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Rocky Mountain Ruby 2025: October 6 and 7 Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder, Colora...

Rocky Mountain Ruby early bird tickets are up at rockymtnruby.dev. Join us in October for a great local conference!

You have two cakes inside you. One is angel food, one is devil food. You probably shouldn’t have eaten two whole cakes.

The Ruby Gems Podcast A Ruby Central podcast that takes an inside look at the people, projects, and progress shaping the Ruby community.  Discover the gems in Ruby and connect to this vibrant group of amazing people.

A fun announcement, @davidhill.dev and I are hosting a new podcast from @rubycentral.org. We dropped the first episode at #railsconf. @chadfowler.com joined us for the first episode on how this all got started.

How to Use Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.

There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable. www.wired.com/story/congre...

First poster for Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller 🚀

Trailer drops Monday.

YouTube video by Apple TV Murderbot — The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon Opening Title Sequence | Apple TV+

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW29... #murderbot

Is a corndog a popsicle?

Developer Advocate | John Coghlan We are hiring on my team. Looking for people who are amazing at engaging developers. To be successful in those role, you must deeply understand the challenges developers face and want to help them ove...

Want to work with my team @gitlab.com ? See www.linkedin.com/posts/johnwc...

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go.

If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

Nice work @emilyfreeman.bsky.social! The success is well earned.

YouTube video by Annie Sexton What are vector databases?

You might have heard of vector databases, but I'll bet you haven't encountered this explanation before.

This shit is COOL AF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQql...

This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.

I'm urgently looking for work 🚨
Engineering manager or staff programmer

20 years ruby/rails
30 years of web dev/design
5+ years of eng mgmt

I'm based in Portland, Oregon
Open to local or remote work

https://linkedin.com/in/veganstraightedge

A clam on a wooden railing with a stormy grey sea in the background

There it is. The clam before the storm.

GitLab 17.11 released with Custom Compliance Frameworks GitLab 17.11 released with custom compliance frameworks, more AI features on GitLab Duo Self-Hosted, custom epic, issue, and task fields, CI/CD pipeline inputs, service accounts UI, and much more!

🚀 GitLab 17.11 is here with powerful new features!

🏷️ Custom Fields for Issues & Epics
⚙️ CI/CD Pipeline Inputs
👤 Service Accounts UI
🔄 Docker Hub Authentication UI

Upgrade: about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/04/17/gitlab-17-11-released/ @gitlab.com

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Current status

YouTube video by Project RattleCam Colorado Rattlecam Livestream

The rattlecam is back

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8C4...

YouTube video by Apple TV Murderbot — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

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

Stick library at a dog park with various sticks to borrow.

Who is posting here content about #Ruby or #Rails or any other Ruby framework and I should follow? :)

Looking to expand the network of people I follow/watch directly or via lists and that I can include in the newsletter.

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

🚀 @gitlab.com 17.9 supercharges your DevSecOps with self-hosted AI, enhanced security, and streamlined workflows!

🤖 GitLab Duo Self-Hosted
🌐 Parallel Pages Deployments
🔄 Automatic Pipeline Cleanup
🧠 Enhanced AI Context in IDEs
📝 Wiki Comments

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When you stick around, you see the ramifications of your past decisions. This can be exciting, humbling or both.

letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2023/08/07/t...

What happens when there’s more than one agent getting the job done? 🤔

We’ll see how multiple Goose AI agents collaborate in real time! Each agent enters the chat, gets assigned a role (e.g. Project Manager, Content Designer, Engineer), and works on its part of the task.

🗓️ linktr.ee/blockopensou...

Boulder Ruby Feb 2025 Presentation Night · Luma Join us at our monthly gathering where we present topics of interest to Rubyists and aspiring programmers. Doors open at 6:00pm, where you can hangout and…

Tonight is Boulder Ruby with two fantastic talks lined up:
💫 Landon Gray: "Jupyter notebooks with Ruby"
🔌 Anthony Eden: "From Stalled to Supercharged"
📅 👉 RSVP: lu.ma/e37ect5e?tk=... Thanks to
@github.com, @dnsimple.bsky.social, MojoTech, @fastly.com, and @gustohq.bsky.social for sponsoring!

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