Blue Ridge Ruby

First episode of Ridge Notes just dropped! Jeremy chats Joël Quenneville about his upcoming Blue Ridge talk, "State is the First Decision You Never Made." Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Yp...

A very special package is on its way from Bucharest! 🎁🤗 My friend @adrianthedev.com, founder of @avohq.io and architect of @therubypassport.com project, has prepped our Ruby passport shipment! Can’t wait to get our embassy set up and issue these to Rubyists at @blueridgeruby.com!

Scholarship Application Blue Ridge Ruby is a regional Ruby conference coming to Asheville, North Carolina on April 30 & May 1, 2026. We are offering 10 free scholarship tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. These sch...

Here's the scholarship application:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today we're pleased to announce we're opening up 10 scholarship tickets to Blue Ridge. We're especially interested in helping students, folks in career transition, and those recently impacted by job loss. Fill out our short application form and our team will be in touch with you!

Introducing 2026 Sponsor Typesense April 30 & May 1 • Asheville, NC

We’re pleased to announce our first Ruby-tier sponsor of 2026! Typesense is a lightning-fast open source search engine. typesense.org

Thanks you for partnering with us! 🙏

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See you there? kevinjmurphy.com/posts/speaki...

I'm so excited!!! This is my absolute favorite talk!! ♥️

I can't wait to see y'all at @blueridgeruby.com !

Annie Kiley How To Finish What You Start: Lessons From Actually Shipping a Big Refactor Brooke Kuhlmann Terminus: A Hanami + htmx web application for e-ink devices Christine Seeman Optimize Your Mindset (Without Overclocking) David Paluy LLM Telemetry as a First-Class Rails Concern Ifat Ribon Yes, &…: Ruby’s Secret Talent for Improvisation Joël Quenneville State is the First Decision You Never Made John Athayde Learning from Permaculture: Sustainable Software Development Kevin Murphy InstiLLMent of Successful Practices in an Agentic World Rachael Wright-Munn Your First Open-Source Contribution Thomas Cannon 5 ways to invest in yourself for the long haul

This mid-February morning, you can almost tell that spring is coming. 🌱 Today we're pleased to announce 10 wonderful Rubyists who will be bringing their stories, insights, and wisdom to the Blue Ridge stage April 30 & May 1. Hope to see you there! blueridgeruby.com

I crossed the 100-hour mark on conference organizing this week. My original target was 200-250 hours total for the project, so I'm either halfway there, or very close. I hope?

YouTube video by Jeremy Smith Blue Ridge Behind the Scenes - Ashevillagers Kickoff

I teased this a couple days ago, but now I'm ready to share the Ashevillagers project for @blueridgeruby.com (inspired by the @sfruby.com Clouds app). Joshua Paine kindly volunteered to take on this project! 🙏 Here's our *actual* kickoff call. 😄

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQI...

Just over 7 hours left to submit to @blueridgeruby.com!
I want to read your talk proposal this week! 📖👀
blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

Vibecoded a little Stimulus countdown timer for the @blueridgeruby.com CFP page.
github.com/jeremysmithc...

Good self-destructing example: boringrails.com/articles/sel...

Oh and btw, 2 more days. 👀👇

Hey Justin, after our review process, we will be emailing all submitters to let them know whether their talk was accepted or not.

YouTube video by Jeremy Smith Blue Ridge Behind the Scenes - Ruby Passports

Alright, my second Behind the Scenes video for @blueridgeruby.com is out!

In this one, I chat with my friend @adrianthedev.com about Ruby Passports (the origin story, how to setup an embassy, and future possibilities).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeUD...

Mustachioed man in a yellow beanie, pointing at a mysterious website. 😶‍🌫️

Hey, psst… 🤫 Don't tell anybody, but you've got less than a week left to submit your talk to Blue Ridge Ruby. 🤐 Seriously, mum's the word. And whatever you do, don't share this link… 😶‍🌫️
blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

April 30 & May 1, 2026 in Asheville, NC A friendly, regional Ruby conference in the mountains of western North Carolina.

After several days of PaperCall's submission form being broken with no response from their support, we've migrated our talk submission process back to good ole Google Forms. Sorry for the trouble! Please resume sending your amazing talks! 🙏
blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

We've still heard nothing from PaperCall. We're giving them till Tuesday. If they haven't responded, we'll migrate to a different solution.

Episode 60 - Jeremy Smith We talk about Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and everything in between. From tiny tips to bigger challenges we take on 3 questions a show; What are you working on? What's blocking you? What's something cool...

This week, Jeremy went on @codingcoders.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming conference with @drbragg.dev. Check it out here! podcast.drbragg.dev/episodes/epi...

We've had two reports of issues submitting talk proposals through PaperCall today. We've reached out to their support and are still waiting on a response. Sorry for the trouble if you've been trying to submit! We'll post an announcement when things are back working.

We’re excited to announce our first Emerald sponsor of 2026! @judoscale.com is a dedicated autoscaler for Heroku, Render, and AWS. judoscale.com

Thanks so much for your support! 🙏

YouTube video by Jeremy Smith Blue Ridge Behind the Scenes - CFPs

I'm going to be making some Behind the Scenes videos leading up to @blueridgeruby.com this spring. This first one is some background on our CFP process and my advice on submitting talk proposals to Blue Ridge and other conferences.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAy7...

We've listed two mid-range hotels in close walking distance and two budget options. (If you know you are attending, we'd recommend booking a hotel soon, as spring brings many tourists to Asheville.)

April 30 & May 1, 2026 in Asheville, NC A friendly, regional Ruby conference in the mountains of western North Carolina.

We've just updated the website with our hotel recommendations. There are lots of hotel and AirBnB options near the venue and while there's no official conference hotel, we wanted to highlight some good options. blueridgeruby.com#stay

Yesterday we were able to finalize details with our first sponsor for 2026! This individual wishes to remain anonymous, but we still want to say thanks publicly. ☺️ Your support and encouragement means the world to our team. Thank you so much! 🙏

I can't tell you how encouraging it is to see the first two week's of initial ticket sales, talk proposals, and sponsorship inquiries for Blue Ridge. And during the holidays, when everyone is busy! So pumped for spring in Asheville. ☺️

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We are looking for a wide range of talks, and aiming for a diverse and creative line-up of speakers. CFP will close February 3, 2026 00:00 UTC. Check out details here!
blueridgeruby.com/cfp

Tickets are available on our website. We’re offering an early bird special on the first 50 tickets for $249.
blueridgeruby.com#register

Alright friends, today’s the big day…we’re opening up tickets and CFP for Blue Ridge 2026! 🎉 We’re going to be at the YMI Cultural Center in downtown Asheville, NC on April 30 & May 1. We’d love to have you join us this spring in our favorite mountain town. ⛰️