Logbot (Sep 03 2025 at 20:04): Logbot (Sep 03 2025 at 20:04):Jim Remsik has lived on the bleeding edge (but also the heart's center) of the Ruby world for decades. This fall, he's organizing six (yes, SIX) XO Ruby confs all around the United States.
On this episode, Jim joins us to reminisce about the early days of Ruby and Rails, share what he's learned from so many years of organizing events, and invite all of us to join him on his upcoming 7500 mile road trip. :link: https://changelog.fm/657
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Welcome to The Changelog | 01:08 |
| 02 | 01:08 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:12 |
| 03 | 03:20 | Start the show! | 01:24 |
| 04 | 04:44 | Hashrocket days | 09:29 |
| 05 | 14:13 | Still doing Ruby | 03:40 |
| 06 | 17:53 | Modern meetups | 03:59 |
| 07 | 21:52 | The Austin event | 03:58 |
| 08 | 25:50 | Why do these events? | 04:21 |
| 09 | 30:10 | Landing sponsors | 03:46 |
| 10 | 33:57 | Cross promo | 00:59 |
| 11 | 34:55 | Sponsor: CodeRabbit | 02:40 |
| 12 | 37:35 | The challenge of six | 01:38 |
| 13 | 39:13 | The cadence | 02:29 |
| 14 | 41:42 | Confreaks! | 02:41 |
| 15 | 44:23 | Adam does Austin | 02:27 |
| 16 | 46:50 | Sponsor: Miro | 01:10 |
| 17 | 48:00 | How Jim runs events | 05:19 |
| 18 | 53:19 | LessConf learnings | 02:21 |
| 19 | 55:40 | Adam does burritos | 00:53 |
| 20 | 56:33 | "Kill" a hot dog | 01:38 |
| 21 | 58:11 | Pretty much tomorrow | 02:27 |
| 22 | 1:00:38 | All the locales | 00:49 |
| 23 | 1:01:27 | Road trip! | 01:01 |
| 24 | 1:02:27 | Devs are scattered | 04:14 |
| 25 | 1:06:41 | Cross posting everywhere | 01:06 |
| 26 | 1:07:48 | What success looks like | 03:25 |
| 27 | 1:11:12 | Contracting hard times | 04:54 |
| 28 | 1:16:06 | Live show learnings | 02:46 |
| 29 | 1:18:52 | Moar live shows?! | 01:46 |
| 30 | 1:20:38 | Travel rejuvinates? | 03:25 |
| 31 | 1:24:02 | It's gonna work out | 01:06 |
| 32 | 1:25:08 | Negotiating future cities | 00:46 |
| 33 | 1:25:54 | Other Ruby confs | 01:48 |
| 34 | 1:27:42 | Adam calls one out | 01:35 |
| 35 | 1:29:17 | Wrapping up | 01:04 |
| 36 | 1:30:21 | Closing thoughts | 01:40 |
James A Rosen (Sep 04 2025 at 03:53):@Adam Stacoviak I had no idea you knew Steven Bristol & Allan Branch! I used to hack on Lovd By Less with them and bought the very first LessConf ticket. I still tell the whale joke from that conference. Good times. Good crew!
Adam Stacoviak (Sep 04 2025 at 04:06):WOW. Haven't heard that in YEARS.
Adam Stacoviak (Sep 04 2025 at 04:06):Back when everyone was making a social
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