title	conference	date
Coordinate Ruby Teams With	RubyConf 2024	2024-11-13
Chimes coordinates dozens of Ruby services by actually measuring them: a data pipeline parses 50+ Rails repos’ Gemfile Gemfile.lock gemspec Ruby version and… Talk on
No Static Types? No Problem!	RubyConf 2024	2024-11-13
A small Rails app called the cookie_cutter app has a rake batch that sometimes passes a recipient string instead of a Person and charges payment before… Talk on
Let’s Extend Rails With A Gem	RailsConf 2024	2024-05-07
Step‑by‑step walkthrough that starts from bundle gem and ends with gem push, showing a working gem scaffolded, configured, and published. Covers concrete… Talk on
Let’s Extend Rails With A Gem	RailsConf 2024	2024-05-07
Walks through creating a Ruby gem from bundle gem to gem push, shows how to expose configuration and integrate as a Rails Engine or simple initializer, and… Talk on
Rails on Ruby: How Ruby Makes Rails Great	RailsConf 2023	2023-04-24
Rails uses Ruby metaprogramming to turn language features into concrete framework behavior: five tricks that actually ship Rails features. Examples include… Talk on
In Defense of Ruby Metaprogramming	RubyConf 2022	2022-11-29
Argues that Ruby metaprogramming solves organizational complexity: a status system is rebuilt so a single list or an inherited hook plus… Talk on
Building a Mentorship Program	RailsConf 2020 CE	2020-05-04
Builds a company mentorship program at Root Insurance by surveying volunteers, recruiting mentors first, then mentees, and matching by experience and stated… Talk on
The Developer's Toolkit: Everything We Use But Ruby	RubyConf 2018	2018-11-28
Argues that usefulness is specifics not slogans and demonstrates actual hacks: aggressive use of zsh command history plugin and Jump to avoid memorizing paths… Talk on
High Cost Tests and High Value Tests	GOTO Chicago 2018	2018-04-24
Built a small Ruby on Rails inventory app with capybara end-to-end tests and measured costs: 22 system tests versus 119 unit tests, system tests take ~13s… Talk on
High Cost Tests and High Value Tests	RubyConf 2017	2017-11-15
An inventory management Rails app gets tested with Capybara system tests, mid-level workflow/service objects and fast unit specs, and the numbers matter: about… Talk on
Test Doubles are Not To Be Mocked	RubyConf 2016	2016-11-10
Claim: test doubles (mocks/spies) reveal assumptions rather than inherently breaking tests. Example: a price calculator test either creates two Active Record… Talk on
Money Makes Your App Go Round	WindyCityRails 2016	2016-09-15
Payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal handle the API but the hard parts are post-charge: one parsing bug occurs about one-in-200–300 transactions… Talk on
I Estimate this Talk will be 20 Minutes Long, Give or Take 10 Minutes	RubyConf 2015	2015-11-15
Argues that points track relative complexity not hours and that useful early forecasts come from sizing stories, summing low and high point totals, then… Talk on
RSpec: It's Not Actually Magic	RailsConf 2015	2015-04-21
Shows RSpec source step by step so the DSL stops feeling magical: how describe/it/expect/eq map to example groups, expectation targets and matchers, how blocks… Talk on
Estimation and Trust-Driven Development	Ancient City Ruby 2015	2015-03-25
Estimation treats story complexity as the reliable signal and velocity as the calibratable one: break work into Fibonacci-sized stories, assign points measure… Talk on
Panel: Teaching the Next Great Developers	RailsConf 2014	2014-04-22
Panelists from DevBootcamp Chicago Jumpstart Labs Turing Thoughtbot and Girl Develop It describe concrete outcomes: students learn how to learn, get nine‑week… Panel on
But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk	MountainWest RubyConf 2014	2014-03-20
Demo uses a Pharo image and the Smalltalk workspace and inspector to edit live objects, run code instantly, and save whole system state. The talk shows 1-based… Talk on
Testing Complex Systems: Creating data and limiting scope	RailsConf 2013	2013-04-29
Builds a concrete testing plan around a Purchase object that computes price from a Trip (200) plus a HotelStay (50 × 3 = 150 → 350), shows using factories and… Talk on
Rails Vs. The Client Side	RailsConf 2013	2013-04-29
Compares the Russian Doll server-rendered HTML approach (aggressive cache keys, Turbolinks, occasional JS) with a Rails API that returns JSON to a client MVC… Talk on
Testing Should Be Fun	RubyConf 2012	2012-11-01
Argues that testing becomes enjoyable again by fixing concrete problems: slow CI (Groupon cuts suite from ~40 to 20 minutes), flaky tests, and bloated… Talk on
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