San Diego

October 18

In San Diego, golden coastlines stretch between craft breweries and taco shops, where desert canyons meet a metropolis alive with surfers, rooftop bars, and bustling harbor walks. Here, dreamers, creators, and entrepreneurs from La Jolla to Chula Vista, and from Mission Beach to East County, come together to share visionary concepts under the warm embrace of year-round sunshine. This is your chance to dive into San Diego's culture of laid-back innovation, coastal creativity, and endless possibility—building relationships as genuine and dynamic as America's Finest City itself.

XO Ruby San Diego is a single-day, single-track conference designed to draw folks in from the city and the region. An approachable $100 ticket price coupled with no need for a hotel or airfare means you can connect with your community without breaking the bank.

Registration / Set up

9:00 - 9:15a

Welcome

9:15 - 9:45a

Fish Bowl Game

9:45 - 10:15a

Optimize for developer speed

Launching a Rails 8 app in two months as a single developer can sound scary. In this talk I will guide you through the choices made to deliver great value in time for a planned release.You will hear about the latest powers of Active Record, Active Job and Turbo 8. We will review system tests and take a look at Hotwire Native and Bridge components.You will learn why, twenty years after its release, Ruby on Rails is still the best single-developer web framework.

Claudio Baccigalupo

10:15 - 10:45a

Break

10:45 - 11:15a

TBA

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11:15 - 11:45a

TBA

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11:45 - 1:30p

Lunch

2:15 - 2:45p

Break

2:45 - 3:15p

Architecture

We use the term "architecture" in computer programming quite a bit. But is it a valid and useful analogy (or borrowing of the term)? What could we learn by taking another look at the architecture of buildings? We'll take a look at the history of patterns in building architecture, and how our industry adopted a similar way of thinking. What have we missed? Why do we only consider large architectural issues, and ignore smaller issues that still might be considered architectural?

Craig Buchek

3:15 - 3:45p

TBA

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3:45 - 4:15p

Break

4:15 - 4:45p

TBA

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4:45 - 5:00p

Closing

Schedule

Sunjay Armstead

Sunjay is passionate about the intersection of design and engineering. He's a lifelong learner, a champion of emerging talent, and forever the tinkerer. He lives in Durham, NC USA with his lovely wife, rambunctious dog, and a herd of adorable cats. Make sure to ask him about milkshakes!

Craig Buchek

Craig has been using Ruby and Rails since 2005. He enjoys writing concise readable code, especially in Ruby. He enjoys a player-coach role, helping teams improve their processes, technical practices, and automation.Giving a conference talk is Craig's way to strike up some conversations. If you want to make small talk, ask Craig about traveling, attending concerts, canoeing, beekeeping, or where he was when the pandemic hit.