RubyConf 2018

Los Angeles, CA, United States • November 13-15, 2018

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RubyConf is a yearly conference held in the United States and features 88 talks from various speakers, including keynotes by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, Bianca Escalante, Saron Yitbarek, and Jessie Shternshus.

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Talks (87)

talk by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto: Opening Keynote: The Power of The Community

Opening Keynote: The Power of The Community

Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

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talk by Caleb Hearth: The Atonement of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Atonement of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Caleb Hearth

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talk by Aaron Harpole: Sweat the Small Stuff

Sweat the Small Stuff

Aaron Harpole

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talk by Andy Croll: The Games Developers Play

The Games Developers Play

Andy Croll

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talk by Pranav Garg: RubyPlot - Creating a Plotting Library for Ruby

RubyPlot - Creating a Plotting Library for Ruby

Pranav Garg

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talk by Eric Weinstein: Being Good: An Introduction to Robo- and Machine Ethics

Being Good: An Introduction to Robo- and Machine Ethics

Eric Weinstein

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talk by Jack Danger: Designing an engineering team: Making room for everyone

Designing an engineering team: Making room for everyone

Jack Danger

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talk by Beth Haubert: Cats, The Musical! Algorithmic Song Meow-ification

Cats, The Musical! Algorithmic Song Meow-ification

Beth Haubert

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talk by Ryan Davis: Graphics and Simulations (and Games), Oh My!

Graphics and Simulations (and Games), Oh My!

Ryan Davis

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talk by Aaron Patterson, Ernie Miller, Justin Searls, Evan Phoenix, Sam Phippen, Eileen M. Uchitelle, Nadia Odunayo, Valerie Woolard, Kinsey Durham Grace: Game Show: Ruby Family Fued

Game Show: Ruby Family Fued

Aaron Patterson, Ernie Miller, Justin Searls, Evan Phoenix, Sam Phippen, Eileen M. Uchitelle, Nadia Odunayo, Valerie Woolard, Kinsey Durham Grace

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talk by Audrey Eschright: Unraveling the Masculinization of Technology

Unraveling the Masculinization of Technology

Audrey Eschright

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talk by Annie Sexton: The Dangers of Tribal Knowledge

The Dangers of Tribal Knowledge

Annie Sexton

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talk by Daniel Azuma: Yes, You Should Provide a Client Library For Your API

Yes, You Should Provide a Client Library For Your API

Daniel Azuma

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talk by Andy Glass: Ruby for Makers: Designing Physical Products With Ruby

Ruby for Makers: Designing Physical Products With Ruby

Andy Glass

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talk by Cecy Correa: The Psychology of Fake News (And What Tech Can Do About It)

The Psychology of Fake News (And What Tech Can Do About It)

Cecy Correa

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talk by Mercedes Bernard: Empowering Early-Career Developers

Empowering Early-Career Developers

Mercedes Bernard

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talk by Jeremy Hanna: Uncoupling Systems

Uncoupling Systems

Jeremy Hanna

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talk by Jonan Scheffler: Wafflebot: Cloud Connected Artificially Intelligent Waffles

Wafflebot: Cloud Connected Artificially Intelligent Waffles

Jonan Scheffler

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talk by Colin Fleming: Ethical Data Collection for Regular Developers

Ethical Data Collection for Regular Developers

Colin Fleming

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talk by Katherine Wu: Secrets of a Stealth Mentee

Secrets of a Stealth Mentee

Katherine Wu

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talk by James Thompson: Building For Gracious Failure

Building For Gracious Failure

James Thompson

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talk by Alex Peattie: Ruby-us Hagrid: Writing Harry Potter with Ruby

Ruby-us Hagrid: Writing Harry Potter with Ruby

Alex Peattie

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talk by Bianca Escalante: Keynote: Who and What We're Leaving Behind by Bianca Escalante

Keynote: Who and What We're Leaving Behind by Bianca Escalante

Bianca Escalante

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talk by Saron Yitbarek: Keynote: How to Build a Magical Living Room

Keynote: How to Build a Magical Living Room

Saron Yitbarek

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talk by Brad Urani: The Ruby Developer's Command Line Toolkit

The Ruby Developer's Command Line Toolkit

Brad Urani

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talk by Courtney Eckhardt: Retrospectives for Humans

Retrospectives for Humans

Courtney Eckhardt

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talk by Michael Herold: Let's subclass Hash - what's the worst that could happen?

