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ExMex Conf Two days. One track. All Elixir. Join us November 6-7th, 2025 in Austin, TX for an Elixir conference with a little Austin flair.

This week’s category: Elixir & AI

From practical tools to new ideas, these talks explore how Elixir & AI work together.

Getting Elixir on the AI Flywheel
— Isaac Yonemoto

Turning AI into an Engineering discipline
— Thomas Millar

exmexconf.com/#videos

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5 days ago 2 1 0 0

Quick update on ExMex videos:

We’re taking this week off from releases while we wrapped up **RBQConf**.

Back next week with more talks.

Appreciate the patience 🙏

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

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

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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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2 weeks ago 3 1 0 0
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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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Bart shows us how to think through building resilient background jobs. Great talk with solid examples.

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

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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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2 weeks ago 2 1 0 0
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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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2 weeks ago 3 1 0 0
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From AI to Regex, Daniel explains the dark magic of programming.

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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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2 weeks ago 4 1 0 1
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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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2 weeks ago 3 3 0 1
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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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2 weeks ago 5 3 0 0
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ExMex Conf Two days. One track. All Elixir. Join us November 6-7th, 2025 in Austin, TX for an Elixir conference with a little Austin flair.

This week's category: Managing Complexity

From growing systems to tangled architectures, these talks are about keeping things understandable at scale.

Specifying an Elixir system — Raúl Chouza
Peeling Away Complexity — Mitchell Hanberg

exmexconf.com#videos

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus

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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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ExMex Conf Two days. One track. All Elixir. Join us November 6-7th, 2025 in Austin, TX for an Elixir conference with a little Austin flair.

ExMex 2025 video drop

This week’s category: Data Processing

Not Just ML: Other Uses for Nx
— Chris Ertel

When Elixir Meets Genomics: Processing Large Datasets Efficiently
— Austin Saunders

Watch here → exmexconf.com/#videos

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang

3 weeks ago 2 1 0 0
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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.

[rbqconf.com](rbqconf.com)

3 weeks ago 2 1 0 0
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ExMex Conf Two days. One track. All Elixir. Join us November 6-7th, 2025 in Austin, TX for an Elixir conference with a little Austin flair.

ExMex 2025 video drop

This week’s category: Elixir Fundamentals

- Enumerables under the hood — Brett Beaty
- Let it Crash. No, Really! — Doug VonMoser

These talks cover core ideas that make Elixir such a powerful tool.

Watch here → exmexconf.com#videos

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang

1 month ago 4 1 0 0
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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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ExMex Conf Two days. One track. All Elixir. Join us November 6-7th, 2025 in Austin, TX for an Elixir conference with a little Austin flair.

ExMex 2025 videos are rolling out!

We’re starting today with the keynotes.

Note: due to a small technical hiccup, live coding portions weren’t captured.

More releases coming soon.

Watch here → exmexconf.com#videos

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang

1 month ago 5 2 0 0
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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.

rbqconf.com

1 month ago 1 2 0 0
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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.

rbqconf.com

1 month ago 2 1 0 0
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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.

Lightning Talks: open.

Ruby Passports & Stamps: ready.

Medium pricing ends in under two weeks.

Join us in Austin.

rbqconf.com

1 month ago 3 1 1 0
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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

1 month ago 3 1 0 0
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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

2 months ago 2 2 0 1