Drew Bragg

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Hire Drew before your competitor does and you have to sit through a meeting about why they're shipping faster.

A group of top-tier Rails developers I know and worked with (plus myself) were unfortunately laid off today. Any company would be fortunate to pick them up. If you or anyone you know is hiring, send me a DM 🙏

I would give my worldly possessions away to work with Drew again on an engineering team. Hire him. Or tell a friend. And have them tell a friend he's on the market again.

Welp... Got laid off from Podia today. Kinda a lot to process for a Thursday. I'll have something more coherent to say eventually. For now, send Ruby/Rails leads. Or dog pictures.... Both are good.

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This @phillyrb.org talk idea is fantastic! www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve... - wish I could join and hoping there's a video to watch later.

On Thursday night, I'll be giving a preview of my @RubyConf talk at @phillyrb.org. I'll talk about the game I'm building with DragonRuby and Rails. All are welcome! https://luma.com/7mq7d7m8

Friendly reminder to change your HVAC air filter if you haven’t done that in a while.

Hello, Ruby Friends! New episodes of The Ruby on Rails Podcast are going to start rolling out soon! If all goes well, the first new episode should go up next week. The podcast has a brand new host who is very excited to hit the ground running.

Made this last week as a bit of fun to tease Podia’s new branding on podia.com (just launched, pending acceptance by the DNS gods). This also marks our major pivot towards community features because, in this AI world, content is dead as a creator business model and connection is everything.

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🤖 Interested in #ClaudeCode and #Rails upgrades? Join us this Tuesday at the Philly.rb meetup to see how @etagwerker.com and his team at @fastruby.io are teaching #Claude to upgrade #Ruby and #Rails www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve... #Meetup #Philadelphia #Phillyrb

Forget the Gordie Howe Hat Trick, show me the Jack Hughes Hat Trick: Lose a tooth, take a penalty, win the game in OT.

I still think Guentzel over Caufield was a horrible choice. But at least it wasn't Bennet over Bedard. GM is gonna get some serious hate for that fumble

Amazing! Now can we shut up about the Tkacucks, it's the Hughes brothers now!

Sonnet 4.6 is def faster than 4.5 and I like that it’s cheaper than Opus but I feel like it’s not as good. I don’t actually have any hard data to back this up. It’s just a feeling. Has anyone else been using Sonnet and have thoughts?

Did you know a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance?

Excited to see everyone tonight! Don't forget to RSVP if you haven't yet!

Are models degrading over time or are we adding a ton of unfiltered slop to an ever growing codebase which causes the model to start to struggle over time? 🤔

Tomorrow 🥳 @meg-gutshall.bsky.social will be joining us to break down the ActiveRecord Enums module! Don't miss out on this talk uncovering some of the "rails magic" 🪄 that you may be taking for granted. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

Bad news for Hockey fans 😢 (I guess good news for USA fans who don't get hockey)

This month @meg-gutshall.bsky.social will be joining @phillyrb.org to break down the ActiveRecord Enums module. Don't miss out on this talk breaking down some of the "rails magic" that you may be taking for granted. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

aI iS cOmInG fOr YoUr JoB Also AI:

Hey, psst… 🤫 Don't tell anybody, but you've got less than a week left to submit your talk to Blue Ridge Ruby. 🤐 Seriously, mum's the word. And whatever you do, don't share this link… 😶‍🌫️ blueridgeruby.com/cfp/

It's party (meetup) time

Starting soon but not to late for you to RSVP and join! I'm at Indy Hall now if you need to be let in. I brought the drinks and Ernesto is ordering the pizza! www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

Tomorrow! Who's coming?

This week, Jeremy went on @codingcoders.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming conference with @drbragg.dev. Check it out here! podcast.drbragg.dev/episodes/epi...

Next week Scott Werner is coming to Philly.rb to talk (shit) about AI agents. Scott helps organize the Artificial Ruby meetup and we are PUMPED to have him speak at our meetup. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

New Year, new episode! My friend @jeremysmith.co came back on the show to talk about @blueridgeruby.com!

This is very good news. Brandon is a very smart and diplomatic person who is _very_ good at calling people out on their shit. Looking forward to seeing what he can do on the board of RC

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ruby and the release of Ruby 4.0, the first 32 talks from the SF Ruby Conference main stage are now live on YouTube! This includes keynotes from @marcoroth.dev, @palkan.bsky.social, and @paolino.me. We’re working on uploading the rest next week.

We were very proud to present @marcoroth.dev with the Rails Luminary Award 2025. And yes, I was on a secret mission to Zurich 😀. rubyonrails.org/2025/12/17/m...

Had a great time listening to @kcdragon.bsky.social's Intro to Hotwire Native last night at Philly.rb! We're working on setting up some great speakers in 2026. We already have January setup (look for the announcement soon) and have slots for February and March open for anyone looking to give a talk.

RBQ Conf tickets go on sale today at noon. We’re opening Rare tickets a bit earlier and letting them run longer than usual, so folks can grab early pricing in the way that works best for them. Medium and Well-Done will follow later. Details: rbqconf.com#tickets

If you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas. rubytshirts.com

ICYMI Tomorrow is Philly.rb at @indyhall.org! @kcdragon.bsky.social will be giving an intro to Hotwire Native. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

PUUUMMMPPPPEEEEDDDD!!!!

Don't forget to RSVP!

Have you noticed how great the Ruby docs looks like for the master? docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/ Thank you @st0012.dev and the entire team contributing to RDoc for these improvements.

Episode 69 just came out of the lab! 👨‍🔬 Ernesto Tagwerker (@etagwerker.bsky.social), founder of OmbuLabs and FastRuby.io, returns to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Thanks for catching up with us, Ernesto! 🙏☺️ www.indierails.com/69

Next week is Philly.rb! @kcdragon.bsky.social is joining us for an intro to Hotwire Native. If you’ve been curious about taking Rails to mobile without going all-in on Swift/Kotlin, this is a great chance to learn how teams are doing it in practice. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/phillyrb/eve...

Do you ever miss the mountains? ⛰️

I'm not doing enough work to feel this burnt out.

PAX Unplugged isn't even over yet and I can already tell I'm going to be sick 😞 not surprised just disappointed. Masks and hand sanitizer just isn't enough for this many people in close proximity.