Let's subclass Hash - what's the worst that could happen?

Michael Herold

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talk by Jeremy Evans: Running a Government Department on Ruby for over 13 Years

Running a Government Department on Ruby for over 13 Years

Jeremy Evans

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talk by Noel Rappin: The Developer's Toolkit: Everything We Use But Ruby

The Developer's Toolkit: Everything We Use But Ruby

Noel Rappin

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talk by Cory Chamblin: What Poker Can Teach Us About Post-Mortems

What Poker Can Teach Us About Post-Mortems

Cory Chamblin

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talk by Colin Fulton: Trash Talk: A Garbage Collection Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

Trash Talk: A Garbage Collection Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

Colin Fulton

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talk by Allison McMillan: BDD: Baby Driven Development

BDD: Baby Driven Development

Allison McMillan

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talk by Sam Phippen, Betsy Haibel, Jennifer Tran, Trey Miller: Live Mob Refactoring

Live Mob Refactoring

Sam Phippen, Betsy Haibel, Jennifer Tran, Trey Miller

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talk by Tony Drake: The Anatomy of a Ruby Gem: Going From Zero to Sharing Code

The Anatomy of a Ruby Gem: Going From Zero to Sharing Code

Tony Drake

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talk by Kelsey Pederson: It's Down! Simulating Incidents in Production

It's Down! Simulating Incidents in Production

Kelsey Pederson

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talk by Aaron Patterson: Pointers for Eliminating Heaps of Memory

Pointers for Eliminating Heaps of Memory

Aaron Patterson

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talk by Mark Siemers: Refactoring the Technical Interview

Refactoring the Technical Interview

Mark Siemers

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talk by Brandon Weaver: Reducing Enumerable - An Illustrated Adventure

Reducing Enumerable - An Illustrated Adventure

Brandon Weaver

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talk by Jamie Gaskins: Optimizations in Multiple Dimensions

Optimizations in Multiple Dimensions

Jamie Gaskins

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talk by Koichi Sasada: Parallel programming in Ruby3 with Guild

Parallel programming in Ruby3 with Guild

Koichi Sasada

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talk by Sumana Harihareswara, Jason Owen: Code Review, Forwards and Back

Code Review, Forwards and Back

Sumana Harihareswara, Jason Owen

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talk by Cody Stringham: Inheritance, Composition, Ruby and You

Inheritance, Composition, Ruby and You

Cody Stringham

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talk by Molly Struve: Cache is King: Get the Most Bang for Your Buck From Ruby

Cache is King: Get the Most Bang for Your Buck From Ruby

Molly Struve

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talk by Yurie Yamane, Masayoshi Takahashi: ROM: the final frontier of mruby

ROM: the final frontier of mruby

Yurie Yamane, Masayoshi Takahashi

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talk by Greggory Rothmeier: Documentation Tradeoffs and Why Good Commits Matter

Documentation Tradeoffs and Why Good Commits Matter

Greggory Rothmeier

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talk by Nadia Odunayo: The Case of the Missing Method — A Ruby Mystery Story

The Case of the Missing Method — A Ruby Mystery Story

Nadia Odunayo

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talk by Anna Gluszak: Practical Guide To Benchmarking Your Optimizations

Practical Guide To Benchmarking Your Optimizations

Anna Gluszak

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talk by Takashi Kokubun: The secret power of Ruby 2.6: JIT

The secret power of Ruby 2.6: JIT

Takashi Kokubun

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talk by Alex Stephen: Make Ruby Write Your Code for You

Make Ruby Write Your Code for You

Alex Stephen

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talk by Michael Hartl: Lightning Talk: Michael Hartl

Lightning Talk: Michael Hartl

Michael Hartl

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talk by Christen Rittiger: Lightning Talk: Christen Rittiger

Lightning Talk: Christen Rittiger

Christen Rittiger

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talk by Tori Machen: Lightning Talk: Tori Machen

Lightning Talk: Tori Machen

Tori Machen

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talk by Jennifer Tran: Lightning Talk: Jennifer Tran

Lightning Talk: Jennifer Tran

Jennifer Tran

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talk by Jeremy Schuurmans: Lightning Talk: Jeremy Schuurmans

Lightning Talk: Jeremy Schuurmans

Jeremy Schuurmans

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talk by Kazumi Karbowski: Lightning Talk: Kazumi Karbowski

