Rocky Mountain Ruby 2015
2015-09-23..2015-09-25
Boulder, United States
[Rocky Mountain Ruby 2011, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2012, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2014, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2015, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2016, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2017, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2023, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024, Rocky Mountain Ruby 2025]
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| API in a box | Shelby Switzer | 14m |
An actual three‑layer "API in a box" that loads CSVs from GitHub into ElasticSearch, applies mappings and metadata, exposes a self‑descriptive REST API with… | ||
| Simplify Challenging Software Problems with Rocket Science | Brad Grzesiak | 23m |
Claims that math abstractions actually simplify hard problems and shows working examples: uses the Ruby Matrix library for linear transforms instead of array… | ||
| Policing and Pairing: An Unlikely Preparation | Dan Quan | 18m |
Past policing experience translates into concrete pairing habits and routines rather than platitudes: ping pong pairing with failing tests and switches… | ||
| Implications of the Realtime Web | Aaron Grey | 23m |
Claims that Rails 4.0 realtime default makes reactive live apps easier, and demonstrates a chat built with Rails 4.2 plus the action_cable gem that uses Redis… | ||
| Prepare yourself against Zombie epidemic | Christophe Philemotte | 19m |
Claim: code can meaningfully explore survival strategies; a working agent-based simulator is available on GitHub and runs fast enough to experiment… | ||
| Ruby on Robots | Andrew Carmer | 22m |
Ruby controls Arduinos via a Raspberry Pi running the Dino gem, sending pins on/off and moving servos between 0 and 180 degrees; a Dino gem example compiles to… | ||
| mruby: a Packaging Story Filled with Freedom | Terence Lee | 35m |
mruby produces self-contained CLI binaries by compiling Ruby into bytecode and embedding it in C wrappers, aiming to fix distribution and startup pain points… | ||
| Safely Decomposing a Highly Available Rails App | Adam Forsyth | 20m |
A 100,000-line legacy Rails monolith gets a new Rails 4.1 API app and is validated by an in-process quackery proxy that dual-calls old and new code so… | ||
| Carriers, Services and views on a diet | Vipul A M | 25m |
Anyone who has done any Rails development knows that views gets complicated very fast. Conditional styling, violating laws of delimiter by double dots, complex… | ||
| Black Box Testing with RSpec and Capybara | Jillian Rosile | 16m |
Using Capybara and RSpec with the page object pattern replaces repeated visit fill_in click lines with single page methods, extracts shared sections, and uses… | ||
| Defending Against Data Breaches, as a Practicing Ruby Developer | Frank Rietta | 20m |
Claims that over fifty percent of web-app breaches stem from stolen credentials and that two-factor for staff would have prevented many real incidents such as… | ||
| Use your super powers for good! | Mark Gelband | 18m |
Claims concrete outcomes and choices: a partially finished shipping-container home actually built; a small personal stake in Ello; involvement with Dojo4 that… | ||
| I Like My Params Like I Like My Coffee | Tara Scherner de la Fuente | 20m |
Migrating a large Rails codebase to Strong Parameters (gem for Rails 3/3.2) reveals concrete traps: a 1000+ line controller with deep nesting including… | ||
| Rust for Rubyists | Steve Klabnik | 46m |
Claim is that Rubyists should drop down to Rust for performance not fear, with concrete examples and tools: Rust uses ahead of time compilation and LLVM… | ||
| Burn Rubber Does Not Mean Warp Speed | Bree Thomas | 30m |
Modern quick programs (24 hours to 6 months) create a false expectation that developers arrive ready; historical apprenticeships run seven years as apprentice… | ||
| Culture (Only Three Letters Away from “Cult") | Adam Cuppy | 25m |
Argument: culture is distinct from cult if concrete practices prevent control and addiction. Claims: culture requires a convening question — “how do we bring… | ||
| Even Hemingway Wasn't Hemingway | Ian Whitney | 18m |
Claims code is writing and gets better by rewriting; refactoring must change structure, not just names. Evidence: Rails master shows tens of thousands of… | ||
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