Eating at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa is easy without leaving the property. Top sit-down spots include T-Bones, Osteria Fiorella, and Naxos Taverna. There are also quick food court, coffee, and juice options for easy pit stops between sessions.

The Ruby community shines because of leaders who build, care for, and sustain it. The Community Leadership Gem Award honors those who create safe, inclusive spaces through meetups, conferences, and local communities worldwide. Nominate a community gem: airtable.com/appBBx7FkmSp...

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I'm really excited to build a fantastic, technical, thoughtful, diverse program!! I'm going to try my best to make sure there's something for everyone and everyone has a great time! My first Ruby conference was Phoenix 2017, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to help build one. 🎤♥️📝

These are such cute little Ashevillagers! This app is based on the @sfruby.com Cloud Cards. I really love to see this idea coming back in a new form. I'm looking forward to generating my character. It's going to be hard to pick my animal! 🦊🐱🐑?

Just over 7 hours left to submit to @blueridgeruby.com! I want to read your talk proposal this week! 📖👀 blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

I've been trying to go to Tropical for years. To have the honor of speaking at the first one I'm able to attend? Incredible! I'm really excited to bring "Docker and Devcontainers for Rubyists" to you all! ✨

“I did TDD before AI”

Serving on a nonprofit board takes dedication, creativity, leadership, and courage. We are excited to welcome Brandon Weaver, Ran Craycraft, and Jey Flores as our newest board members. We are grateful to have them join us in serving our community! 🎉

Hey, psst… 🤫 Don't tell anybody, but you've got less than a week left to submit your talk to Blue Ridge Ruby. 🤐 Seriously, mum's the word. And whatever you do, don't share this link… 😶‍🌫️ blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

This Sunday's stream (1/25) is cancelled. My house tends to lose power in inclement weather so we're hiding out at my parents this weekend.

After several days of PaperCall's submission form being broken with no response from their support, we've migrated our talk submission process back to good ole Google Forms. Sorry for the trouble! Please resume sending your amazing talks! 🙏 blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

The Women of Security (WoSEC) is for women, and those who identify as women, who have an interest in cyber security. They are offering scholarships to attend the RSAC conference happening in March 2026 in San Francisco. Apply by January 21st. buff.ly/0qALV00

So technically, WSL was built specifically with Rubyists like me in mind. <3 learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

All of the CFPs are closing, and I submitted a variety of talks to several. There's one future where I deliver 3 different talks over a few short months and one where I don't deliver any at all. I'm not sure which one is worse.

Ruby Runway is seeking volunteer Judges and Reviewers to support our global pitch competition for Ruby startups. Become a Judge/Reviewer today: buff.ly/4gK9lte Have a startup? Apply here: buff.ly/9KqpLD1

"Is Ruby dying?" is acting as a self-fulfilling prophecy. We need to stop treating this question seriously. (Stream rant from 1/11)

Use faker-ruby? Help us make it even better by answering this survey app.polling.com/forms/3103ca... Please share it with your Ruby friends :)

[ENG] 📢 Good news! You now have until January 14 to submit your talk proposal. 👉 Submit your proposal! 
[PT-BR] 📢 Boa notícia! Agora você tem até o dia 14 de janeiro para enviar sua palestra. 👉 Envie sua proposta! cfp.tropicalonrails.com/ 
#TropicalOnRails #RubyOnRails #CallForProposals #CFP

[ENG]⏳ 4 days to go!
 CFP closes on January 10. 👉 Submit your proposal! [PT-BR]⏳ Faltam 4 dias! O CFP se encerra em 10 de janeiro. 👉 Envie sua proposta! cfp.tropicalonrails.com/ #TropicalOnRails #RubyOnRails #RubyCommunity #CallForProposals #CFP

This is such a great overview of submitting a CFP, and specifics on how @blueridgeruby.com reviews CFPs. It prompted me to submit another one that was previously rejected!

If you recently upgraded to 4.0.0 or you're about to, you might've run into an issue where you upgraded ruby, but forgot to update your Dockerfile. This GitHub Action checks if .ruby-version and your Dockerfile are in sync and warns you if they aren't! www.chael.codes/blog/2025/12...

RDoc has always supported Markdown as a markup language. But its support was buggy and lacks documentation. After a year of addressing various related issues, I was able to rewrite a doc for it. I think we'll soon be able to migrate from RDoc to Markdown. ruby.github.io/rdoc/doc/mar...

