Beyond Type Checking
Emily Samp • online • Talk

Date: July 29, 2025
Published: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000
Announced: unknown

Many Ruby developers have remained skeptical of type checking, viewing it as unnecessary complexity in a language celebrated for its simplicity and flexibility. Behind the scenes, however, type checking advancements are driving dramatic improvements to Ruby developer tools. In this talk, we'll explore how static analysis has the potential to enable Ruby developer tooling that is as intelligent, accurate, and responsive as state-of-the-art tooling for other languages. We'll learn how these improvements will eventually benefit all Ruby developers — typing enthusiasts or not — and discover why the entire community should be excited about the era of Ruby developer tooling that's now on the horizon.

Emily is an Engineering Manager at Shopify, improving the Ruby development experience with open source tools like Sorbet and Prism, which she's going to talk us through. She is also an organizer of WNB.rb, a virtual community for women and non-binary Ruby developers.

https://www.wnb-rb.dev/meetups/2025/07/29

WNB.rb Meetup July 2025