Rocky Mountain Ruby 2016
2016-09-21..2016-09-23
Boulder, CO, 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]
as the organisers put it
Rocky Mountain Ruby is back for the seventh year, bringing together 250 developers in downtown Denver. Attendees will hear from nine industry leaders as we share practices and build our community.
who it's for
Ruby developers, junior developers, mid-level developers, engineering managers, startup founders, community organizers
topics
Nerves device images; Particle P1 prototyping boards; Z-Wave mesh lighting; local discovery services; apprenticeship hiring pipelines; ping-pong pairing practices; Pomodoro timeboxing; skills-based hiring programs; wearable alert hardware (Revolar); decoupled microservice architectures; immutable infrastructure with Chef images; production metrics and fast rollbacks
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Writing Web Apps and Change the World | Dave Thomas | 37m |
Argues that web apps are boring and predicts pervasive devices instead, cites tools and experiments: mesh Z‑Wave lights wired at home, tiny cheap boards like… | ||
| 10 Lessons for Growing Junior Developers | Erika Carlson | 35m |
A concrete apprenticeship case study shows a hiring and training pipeline that actually produces developers: selection criteria favor persistence and… | ||
| Becoming a MID: Two Perspectives on Leveling Up | Kinsey Ann Durham, Kimberly D. Barnes | 38m |
Covers concrete steps for moving from junior to mid: practicing by teaching others and side projects, using the Pomodoro Technique for focus, learning… | ||
| Fireside Chat with Ingrid Alongi | Ingrid Alongi | 44m |
Three founders turn a dev shop from PHP into Ruby and JavaScript, charge premium rates inspired by Hashrocket, and insist on upfront payment + 10%/10% prepay… | ||
| Communication is a Technical Skill | Sarah Allen | 35m |
Argues that communication is a technical skill with concrete results: a workshop model that moves local meetup attendance from 2% to 18% in six months; a… | ||
| Community Spotlight: Andi Rugg (Skillful / Markle Foundation) | Andi Rugg | 17m |
Skillful partners with LinkedIn and ASU and claims skills-based hiring moves people into work faster: a career coach helps Joe translate oilfield skills and… | ||
| Community Spotlight: Jackie Ros (Revolar) | Jackie Ros | 18m |
A discreet wearable called Revolar sends live-updating location and preset alerts when a button is pressed and supports multiple trigger modes; a patent is… | ||
| Kill "Microservices" before its too late | Chad Fowler | 40m |
Argues that the word "microservices" is useless and the goal is decoupling for change, describing Wunderlist as ~100+ tiny services talking over HTTP+JSON… | ||
| nothing matches | ||