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

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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! 🤩

RBQ 2026 is in full swing.

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

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Excellent walkthrough of Partitioning Postgres by Alex

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

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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…

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!

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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.

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RBQ Conf is tomorrow.

Safe travels to everyone heading to Austin. We can’t wait to get started.

See you in the morning.

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We're happy to announce Typesense as a Gold Sponsor of RBQ 2026

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 🫶

That is correct. Trying to keep the BBQ theming going. little tasty morsels of meat. :D

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.

Lightning Talks: open.

Ruby Passports & Stamps: ready.

Medium pricing ends in under two weeks.

Join us in Austin.

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