Lightning Talk: Kazumi Karbowski

Kazumi Karbowski

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talk by Justin Searls: Lightning Talk: Justin Searls

Lightning Talk: Justin Searls

Justin Searls

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talk by Jacob Crofts: Lightning Talk: Jacob Crofts

Lightning Talk: Jacob Crofts

Jacob Crofts

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talk by Roman Kofman: Lightning Talk: Roman Kofman

Lightning Talk: Roman Kofman

Roman Kofman

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talk by Ariel Caplan: Lightning Talk: Ariel Caplan

Lightning Talk: Ariel Caplan

Ariel Caplan

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talk by Jamie Gaskins: Lightning Talk: Jamie Gaskins

Lightning Talk: Jamie Gaskins

Jamie Gaskins

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talk by Aja Hammerly: Lightning Talk: Aja Hammerly

Lightning Talk: Aja Hammerly

Aja Hammerly

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talk by Isaac Sloan: Lightning Talk: Isaac Sloan

Lightning Talk: Isaac Sloan

Isaac Sloan

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talk by Zachary Schroeder: Lightning Talk: Zachary Schroeder

Lightning Talk: Zachary Schroeder

Zachary Schroeder

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talk by Junichi Ito: Lightning Talk: Junichi Ito

Lightning Talk: Junichi Ito

Junichi Ito

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talk by Tom Black: Lightning Talk: Tom Black

Lightning Talk: Tom Black

Tom Black

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talk by Quinn Stearns: Lightning Talk: Quinn Stearns

Lightning Talk: Quinn Stearns

Quinn Stearns

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talk by Antoine Lecl: Lightning Talk: Antoine Lecl

Lightning Talk: Antoine Lecl

Antoine Lecl

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talk by Scott Istvan: Lightning Talk: Scott Istvan

Lightning Talk: Scott Istvan

Scott Istvan

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talk by Jessie Shternshus: Keynote: Unlearning - The Challenge of Change by Jessie Shternshus

Keynote: Unlearning - The Challenge of Change by Jessie Shternshus

Jessie Shternshus

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talk by Thomas E Enebo, Charles Nutter: JRuby 2018: Real World Performance

JRuby 2018: Real World Performance

Thomas E Enebo, Charles Nutter

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talk by Tekin Süleyman: Branch In Time

Branch In Time

Tekin Süleyman

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talk by Jim Liu: No Title Required: How Leadership Can Come From Anywhere

No Title Required: How Leadership Can Come From Anywhere

Jim Liu

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talk by Kevin Kuchta: Ruby is the Best JavaScript

Ruby is the Best JavaScript

Kevin Kuchta

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talk by joker1007, Satoshi "moris" Tagomori: Hijacking Ruby Syntax in Ruby

Hijacking Ruby Syntax in Ruby

joker1007, Satoshi "moris" Tagomori

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talk by Chris Salzberg: Building Generic Software

Building Generic Software

Chris Salzberg

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talk by Jennifer Tu: Humans Aren't APIs And Your Request Is 400 Denied

Humans Aren't APIs And Your Request Is 400 Denied

Jennifer Tu

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talk by Cameron Dutro: Cheating with Ruby

Cheating with Ruby

Cameron Dutro

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talk by Joseph Wilk: d[-_-]b REPL-ELECTRIC

d[-_-]b REPL-ELECTRIC

Joseph Wilk

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talk by Yoh Osaki: Building web-based board games only with Ruby

Building web-based board games only with Ruby

Yoh Osaki

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talk by Andrew Louis: Building a Memex (with Ruby!)

Building a Memex (with Ruby!)

Andrew Louis

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talk by Brandon Hays: The New Manager's Toolkit

The New Manager's Toolkit

Brandon Hays

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talk by Damir Svrtan: Building Serverless Ruby Bots

Building Serverless Ruby Bots

Damir Svrtan

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talk by ITOYANAGI Sakura: The New Design of Ruby's Documentation

The New Design of Ruby's Documentation

ITOYANAGI Sakura

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talk by Adam Forsyth: Beating Mastermind: Winning with the help of Donald Knuth

Beating Mastermind: Winning with the help of Donald Knuth

Adam Forsyth

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talk by Nickolas Means: Eiffel's Tower

Eiffel's Tower

Nickolas Means

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talk by Vladimir Dementyev: High-Speed Cables for Ruby

High-Speed Cables for Ruby

Vladimir Dementyev

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talk by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto: Q&A with Matz

Q&A with Matz

Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

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