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26 Jul 2025 • 1 min read

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31 Jul 2025 • 3 min read

Why I'm Taking Events on the Road This Fall

31 Jul 2025

I last interviewed for a job in 2007. Since then, each new opportunity in my career has come through my network. People who knew when I was ready for something new, who could vouch for my work, who said "here's a specific person with these traits, would

18 Apr 2025 • 1 min read

Introducing Herb ...

18 Apr 2025

At RubyKaigi 2025 we were finally able to see what Marco Roth has been building toward although if you've been watching his work it was there all along. * Rails World 2024: The Future of Rails as a Full-Stack Framework powered by Hotwire * SF Bay Area Meetup: Announcing Hotwire.

11 Apr 2025 • 2 min read

The Design of Everyday Things book club and readalong

11 Apr 2025

Design isn’t just how something looks, but how it works, how it’s used, and how humans interact with it. Many things in our built environment—alarms, control panels, mobile apps, user interfaces—lead humans to make mistakes not because we aren’t paying attention, but because they’re

A screenshot of the blog header announcing the CFP deadline.

6 Apr 2025 • 1 min read

Rails World CFP closes April 10

6 Apr 2025

There's still time to apply to speak at Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. The Call for Papers closes on April 10th. They are looking talks about a wide variety of topics including everything from Advanced Technical talks to The Business of Rails.