Allison McMillan
where else to find them
website:https://daydreamsinruby.com
github:asheren
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what they talk about
all 10 in the filters
where they keep going back
- RubyConf2 editions2016–2018
all 12 in the filters
on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Jennifer Wadella30 talks
- Adam Cuppy27 talks
- Clare Sudbery14 talks
- Melinda Seckington11 talks
- PJ Hagerty26 talks
- Sarah Mei24 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond Code: Crafting Effective Discussions to Further Technical Decision-Making | JSNation US 2025 | 2025-11-17 |
Whiteboards. Proof of Concepts. Pairing. Spikes. These are all tools we use every day to have high-level technical conversations about ideas we propose or… | ||
| Beyond Code: Crafting effective discussions to further technical decision-making | Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024 | 2024-10-07 |
Claims specific practices cut wasted meetings: use virtual post-it noting and timed polls to gather many ideas, list risks then circle the most probable… | ||
| Offsite planning for Everyone | RailsConf 2023 | 2023-04-24 |
Three practical decisions decide whether to attend: set clear goals (pick 1–3 outcomes you must achieve together, not just “hang out”), lock logistics like… | ||
| Keynote: "The Most Annoying Lesson to Learn" | Frontrunners 2023 | 2023-03-10 |
Parenting forces a set of concrete leadership experiments and measurable fixes: claim that being forced out of comfort zones makes better managers, evidence… | ||
| Offsite Planning for the Faint of Heart | Stretch Conference 2021 | 2021-12-07 |
Describes a repeatable plan: set specific goals, arrange logistics, add a “special sauce.” Uses core hours plus repeated sessions for time zones, sends gift… | ||
| Everything is 🔥fine🔥 | NoRuKo 2020 | 2020-08-21 |
Working during a global pandemic offers unique challenges. Parents, in particular, are facing a world of new responsibilities resulting in burn out… | ||
| Happily Ever After: A CRDT Fairy Tale | Nordic.js 2019 | 2019-10-10 |
CRDTs provide eventual convergence without a central server, trading strict consistency for availability under partitions and improving on OT for peer-to-peer… | ||
| BDD - Baby Driven Development | JSConf EU 2019 | 2019-06-01 |
Hundreds of parent-developer survey responses show concrete hits and fixes: over half of nursing mothers report workplace pumping issues, about 60% of women… | ||
| Experiential learning for developers | The Lead Developer Austin 2018 | 2018-12-06 |
A concrete six‑part formula claims to let anyone design a workshop fast: goals trigger discussion conclusion plus clear supporting materials and a full… | ||
| BDD: Baby Driven Development | RubyConf 2018 | 2018-11-28 |
A survey of a few hundred parents finds concrete patterns: surveyed a few hundred parents, 11 mothers versus 48 fathers in a 16,000‑person bootcamp sample, and… | ||
| Angelina Ballerina Learns About Memory Allocation | Strange Loop 2017 | 2017-09-28 |
An app that generates huge Excel files triggers Heroku request timeouts (>30s) and memory quota exceeded errors; the diagnosis traces to retained versus… | ||
| Even the Justice League Works Remotely | RubyConf 2016 | 2016-11-10 |
Claims that non-senior developers can succeed remote if hiring and onboarding focus on measurable behaviors: look for takes initiative, asks questions, and… | ||
| BDD: Baby Driven Development | Ruby on Ales 2016 | 2016-03-31 |
Compares parenting to coding with concrete evidence and fixes: uses a home debugging process to isolate a baby sleep issue and collects data via a survey of… | ||
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