I cannot emphasize enough how kind, caring, and vibrant the #Ruby community STILL is! Thanks for an awesome time @rbqconf.bsky.social

Closing out RBQ with a great story from Nick. (Coming Soonish to a video on youtube) #RBQConf

The villains of scaling Rails have no chance. Batman, I mean Cristian, gives a wonderful talk on how to use your scaling toolbelt to “Kapow” those villains. #RBQConf

JRuby is the “alt” ruby that has stood the test of time. Thanks Charles for a wonderful talk and the care you’ve taken over these many years maintaining JRuby #RBQConf

4 small morsel talks to get the afternoon kicked off for the last day of RBQ. #RBQConf

Chris built an AI feature into his companies app. He shares the steps he took to implement, orchestrate, track, and protect outcomes. #RBQConf

Learning about Rails Magic through Enums. Awesome talk from Meg this morning! #RBQConf

Bart shows us how to think through building resilient background jobs. Great talk with solid examples. #RBQConf

PJ reminds takes down memory lane, reminding us what life was like before git and why git is more important than ever. #RBQConf

Metaverse? no thanks! Fediverse is pretty cool. Thanks Tom for a wonderful talk to start the second day! #RBQConf

Yarik walks us through production race conditions that can happen even with Transactions in place. #RBQConf

Making the case for Open Telemetry and Observabilty in Ruby and Rails. Excellent talk from Austin’s own, Ariel Valentin. #RBQConf

David gives us something to think about w.r.t. AI and measuring its performance/outcomes like anything else in software development. #RBQConf

Games in Ruby? it’s totally doable with DragonRuby. Thanks Amir for a great talk and great framework. #RBQConf

Inspired by DragonRuby and a quick chat with @amirrajan.bsky.social at @rbqconf.bsky.social in Austin, I threw together a five-minute JRuby + Simple Directmedia Layer example using LWJGL! I'm actually shocked how easily this worked. JRuby is really amazing! 🤩

RBQ 2026 is in full swing. #RBQConf

Szymon shows us how mutation testing and Mutant gem can help increase confidence in a code base we’re less and less confident in. #RBQConf

Excellent walkthrough of Partitioning Postgres by Alex #RBQConf

From AI to Regex, Daniel explains the dark magic of programming. #RBQConf

If you are in Austin for @rbqconf.bsky.social and you'd like to join us - we are having a Happy Hour tonight at Higbie's! Join us for cocktails, mocktails, and fun! luma.com/26dxy3co

Here we Go! Kinsey kicks it off with a great talk on what we were thinking about. An extensive survey of all the ways to use and incorporate AI Agents into your flows. #RBQConf

RBQ Conf is tomorrow. Safe travels to everyone heading to Austin. We can’t wait to get started. See you in the morning. rbqconf.com

We're happy to announce Typesense as a Gold Sponsor of RBQ 2026 Typesense is an open-source search engine to build blazing fast site and app search experiences. typesense.org

RBQ Conf is next week. Lightning Talks are still open, and we’ve added an activities page with things to do around Austin outside the conference. We also still have a few tickets left. [rbqconf.com](rbqconf.com)

We’re extending Medium pricing for 24 hours. It now ends March 5th at 12:00pm CT. If you meant to grab your RBQ Conf ticket before pricing moves up, this is your window. rbqconf.com

Last, but not least — two more speakers joining RBQ Conf. - Meghan Gutshall - Tom Brown That rounds out this year’s lineup. Medium pricing ends soon if you’ve been meaning to grab your ticket. rbqconf.com

Another three speakers joining us at RBQ Conf. This week’s spotlight: - Amir Rajan - Bart de Water - Chris Gratigny Medium pricing ends soon if you’ve been meaning to grab your ticket. rbqconf.com

About 440 Passports left for US. Get them at @blueridgeruby.com, @blastoffrails.bsky.social, @rbqconf.bsky.social, and @xoruby.com 🙌 Special thanks to @jeremysmith.co for helping out with the logistics of it all 🫶

Lightning Talks: open. Ruby Passports & Stamps: ready. Medium pricing ends in under two weeks. Join us in Austin. rbqconf.com

The RBQ Conf schedule is live. Two days of Ruby talks, hallway conversations, and time to connect. We’ve also made Community Pricing more transparent on the site — with clear discounts for students, folks who are Open to Work, and teams. Take a look: rbqconf.com#schedule

This week’s RBQ Conf speaker highlights: - Cristian Planas - Yatish Mehta - Szymon Fiedler Community Pricing remains available for teams, students, and folks who are Open to Work. rbqconf.com

This week’s RBQ Conf speaker spotlights: - Yarik - Ariel Valentin - Daniel Colson We’re excited to hear these talks in Austin. rbqconf.com

Community Pricing is available for RBQ Conf. We’re offering options for teams, students, and folks who are Open to Work. If this sounds like you, reach out — we’re happy to help. rbqconf.com

We’re starting speaker spotlights for RBQ Conf. This week, we’re highlighting **three speakers** who’ll be joining us in Austin this March to share real-world Ruby stories and ideas. More speakers coming soon. rbqconf.com

It’s Nathan’s birthday, so we’re treating the community by keeping Rare tickets open for one extra day. CFP submissions are in, and the selection committee is reviewing talks. rbqconf.com

Now is a great time to be working on talk proposals! The CFP deadline for @rbqconf.bsky.social is tomorrow, then @blastoffrails.bsky.social and @tropicalonrails.bsky.social on the 10th. Here's the full list from RubyEvents: www.rubyevents.org/cfp

Happy New Year from RBQ Conf. There are 6 days left to submit a talk if you’d like to speak with us this March. Rare tickets are still available for a little longer. We’re excited for the year ahead and can’t wait to gather in Austin. rbqconf.com

Happy holidays from RBQ Conf. We’re grateful for all the early support, and excited to share our keynote speakers for March. CFP is open for two more weeks if you’d like to join them on stage. Rare tickets are still available. Details at rbqconf.com

I love @rbqconf.bsky.social's ticket naming after how well you prefer your BBQ 🤌 Rare, Medium, Well Done.

RBQ Conf tickets go on sale today at noon. We’re opening Rare tickets a bit earlier and letting them run longer than usual, so folks can grab early pricing in the way that works best for them. Medium and Well-Done will follow later. Details: rbqconf.com#tickets

RBQ Conf now has its official dates! We’ll gather March 26–27, 2026 at Capital Factory in downtown Austin. Our CFP closes January 7, 2026, so there’s still time to submit a talk. And tickets go on sale next Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Details @ rbqconf.com

RBQ Conf is officially cookin’. Our CFP is open, and we’re looking for sponsors who want to support a warm, community-first Ruby gathering in Austin. If you’ve got a meaty idea to share—or want to help bring year one to life—we’d love to hear from you. rbqconf.com