RailsConf 2025

Philadelphia, PA • July 08-10, 2025

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RailsConf is a yearly conference and features 69 talks from various speakers, including keynotes by John Dewsnap, Christopher "Aji" Slater, and Aaron Patterson.

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The CFP closed on February 28, 2025.

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Talks Speakers

talk by Shan Cureton, Marty Haught, Rhiannon Payne, Ally Vogel, Tom Chambers, Samuel Giddins, Diesha Cooper, Alan Ridlehoover, Fito von Zastrow, Jenny Gray, Chris Oliver, Ufuk Kayserilioglu: Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Shan Cureton, Marty Haught, Rhiannon Payne, Ally Vogel, Tom Chambers, Samuel Giddins, Diesha Cooper, Alan Ridlehoover, Fito von Zastrow, Jenny Gray, Chris Oliver, Ufuk Kayserilioglu

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talk by John Dewsnap: Keynote: 365 Days Later: Moving From Java To RoR And How It Changed Everything

Keynote: 365 Days Later: Moving From Java To RoR And How It Changed Everything

John Dewsnap

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talk by Irina Nazarova: Startups on Rails in Past, Present and Future

Startups on Rails in Past, Present and Future

Irina Nazarova

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talk by Gannon McGibbon: Development Speed Optimizations in Rails 8

Development Speed Optimizations in Rails 8

Gannon McGibbon

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talk by Fito von Zastrow, Alan Ridlehoover: Derailing Our Application: How and Why We Are Decoupling Our Code from Rails

Derailing Our Application: How and Why We Are Decoupling Our Code from Rails

Fito von Zastrow, Alan Ridlehoover

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talk by Kasper Timm Hansen: Yes, You Can Work on Rails & any other Gem

Yes, You Can Work on Rails & any other Gem

Kasper Timm Hansen

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talk by Hartley McGuire: The Ghosts of Action View Cache

The Ghosts of Action View Cache

Hartley McGuire

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talk by Svyatoslav Kryukov: Rails Frontend Evolution: It Was a Setup All Along

Rails Frontend Evolution: It Was a Setup All Along

Svyatoslav Kryukov

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talk by Stefan Wintermeyer: Cache = Cash! 2.0

Cache = Cash! 2.0

Stefan Wintermeyer

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talk by Samuel Giddins, Nick Quaranto: Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org

Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org

Samuel Giddins, Nick Quaranto

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talk by Manu Janardhanan: Understanding Ruby Web Server Internals: Puma, Falcon, and Pitchfork Compared

Understanding Ruby Web Server Internals: Puma, Falcon, and Pitchfork Compared

Manu Janardhanan

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talk by Wade Winningham: Keeping the Rails Magic Alive After 18 Years

Keeping the Rails Magic Alive After 18 Years

Wade Winningham

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talk by Adrian Marin: Master the Rails Asset Pipeline: Best Practices for Apps & Gems

Master the Rails Asset Pipeline: Best Practices for Apps & Gems

Adrian Marin

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talk by Matheus Richard: Ruby Internals: A Guide For Rails Developers

Ruby Internals: A Guide For Rails Developers

Matheus Richard

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talk by Robby Russell: The Rails Features We Loved, Lost, and Laughed At

The Rails Features We Loved, Lost, and Laughed At

Robby Russell

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talk by Andrew Atkinson: 10 Costly Database Performance Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

10 Costly Database Performance Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

Andrew Atkinson

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talk by David Heinemeier Hansson, Elise Shaffer: Fireside Chat With David Heinemeier Hansson

Fireside Chat With David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson, Elise Shaffer

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talk by Evan Phoenix, Marty Haught, Eileen M. Uchitelle, Nadia Odunayo, Sarah Mei, Aaron Patterson, Chad Fowler: Panel: Rails Then, Now, And Next: A Conversation With Our Community

Panel: Rails Then, Now, And Next: A Conversation With Our Community

Evan Phoenix, Marty Haught, Eileen M. Uchitelle, Nadia Odunayo, Sarah Mei, Aaron Patterson, Chad Fowler

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talk by Joe Masilotti: Workshop: Hotwire Native - A Rails developer’s secret tool to building mobile apps

Workshop: Hotwire Native - A Rails developer’s secret tool to building mobile apps

