The March 2025 meeting of LRUG will be on Monday the 10th of
March, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (meeting starts at 6:30pm).
This month we’re hosted by the lovely folk at Explore Group
in their offices, near Aldgate. Full venue and
registration details are given below.
Agenda #
Objects talking to objects #
Gavin Morrice says:
A review on what makes OOP such an effective paradigm to work in, followed by a critical discussion on some of the newer design trends in the Ruby space. We will discuss the concerns of relying too heavily on these patterns, and alternative approaches.
Unlocking the Awesome Power of Refactoring at Work #
Hemal Varambhia says:
In this talk, I recount and discuss how I refactored some legacy ruby code using the Simple Design Dynamo and ideas from “Tidy First” to make it more agile, and then, using Domain-Driven Design, take that agility to the next level.
Afterwards #
When the talks come to an end we’ll decamp to a local pub for some food, some
drinks and some chat with your fellow attendees.
Of course, even though this is the socialising part and seems more
informal, please remember that still we consider it to be a part of the
meeting and covered by our code of conduct.
Venue & Registration #
Prior to attending you should familiarise yourself with our
README paying close attention to the code of
conduct which applies to all
attendees.
Secure your place #
Hopefully you all remember that physical meetings involve finite space and so to be guaranteed entry you need to register via ticket tailor.
Venue #
The address of the venue:
Explore Group
Portsoken house
155-157 Minories
London
EC3N 1LJ
See on a map
The venue has a hard limit of 60 people. If you register and realise you can’t come, please use TicketTailor to give up your
ticket so someone else can come in your place. We might be able to let in
people on the night who haven’t registered, but we can’t guarantee it.
Accessibility info for the venue #
There are a small number of steps to enter the building and then a lift to the 3rd floor.
Posted by Frederick Cheung on Feb 14, 2025
The February 2025 meeting of LRUG will be on Monday the 10th of
February, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (meeting starts at 6:30pm).
This month we’re hosted by the lovely folk at Funding
Circle in their offices, on Queen
Victoria St. Full venue and registration details are given below.
Agenda #
Lightning Talks! #
Our February meeting is our annual event devoted to short talks of no more
than 10 minutes.
We have space for at least 1 more talk, and it is our most popular event of the year. So, if you have been on the fence about giving a talk, there is no better opportunity than this. To put yourself on the map, email us at talks@lrug.org
fell sunderland says:
Why I don’t use AI programming tools, and I don’t think you should either.
Why our schema files kept changing #
David Lantos says:
Tale of an investigation why a local db:schema:load would change our
db/schema.rb for seemingly no reason. Spoiler: varchar index
10 years of RSpec in 10 minutes #
Jon Rowe will share:
a brief look into the history of RSpec and a glance into the future.
Rails 8 + AI = Happy Life for Lazy Engineer to Create a Walking Skeleton #
Zhiqiang Bian says:
In this talk, I’ll explore how Rails 8, combined with AI-assisted
tools, can help engineers rapidly spin up a walking skeleton—a minimal
yet functional end-to-end system—with minimal effort.
Never Say, Never Say Die! #
Eleanor McHugh says:
Ruby is a high-level language, and there’s a general assumption that
it’s ill-suited to low-level shenanigans. But is this true?
In this lightning talk I’ll introduce some basic Ruby tools for
accessing low-level system features, concentrating on *nix platforms,
and see if it’s possible to replicate tenderlove’s Never Say Die gem
for recovering from segfaults.
Jaehurn Nam says:
How we refactored Intercom’s conversation tagging service to not fake
tag and made customers happy.
Beyond current state: capturing how and why things changed #
Yevhenii Kurtov says:
Introduction into managing state for objects with complex lifecycle
when auditability is a must.
Self-Assessing against the Web Sustainability Guidelines #
James Smith says:
Sustainability is important, but it’s also hard, especially when
building web projects. How do you know you’re doing it right? This
quick talk will explain a tool I made for self-assessments against the
Web Sustainability Guidelines, which you can use too!
Afterwards #
When the talks come to an end we’ll decamp to a local pub for some food, some
drinks and some chat with your fellow attendees.
Of course, even though this is the socialising part and seems more
informal, please remember that still we consider it to be a part of the
meeting and covered by our code of conduct.
Venue & Registration #
Prior to attending you should familiarise yourself with our
README paying close attention to the code of
conduct which applies to all
attendees.
Secure your place #
Hopefully you all remember that physical meetings involve finite space and so to be guaranteed entry you need to register via ticket tailor.
Venue #
The address of the venue:
Funding Circle
71 Queen Victoria St
London
EC4V 4AY
See on a map
The venue has a hard limit of 75 people. If you register and realise you
can’t come, please use eventbrite to give up your place so we can someone
else come in your place. We might be able to let in people on the night
who haven’t registered, but we can’t guarantee it.
Posted by Alessandro Proserpio on Jan 15, 2025
The January 2025 meeting of LRUG will be on Monday the 13th of
January, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (meeting starts at 6:30pm).
This month we’re hosted by the lovely folk at Canva
in their offices, on Hoxton Square. Full venue and
registration details are given below.
Agenda #
Shape-up: the best parts #
Pablo Dejuan Calzolari says:
A talk about the 37 signals famous methodology and how we apply to 8 teams of
development which work in Ruby on Rails.
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LRUG January 2025 - Pablo Dejuan Calzolari - Shape-up the best parts
They’re not right, you’re not wrong #
Yevhenii Kurtov says:
We are going to look into the essence of what DDD is and why it came to
be in plain English, without any consultant lingo. We will also
evaluate its advantages, indicators of the possibility of successful
adoption, and reasons to do so.
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LRUG January 2025 - Yevhenii Kurtov - They’re not right, you’re not wrong
You? #
We’ve secured a venue, and have two talks, but there’s still space for a 10 minute talk. Could it be you? How about some of these ideas:
Get in touch to volunteer!
Afterwards #
When the talks come to an end we’ll move to a nearby pub for some food, some
drinks and some chat with your fellow attendees. Usually when we’ve visited Canva this has been The George & Vulture on Pitfield Street.
Of course, even though this is the socialising part and seems more
informal, please remember that still we consider it to be a part of the
meeting and covered by our code of conduct.
Venue & Registration #
Prior to attending you should familiarise yourself with our
README paying close attention to the code of
conduct which applies to all
attendees.
Secure your place #
Our hosts have limited space so you to be guaranteed entry you need to
register for a free ticket via TicketTailor.
Note: as part of attending this month you will also need to agree to an NDA
provided by our hosts, Canva.
Venue #
The address of the venue:
Canva
33 Hoxton Square
London
N1 6PB
See on a map
The venue has a hard limit of 150 people. Even with such a high number, if you
register and realise you can’t come, please use TicketTailor to give up your
ticket so someone else can come in your place. We might be able to let in
people on the night who haven’t registered, but we can’t guarantee it.
Posted by Murray Steele on Dec 18, 2024
