Edition 2025
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 10-11, 2025 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 10
Day 2
Thursday, September 11
Day 3
Friday, September 12
Great speakers
We have amazing speakers, really
16-ish speakers with really great stories to say.
Michele Hansen
How to talk so people will talk
Andrew Culver
Action Models: A Design Pattern
Jonathan Markwell
Great Developers Do Sales, Marketing and Support
Irina Nazarova
Learning to Consult, Learning to Live
Victor Motogna
Counter-Strike, Rails, and Building Performant Software
Michael Koper
Starting your own SaaS
Carmen Huidobro
Versatility as a technologist
Naijeria Toweett
From imposter to influencer
Okura Masafumi
Why doesn't Ruby have a Boolean class?
Obie Fernandez
Ruby+AI Tech Landscape 2025: A Survey
Dan Singerman
Code is writing, know your reader
Nicolas Erlichman
Poly-table Inheritance
Abiodun Olowode
Abstractions: Friend, Foe, or Frenemy?
Greg Molnar
Security in the age of AI
Jan Dudulski
Back to simplicity
André Arko
Rails on SQLite: exciting new ways to cause outages
Chris Hasiลski
Let's train a modelEvents
Friendly Experiences Beyond the Talks
From playful competitions to cozy corners, the event program stays welcoming and collaborative.
Friendly Gameshow
Get your free Golden Ticket at check-in for a chance to be a live-on-stage participant.
Bring Your Own Coffee
Enjoy a selection of freshly roasted coffee, including regular, decaf, and even coffee leaf tea.
SupeRails Hack Space
A dedicated area for pairing, experimenting, and turning ideas into prototypes.
Avo Dev Booth
Were you ever curious about what Avo does? Get a free onboarding with Paul, one of the core maintainers.
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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