RubyConf 2015

San Antonio, TX, United States • November 15-17, 2015

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RubyConf is a yearly conference and features 86 talks from various speakers, including keynotes by Jeff Norris, Aja Hammerly, Evan Phoenix, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, and Carina C. Zona.

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talk by Adam Cuppy: Pluck It

Pluck It

Adam Cuppy

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talk by Jeff Norris: Keynote: Leagues of Sea and Sky

Keynote: Leagues of Sea and Sky

Jeff Norris

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talk by Laura Eck: The Not So Rational Programmer

The Not So Rational Programmer

Laura Eck

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talk by Aaron Patterson: Inside Ruby's VM: The TMI Edition.

Inside Ruby's VM: The TMI Edition.

Aaron Patterson

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talk by Justin Searls: How To Stop Hating Your Test Suite

How To Stop Hating Your Test Suite

Justin Searls

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talk by Nate Berkopec: A Guided Read of Minitest

A Guided Read of Minitest

Nate Berkopec

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talk by Andy Croll: Your own 'Images as a Service'

Your own 'Images as a Service'

Andy Croll

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talk by Craig Buchek: Ruby Preserves

Ruby Preserves

Craig Buchek

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talk by Thomas E Enebo, Charles Nutter: JRuby 9000 Is Out; Now What?

JRuby 9000 Is Out; Now What?

Thomas E Enebo, Charles Nutter

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talk by Nikki Murray, Maggie Epps: Making it on your own and the pitfalls of gem dependencies

Making it on your own and the pitfalls of gem dependencies

Nikki Murray, Maggie Epps

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talk by Sean Marcia: Ruby in 79 AD (Open Sourcing my Role as Indiana Jones)

Ruby in 79 AD (Open Sourcing my Role as Indiana Jones)

Sean Marcia

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talk by Michel Martens: Mind Over Error

Mind Over Error

Michel Martens

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talk by Nickolas Means: How to Crash an Airplane

How to Crash an Airplane

Nickolas Means

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talk by Sonja Heinen: RuntimeError: can't save WORLD

RuntimeError: can't save WORLD

Sonja Heinen

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talk by Amar Shah: Working Compassionately with Legacy Code

Working Compassionately with Legacy Code

Amar Shah

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talk by André Arko: How does Bundler work, anyway?

How does Bundler work, anyway?

André Arko

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talk by Akira Matsuda: Ruby 2 Methodology

Ruby 2 Methodology

Akira Matsuda

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talk by Yurie Yamane, Maysayoshi Takahashi: Domo Arigato mruby Roboto

Domo Arigato mruby Roboto

Yurie Yamane, Maysayoshi Takahashi

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talk by Aja Hammerly: Keynote: Stupid Ideas for Many Computers

Keynote: Stupid Ideas for Many Computers

Aja Hammerly

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talk by Amanda Quaranto: Nobody Expects an Inquisition! - A Programmer's Guide to Asking Questions

Nobody Expects an Inquisition! - A Programmer's Guide to Asking Questions

Amanda Quaranto

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talk by Ian Duggan: Stately State Machines with Ragel

Stately State Machines with Ragel

Ian Duggan

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talk by Josh Freeman: Communicating Intent Through Git

Communicating Intent Through Git

Josh Freeman

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talk by Petr Chalupa: Writing concurrent libraries for all Ruby runtimes

Writing concurrent libraries for all Ruby runtimes

Petr Chalupa

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talk by Christopher Sexton, Leah Sexton: Hardware Hacking: You Can Be A Maker

Hardware Hacking: You Can Be A Maker

Christopher Sexton, Leah Sexton

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talk by Darin Wilson: Learn to Make Music. With Ruby.

Learn to Make Music. With Ruby.

Darin Wilson

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talk by Federico Soria: Mo Money Mo Problems (with Ruby)

Mo Money Mo Problems (with Ruby)

Federico Soria

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talk by Randy Coulman: Shall We Play A Game?

Shall We Play A Game?

