The Keynote of Keynotes

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A project that watches 94 keynotes from 2006–2025 finds 79 videos online, three panels, one podcast and one multimedia performance and documents concrete outcomes: Action Cable, Stimulus/Hotwire and multiple‑database support land in production, Sorbet adoption at Shopify improves developer satisfaction, one founder goes from 0 to 4 million users as a onewoman dev team, many videos disappear over years, and repeated themes are tooling, community governance and measurable impact.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 7:50Rails philosophy
3. 15:53Rails startups history
4. 20:51Rails relevance today
5. 24:46Aaron Patterson keynote
6. 28:56Ruby philosophy
7. 34:56Work culture
8. 41:03Leadership trust
9. 45:37Diversity inclusion
10. 50:13Intentional tech impact
11. 53:13RailsConf value

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