon.it/logistics
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Rubycon 2026 - What if ruby
What if your computer was a musical instrument?
Sam Aaron built one. In Ruby. It's been played at the Royal Albert Hall and from the ISS.
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Where are you in the relationship with Ruby?
1. First date (learning)
2. Going steady (1-3y)
3. Old couple (4-10y)
4. Married with kids (10y+)
Reply with your number. What kept you here?
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Rubycon 2026 - Scholarship Program
We've set up a Scholarship Program for Rubycon 2026. If the ticket price is a barrier for you, apply for a spot at €20. Students, underrepresented groups, early-career devs: the form is open.
rubycon.it/scholarship
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Michele Franzin - Speaker at Rubycon 2026
Michele Franzin (SeeSaw, Padova) brings a question to Rubycon 2026: what does a smart feature in production actually cost, in euros and in CO2? Almost 25 years of Ruby and web apps behind him.
May 8th, Rimini.
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A piadina packed with ingredients that won't let you close it, with a succulent and inviting appearance that just can't wait to be bitten into.
If you've ever spent an hour resolving a merge conflict on a shared branch, you know the feeling of watching this piadina arrive at your table...
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Yara Debian - Speaker at Rubycon 2026
Yara Debian: senior Ruby dev at Factorial, Barcelona. At Rubycon she'll connect philosophy to everyday Ruby patterns. Plato in your abstractions, Kant in your validations. Real code, no philosophy degree needed.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Weeeeeeell, @rubyconitaly.bsky.social could be interesting IMHO 🤭
Capybara demo code
The first Ruby code that drove a browser was called cliec, 2001. Watir followed in 2004, Capybara by the late 2000s. Their DSL ideas live on today in Playwright and Cypress.
Rubycon 2026, Rimini, May 8. Get your ticket!
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Lightning Talks Tutorial - Rubycon 2026
Lightning Talks Tutorial - Rubycon 2026
Lightning Talks Tutorial - Rubycon 2026
Five minutes. One idea. Lightning talks at Rubycon are open to every attendee. Sign up at the desk on the morning of the conference. No application needed.
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Rubycon 2026 - Saturday morning, May 9th, we walk through Rimini's historic center.
There's something we haven't fully revealed yet... Saturday morning, May 9th, we walk through Rimini's historic center. What awaits? You'll find out that day.
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Marco Roth - Speaker at Rubycon 2026
Marco Roth maintains Herb and ReactionView, and created rubyevents.org. At Rubycon 2026 he'll talk about building an HTML-aware ERB rendering engine.
Meet him in Rimini on May 8th.
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The Roman aqueduct resembles pipelines
Romans invented data pipelines. We checked. The engineering holds up.
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Akira Matsuda - Speaker at Rubycon 2026
Akira Matsuda: Ruby committer, Rails committer, creator of kaminari, Chief Organizer of RubyKaigi. At Rubycon he'll demo a shell and a text editor written in pure Ruby. Also a nerdy foodie and Italian music lover from Tokyo.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Vagrant Code
Vagrant was born from Mitchell Hashimoto’s need to replicate development environments. This led to HashiCorp (Terraform, Vault), proving necessity is the true engine of Ruby code, turning simple needs into major opportunities.
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Ruby Triathlon - Rimini, Sofia & Vienna
The Ruby Triathlon is back. Rubycon in Rimini (May 8), Balkan Ruby in Sofia, RubyConf AT in Vienna. Three stops, three weeks across Europe. Code TRIATHLON26 = 15% off each ticket.
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Wide Group - Official Rubycon sponsor 2026
Wide Group manages thousands of insurance policies across Italy on an in-house platform built in Ruby. Founded in 2016, 500+ collaborators, a business model based on partnerships and M&A with the insurance intermediary at the center. Ruby runs the business.
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André Arko - Speaker portrait - Rubycon 2026
André Arko helped ship Bundler 1.0, wrote The Ruby Way, and started Ruby Together. At Rubycon 2026 he'll present rv: version manager, dependency manager, and script runner for Ruby. Built in Rust.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Rubycon 2026 - Meme - Rubber Duck
Other devs have rubber ducks. Rubyconians have marble busts. Explain your bug to Matz. He Is nice, he will understand.
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Silvano Stralla - Speaker - Rubycon 2026
Silvano Stralla: building for the web since 2000, developer at DatoCMS, Ruby as his language of choice. At Rubycon he'll talk about what happens when you break the rules of software engineering.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Rubycon 2026 - Fastlane
Fastlane: 41k GitHub stars, 700+ contributors, acquired by Twitter then Google. Automates app deploys to the App Store and Google Play. Written entirely in Ruby. Every mobile dev knows it. Most Rubyists don't. The biggest Ruby project nobody in Ruby talks about.
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Toga party - Rubycon 2026 - Tutorial Roman Toga - Inventory
Toga party - Rubycon 2026 - Tutorial Roman Toga - Step 1
Toga party - Rubycon 2026 - Tutorial Roman Toga - Step 2
Toga party - Rubycon 2026 - Tutorial Roman Toga - Step 3
Code by day, Toga Party by night.
At Rubycon, we’re celebrating in pure Ruby style: clean, and elegant.
What you’ll need: 1 bedsheet, 3 safety pins, 1 rope. Here’s the guide to “compiling” your toga in seconds.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Rubycon Scholarship program
We've set up a Scholarship Program for Rubycon 2026. If a full-price ticket isn't realistic for you, apply for one at €20. Open to students, early-career devs, people between jobs, underrepresented groups in tech.
Applications close April 19th.
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Julia Lopez Portrit for Rubycon 2026
@julialopez.dev: almost 15 years with Rails, the last 10 maintaining a senior monolith. Her talks are practical, you leave with stuff you can use the next day.
Speaking at Rubycon 2026.
Rimini, May 8th.
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Rubycon Meme for Ruby Koans
We recommended Ruby Koans to a friend. "A relaxing path," we said.
The terminal: "Your karma has been damaged. Please meditate on the following code."
Want to enlighten someone? Send them this.
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Carmine Paolino Keynote speaker - Portrait
Carmine Paolino wrote his first scripts at age 5. Today he builds AI tools to solve real problems. Off-screen, he makes house music as Crimson Lake in Berlin.
He's our Keynote Speaker at Rubycon 2026. Rimini, May 8th.
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Check our social accounts, we will post a few tips for the toga really soon!
Our friends at @rubyconitaly.bsky.social just dropped the schedule on their website and, spoiler alert, that's really exciting! 🔥
Please give your warmest welcome to our new sponsor, Fancy Pixel!
They are a software consultancy based in Ferrara, Italy, and we are so proud to have them by our side for Rubycon!
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Lazy-bird pricing is here to stay!
Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we’ve extended lazy-bird pricing to all tickets for the Rubycon event.
Check them out here: rubycon.it#sponsors
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