Randy Coulman

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talk by Jason Clark: GDB: A Gentle Intro

GDB: A Gentle Intro

Jason Clark

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talk by Micah Adams: Not so Neo in the Matrix

Not so Neo in the Matrix

Micah Adams

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talk by Hsing-Hui Hsu: Time Flies Like An Arrow; Fruit Flies Like A Banana: Parsers for Great Good

Time Flies Like An Arrow; Fruit Flies Like A Banana: Parsers for Great Good

Hsing-Hui Hsu

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talk by Evan Phoenix, Adam Keys: Bikeshed! Live!

Bikeshed! Live!

Evan Phoenix, Adam Keys

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talk by Eileen M. Uchitelle: How to Performance

How to Performance

Eileen M. Uchitelle

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talk by Kinsey Ann Durham: Code, Culture and the Pursuit of Happiness

Code, Culture and the Pursuit of Happiness

Kinsey Ann Durham

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talk by Aaron Patterson, Andy Croll, Sam Phippen, Andrew Faraday, Kinsey Ann Durham: Gameshow: Just a Ruby Minute

Gameshow: Just a Ruby Minute

Aaron Patterson, Andy Croll, Sam Phippen, Andrew Faraday, Kinsey Ann Durham

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talk by John Cinnamond: Softly, Softly Typing

Softly, Softly Typing

John Cinnamond

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talk by Noel Rappin: I Estimate this Talk will be 20 Minutes Long, Give or Take 10 Minutes

I Estimate this Talk will be 20 Minutes Long, Give or Take 10 Minutes

Noel Rappin

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talk by Adam Jonas: Moneyball At The Keyboard: Lessons on How To Scout Talented Developers

Moneyball At The Keyboard: Lessons on How To Scout Talented Developers

Adam Jonas

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talk by Mat Brown: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Gems

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Gems

Mat Brown

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talk by Chris Mar: The Art of Ruby Technical Interviews

The Art of Ruby Technical Interviews

Chris Mar

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talk by Louisa Barrett: Design Thinking for Rubyists

Design Thinking for Rubyists

Louisa Barrett

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talk by Evan Phoenix, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto: Keynote: Ruby 3 Challenges (and Q&A with Matz)

Keynote: Ruby 3 Challenges (and Q&A with Matz)

Evan Phoenix, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

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talk by Heidi Waterhouse: The Seven Righteous Fights

The Seven Righteous Fights

Heidi Waterhouse

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talk by Michael Hartl: Lightning Talk: Learn Enough to be Dangerous

Lightning Talk: Learn Enough to be Dangerous

Michael Hartl

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talk by David Bock: Lightning Talk: Cooking Management to Give Back

Lightning Talk: Cooking Management to Give Back

David Bock

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talk by Benjamin Fleischer: Lightning Talk: Encoded TOSS String

Lightning Talk: Encoded TOSS String

Benjamin Fleischer

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talk by Steve Downie: Lightning Talk: Universal Translator

Lightning Talk: Universal Translator

Steve Downie

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talk by Reid Morrison: Lightning Talk: Rocket Job

Lightning Talk: Rocket Job

Reid Morrison

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talk by Randy Coulman: Lightning Talk: Inconceivable

Lightning Talk: Inconceivable

Randy Coulman

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talk by Billy Watson: Lightning Talk: Plane Programming

Lightning Talk: Plane Programming

Billy Watson

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talk by Ray Hightower: Lightning Talk: Parallella

Lightning Talk: Parallella

Ray Hightower

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talk by Clayton Flesher: Lightning Talk: ure

Lightning Talk: ure

Clayton Flesher

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talk by Devin Clark: Lightning Talk: 3D Printing is not like Cooking Rotisserie Chicken at Home.

Lightning Talk: 3D Printing is not like Cooking Rotisserie Chicken at Home.

