Episode 216: 216: First Annual Hop Hump + "Head First Ruby" with Jay McGavren

Local Ruby communities don’t simply happen—they need people willing to create the connections that keep them alive. David sits down with Chicago Ruby co-organizers Anton Tkachov and Michelle Yuen to ...

26 Aug 30min

Sometimes the best conference conversations start with a weird idea. Rachael Wright-Munn and Andy Andrea join me to revisit a moment at RubyConf when Andy's experiment with schemas and MCP tools coll...

19 Aug 42min

Andy Kroll joins the podcast to talk about Brighton Ruby, the impact AI is having on software development, and how the changing technology landscape is affecting everything from conference budgets to ...

12 Aug 30min

Rails Foundation Executive Director Amanda Perino joins David to preview Rails World 2026, the conference’s first year in the United States. Amanda shares how the team is bringing Austin’s personalit...

5 Aug 31min

Making new Ruby Friends is one of my favorite parts of attending conferences. Neha Abraham joins me to chat about RubyConf, Mental Health, Data Aggregation, and being my Nemesis

29 Juli 39min

While at RubyConf, I caught up with several attendees and volunteers to discuss their experiences. These quick interviews have been collected for this episode. Our Guests Charles Nutter Miguel Filho ...

22 Juli 21min

15 Juli 25min

8 Juli 26min