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Edition two

Friendly.rb Conf 2024

  • Attendees joining a traditional Romanian hora dance at Friendly.rb 2024
    Dancing the hora
  • The audience applauding a talk at Friendly.rb Conf 2024
    Applause
  • Attendees gathered in Bucharest old town during the guided walking tour
    Old town

With a focus on community, we kept it cozy with 100-ish attendees and some of the best well-known and up-and-coming speakers.

Two breezy, friendly and inclusive single-track days, followed by a mountain trip for the community on day three.

September 18–19, 2024 · Bucharest, Romania

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Speakers
16
Attendees
100-ish
Days of talks
2

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Agenda

Two Days of Talks and Community

Two days of talks, plus a walking tour to learn a bit of history too. Bucharest, once called "Little Paris", has a fantastic blend of pre-war, interwar and communist architecture.

Day 1

Wednesday, September 18

Talks & community 6 talks

  1. 09:00Registration
  2. 10:00Opening

  3. Invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 😭

    Rosa Gutierrez

    Watch Invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 😭 on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  4. OWASP Top 10 for Rails developers

    Greg Molnar

    Watch OWASP Top 10 for Rails developers on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  5. The 8-Second Nightmare: How One Change Reduced Latency by 99.9%

    Nabeelah Yousuph

    Watch The 8-Second Nightmare: How One Change Reduced Latency by 99.9% on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  6. SaaS Lessons Learned

    Tom Rossi

    Watch SaaS Lessons Learned on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
  7. 13:00Lunch break 🥗

  8. 15:00

    Make a Massively Multiplayer Ruby Game with Dragon Ruby

    Julian Cheal

    Watch Make a Massively Multiplayer Ruby Game with Dragon Ruby on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  9. Ruby in the Billions

    Celso Fernandes

    Watch Ruby in the Billions on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
  10. Discussion panel — Ruby at Scale
    Watch Discussion panel — Ruby at Scale on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
  11. 18:30Guided Bucharest Walking Tour
  12. 20:00Cross Fire

Day 2

Thursday, September 19

Talks & community 7 talks

  1. 10:00

    SQLite on Rails: Everything you need to know

    Stephen Margheim

    Watch SQLite on Rails: Everything you need to know on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  2. Building for web and mobile in 2024: Production story and brighter future with Rails 8

    Hana Harenčárová

    Watch Building for web and mobile in 2024: Production story and brighter future with Rails 8 on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  3. Fibonacci Funhouse

    Kyle d'Oliveira

    Watch Fibonacci Funhouse on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  4. 10 commandments and 7 deadly sins in 2025

    Yaroslav Shmarov

    Watch 10 commandments and 7 deadly sins in 2025 on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
  5. 13:00Lunch break 🥗
  6. 15:00Surprise 💃

  7. Embracing Uncertainty: Thriving in Complexity and Legacy Code

    Benjamin Wood

    Watch Embracing Uncertainty: Thriving in Complexity and Legacy Code on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  8. A day in the life of 2,000 developers

    James Carr

    Watch A day in the life of 2,000 developers on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

  9. Stop overthinking and go create things

    Olly Headey

    Watch Stop overthinking and go create things on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
  10. 18:30Closing

Day 3

Friday, September 20

Outdoor trip

  1. 09:20Day trip to Bușteni
Attendees cheering on a forest road during the Friday mountain trip

Watch all 2024 talks on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Speakers

We Had Amazing Speakers, Really

16 speakers with really great stories to tell.

Let's talk about it

Ruby at Scale

A discussion panel about running Ruby at scale.

Moderated by

Events

Friendly Experiences Beyond the Talks

Beyond the talks, we explored Bucharest together and headed to the mountains.

Attendees gathered in Bucharest old town during the guided walking tour

Guided Bucharest Walking Tour

A friendly city walk together right after the first conference day.

Attendees cheering on a forest road during the Friday mountain trip

Friday Trip

A mountain day trip to Bușteni to close the edition outdoors.

Outdoor

Let's Stretch Our Legs

We took a train ride to the mountains together. Friendly.rb is part of the Ruby Triathlon tradition.

Hiking with the Friendly.rb community on the Friday trip Friendly.rb attendees posing on a mountain summit on the Friday trip Attendees cheering on a forest road during the Friday mountain trip Friendly.rb attendees posing as a group in front of the Bucegi mountains

Community

Ruby Developers from 23 Countries

  • Romania Host country, Bucharest 2024
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • India
  • Italy
  • Kenya
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Türkiye
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Sponsors

Sponsored by the Community

Thank you to everyone who made Friendly.rb 2024 possible.

Ruby Sponsors

(we ❤️ you)

Gold Sponsors

(thank you, thank you, thank you!)

Afterparty Sponsor

(🍹 you're the friendship creator 💃)

Community Sponsor

(proudly helping the community)

Travel Sponsors

(helping the speakers get here)

Production Partners

Community Partners