Celso Fernandes
Platform Engineer at ClickFunnels
Edition 2024
Friendly.rb - Your friendly European Ruby conference
With a focus on community, we're keeping it cozy with 100-ish attendees and some of the best well-known and up-and-coming speakers.
Two days, single-track, breezy, friendly, and inclusive, with a third-day mountain trip for the community.
September 18-19, 2024 ยท Bucharest, Romania
16-ish
Speakers
100-ish
Attendees
2
Days of talks
Agenda
Two Days of Talks and Community
We will listen to a few talks and do some outdoor activities together, learning not only about Ruby but a bit of history too. Bucharest, once called "Little Paris", has a fantastic blend of pre-war, interbellic, and communist architecture for the walking buffs.
Day 1
Wednesday, September 18
09:00Registration
10:00Opening
Rosa Gutierrez - Invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 ๐ญ
Greg Molnar - OWASP Top 10 for Rails developers
Nabeelah Yousuph - The 8-Second Nightmare: How One Change Reduced Latency by 99.9%
Tom Rossi - SaaS Lessons Learned
13:00Lunch break ๐ฅ
15:00Julian Cheal - Make a Massively Multiplayer Ruby Game with Dragon Ruby
Celso Fernandes - Ruby in the Billions
Discussion Panel - Ruby at Scale
18:30Guided Bucharest Walking Tour
20:00Cross Fire
Day 2
Thursday, September 19
10:00Stephen Margheim - SQLite on Rails: Everything you need to know
Hana Harenฤรกrovรก - Building for web and mobile in 2024: Production story and brighter future with Rails 8
Kyle d'Oliveira - Fibonacci Funhouse
Yaroslav Shmarov - 10 commandments and 7 deadly sins in 2025
13:00Lunch break ๐ฅ
15:00Surprise ๐
Benjamin Wood - Embracing Uncertainty: Thriving in Complexity and Legacy Code
James Carr - A day in the life of 2,000 developers
Olly Headey - Stop overthinking and go create things
18:30Closing
Day 3
Friday, September 20
09:20Day trip to Buศteni
Great speakers
We have amazing speakers, really
16 speakers with really great stories to say.
Rosa Gutierrez
Invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 ๐ญ
Nabeelah Yousuph
The 8-Second Nightmare: How One Change Reduced Latency by 99.9%
Stephen Margheim
SQLite on Rails: Everything you need to know
Tom Rossi
SaaS Lessons Learned
Greg Molnar
OWASP Top 10 for Rails developers
Nate Hopkins
Meet TurboBoost
Julian Cheal
Make a Massively Multiplayer Ruby Game with Dragon Ruby
Hana Harenฤรกrovรก
Building for web and mobile in 2024: Production story and brighter future with Rails 8
Olly Headey
Stop overthinking and go create thingsCelso Fernandes
Ruby in the Billions
Kyle d'Oliveira
Fibonacci Funhouse
Sebastian Wilgosz
Hanami from the perspective of a Rails dev
Naijeria Toweett
From Imposter to Influencer: Building the Community I Craved
Benjamin Wood
Embracing Uncertainty: Thriving in Complexity and Legacy Code
James Carr
A day in the life of 2,000 developers
Yaroslav Shmarov
10 commandments and 7 deadly sins in 2025Events
Friendly Experiences Beyond the Talks
From playful competitions to cozy corners, the event program stays welcoming and collaborative.
Guided Bucharest Walking Tour
A friendly city walk together right after the first conference day.
Friday Trip
A mountain day trip to Buศteni to close the edition outdoors.
let's talk about it
Discussions Panel
Let's talk about Ruby at scale
Hana Harenฤรกrovรก
Software Engineer at GitHub
Helvetic Ruby co-organizer and tea lover
Alexandru Cฤlinoiu
Co-Founder AgileFreaks
Cristian Planas
Senior Staff Engineer &
Group Tech Lead at Zendesk
Moderated by
Lucian Ghindฤ
Ruby on Rails Enthusiast and
Short Ruby Newsletter Author
Outdoor
Let's stretch our legs
Take a train ride with us to the mountains. Friendly.rb is part of the Ruby Triathlon tradition.
Meet Ruby developers from 23 countries ... so far
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great sponsors
Sponsored by the community
Help the community in your own way.
Ruby Sponsors
(we โค๏ธ you)
Gold Sponsors
(thank you, thank you, thank you!)
Afterparty Sponsor
(๐น you're the friendship creator ๐)
Community Sponsor
(proudly helping the community)
Travel Sponsors
(helping the speakers get here)
Production Partners
Community Partners
Event Highlights
Photo Gallery
Relive the best moments from our latest event. Here's a sneak peek of the memories we created together.
Main Stage
Networking Session
These are just a few highlights from hundreds of amazing moments captured at the event.
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