Devin Clark

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talk by Scott Mascar: Lightning Talk: In Over My Head

Lightning Talk: In Over My Head

Scott Mascar

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talk by Paul Dawson: Lightning Talk: UI Driven Development

Lightning Talk: UI Driven Development

Paul Dawson

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talk by Miki Rezentes: Lightning Talk: Onboarding Junior Devs

Lightning Talk: Onboarding Junior Devs

Miki Rezentes

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talk by Jordan Bach: Lightning Talk: Improving SOA w/Pub-Sub

Lightning Talk: Improving SOA w/Pub-Sub

Jordan Bach

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talk by Nat Budin: Lightning Talk: 2 Tiny Dev Tools

Lightning Talk: 2 Tiny Dev Tools

Nat Budin

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talk by Rick Carlino: Lightning Talk: Concepts for New Volt Devs

Lightning Talk: Concepts for New Volt Devs

Rick Carlino

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talk by Ratnadeep Deshmane: Lightning Talk: Ruby Vernac

Lightning Talk: Ruby Vernac

Ratnadeep Deshmane

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talk by Craig Buchek: Lightning Talk: Too Late to Estimate

Lightning Talk: Too Late to Estimate

Craig Buchek

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talk by Loraine Kanervisto: Lightning Talk: Book Duets

Lightning Talk: Book Duets

Loraine Kanervisto

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talk by Britni Alexander: Lightning Talk: Go Get a Damn Job

Lightning Talk: Go Get a Damn Job

Britni Alexander

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talk by Danny Guinther: A Muggle's Guide to Tail Call Optimization in Ruby

A Muggle's Guide to Tail Call Optimization in Ruby

Danny Guinther

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talk by Sam Phippen: Extremely Defensive Coding

Extremely Defensive Coding

Sam Phippen

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talk by Jerry D'Antonio: Everything You Know About the GIL is Wrong

Everything You Know About the GIL is Wrong

Jerry D'Antonio

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talk by Jack Danger Canty: Ruby's Environment Variable API

Ruby's Environment Variable API

Jack Danger Canty

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talk by David Copeland: Storytelling via the Psychology of Professional Wrestling

Storytelling via the Psychology of Professional Wrestling

David Copeland

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talk by David Bock: The Math Behind Mandelbrot

The Math Behind Mandelbrot

David Bock

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talk by Tobias Pfeiffer: Beating Go Thanks To The Power Of Randomness

Beating Go Thanks To The Power Of Randomness

Tobias Pfeiffer

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talk by James Adam: Why Is Nobody Using Refinements?

Why Is Nobody Using Refinements?

James Adam

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talk by Betsy Haibel: s/regex/DSLs/: What Regex Teaches Us About DSL Design

s/regex/DSLs/: What Regex Teaches Us About DSL Design

Betsy Haibel

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talk by Brad Urani: Changing the Unchangeable: The Hows and Whys of Immutable Data Structures

Changing the Unchangeable: The Hows and Whys of Immutable Data Structures

Brad Urani

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talk by Eric Weinstein: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ruby GC

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ruby GC

Eric Weinstein

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talk by Lito Nicolai: Botany with Bytes

Botany with Bytes

Lito Nicolai

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talk by Terence Lee: Building CLI Apps for Everyone

Building CLI Apps for Everyone

Terence Lee

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talk by Sam Livingston-Gray: Cucumbers Have Layers: A Love Story

Cucumbers Have Layers: A Love Story

Sam Livingston-Gray

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talk by Adam Walker: Tagging Your World With RFID

Tagging Your World With RFID

Adam Walker

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talk by Joe Mastey: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

Joe Mastey

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talk by Jay McGavren: Messenger: The (Complete) Story of Method Lookup

Messenger: The (Complete) Story of Method Lookup

Jay McGavren

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talk by Rebecca Sliter: A Tale of Two Feature Flags

A Tale of Two Feature Flags

Rebecca Sliter

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talk by Caleb Hearth: The Joy of Miniature Painting

The Joy of Miniature Painting

Caleb Hearth

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talk by Tom Macklin: Using Ruby In Security Critical Applications

Using Ruby In Security Critical Applications

Tom Macklin

RubyConf 2015

talk by Brandon Hays: Hacking Spacetime for a Successful Career

Hacking Spacetime for a Successful Career

Brandon Hays

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talk by Carina C. Zona: Keynote: Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm

Keynote: Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm

Carina C. Zona

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talk by Colin Fulton: String Theory and Time Travel: The Humble Text Editor

String Theory and Time Travel: The Humble Text Editor

Colin Fulton

RubyConf 2015