Ernie Miller
where else to find them
website:https://ernie.io
github:ernie
bluesky:erniemiller.bsky.social
linkedin:erniemiller
speakerdeck:erniemiller
what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- RailsConf5 editions2013–2018
- MountainWest RubyConf3 editions2014–2016
- RubyConf2 editions2014–2019
all 9 in the filters
on a stage with
- Brandon Weaveronce
- Britni Alexanderonce
- Evan Phoenixonce
all 4 in the filters
who talks about the same things
- Sarah Mei24 talks
- Dave Thomas33 talks
- Craig Buchek11 talks
- Kevin Murphy9 talks
- Aja Hammerly31 talks
- Brandon Weaver16 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Ignite Roulette | RubyConf 2019 | 2019-11-18 |
Five improvised five‑minute ignites where slides auto-advance every ten seconds and each contestant must fold two audience prompts into a coherent bit. Expect… | ||
| Stating the Obvious | RailsConf 2018 | 2018-04-17 |
A string of concrete scenes decides whether to watch: a teen appliance salesman choosing reliability over SPIFF forgery and building customer trust; an early… | ||
| Abstractions: A Tale of Keys and Values | ElixirConf 2016 | 2016-09-01 |
Built a live choose-your-own-adventure presentation as a real app using Elixir and Phoenix, syncing slides, speaker notes and chat with Elixir processes and… | ||
| How to Build a Skyscraper | RailsConf 2016 | 2016-05-04 |
Chronological case studies show concrete claims, methods, and outcomes: an safety hoist demonstration proves elevators make high floors valuable; the Equitable… | ||
| Choices | Ruby on Ales 2016 | 2016-03-31 |
Built an interactive voting app called venture written in Elixir Phoenix and React.js that serves slides to mobile and desktop browsers and actually survived a… | ||
| How to Build a Skyscraper | MountainWest RubyConf 2016 | 2016-03-21 |
Skyscraper history yields concrete takeaways for software: Equitable Life burned despite "fireproof" claim shows brittle assumptions; Otis safety hoist… | ||
| How to Build a Skyscraper | Full Stack Fest 2015 | 2015-09-01 |
Starts with Elisha Otis inventing a safety elevator that prevents a free fall and flips floor-value economics, then cites the 1912 Equitable fire that destroys… | ||
| Humane Development | RailsConf 2015 | 2015-04-21 |
Argues for humane development by naming concrete failures and fixes: shows a Kanban backlog and a real estimate that misses by 2.5×, contrasts sprint culture… | ||
| Ruby after Rails | Ancient City Ruby 2015 | 2015-03-25 |
Claim: Rails-style server rendering is declining as apps become API backends and client frameworks grow, but Ruby itself persists. Evidence: existing… | ||
| Humane Development | MountainWest RubyConf 2015 | 2015-03-09 |
A hiring manager treats engineers like objects, runs a kanban full of urgent cards, and watches new hires leave within a year; attempts to change culture fail… | ||
| Humane Development | Ruby on Ales 2015 | 2015-03-05 |
A tech leader describes abandoning a job where people are treated as resources and shows how agile morphed into certification, tooling and busywork that… | ||
| Ruby After Rails | RubyConf 2014 | 2014-11-17 |
Claim: Rails-driven server-side rendering is shrinking as apps become JSON APIs for iOS and JavaScript MVC front ends, so Rails’s dominance is waning. Ruby… | ||
| Curmudgeon: An Opinionated Framework | RailsConf 2014 | 2014-04-22 |
Argues that Rails’ built-in opinions cause real surprises: ActiveRecord generates attributes via method_missing attribute generation and computes table names… | ||
| Dont. | MountainWest RubyConf 2014 | 2014-03-20 |
Shows the concrete mistakes: a meta_search gem built with heavy metaprogramming that later gets replaced by a simpler two‑method protocol for ActiveRecord; a… | ||
| An Intervention for ActiveRecord | RailsConf 2013 | 2013-04-29 |
ActiveRecord contains real, concrete warts: ~16,000 lines, hundreds of methods and surprising behaviors you must know before you touch models. Expect… | ||
| The Most Important Optimization: Happiness | Ruby Midwest 2013 | 2013-04-05 |
Claims that happiness admits a measurable optimization: apply red green refactor to life by defining concrete metrics, running quick experiments, and… | ||
| The Most Important Optimization: Happiness | Big Ruby 2013 | 2013-02-28 |
Claim: happiness is the primary optimization and it breaks down to CAR: capacity activities relationships. Actionable specifics: boost capacity with exercise… | ||
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