He's CTO at @coveragebook, Rubyist @onerubything, runs @brightonruby, Author, Speaker, Bootstrapper & Twin Dad. š ruby.social/@andycroll
Brighton, UK
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The journey begins to Austin.
Not saying that coffee options are limited at 6:45AM on a Sunday in Brighton but, Iāve had better.
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Weāre just a few days away from Rails World in Austin.
Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting some new ones, and revisiting Austin. Itās been a few years.
Iāll be giving my keynote, āThe Most Valuable Engineer Isnāt Shipping Features,ā on Tuesday afternoon. Iāve been tinkering with this one for a whileā¦ looking forward to finally sharing it.
Keep an eye out for a number of my fellow @planetargon teammates, too. Weāll be wandering around and would love to talk shopā¦ @rails, legacy apps, modernization, AI, or whatever youāre curious about these days.
Come find us. Letās unpack a few things together. š¤
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Made with AI
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"Hi there, just giving you a call about your AWS usage at your business"
"That's weird, we don't use it"
"Azure?"
"Nope"
<stunned silence>
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Quick this year right?
Brighton Ruby 2026's talks all on YouTube (for the first time).
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Look at these lovely folks, wouldn't it be great to shake their hands in a week's time?
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Today is Raffaās final day after nearly sixteen years. Heās been in heart failure for a few weeks, now at the point where weād be keeping him around for us and not for him.
Having, loving & losing a dog feels both ridiculous & deeply profound. Lots of tears at my place today.
ALT Raffa: king of dogs
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Is anyone going to @brightonruby and would be willing to buddy up with this junior looking to network? Or at the very minimum, drop them some advice on Reddit? teddit.net/r/rails/comments/ā¦ cc: @andycroll
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Designed a Brighton Ruby t-shirt for 2026!
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Andy Croll retweeted
Excited to be speaking at @brightonruby this June! Looks like quite a lineup for Ruby/Rails builders.
I'll also be hosting a workshop the day before on AI adoption with your team.
Ruby friends ā who's going?
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The inflection trilogy ends.
(Much less cool than it sounds, but still useful)
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In a world of AI there's one father-figure 90s robot we can believe in.
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Now Heroku is drifting away... running your own servers is fine right?
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Wrote again on a nice little Rails-enabled inquiry pattern.
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Also I published this on a readable Rails-ism
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