Up next we have @paolino.me on stage! His hot take is that #Ruby (with RubyLLM) is the best and most elegant way to build AI apps. I’m inclined to believe that he’s right about that! 😁

Sadly, Bernard Banta won't make it to Balkan this year, but we're happy to have Carmine Paolino cover for him! Carmine is the co-founder of www.freshflow.ai. He's also the author of your favorite RubyLLM library. His take is that "Ruby Is the Best Language for Building Al Web Apps", and we agree!

Rubycon 2026 is live from Rimini. Room packed, first talks underway, and the energy is something else. A few stolen shots from this morning. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

@rubyconitaly.bsky.social started great 🥹❤️ Two fantastic initial talks by @paolino.me and @julialopez.dev, comfy chairs, comfy laps to visit and lay on 😆

Thanks for the nice words, Ronan!

LLM calls are black boxes in production. Learn how to add structured observability to your RubyLLM-powered app with OpenTelemetry.

Carmine Paolino wrote his first scripts at age 5. Today he builds AI tools to solve real problems. Off-screen, he makes house music as Crimson Lake in Berlin. He's our Keynote Speaker at Rubycon 2026. Rimini, May 8th. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Ruby est le meilleur langage pour construire des apps IA en 2026. L'argument : on ne fait que des appels HTTP aux LLM, le reste c'est du développement web classique. Et Rails excelle là-dessus ! https://paolino.me/ruby-is-the-best-language-for-ai-apps/

Building AI Apps in Ruby and Rails with RubyLLM with @paolino.me started 🙌

The 23rd edition of Ruby AI News is here! This edition features tons of content and a look at the big year ahead for RubyLLM, with library updates, a maturing ecosystem, and my upcoming workshop on the Introduction to Generative AI Programming with RubyLLM rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-ne...

It's an honour for us to introduce our first confirmed speaker: Carmine Paolino! Carmine Paolino’s journey with technology started early—at age 5, he wrote his first scripts to automate launching his favorite games. Read full article here: rubycon.it/2025/10/28/c...

Our closing keynote for day one was @paolino.me. Carmine explained LLMs can’t be trained anymore, they’re just making API calls. In this talk, he shared how to use RubyLLM, the principles behind this creation, and how to integrate it with Rails.

My keynote, as well as many other excellent talks from @sfruby.com, are up!

🎙️ @paolino.me #sfruby — “RubyLLM: One API, One Person, One Machine” Carmine brought a vision for Ruby’s future in AI, one that feels deeply aligned with Ruby’s DNA. “RubyLLM is gifted to the community — built to make AI feel native, not bolted on"

RubyLLM is such an incredibly clean interface for building apps that use AI! I appreciate @paolino.me's passion for simple interfaces and the philosophy behind it.

Can’t wait to be at SF Ruby! Also catch my first keynote the second day!

And now that the client's done, it was pretty easy to turn a remote OpenAPI spec into RubyLLM tools, so that I can chat with the API.

The 16th edition of Ruby AI News is live! This edition features a Ruby conference coming to San Francisco with a focus on AI, an interview with the creator of RubyLLM, expert Claude Code context tips, and much more. rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-ne...

Just published my interview with Carmine Paolino, the creator of RubyLLM. If you are interested in the future of artificial intelligence with Ruby, this is one you don't want to miss! rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-in...

Of course, RubyLLM works great on JRuby! And then you also have access to a world of AI and ML tooling on the JVM like Langchain4J and official TensorFlow bindings. I'm glad to see communities like Ruby's working to compete with Python in the AI space.

I’m an AI skeptic, but Carmine’s talk on RubyLLM at #EuRuKo is super exciting. And the Ruby code snippets are 💯.

Second day of @euruko #EuRuKo2025 starting with @paolino talk about "RubyLLM: Making AI Development Beautiful Again"

The Philosophy of RubyLLM

This is all you need for scale with RubyLLM

RubyLLM: One API, OnePerson, One Machine

The real footage of Carmine Paolino (RubyLLM) being abducted by @evilmartians.com

Getting Answers from a Big PDF with RubyLLM Article URL: https://max.engineer/giant-pdf-llm Comme... https://max.engineer/giant-pdf-llm Result Details

Smarter Rails apps with AI using RubyLLM In this video I will show you how to add the RubyLLM gem to a Rails project so that you can integrate AI/LLM calls in to the app with very little effort. youtu.be/fpR2LgbdG90

In this video I will show you how to use tools with the RubyLLM gem in a Rails project. youtu.be/9CyCXVShX6g

Impressive how easy it is to write an assistant that reads and answers questions about a >1200 page PDF with RubyLLM. Less than 20 mins of work. max.engineer/giant-pdf-llm

HN discussion on a 94-line Ruby coding agent using RubyLLM. Explores Ruby for AI tasks, LLMs in agentic AI, and the balance of libraries vs. core code. Overview of the thread. #AIagent 1/5

The brevity of the "94 lines" agent heavily leverages the RubyLLM library. The discussion highlighted the balance between using powerful libraries and the significance of the custom core logic in such projects. #Programming 3/5

Is your AI chat a glorified chatbot? Unlock its potential! Custom Rails tools let AI interact with app data (users, orders, etc.). Just as reinteractive's CodeCare service ensures apps thrive, this article shows you how to build with that care: reinteractive.com/articles/sup...

It's an essential read for developers, enthusiasts, and tech leaders alike. Discover new products and initiatives, including Matt Solt's "Ruby AI: MEGA Jobs & Opportunities" report, Joe Masilotti's "Ruby Friends" app, and Carmine Paolino's "Async Guide for RubyLLM."

Remember to read Thinking about Code so you discover interesting conversations from among others: @headius.bsky.social @nateberkopec.bsky.social @skillstopractice.com @pascallaliberte.me @paolino.me @hansschnedlitz.com and others

Loving RubyLLM! Definitely simplifies the integration of LLMs with Rails. As someone who has to build and ship web apps with Gen AI frequently, the speed up and enforcing of best practices is great. Will definitely be using this heavily. Thanks @paolino.me! github.com/crmne/ruby_llm

This new LLM wrapper really shows the beauty of Ruby 👌 github.com/crmne/ruby_llm

Oh wow 🤩 RubyLLM 1.0 brings simple #AI integration to #Ruby #RubyOnRails. Can't wait to use it! github.com/crmne/ruby_l...