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RubyConf 2026
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oin 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.
48Voices
16Underwriters
0Exhibitors
22On the bill · sessions
40Companies · in total
The Voices
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
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
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
Gabriel Quaresma
Software Engineer · Codeminer42
Gannon McGibbon
Staff Engineer · Shopify
— and 26 more, by name unsung —
Underwritten By
The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.The Programme
Selected from 22 sessions on the bill.- 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
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 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
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
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 - 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 …
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer
What does it mean when 40 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?
“40 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.
4All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
24Speakingspeaker only
The Triple-Threat
8% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.
- C-suite24%
- Founder / Owner24%
- Manager / Lead1531%
- Engineer · IC2246%
- Other roles715%
Of 48 on the bill · classified by free-text title
- 01ShopifySp·P3V
- 02FullscriptSp2V
- 03Codeminer424V
- 04GustoSp1V
- 05InfieldSp1V
- 06AvoSp
- 07Beyond FinanceSp
- 08CedarcodeSp
- 09ChimeSp
- 10Dartmouth CollegeSp·S
- 11Def MethodSp·S
- 12FlagrantSp
- 13GitButlerSp
- 14GitLabSp
platinum1
6% of 16
supporter2
13% of 16
unspecified13
81% of 16
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