Thomas Cannon is the final speaker at @blueridgeruby.com. He's reviewing my investment portfolio to see how much stock I've put into myself. @thomascannon.me

Christine Seeman has an audacious goal: optimizing MY mind. I've paid a lot of money thus far trying myself. Let's see what I can learn from her at @blueridgeruby.com. @christine-seeman.com

I'm observing David Paluy talk about observability at @blueridgeruby.com.

Rachael Wright-Munn is trying to get me to make my first open-source contribution at @blueridgeruby.com. The joke's on her: I've already done it. @chael.codes

Brooke Kuhlmann is starting Day 2 at @blueridgeruby.com. I wonder if he'll sign my e-ink device.

Thanks for ending the day with me @blueridgeruby.com

Annie Kiley is starting a talk about finishing. This talk at @blueridgeruby.com is bound to be a success, no matter how it ends.

Ifat Ribon seems very well prepared to improvise for her talk at @blueridgeruby.com.

Joël Quenneville and I may live in the same state, but we see each other out of state at conferences. Surely this is the state Joël is referencing at @blueridgeruby.com.

John Athayde is starting things off at @blueridgeruby.com, stepping out of the garden and on to the stage. @johnathayde.com

Jeremy is getting things started at @blueridgeruby.com @jeremysmith.co

Hey -- there's a Chime listing on my exact team. This is a remote job for US/Canada applicants. careers.chime.com/en/jobs/8414... It's doing a lot of the work I do on our Ruby code, but focused on our Python teams. Happy to answer questions about this here or via DM.

I recently wrote a #ruby gem to compare two SimpleCov runs: simplecov-compare. I wrote up a long-form post on my blog about why and how it works. kevinjmurphy.com/posts/announ...

Graphic design is my passion.

This evening I emptied the dishwasher and folded four loads of laundry. That's right everyone, it has begun: conference talk writing season is upon us.

Yesterday, I chatted with @kevinjm.bsky.social for the second episode of Ridge Notes. Kevin will be bringing a brand new talk, "InstiLLMent of Successful Practices in an Agentic World," to the @blueridgeruby.com stage at the end of April. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HEr...

Yes, it's because there's a bush under the window. No, that doesn't help my brain feel any less depressed and alarmed that snow is eclipsing the view out of my windows.

There's too much snow to touch grass (with more coming tonight), so I've been touching wood and wires instead. #guitar #electronics kevinjmurphy.com/posts/instal...

I'm so excited!!! This is my absolute favorite talk!! ♥️ I can't wait to see y'all at @blueridgeruby.com !

Blue Ridge Ruby@blueridgeruby.com · 6mo ago

This mid-February morning, you can almost tell that spring is coming. 🌱 Today we're pleased to announce 10 wonderful Rubyists who will be bringing their stories, insights, and wisdom to the Blue Ridge stage April 30 & May 1. Hope to see you there! blueridgeruby.com

See you there? kevinjmurphy.com/posts/speaki...

Blue Ridge Ruby@blueridgeruby.com · 6mo ago

This mid-February morning, you can almost tell that spring is coming. 🌱 Today we're pleased to announce 10 wonderful Rubyists who will be bringing their stories, insights, and wisdom to the Blue Ridge stage April 30 & May 1. Hope to see you there! blueridgeruby.com

Tomorrow 🥳 @meg-gutshall.bsky.social will be joining us to break down the ActiveRecord Enums module! Don't miss out on this talk uncovering some of the "rails magic" 🪄 that you may be taking for granted. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

Revealing Rails Magic with Enums, Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup

“Rails magic” is a term many people use to describe the ease with which Rails helps you go from zero to working app so quickly. However, like all other frameworks, there’s

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Art Is Resistance.

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

hey folks, i’m a rails / ruby dev with a bit over 10 years of experience professionally and i was just hit with my second layoff. looking for a new role would love to chat! #rails #ruby.

The emails keep coming and we're expected to reply. How much compartmentalizing destroys a person, asking for a generation.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan.com · 7mo ago

And we all just have to keep clocking in, keep paying the bills, keep paying our taxes, keep checking our credit scores, keep marching along funding the machinations of a fascist state just to keep the lights on 🙃

I'm going to be making some Behind the Scenes videos leading up to @blueridgeruby.com this spring. This first one is some background on our CFP process and my advice on submitting talk proposals to Blue Ridge and other conferences. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAy7...

Blue Ridge Behind the Scenes - CFPs

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Markey and Warren heard from me. Has your senator heard from you? Amy made it easy for me - we have the same senators. If you're too overwhelmed to know how to contact your senators, reply with your state. I'll help you research it together.

I can't build the things I actually want to see in the world. So instead sometimes I put pieces of wood together. This weekend, in an effort to hear myself more clearly. kevinjmurphy.com/posts/tilt-b...

The world is full of unspeakable terrors and inexplicable suffering all the time, but hey, I got some new art on my wall to stare at to cope. Thanks @rob-sheridan.com (and Stephanie). kevinjmurphy.com/posts/new-wa...

My daughter asked me if I weighed less than 2 adult elephants. She did not believe my answer. How's YOUR self-image doing today?