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Meetup for Ruby developers of the North West of England. Meeting the third Thursday of every month nwrug.org Manchester, UK

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And we’re off! @twnsnd.com scaling his tails of scaling Rails

16.10.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached Β£5M ARR: Ryan h...

Last call for our meet-up happening tonight in Manchester!
Come and hear @twnsnd.com share his story about how he started, scaled and eventually liquidated a Rails-based startup that reached a peak annual recurring revenue of Β£5 million.
Register here to attend:
nwrug.org/events/milli...

16.10.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached Β£5M ARR: Ryan h...

Just one week to go until our next event! Come hear @twnsnd.com share his story – Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails
nwrug.org/events/milli...

09.10.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Millions on Rails: A Two-Decade Retrospective on Scaling With Rails, Thursday 16th October This month, Ryan Townsend will be sharing stories about how he started, scaled, and liquidated a Rails-based startup that at its peak reached Β£5M ARR: Ryan h...

Looking forward to talking about scaling #RubyonRails to hundreds of millions of yearly client revenue @nwrug.org meetup on Thursday 16th in Manchester, my old university city πŸ™Œ

Come join us for free πŸ‘‰ nwrug.org/events/milli...

02.10.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ruby community has a DHH problem The Ruby community can no longer afford to stand silent in the face of DHH and his toxic ideas.

The Ruby community has a DHH problem
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22.09.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17
A presentation demonstrating building a native iPhone application from a standard Rails application using Hotwire Native.

A presentation demonstrating building a native iPhone application from a standard Rails application using Hotwire Native.

Getting our Hotwire Native on

18.09.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

Final reminder: Tonight at NWRUG we're hearing all about building mobile apps using Rails and Turbo Native.
Register to attend and join us from 6:30pm
nwrug.org/events/septe...

18.09.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

This Thursday from 6:30pm in sunny Manchester: Steven Harrison will be taking us through building native apps using Turbo Native. nwrug.org/events/septe...

16.09.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Turbocharged Native Development, Thursday 18th September This month Steven Harrison will be give us a guided tour of Hotwire Native: I've often seen the requirement of a native application used as a reason to only ...

We're back for another North West Ruby User Group this Thursday. Our very own Steven Harrison will be taking us on a tour of building native mobile apps using Turbo Native: nwrug.org/events/septe...

13.09.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This Thursday! Come hear Rahoul (AKA Baz) update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. #ruby

nwrug.org/events/softw...

18.08.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Software dev with LLMs, Summer 25 update, Thursday 21st August We're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Rahoul (https://ruby.social/@rahoulb) (AKA Baz) explaini...

We’re back later this month with another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Rahoul (AKA Baz) will update us on his latest experiences using LLMs for software development. Register now: nwrug.org/events/softw...

08.08.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...

This Thursday! Come hear Caius expound the virtues of tugging on those mysterious threads that we happen upon during our day to day code weaving #ruby

nwrug.org/events/tuggi...

14.07.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Tugging threads, Thursday 17th July After last month's Brighton Ruby break we're back for another edition of Ruby in the North West, AKA NWRUG. This month we have our very own Caius (https://ru...

We’re back next Thursdaywith another #ruby meetup in Manchester. This time Caius will be delivering a talk on the power of tugging on threads. Register now: nwrug.org/events/tuggi...

11.07.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is no NWRUG Ruby meet-up this month as we'll all be down in Brighton for @brightonruby.com. Normal service resumes next month.

09.06.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Noah Gibb's Educational Ticket This form is created with Reform - A form builder for creating clean, on-brand forms. No code required.

Looking to give away some tickets for brightonruby.com purchased by kind folks in the community in the name of Noah Gibbs.

Please share with folks (in education or out of work in early career) who would qualify. Will contact folks by Wed 5th June.

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29.05.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you've got a blog where you (at least sometimes) write Ruby-related posts, please reply with a link to your RSS feed below.

I am going to try to start keeping an eye on those as well and sharing interesting stuff I find from time to time.

15.05.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3
NWRUG Event: Rails AntiPatterns Revisited, Thursday 15th May Come join us for another NWRUG! Nearly 15 years ago, Rails 3 was born from the merger of Rails 2.x and Merb around the same time the book Rails AntiPatterns:...

Join us this Thursday as @cpytel.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @thoughtbot.com leads us on a look back at Rails AntiPatterns 15 years later. How exactly have best practices changed since Rails 3? Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/rails...

12.05.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding β€” Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...

At this Thursday's meetup we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.

Registration here if you'd like to attend: nwrug.org/events/april...

15.04.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: !vibe_coding β€” Using AI to build a Rails app, Thursday 17th April Come join us for another NWRUG! This month we're exploring some of the latest advancements in generative AI and IDE integrations with a live pair-programming...

We’re back for another Ruby meet in Manchester! Next Thursday we’ll be looking at generative AI, with a live coding demo by @rahoulb.bsky.social using AI agents, followed by a discussion of the pros, cons, ins and outs of generative AI in software dev.

Info/registration: nwrug.org/events/april...

10.04.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And we’re off! Rob taking us through the Noisy Animal kata

20.03.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...

Our March meeting is tonight (20 March). Join us at the Colony, One Silk Street in Ascots at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) to work through the Noisy Animals kata. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring

Full details, including the all important registration link, available at

20.03.2025 09:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Select tickets – North West Ruby User Group March 2025 Meeting – Colony, One Silk Street It's the March 2025 edition of NWRUG More details atΒ https://nwrug.org/events/2025-march Remember that attendance of NWRUG even...

We're doing the Noisy Animal kata this Thursday evening in Ancoats, Manchester. All are welcome, no matter your level of #ruby experience.
Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/nwrug...

17.03.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: March 2025 Meeting, Thursday 20th March Instead of a talk, we will work through the Noisy Animals kata (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/introducing-the-noisy-animal-kata). Developers of all experience ...

Our March meeting is on 20 March. We'll be back at Colony in Ancoats. Thank you to Fatsoma for sponsoring.

We will work through the Noisy Animals kata. Developers of all levels are welcome; you don’t need to bring a laptop!

You can register at

14.03.2025 09:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...

NWRUG is back tomorrow for our lightning talks night! Full details and registration: nwrug.org/events/febru...

19.02.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Lightning Talks, Thursday 20th February This month we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful members have an opportunity to give a short talk, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (no...

We’re back! Thursday 20 Feb will be lighting talks at North West Ruby User Group. Come join us.

nwrug.org/events/febru...

04.02.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Final reminder for the NWRUG Festive Social! 🚨

When: Thursday, Dec 19th
Where: Beermoth, Tib St
Time: 6:30 PM

Come along for craft beer, great chats, and end-of-year cheer. Let’s celebrate 2024 together! 🍻

https://nwrug.org/events/festive-social-at-cafe-beermoth

16.12.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NWRUG Event: Festive Social at Cafe Beermoth, Thursday 19th December As the year winds down and the holiday cheer increases, it’s time for the annual NWRUG festive social! We’re swapping the usual talks and code for cosy chats...

πŸŽ… Countdown to the NWRUG Festive Social! Just one week to go.

πŸ—“οΈ Dec 19th
⏰ 6:30 PM
πŸ“ Beermoth, Tib St, Manchester

Join us for a relaxed evening with fellow Ruby enthusiasts. No talks, just festive fun!

Christmas jumpers welcome. πŸŽ„βœ¨

09.12.2024 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0