The Ruby Central README: March 2025

Welcome to The Ruby Central README! 🎉

As we announced last month, we’ve revamped our newsletters to better serve the Ruby community! Instead of combining updates on our Open Source Program, conferences, and organizational news into one, The README will focus on Ruby Central as an organization, our events, and the broader community.

For Open Source Program news, check out our dedicated newsletter, The OSS Changelog, and subscribe here.

RailsConf Updates

This year’s RailsConf will take place July 8-10th in Philadelphia, PA. It will be the FINAL RailsConf and our ONLY conference this year (there will be no RubyConf until Spring 2026).

RailsConf Tickets NOW ON SALE (Early Bird Sold Out)

Tickets for the FINAL RailsConf are now on sale!

We have already sold out of early bird tickets, and general ticket sales are going strong! If you plan to join us in July, we suggest snagging your ticket sooner than later.

Program Announcements COMING SOON

Our Program Committee, led by Ufuk Kayserilioglu (Shopify) and Chris Oliver (GoRails), has been hard at work reviewing CFPs and selecting talks and workshops for this year’s event.

With over 250 submissions, it was extremely difficult to narrow them down and fill ~30 slots. We appreciate everyone who sent in a CFP!

We will be announcing the program and speakers in April. Stay tuned! 👀

Thank You to Our Supporters

We want to extend a special thank you to the individuals and organizations that have purchased Supporter Tickets!

💎 Ben Sheldon

💎 Collective Idea

💎 McGeary Consulting Group

💎 Anton Tkachov (Gotoinc)

💎 Codeminer42

💎 Jenna Quindica

💎 Jeremy Hinegardner

💎 The Rails Foundation

And anonymous supporters.

These tickets are priced at a premium ($1,500) to help fund our programs and operations, including the Scholars & Guides program. You can purchase your own Supporter Ticket here. 💙

Sponsoring the final RailsConf will showcase your company’s dedication to the Rails and Ruby ecosystem, provide unparalleled visibility in the community, and highlight your support for open source and developer education.

Send sponsorship inquiries to Tom Chambers at sponsors@rubycentral.org.

Company Spotlight: Power Home Remodeling

Every month, we feature incredible companies and startups building with Ruby. This month’s spotlight is Power Home Remodeling.

Power is a $1B exterior renovation company with over 4,000 employees across 24 U.S. cities. At the heart of its operation is proprietary technology built almost entirely in Ruby on Rails.

“Our custom Ruby on Rails applications are the operating system of the business and the fuel behind our vision of a fully tech-enabled workforce,” says Jenny Gray, VP of Application Development and Infrastructure.

Instead of relying on third-party tools, Power prefers to invest in building software that meets the needs of the business processes they define. This includes internal and customer-facing apps, plus a new AI platform currently in development.

Their 250+ person tech team ships to production up to 35 times a day and continues to scale. “We strongly believe no other language can keep the same quick pace that Ruby can when it comes to delivering business value,” says Principal Developer Wade Winningham.

Power will have over 85 developers at RailsConf 2025 in Philly and plans to hire 15 new Rails devs this year. Say hi if you see them!

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Community Spotlight 💡

Here we share exciting projects and events from the Ruby community! While these projects aren’t directly affiliated with Ruby Central, we love highlighting the amazing things happening in the ecosystem. If you would like to be featured in our next newsletter, apply here!

Sin City Ruby: April 10-11 🎰

The third and FINAL edition of Sin City Ruby is happening in Las Vegas next month!

Hosted by Jason Swett, Sin City brings together Rubyists for an intimate gathering full of talks, fun, and good vibes. (Plus some arm wrestling!)

Speakers include Chris Oliver, Irina Nazarova, Jason Charnes, Drew Bragg, Freedom Dumlao, Dave Thomas, and more. Learn more and get your ticket here!

Other News & Updates

Join Us on Slack

Did you know that Ruby Central has a Slack community? While it originally started as a space for conference attendees, it’s now open to all. Join us here!

Say “Hi” at RubyKaigi! 🇯🇵

Several of our team members will be at RubyKaigi in Matsuyama, Japan next month, including Marty Haught (Director of Open Source), Colby Swandale (RubyGems engineer), and Rhiannon Payne (Marketing Director). Our Security Engineer in Residence, Samuel Giddins, will be speaking at the event.

If you would like to set up a meeting with Marty to discuss RubyGems, tech or partnership opportunities with Ruby Central, or anything else, you can reach out to marty[at]rubycentral[.]org before the event. Or say hi if you see us!

Local Meetup Grants

In collaboration with Fastly, Ruby Central has been providing grants for Ruby and Rails meetups and events all over the world! In March, our grants supported meetups like SF Ruby, ChicagoRuby, Vienna.rb, and more.

We will make another announcement via our newsletter, Slack, and social media channels when grant applications open again (date TBD).

Your company can support the security and growth of the Ruby ecosystem by becoming a sponsor of Ruby Central. As a sponsor, you’ll support Ruby’s core open source tools and community development work, be recognized as a community leader, and can get a seat at the table by joining a working group or advisory board.