Also continuing the mostlyobvious-brutalist-coffee-tour that started back at @rubyconitaly.bsky.social, Vienna edition!

Friday May 8th in Rimini was magical. We spent months imagining Rubycon 2026. Then the day came, and it became real. This video tells that story. Thanks to everyone who was there. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Our first edition has officially wrapped, and we owe a massive thank you to our speakers, the crew, and such a phenomenal crowd. The party isn't over yet: see you tonight at the Toga Party! Thanks for an unforgettable time, and see you next year at Rubycon! #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

The Rubycon afternoon continues with our fantastic speakers. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Lightning talks happening right now at Rubycon 2026. A few shots from the room. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Great morning of talks, a proper Italian lunch, and now we're back in the room for lightning talks. The afternoon is on. #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 😆

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

Finally, tomorrow, we get to meet and spend a memorable Ruby weekend together. We're waiting for you with anticipation and we can't wait to be all together. See you tomorrow! #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

CAVE IDVS MARTIAS. Someone carved it on a Roman wall two thousand years ago. Someone else scratched underneath: "That's our release date." Developers and soothsayers have a lot in common. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

We're proud to announce two new sponsors: Corsidia and Rubyconf Africa. See you in Rimini on May 8th. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Last Survival Kit before Rubycon: food. Piadina with squacquerone for lunch. Adriatic seafood for dinner. Friday night: Toga Party on the beach. Saturday: walking tour through Rimini. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Only 3 days, the staff is buzzing, we're putting the final touches on the location, we can't wait to show you what we've prepared! See you on May 8th! #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

What if Ruby could run at the center of an event-driven system? Maciej Mensfeld built Karafka. His deployment handles 500M messages a day. He's also on the RubyGems security team, hunting malicious packages. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

#Ruby developers! Rubycon is coming, and it's this Friday! See you all in Rimini! Tickets still available at rubycon.it #ruby #rubycon #veo

Which Ruby frontier makes you most curious in 2026? 1. AI & LLMs in Ruby 2. ruby.wasm (WebAssembly) 3. Live coding & creative 4. DX & performance (YJIT) Reply with your number. If we missed one, tell us. #Rubycon2026 #RubyLang

Who wins this fight? 1) John "Bluto" Blutarsky: Armed with a guitar & a bottle of Jack. 2) Marcus Junius Brutus: Armed with a pugio & 22 "spare" blades. Find out at our #TogaParty! "When the goin' gets tough... the tough get goin'!" #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

We asked ticket holders: why are you coming to Rubycon? Their answers are in the image. Quotes from: Roy, Artis and Nabeelah. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Only 1 week to Rubycon: the program is ready, the speakers are fired up. You're the only one missing, and if you haven't got your ticket yet, this is the moment! We're waiting for you on May 8th in Rimini. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

git push origin main on a Friday afternoon. The crowd gathered to watch the show. We've all been there. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Packing for Rubycon? May in Rimini: 15-25°C, mild and pre-tourist season. Pack a light jacket and a swimsuit. Event in English. Cards accepted almost everywhere. Questions? Ask in the replies. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

What if Ruby rewrote its own engine in Rust? That's YJIT, built inside CRuby at Shopify. Railsbench runs 65% faster on Ruby 3.3. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

The gem that made you fall in love with Ruby… Sinatra Pry Sidekiq ActiveRecord Reply with your number. If it's not in the list, drop the name with the story. #Rubycon2026 #RubyGems

We asked ticket holders: why are you coming to Rubycon? Their answers are in the image. Quotes from: Rosa, Jeroen and Damiano. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

The Ruby Triathlon is back. Rubycon in Rimini (May 8), Balkan Ruby in Sofia, RubyConf AT in Vienna. Three stops, three weeks across Europe. Code TRIATHLON26 = 15% off each ticket. #RubyTriathlon #Rubycon2026

Only 2 weeks to Rubycon: the program is ready, the speakers are fired up. You're the only one missing, and if you haven't got your ticket yet, this is the moment! We're waiting for you on May 8th in Rimini. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

RuboCop: Layout/LineLength: Line is too long. [81/80]. One character. The centurion is not amused. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Want to attend Rubycon but haven't sorted the logistics yet? Fly to Rimini (15 min taxi) or Bologna (1.5h train). Partner hotels with discounts at rubycon.it/logistics #Ruby #Rubycon2026

