Shaping the future of Ruby on Rails
Rails World was a two-day, two track community conference where more than 1,000 Rails developers from 57 countries gathered to hear technical talks, demos, networking, and keynotes about the latest features and best practices in Rails development.
Big thank you to our speakers
The following speakers shared valuable insights at Rails World on the future state of Rails and where Rails is headed tomorrow and beyond.
Aaron Patterson
Rails Core & Senior Staff Engineer, Shopify
David Heinemeier Hansson
Rails Core, CTO, 37signals
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
Creator of Ruby
Eileen Uchitelle
Rails Core & Senior Staff Engineer, Shopify
Rafael França
Rails Core & Principal Engineer, Shopify
Tobias Lütke
CEO, Shopify
Xavier Noria
Rails Core, Zeitwerk, Independent Consultant
Andrea Fomera
Senior Software Developer, Soundstripe
Bruno Prieto
Programmer, 37signals
Chris Power
Founder, Typecraft
David Henner
Staff Engineer, Zendesk
Donal McBreen
Lead Programmer (Security, Infrastructure and Performance), 37signals
Emmanuel Hayford
Senior Rails Developer, Rails Developer #OpenToWork
Greg Molnar
Independent Contractor, Spektr Security
Jamis Buck
Senior Ruby Software Engineer, DBX, MongoDB
Jenny Shen
Senior Developer, Shopify
Julia López
Senior Software Engineer, Harvest
Justin Searls
Co-founder, Test Double
Kevin McConnell
Lead Programmer, 37signals
Miles McGuire
Staff Engineer, Intercom
Mostafa Abdelraouf
Infrastructure Engineer, Instacart
Obie Fernandez
Author of The Rails Way, and Chief Scientist, Olympia
Ridhwana Khan
Lead Software Engineer & Writer
Robby Russell
CEO, Planet Argon
Robert Beene
Founder, Typecraft
Rosa Gutierrez
Principal programmer, 37signals
Stephen Margheim
Rubyist, Web Developer, and Engineering Manager, Prevail
Thank you, Toronto!
We gathered for two days in one of the coolest venues in Toronto - Evergreen Brick Works - located on the historic site of the former brick works and quarry and surrounded by a beautiful nature park.
Thank you, sponsors!
The following sponsors helped us make Rails World an unforgettable experience, and we are truly grateful for their support.