My schedule for January has changed. I'll be going live every Sunday at 18:00 UTC, starting today! This month we'll be focusing on RubyEvents. See you there! twitch.tv/Chaelcodes

My 2025 @rubyevents.org Wrapped 💎 📺 3 talks watched 🎪 5 events attended 🎤 3 talks given 🌍 3 countries visited www.rubyevents.org/profiles/cha... #ruby #rubyevents

I'm so excited and honored to join @marcoroth.dev and @adrienpoly.com on the RubyEvents team! They've been so encouraging, friendly, and welcoming on all my PRs and Issues. RubyEvents is a beautiful application, and I love our mission! ❤️

Happy New Year! 🎉 2025 was an incredible year for Ruby Events around the world and also for the @rubyevents.org platform! To celebrate, we're releasing RubyEvents Wrapped! A look back at talks, events, speakers, sponsors, and the Ruby community's year!

I've always had trouble parsing the combined logs of foreman. Having all of them in separate tabs and searchable would be a total game changer! AND this is gorgeous! 😍

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

It's gorgeous!!!!! OMG! It's so interactive and smooth. I want the test runner demo in RSpec so much. I didn't know terminal CLIs could look like this. 😍

Programming games are fun because they provide immediate feedback, are colorful, and give you autonomy. In her talk, @chael.codes explained how we can borrow those ideas to make our day jobs more fun.

The highlight of our year was hosting the SF Ruby Conference and hearing from so many talented people in the industry. On Friday, we published a playlist with the first 30 talks from the conference. Here’s a quick breakdown of each of them:

It's not *officially* sanctioned, but I made a social icon SVG for @rubyevents.org to go on the @blueridgeruby.com footer. Kinda satisfying. 😌

The recording from my talk at @sfruby.com is up! It's about exploring the DX of 3 programming games, and what lessons we can bring back to our Ruby DX. www.rubyevents.org/talks/play-w...

#rubyrelease30th I’d like to introduce Aliki, RDoc and docs.ruby-lang.org’s new theme 😄 railsatscale.com/2025-12-22-i...

Deployed -- omg my little Rails app actually works!! 😭 travel-heatmap.onrender.com Vibe coded entirely in my browser in ~6 hours. Sign up, create your own travel heat map, and share it with your friends!! 🗺️

I'll stream Lobsters Office Hours in about 40 minutes. I'm going to take a holiday break (happy holidays!) so the following stream will be Monday Jan 5. There's some PRs from @chael.codes to improve dev setup, plus some controller maintenance. Drop in anytime for the next couple hours.

The new website looks so good!! I think it looks even better in dark mode on mobile! The animations are so smooth and so good!!

Last call! Program Committee applications close on December 22. If you're passionate about shaping RubyConf’s content — from keynote visioning to speaker selection — this is your chance to have a meaningful impact. Apply here → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I’m very honored and grateful. Rails has given me a lot, and giving back through open source has always felt like the natural response. Looking forward to continuing the work. ❤️ I wrote a short note on my blog: marcoroth.dev/posts/rails-...

Hey! If you bought your ticket to Blue Ridge Ruby, go add yourself to RubyEvents, so we can all see who's going!

I'm going!! I'm so excited to see Blue Ridge Ruby return!

RubyConf isn’t just a conference—it’s community-built. Our Program Committee thoughtfully shapes the talks that define RubyConf each year. Want to be part of it? Applications are open through December 22. Help shape the conversations guiding Ruby into 2026 + beyond. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'M SO EXCITED THAT BLUE RIDGE RUBY IS BACK!!!! I put it on my calendar! ✨

Bank of America more than tripled my mortgage payments right before the holidays… If you’re still looking for gifts (or maybe something for yourself), consider buying them from my friendly little game store. Happy to make recommendations! 🥲💖 opalgrovegames.com

Me to the 3 year old: Yeah, that's what missing someone means. Missing someone is when you wish you could go and you always want to be with them. But sometimes, you can't go with them. Like right now, even if she wants to go and she'll miss us, alligator can't go with us to the grocery store.

I hope this means Blue Ridge Ruby is coming back!!🤞 I had so much fun last year and regretted missing the first year!✨

This was a great read. So many insights for launching something new. www.actiondigest.com/p/to-launch-...

RubyConf 2026 is headed to Las Vegas; off-Strip! We’ll be at Red Rock Casino Resort, surrounded by mountain views, quiet spaces to connect, and easy access to Red Rock Canyon. We chose it for the balance of convenience, nature, and room to recharge. More details soon!

Update on this- It is infinitely easier to do AoC while laying in bed instead of while chatting with 30+ people concurrently and adopting their suggestions. github.com/ChaelCodes/a...