What if your computer was a musical instrument? Sam Aaron built one. In Ruby. It's been played at the Royal Albert Hall and from the ISS. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Where are you in the relationship with Ruby? 1. First date (learning) 2. Going steady (1-3y) 3. Old couple (4-10y) 4. Married with kids (10y+) Reply with your number. What kept you here? — #Rubycon2026 #RubyLang

We've set up a Scholarship Program for Rubycon 2026. If the ticket price is a barrier for you, apply for a spot at €20. Students, underrepresented groups, early-career devs: the form is open. rubycon.it/scholarship #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Michele Franzin (SeeSaw, Padova) brings a question to Rubycon 2026: what does a smart feature in production actually cost, in euros and in CO2? Almost 25 years of Ruby and web apps behind him. May 8th, Rimini. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

If you've ever spent an hour resolving a merge conflict on a shared branch, you know the feeling of watching this piadina arrive at your table... #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Yara Debian: senior Ruby dev at Factorial, Barcelona. At Rubycon she'll connect philosophy to everyday Ruby patterns. Plato in your abstractions, Kant in your validations. Real code, no philosophy degree needed. Rimini, May 8th. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Weeeeeeell, @rubyconitaly.bsky.social could be interesting IMHO 🤭

The first Ruby code that drove a browser was called cliec, 2001. Watir followed in 2004, Capybara by the late 2000s. Their DSL ideas live on today in Playwright and Cypress. Rubycon 2026, Rimini, May 8. Get your ticket! #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Five minutes. One idea. Lightning talks at Rubycon are open to every attendee. Sign up at the desk on the morning of the conference. No application needed. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

There's something we haven't fully revealed yet... Saturday morning, May 9th, we walk through Rimini's historic center. What awaits? You'll find out that day. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Marco Roth maintains Herb and ReactionView, and created rubyevents.org. At Rubycon 2026 he'll talk about building an HTML-aware ERB rendering engine. Meet him in Rimini on May 8th. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Romans invented data pipelines. We checked. The engineering holds up. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Akira Matsuda: Ruby committer, Rails committer, creator of kaminari, Chief Organizer of RubyKaigi. At Rubycon he'll demo a shell and a text editor written in pure Ruby. Also a nerdy foodie and Italian music lover from Tokyo. Rimini, May 8th. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Vagrant was born from Mitchell Hashimoto’s need to replicate development environments. This led to HashiCorp (Terraform, Vault), proving necessity is the true engine of Ruby code, turning simple needs into major opportunities. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

The Ruby Triathlon is back. Rubycon in Rimini (May 8), Balkan Ruby in Sofia, RubyConf AT in Vienna. Three stops, three weeks across Europe. Code TRIATHLON26 = 15% off each ticket. #RubyTriathlon #Rubycon2026

Wide Group manages thousands of insurance policies across Italy on an in-house platform built in Ruby. Founded in 2016, 500+ collaborators, a business model based on partnerships and M&A with the insurance intermediary at the center. Ruby runs the business. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

André Arko helped ship Bundler 1.0, wrote The Ruby Way, and started Ruby Together. At Rubycon 2026 he'll present rv: version manager, dependency manager, and script runner for Ruby. Built in Rust. Rimini, May 8th. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Other devs have rubber ducks. Rubyconians have marble busts. Explain your bug to Matz. He Is nice, he will understand. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby

Silvano Stralla: building for the web since 2000, developer at DatoCMS, Ruby as his language of choice. At Rubycon he'll talk about what happens when you break the rules of software engineering. Rimini, May 8th. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Fastlane: 41k GitHub stars, 700+ contributors, acquired by Twitter then Google. Automates app deploys to the App Store and Google Play. Written entirely in Ruby. Every mobile dev knows it. Most Rubyists don't. The biggest Ruby project nobody in Ruby talks about. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

Code by day, Toga Party by night. At Rubycon, we’re celebrating in pure Ruby style: clean, and elegant. What you’ll need: 1 bedsheet, 3 safety pins, 1 rope. Here’s the guide to “compiling” your toga in seconds. Rimini, May 8th. #Ruby #Rubycon2026

We've set up a Scholarship Program for Rubycon 2026. If a full-price ticket isn't realistic for you, apply for one at €20. Open to students, early-career devs, people between jobs, underrepresented groups in tech. Applications close April 19th. #Rubycon2026 #Ruby