RailsConf Talks & Presentations

Ruby Central

Meditations on Software

Explore software development's impact on well-being, addressing burnout, imposter syndrome, and workplace challenges. Learn strategies for maintaining passion and purpose in tech careers.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Git Your PR Accepted - Rebase Your Changes Like a Pro

Learn to craft clean, understandable Git commit histories using rebase techniques. Improve your open-source contributions and make code reviews easier for maintainers and future developers.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Reflecting on Active Record Associations

Explore the inner workings of Active Record associations by implementing custom belongs_to and has_many macros, gaining deeper insights into their functionality and design.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Experimental Patterns in ActiveRecord

Explore innovative ActiveRecord patterns for scaling Rails applications, addressing N+1 queries, and improving model isolation. Learn from GitHub's experiences and discover new experimental techniques.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Bringing Your Rails Monolith Along As The Business Grows

Strategies for scaling Rails monoliths as businesses expand, focusing on maintaining performance and adaptability without complete rewrite or microservices transition.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Leveling Up from Planning to Production

Strategies for senior engineers to manage complex projects, from planning to production. Insights on task management, progress reporting, and handling uncertainties in large-scale engineering work.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

The Little Engines That Could

Explore Rails Engines: their nature, implementation, and use cases. Learn when and how to leverage these powerful tools in your Ruby on Rails projects for modular and efficient development.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Scaling Rails with JRuby in 2022

Explore JRuby's benefits for scaling Rails applications, including improved performance, resource efficiency, and true parallel threading on the Java Virtual Machine.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Your Test Suite Is Making Too Many Database Calls

Learn techniques to optimize your test suite by reducing unnecessary database calls, profiling hotspots, and writing efficient code. Improve build times and overall performance.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Rails C with Meturbocharge Your Use of the Interactive Console

Discover advanced techniques for leveraging the Rails console, enhancing debugging skills, and improving code performance. Learn about console features, underlying mechanisms, and practical tips for efficient development.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Upgrading Rails - Everyone Can Do It and Here’s How

Learn strategies for upgrading Rails apps, including treating upgrades as features, gaining management buy-in, and exploring three approaches like dual-booting. Gain practical takeaways for your next Rails upgrade.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Laying the Cultural and Technical Foundation for Big Rails

Explore strategies for scaling large Rails applications, focusing on tooling, architecture, and cultural practices to maintain high velocity and manage complexity in growing codebases.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Your Service Layer Needn't be Fancy, It Just Needs to Exist

Learn how to implement a service layer in your Rails app to improve sustainability and separate business logic from Active Records, without complex patterns or libraries.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

A Rails Developer’s Guide to the Ruby VM

Explore Ruby's inner workings: from code compilation to VM execution. Gain insights into Ruby and Rails' underlying mechanisms, enhancing your understanding of the language's functionality.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

If You Know Heroku, You Can Use Kubernetes

Simplifying Kubernetes deployment for Heroku users: Learn how to leverage your Heroku knowledge to deploy applications on Kubernetes with similar ease and convenience.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk