It was a wild ride but worth every second. Already have ideas for next year spinning in my brain. This conference organizing might be a disease of some sort that I have contracted. 😬😁
It happened! Blastoff Rails 2026 was a great success! There are no words to adequately thank all of the attendees, sponsors, and volunteers. We did a really cool thing, gathering together to learn and inspire. Keep that energy. Keep that momentum. And have a great summer!
On Thursday night, I'll be giving a preview of my @rubyconf talk at @phillyrb. I'll talk about the game I'm building with DragonRuby and Rails. All are welcome! luma.com/7mq7d7m8
Do you have a Ruby/Rails newsletter and/or hang out in a Slack/Discord with other Rails devs? Can you help spread the word that the 2026 Rails Developer survey is open for a few more weeks?
Drop a link to...
railsdeveloper.com/survey/
We reached out to @Judoscale at the last minute to fill a sponsorship that fell through and they responded without question. Thank you Judoscale for answering the call and supporting the community. Please check them out for all your autoscaling needs!
judoscale.com
Today we want to thank @AppSignal for supporting community events everywhere, including Blastoff Rails! It isn't cheap to put on a conference and they came through to help make it happen. Please go support them!
appsignal.com
Thank you @typesense for being a huge supporter of the community and a lightning fast open source search! They supported us from the beginning and also power our "Things to Do" page. Please check them out!
typesense.org
A big shoutout to @adrianthedev and Avo for sponsoring Blastoff Rails this year. He was one of the first people to support when this conference started to take shape. From financial backing and moral support to providing physical ruby passports for our attendees. Please go check out his company Avo, a Rails framework for internal tools!
avohq.io
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