Kerri Miller
where else to find them
website:http://kerrizor.com
github:kerrizor
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what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- RubyConf3 editions2012–2020
- Ancient City Ruby2 editions2015–2016
- Ruby on Ales2 editions2013–2014
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on a stage with
- Andrew Nesbittonce
- Andy Crollonce
- Eliza De Jageronce
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who talks about the same things
- Vaidehi Joshi24 talks
- Kent Beck14 talks
- Dave Thomas33 talks
- Russ Miles22 talks
- Julia Evans14 talks
- PJ Hagerty26 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The History of Making Mistakes | RailsConf 2021 | 2021-04-12 |
A sequence of concrete failures anchors the talk: a 3,100 BCE clay tablet records 135,000 liters of barley and a copyist’s digit error across a 37‑month… | ||
| Keynote – Kerri Miller | RubyConf 2020 | 2020-11-17 |
Compares long-distance motorcycle rallies (1,000 miles in 24 hours; 11,000 miles over 11 days; 48 states in 10 days) to building ambitious software, arguing… | ||
| Is Ruby Died? | Bath Ruby 2018 | 2018-03-22 |
Argues Ruby is not dead, cites a paper showing ~75% of “is X dead?” headlines answer no or maybe, and demonstrates tools that reveal code history and risk… | ||
| Bath Ruby Conference 2018 - Bath Is Nice So We Are Nice | Bath Ruby 2018 | 2018-03-22 |
Conference session argues Ruby's primary value is its community-first culture and developer happiness, backed by a 25-year history from Matz and examples of… | ||
| Crescent Wrenches and Debuggers | RubyConf Portugal 2016 | 2016-10-27 |
Argues for applying the scientific method to debugging, using small diagnostics first — the scooter engine checklist (fuel, air, spark, containment) and the… | ||
| SOLID 101: A Review for Rubyists | Ancient City Ruby 2016 | 2016-04-06 |
Quick practical review of SOLID for Ruby: shows small Ruby examples (kickball Player/Team), points out avoid AR fat models and how formatting leaks… | ||
| The Minimum Viable Conference | MountainWest RubyConf 2016 | 2016-03-21 |
Builds a two-day single-track 200-person, $55 ticket conference (Open Source and Feelings), funds it with sponsor checks (Honeybadger/star wrote seed checks… | ||
| "Did you know the site is down?": 20 Years of Mistakes, Failures, and Fuck-Ups | Keep Ruby Weird 2015 | 2015-10-23 |
HTML bug is a missing character that makes a submit button dead, an Angular debugging rabbit hole that ends with forgot a closing tag; a marketing script sends… | ||
| Software Archeology and The Code Of Doom | Open Source Bridge 2015 | 2015-06-23 |
Argues that treating legacy systems like excavation yields actionable fixes and shows concrete tools and results: static metrics with flog and Flay, churn vs… | ||
| Beyond Good and ORMs | Ancient City Ruby 2015 | 2015-03-25 |
Argues that ORMs hide built‑in database features and shows concrete alternatives: create database views to replace expensive joins (example: 50 restaurants… | ||
| 5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Programming Before I Started | RubyConf 2014 | 2014-11-17 |
There's more to being a successful developer than simply being great at programming. The gotchas that slow us down or trip us up are often outside of the code… | ||
| Concurrency for !Dummies (Who Don't Get It (...Yet)) | Nickel City Ruby 2014 | 2014-10-02 |
Explains that MRI Ruby’s global interpreter lock keeps threads from running CPU-bound Ruby code in parallel (MRI 1.8 vs 1.9/2.x behavior), shows sleeping… | ||
| Harry Potter and The Legacy Code Base | Ruby on Ales 2014 | 2014-03-06 |
Claim: legacy code is a storehouse of domain knowledge, fixable by archaeology not heroics. Start with surveillance, excavation, analysis — gather metrics… | ||
| Gambling for Rubyists | Cascadia Ruby 2013 | 2013-10-14 |
Crash course in Texas hold them with concrete claims: poker is where expected value wins over short luck, poker tools can enumerate 2.1 billion hand… | ||
| Failure for Fun and Profit! | Ruby Midwest 2013 | 2013-04-05 |
Claim: deliberately play and fail to learn faster by removing stakes, scheduling a sacred space and adding one deliberate complication at a time. Practical… | ||
| "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure" | Ruby on Ales 2013 | 2013-03-07 |
Argues that specific metrics guide real work not feelings: static analysis plus dynamic coverage exposes pain, churn pinpoints volatile files, and complexity… | ||
| Failure for Fun and Profit! | RubyConf 2012 | 2012-11-01 |
Argues that deliberate, playful failure builds durable skills by removing threat and narrowing variables, citing a week of practicing Calvin pool (loses five… | ||
| Failure for Fun and Profit | RubyConf 2012 | 2012-11-01 |
Argues that deliberate play and low-pressure experiments accelerate technical learning, citing a chimp study on small stress improving memory and the… | ||
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