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Marco Roth joins us to discuss his journey in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem over the past decade, focusing on developer tooling and open-source contributions in the Hotwire ecosystem. We explore his new HTML-aware ERB parser called Herb, the future of the Ruby community beyond RailsConf, and practical advice for sustaining local Ruby meetups.

• Marco has been working with Ruby and Rails for about 10 years with a focus on the Hotwire ecosystem
• Herb is a new HTML-aware ERB parser designed for better developer tooling like editors, linters, and formatters
• Marco will present at RailsConf 2024 about how Herb could enable future view layer improvements in Rails
• RubyEvents.org preserves and catalogs Ruby conference talks, recordings, and artwork as a community resource
• Local Ruby meetups don't always need speakers - social gatherings, watching recorded talks, or collaborative coding can be effective
• Smaller regional Ruby conferences (100-150 people) offer more intimate community experiences than larger events
• Hack Day at Ruby Central events provides valuable face-to-face interaction with open-source maintainers

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Alan Ridlehoover shares his perspective as both a longtime Ruby developer and conference sponsor, reflecting on the evolving Ruby conference landscape and strategies for maintaining legacy Rails applications.

• Started with .NET before discovering Ruby and Rails 14 years ago
• Found learning Ruby and Rails simultaneously challenging, prompting his first RailsConf attendance in 2012
• Memorable talks at first RailsConf included Sandy Metz on testing and DHH on Russian doll caching
• Sponsors Ruby conferences primarily for recruiting, with Cisco Meraki managing over 4 million lines of Ruby code
• Sponsorship benefits include promoting company visibility and filling the recruiting pipeline
• Moving focus to regional conferences like Sin City Ruby as RailsConf comes to an end
• Advocates for conferences addressing legacy codebase challenges for applications predating standard best practices
• Suggests organizations with 15+ year-old Rails applications face unique scaling challenges not widely discussed
• Proposes potential gatherings around Ruby and AI applications
• Shares the insight that "trust is the antidote for fear" which helped David overcome anxiety at a conference

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Irina Nazarova, head of Evil Martians, shares insights on Rails' enduring value in the startup ecosystem and her journey from Rails user to keynote speaker and community organizer.

• Rails and Y Combinator grew simultaneously, with 90% of early YC startups building on Rails
• Rails helps startups focus on business risks while keeping technology risks under control
• The community still thrives with over 900 Ruby meetups worldwide in the past 12 months
• Flexport's migration from 30+ Java microservices to a Rails monolith demonstrates pragmatic possibilities
• Local meetups create consistent opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration
• Finding companies using Rails in your area is key to building successful local meetups
• San Francisco Ruby Conference launches November 19-20 with early bird tickets at $300
• Conference will focus on new tooling, open source (including AI), and scaling Ruby and Rails
• CFP is open until July 13th at sfruby.com

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