Joe Masilotti

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talk by Stephanie Minn: Workshop: What can we do together? A facilitated community-building workshop

Workshop: What can we do together? A facilitated community-building workshop

Stephanie Minn

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talk by Kayla Reopelle: Workshop: How to instrument your Rails app with OpenTelemetry

Workshop: How to instrument your Rails app with OpenTelemetry

Kayla Reopelle

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talk by David Hill, Drew Bragg, Chris Oliver, Stephanie Minn: Panel: Ruby Podcast

Panel: Ruby Podcast

David Hill, Drew Bragg, Chris Oliver, Stephanie Minn

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talk by Ben Sheldon, Mike Perham, Rosa Gutiérrez, Maciej Mensfeld: Panel: The Past, Present and Future of Background Jobs

Panel: The Past, Present and Future of Background Jobs

Ben Sheldon, Mike Perham, Rosa Gutiérrez, Maciej Mensfeld

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talk by Christopher "Aji" Slater: Keynote: The Keynote of Keynotes

Keynote: The Keynote of Keynotes

Christopher "Aji" Slater

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talk by Kevin Murphy: How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career

How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career

Kevin Murphy

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talk by Cameron Dutro: The Front-end is Omakase

The Front-end is Omakase

Cameron Dutro

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talk by Vladimir Dementyev, Albert Pazderin: The future of Rails begins in the browser

The future of Rails begins in the browser

Vladimir Dementyev, Albert Pazderin

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talk by Caleb Hearth: Not Invented Here: Things Rails Didn't Innovate

Not Invented Here: Things Rails Didn't Innovate

Caleb Hearth

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talk by John Athayde: UX & Design for Rails Devs: Elevating the "One Person Framework" Experience

UX & Design for Rails Devs: Elevating the "One Person Framework" Experience

John Athayde

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talk by Ben Curtis: From FTP to Kamal: 20 Years of Deploying Rails

From FTP to Kamal: 20 Years of Deploying Rails

Ben Curtis

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talk by Edigleysson Silva: The Future of: PWAs on Rails

The Future of: PWAs on Rails

Edigleysson Silva

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talk by Josh Puetz: Rails Framework Defaults: Defusing the Time Bomb in Your Upgraded App

Rails Framework Defaults: Defusing the Time Bomb in Your Upgraded App

Josh Puetz

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talk by Joe Leo: Silent Killers: Lessons from the Brink

Silent Killers: Lessons from the Brink

Joe Leo

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talk by Alicia Rojas: Unraveling the black box: past, present and future of authentication in Rails

Unraveling the black box: past, present and future of authentication in Rails

Alicia Rojas

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talk by Chris Fung: Internationalization on Rails: Unpacking the Rails I18n Toolkit

Internationalization on Rails: Unpacking the Rails I18n Toolkit

Chris Fung

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talk by Joël Quenneville: The History of Rails in 10 Blog Posts

The History of Rails in 10 Blog Posts

Joël Quenneville

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talk by Tess Griffin: The ActiveRecord Tapes

The ActiveRecord Tapes

Tess Griffin

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talk by Andy Andrea: Off the Rails: Validating non-model classes with…ActiveModel?

Off the Rails: Validating non-model classes with…ActiveModel?

Andy Andrea

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talk by Marco Roth: The Modern View Layer Rails Deserves: A Vision for 2025 and Beyond

The Modern View Layer Rails Deserves: A Vision for 2025 and Beyond

Marco Roth

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talk by Andrew Markle: From Resque to SolidQueue - Rethinking our background jobs for modern times

From Resque to SolidQueue - Rethinking our background jobs for modern times

Andrew Markle

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talk by Ratnadeep Deshmane: The Rails Story: Two Decades of Design and Decisions

The Rails Story: Two Decades of Design and Decisions

Ratnadeep Deshmane

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talk by Aaron Patterson: Closing Keynote: Why is Aaron Patterson?

Closing Keynote: Why is Aaron Patterson?

Aaron Patterson

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talk by Noel Rappin: Lightning Talks Intro

Lightning Talks Intro

Noel Rappin

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talk by Zoe Steinkamp: Lightning Talk: Open source Ruby gem analytics with ClickHouse

Lightning Talk: Open source Ruby gem analytics with ClickHouse

Zoe Steinkamp

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talk by Jeremy Smith: Lightning Talk: Programming in the Low Memery Environment of Your Brain

Lightning Talk: Programming in the Low Memery Environment of Your Brain

Jeremy Smith

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talk by Sam Poder: Lightning Talk: An crash course in Linguistics w/ Ruby & Rails

Lightning Talk: An crash course in Linguistics w/ Ruby & Rails

Sam Poder

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talk by Brooke Kuhlmann: Lightning Talk: Terminus: A Hanami application for e-ink displays

Lightning Talk: Terminus: A Hanami application for e-ink displays

Brooke Kuhlmann

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talk by Kelly Popko: Lightning Talk: What is `Data` class?

Lightning Talk: What is `Data` class?

Kelly Popko

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talk by Tia Anderson: Lightning Talk: Peace, Love, and CRUD: A Rails Journey to Calm

Lightning Talk: Peace, Love, and CRUD: A Rails Journey to Calm

Tia Anderson

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talk by Justin Bowen: Lightning Talk: Build AI in Rails: Now Agents are Controller; Makes Code Tons of Fun!

Lightning Talk: Build AI in Rails: Now Agents are Controller; Makes Code Tons of Fun!

Justin Bowen

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talk by Débora Fernandes: Lightning Talk: 10 years of Rails Girls São Paulo

Lightning Talk: 10 years of Rails Girls São Paulo

Débora Fernandes

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talk by Shardly Romelus: Lightning Talk: Playing with Memory: Manual Management in C

Lightning Talk: Playing with Memory: Manual Management in C

Shardly Romelus

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talk by Rachael Wright-Munn: Lightning Talk: Gamified Developer Experiences

Lightning Talk: Gamified Developer Experiences

Rachael Wright-Munn

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talk by Lucy Chen: Lightning Talk: Ugly Colors: How I Built a Web App to Rank Ugly Colors

Lightning Talk: Ugly Colors: How I Built a Web App to Rank Ugly Colors

Lucy Chen

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talk by Alan Ridlehoover: Lightning Talk: The Other Side of Fear

Lightning Talk: The Other Side of Fear

Alan Ridlehoover

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talk by Yaşar Celep: Lightning Talk: Save your coffee money: Jemalloc in 5 minutes

Lightning Talk: Save your coffee money: Jemalloc in 5 minutes

Yaşar Celep

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talk by Cirdes Henrique: Lightning Talk: Ruby UI - From React to Hotwire

Lightning Talk: Ruby UI - From React to Hotwire

Cirdes Henrique

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talk by Alex Coomans: Simplifying at Scale: 7 Years of Rails Architecture at Persona

Simplifying at Scale: 7 Years of Rails Architecture at Persona

Alex Coomans

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talk by Andrew Novoselac: Shopify Lightning Talks Intro

Shopify Lightning Talks Intro

Andrew Novoselac

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talk by Jenny Shen: Lightning Talk: A Story of Eliminating Postgres Not Null Violations

Lightning Talk: A Story of Eliminating Postgres Not Null Violations

Jenny Shen

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talk by George Ma: Lightning Talk: Structured Event Reporter

Lightning Talk: Structured Event Reporter

George Ma

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talk by Jill Klang: Lightning Talk: When Logs Betray Sensitive Secrets

Lightning Talk: When Logs Betray Sensitive Secrets

Jill Klang

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talk by Nikita Vasilevsky: Lightning Talk: Do you test your tests?

Lightning Talk: Do you test your tests?

Nikita Vasilevsky

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talk by Andrew Novoselac: Lightning Talk: Rails Error Reporter Middleware

Lightning Talk: Rails Error Reporter Middleware

Andrew Novoselac

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talk by Yasuo Honda: Contributing to Rails? Start with the Gems You Already Use

Contributing to Rails? Start with the Gems You Already Use

Yasuo Honda

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talk by Justin Wienckowski, Jake Gribschaw: Chime Presents: Getting More Out of LLMs for Ruby Developers

Chime Presents: Getting More Out of LLMs for Ruby Developers

Justin Wienckowski, Jake Gribschaw

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