Say hello!

[Avdi Grimm]

I’ll start! I’m Avdi, I like pie and poetry readings and as of when I’m writing this, I just started taking very first hip-hop dance class. Tech-wise, I’ve been thinking a lot about thinking in processes over thinking in objects, and the limits of encapsulation.

[Stephan Kämper]

Hi I’m Stephan,

I’m a programming software tester, former oceanographer and now all-year open water swimmer. It’s especially the winter swimming that gives me a kick – and ability to focus.

I hope that I can learn more about some higher level aspects of programming, rather than syntax and single classes. After all object-orientation (as I understand it so far) is about the collaboration of objects to achieve a goal.

[Jonathan Smith]

I’m Jonathan. I work in the news industry, officially as a “lead architect” on programs used to predict the outcome of US elections. In practice I write quite a lot of the back-end and front-end code so “lead programmer” or “software engineer” might be a better description.<div>I am about to release a system for use in November. It has been running parallel in various versions for the primary elections since May. The back-end and most model code is Kotlin and the front-end consists of five SPAs written in Typescript. It is designed around an actor architecture implemented with Kotlin’s coroutines. It keeps about 6,000 statistical models up to date (within a second as data arrives) and provides a convent user interface for browsing vote data and projections.

I used Ruby years ago and I miss it. There seems to be quite a bit of discussion about functional programming online and not that much about object-oriented design. It’s too bad since OOP (or perhaps object-functional thinking) is really how I see the world. In my opinion object-oriented thinking complements rather than conflicts with a functional programming. To me OOP is really about programming as knowledge representation and modeling the world in terms of message passing.

I study and explore during my breaks from coding. I saw a mention of Graceful Dev in a Ruby conference video on You Tube and decided to take a look. It seems far more interesting and relevant than most online learning materials I’ve seen.

Next year my work life will be much quieter. I hope. I am planning a 2023 side project that will involve Ruby and also use Rust for the bits that have to be fast. The project will be limited to 2023 as I expect 2024 will be professionally demanding as well as emotionally trying for me and many others in the US.

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[maurotrp]

Hi!

I’m Mauricio from Chiloé Island, Chile (native spanish speaker). Former business administrator, and passionate musician (trumpet player) I really love abstraction (in a light way) and I’ve been studying to become a software developer for a while, I’m really happy following the courses here at gracefull dev, and Hoppe to learn the minimun requisites to land a new job as a developer as soon as posible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTkFnLPKLlA

Here’s a live show from us, if you like to watch some “Chilotean” Music, it’s really charged with poetry from the islands of southern pacific (Hope you enjoy it)

[Banjoko Oluwaseun]

My name is Banjoko Oluwaseun, I am a Nigerian currently residing in the United Kingdom. I am currently unlearning and relearning my knowledge of the Ruby stack

[Troy Graves]

I’m Troy, a student at Launch School (a self-paced, mastery-based program in software development), on their Ruby track. I’m in the last couple months of studying Ruby before starting the front-end material. I really like Ruby, and the stuff I’ve come across from Avdi online has been a help and inspiration along the way, so I joined up here to cement and expand on what I’ve learned so far.
I’m starting on the late side (at 55) and as much as I’ve enjoyed the learning track, I hope to get my first job in the next year!

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[Chan Myae San Hlaing]

Hi I am Chan.

I am originally from Myanmar (Burma) but currently living in Tokyo, Japan. I’ve been working as a ruby developer for about 9 years and currently working on a rails codebase as old as my career.

I’ve been a fan of Avdi’s books and talks for years now. I think Ruby tapas give you something that you can’t easily find on the internet once you get passed the stage of just following tutorials and start building real world applications.

I also love having aha! moments when Avdi takes some exotic ruby features that I don’t even know existed or that I know but not sure how they work.

[Hannah Shaw]

Howdy! I’m Hannah, and I’m new here, though not new to Ruby. Once upon a time, back toward the beginning of my programming journey, I used to hack on Rails apps as a solo dev. But for the past few years, it’s been all JavaScript all the time for me. I like JS well enough, but I miss the delight of well-crafted Ruby, and want to get back in touch with it! I also now have my first-ever senior position- but upon ascending that peak, I discovered that what was next was simply another mountain. Containers, observability, and so many other things I still need to learn to grow my practice as an engineer!

Outside of code, I’m a big fan of classic electronic music (house, techno, jungle, hip-hop, you name it!) and progressive & psychedelic rock- I DJ a little, when I have the time. I also like classic steel-frame road bikes and film cameras, and own entirely too many books (if such a thing is possible).

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[Tom Hanley]

Tom here. I’ve been a Ruby programmer for 15 or so years. A couple of stints doing management and leadership so sometimes I get a bit rusty.

[Avdi Grimm]

Hi Tom! Welcome!

[megatux]

Hello! I’m Cristian, from somewhere inside Argentina. I’ve been doing Ruby for 10+ years, some Java and others before that. Mostly web dev. I also love trail running.

Always trying to polish my programming skills and collaborate with OSS.
Regards

[Avdi Grimm]

Belatedly – Welcome, Cristian!

[Kira Porter]

Hi there!

My name is Kira and I am a Ruby dev coming back from maternity leave! I live with my husband, 2 dogs, and 1 year old on the beautiful Quadra Island in Canada. Returning to work is difficult as I could spend all day watching my little one learn about the world and feel it is a day well spent – but bills are bills and they don’t stop just because my world has been recentered.

Outside of kids (furry or other) I love kayaking and am getting into planning a food forest.
Cheers all!

[Avdi Grimm]

Welcome, Kira! Good to have you here!

[william guiraud]

Hello,

My name is William. I’ve been a mature student at LaunchSchool.com (a self-paced, mastery-based program) for the past three years and have greatly enjoyed the flexibility of learning software engineering fundamentals at my own pace. I live in Port Alberni, BC, Canada, where I can enjoy the outdoors on a regular basis. I’m looking forward to expanding my Ruby skills.

Best regards,

William

[Avdi Grimm]

Welcome, William!

[Sarah Ruth Finkel]

Hello,

I’m Sarah Ruth, based in New Mexico. I’ve been a software engineer for about 8 years now, roughly 6 of those years writing in Rails/Ruby. I’m looking to improve my current skills, and become a more confident engineer. I’m also an trained artist – ceramics is my medium of choice. I am a mom, have two cats, and just started raising some guppies!

[Avdi Grimm]

Welcome! How do your cats feel about the guppies?

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