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RubyConf 2026

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RubyConf 2026 ran Jul 14–16, 2026 at Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas, United States. It is a Ruby conference. ConferenceGrid lists 56 speakers, 17 sponsors and 22 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified May 24, 2026

Join RubyConf 2026 in Las Vegas, July 14–16, for three days of Ruby talks, live coding, and community events. Grab your ticket and connect with fellow developers.

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56Speakers
17Sponsors
22Sessions
47Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at RubyConf, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Patterson
Senior Staff Engineer · Shopify
Alan Ridlehoover
Sr. Engineering Manager · Cisco
Alexander Baygeldin
Backend Engineer · Evil Martians
Alicia Rojas
Software developer · Telos Labs
Allison Pike
Cofounder & writer of Once a Maintainer · Infield
Allison Pike, Colby Swandale, Jeremy Evans, & Richard Schneeman
Once A Maintainer · Panel Discussion
Amir Rajan
DragonRuby LLP · DragonRuby LLP
Andrew Nesbitt
Creator · Ecosyste.ms
Andy Andrea
Lead Software Developer · Panorama Education
Antônio Paulino
Software Engineer · Codeminer42
Brandon Weaver
Senior Software Engineer · Amazon OneMedical
Cameron Dutro
Software Engineer · Cisco Meraki
Carolyn Cole
Princeton University Library
Charles Nutter
The JRuby Guy · Headius Enterprises
Chris Fung
Staff Software Engineer · Gusto
Colby Swandale
Technical Lead · Ruby Central
Dalma Boros
Rails Engineer, WNB.rb Organizer
Dave Currie
Senior Search Engineer · Fullscript
Dave Thomas
Ancient Programmer
David Gillis
Founder · flipmine.com
Edy Silva
Developer Relations · Codeminer42
Fito von Zastrow
Staff Software Engineer · Cisco Meraki

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

FullscriptPlatinum
GustoPlatinum
ShopifyPlatinum
FlagrantGold
Beyond FinanceSilver
CedarcodeSilver
ChimeSilver
GitButlerSilver
InfieldSilver
JudoscaleSilver
MudflapSilver
Smart FinancialSilver
Avo
Dartmouth CollegeSupporter
Def MethodSupporter
GitLab
Typesense

Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions.

  • Tuesday, July 14 10:30 AM

    AI-assisted coding: lessons from small startups to legacy codebases

    The pace and breadth of change with AI coding tools is overwhelming, and it seems like every day there are dozens of new developments and emerging capabilities. We'll share lessons…

  • Tuesday, July 14 10:30 AM

    AI-assisted coding: practical lessons from small startups to legacy codebases

    The pace and breadth of change with AI coding tools is overwhelming, and there are newly emerging capabilities and options on an almost daily basis. I'll share practical lessons an…

  • Tuesday, July 14 10:30 AM

    Stop Fighting Ruby I18n: Message Format Is All You Need

    Ruby I18n tries to do the simplest thing that works in the most common situations. But do you know all of the pitfalls and trip-ups hiding within? What if there was an alternative …

  • Tuesday, July 14 10:30 AM

    The Anatomy of an ERB Rendering Engine

    ERB is one of Ruby’s oldest and most widely used technologies, yet many Ruby developers only have a vague mental model of how it actually works. In this talk, we take a deep dive i…

  • Tuesday, July 14 - 11:15 AM

    Teaching Ruby to Rank: A Search Pipeline Story

    "Search sucks." It's the feedback every team building search has heard, and for good reason - keyword and vector matching alone isn't sufficient, leading to negative feedback. Our …

  • Tuesday, July 14 11:15 AM

    Implementing Core Set

    Historically, Ruby's Set class was in the standard library. Starting in Ruby 3.2, the Set standard library was autoloaded by default. In Ruby 4.0, Set is now implemented as one of …

  • Tuesday, July 14 11:15 AM

    Ready: 12x Faster Ruby CLIs Through Spectacular Overengineering

    Ruby is a fantastic tool for CLIs, as long as you're ok waiting 100-1000ms for them to boot. What if you didn't have to wait? What if you could get Rust or C speeds instead? Perhap…

  • Tuesday, July 14 - 12:00 PM

    Faster FFI For Ruby

    What makes FFI slow, and how can we build a faster implementation? In this talk we'll look at Ruby's calling convention, why FFI is slow, and what we can do about it. We'll look at…

  • Tuesday, July 14 12:00 PM

    Each All the Way Down: How Ruby Enumerators Power Streaming in gRPC Ruby

    What is an Enumerator, and how can it be used for streaming data? While learning about streaming handlers in gRPC Ruby, I found that the docs mention returning an Enumerator, but w…

Quick answers

When is RubyConf 2026?
RubyConf 2026 ran Jul 14–16, 2026 at Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas, United States.
Where is RubyConf 2026 held?
RubyConf 2026 was held at Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas, United States.
Who is speaking at RubyConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 56 speakers, including Aaron Patterson (Senior Staff Engineer, Shopify), Alan Ridlehoover (Sr. Engineering Manager, Cisco) and Alexander Baygeldin (Backend Engineer, Evil Martians).
Who sponsors RubyConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 17 sponsors, including Fullscript, Gusto, Shopify, Flagrant and Beyond Finance.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 47 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

47 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
13Sponsoringsponsor only
30Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Shopify·Fullscript·Gusto·Infield

Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite24%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • Manager / Lead1730%
  • Engineer · IC2443%
  • Other roles1120%

Of 56 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ShopifySponsor · Platinum3
2FullscriptSponsor · Platinum2
3Codeminer424
4GustoSponsor · Platinum1
5InfieldSponsor · Silver1
6AvoSponsor-
7Beyond FinanceSponsor · Silver-
8CedarcodeSponsor · Silver-
9ChimeSponsor · Silver-
10Dartmouth CollegeSponsor · Supporter-
11Def MethodSponsor · Supporter-
12FlagrantSponsor · Gold-
13GitButlerSponsor · Silver-
14GitLabSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum3
18% of 17
gold1
6% of 17
silver8
47% of 17
supporter2
12% of 17
unspecified3
18% of 17
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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