Friendly.rb 2023
as the organisers put it
Your friendly tech conference - Two days. Single track. Relaxed vibes. Amazing speakers. Unforgettable memories.
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Friendly.rb 2023 - Bucharest September 27 & 28 | 02m | |
A short recap of the inaugural Friendly.rb conference in Bucharest that focuses on atmosphere and community more than technical depth, noting 120 attendees… | ||
| conference opening | Andy Croll | 08m |
Two-day schedule with six main talks plus lightning talks and one-hour slots that split into roughly 30-minute talks and 30-minute Q&A or break, starts… | ||
| Zeitwerk Internals | Xavier Noria | 57m |
Zeitwerk is an autoloader/reloader/eager loader implemented in ~1,000 lines with about 50 releases and ~300 million downloads on RubyGems; it scans only one… | ||
| Let there be docs! | Svyatoslav Kryukov | 21m |
Argues for a documentation-first workflow that writes an OpenAPI spec before code, uses JSON Schema for validations, and catches misunderstandings early —… | ||
| React-ing to Rails: Why Ruby on Rails is the best Stop for Web Developer | Naijeria Toweett | 18m |
A nonprofit beneficiary-tracking web app replaces Google Sheets and Access with tablet forms, searchable records, attendance reports and image uploads; initial… | ||
| Crafting elegant code with ruby DSLs | Tom de Bruijn | 32m |
A brittle server-side UI that validates a Ruby gem’s diagnose report (collecting ~100 data points across a dozen subreports) gets replaced with a block-based… | ||
| Mental Health for Developers | Irina Paraschiv | 23m |
Claims that emotions are informative predictions and offers a four-level, actionable framework: body budget (sleep, food, rest), notice feelings (scan and… | ||
| Beyond the service object | Nick Sutterer | 41m |
Claims that moving controller business logic into a dedicated operation class makes unit testing and reuse trivial, shows a DSL that breaks logic into named… | ||
| Service modeling | Elena Tănăsoiu | 21m |
Service modeling documents real endpoint behavior at GitHub and measures CPU, memory, MySQL queries, cache hits/misses and unicorn worker usage to prioritize… | ||
| Getting the most out of Chat GPT | Jason Swett | 31m |
Claims GPT‑4 is a nearly different product from GPT‑3 and is worth the $20/month upgrade, especially for software workflows that surround coding rather than… | ||
| Use Turbo Native to make hybrid apps that don't suck | Ayush Newatia | 30m |
Argues that Turbo Native (part of Hotwire) plus a web-to-native bridge lets a native skeleton reuse server-rendered HTML/CSS, sending JSON messages between… | ||
| The state of the Rubyverse | Lucian Ghinda | 49m |
The Ruby ecosystem shows concrete change: the Short Ruby Newsletter becomes the fastest‑growing Ruby roundup, Ruby 3.3 previews add YJIT and JIT improvements… | ||
| The Power of We: Unleashing the Collective Strength of Your Team | Gabriela Luhova | 21m |
Team of seven adopts concrete practices after reading The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: everyone takes the book’s assessment, a Myers‑Briggs–style six‑imp… | ||
| Making it as an Indie Developer | Jeremy Smith | 36m |
Lays out a practical indie roadmap: know why you want control, transition by becoming indispensable then landing a long part‑time client or converting an… | ||
| Making music with Ruby and Sonic Pi | Julian Cheal | 13m |
Live demo shows Sonic Pi + Ruby DSL driving audio with SuperCollider synths, playing an E2 minor pentatonic across three octaves using tick and sleep, then… | ||
| Ruby and the Lisp | Marian Posăceanu | 19m |
Shows a working hack that renders Rails views via Clojure: one custom ActionView template calls into a Clojure hiccup library packed as a single Uber JAR and… | ||
| Become a Roma connoisseur in less than 5 minutes | Marian Dumitru | 07m |
Claims that Roma originate in Northern India and number 12 to 15 million worldwide, traces migration through Persia, Armenia and Byzantium, and links the wheel… | ||
| Hotwire Cookbook and common use cases | Yaroslav Shmarov | 09m |
Claims Hotwire can replace React for many web apps used on the web, especially bootstrapped products, by combining Turbo Frames, Turbo Streams, and Stimulus… | ||
| Ruby, the hidden programming teacher | Victor Motogna | 06m |
Claim: Ruby plus Rails teaches core programming and web development faster and with clearer code than many languages. Uses Ruby, Rails and ActiveRecord as the… | ||
| From a spreadsheet to a Rails app in 5 minutes | Lorin Thwaits | 08m |
Claims a Rails 7 app with Postgres goes from existing spreadsheet or legacy DB to working CRUD and API docs in minutes by running a few commands. The demo uses… | ||
| conference closing | Andy Croll | 06m |
Friendly.rb closing lays out concrete next steps: local meetups and an offsite day with everyone meeting at 9:20 meetup to visit the royal castle, eat at a… | ||
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