# SF Ruby Meetup

> The monthly SF Ruby meetup: talks, startup demos, and networking with founders and engineers building with Ruby. Free, every month, in San Francisco. RSVP on [Luma](https://lu.ma/sfruby).

## Next meetups

- **SF Ruby Meetup, October @ Persona**: Thursday, October 29, 2026, 5:00 pm at 50 Beale St fl 16, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. [RSVP](https://luma.com/3z198kx7)

## Take part

- All events and RSVPs: https://lu.ma/sfruby
- Submit a talk: https://forms.gle/EZLqENWd5VjiLduq8
- Demo your startup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTg1VZIMOyWqffBZgsQxxWbSWYOKmp_kFVnQhtJvlgvdabyw/viewform?usp=send_form
- Host the meetup at your office: https://sfruby.com/host

## Latest recordings

Every talk is on YouTube. The full library: https://sfruby.com/videos.md.

### SF Bay Area Ruby Meetup - August 2026
August 25, 2026 · Gusto
Full video: https://youtu.be/q0BG_OK6YwE
  - Community Announcements (Herb merged into Rails, Agents on Rails, The Pier), by Irina Nazarova, Evil Martians (https://youtu.be/q0BG_OK6YwE?t=135)
  - Gusto CoFounder: An AI That Can Run Your Small Business, by Edward Kim, Gusto (https://youtu.be/q0BG_OK6YwE?t=691)
  - Legacy Rails and the AI That Couldn't, by Madison Sites, Order.co (https://youtu.be/q0BG_OK6YwE?t=3160)
  - Testing Async Workflows in Rails and Sidekiq, by Harsh Parekh, VitalSource (https://youtu.be/q0BG_OK6YwE?t=5430)

### SF Bay Area Ruby Meetup - July 2026
July 22, 2026 · Sentry
Full video: https://youtu.be/13a6XcrzQcc
  - garnet-js: Implementing the YARV Virtual Machine, by Cameron Dutro, Cisco Meraki (https://youtu.be/13a6XcrzQcc?t=469)
  - Fair by Design: Orchestrating Background Jobs in Ruby, by Alexander Baygeldin, Evil Martians (https://youtu.be/13a6XcrzQcc?t=2800)
  - The Anatomy of an ERB Rendering Engine, by Marco Roth (https://youtu.be/13a6XcrzQcc?t=5700)

## Hosts

These companies open their doors to the Ruby community.

- **[Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com)** (Built with Rails): The startup accelerator behind Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, and thousands more.
- **[GitHub](https://github.com)** (Built with Rails): Where the world builds software. Home to 100M+ developers and virtually every open-source project.
- **[Chime](https://www.chime.com)** (Built with Rails): America's most-loved neobank, reimagining banking with no hidden fees.
- **[Sentry](https://sentry.io)** (Ruby SDK): The developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring platform used by 100K+ organizations.
- **[Cisco Meraki](https://meraki.cisco.com)** (Built with Rails): Cloud-managed networking that powers enterprise IT worldwide, acquired by Cisco for $1.2B.
- **[New Relic](https://newrelic.com)** (Built with Rails): Observability platform helping engineers monitor, debug, and optimize their entire stack.
- **[Productboard](https://productboard.com)** (Built with Rails): Product management platform helping teams build the right products, used by 5,000+ companies.
- **[Figma](https://figma.com)** (Built with Ruby): The collaborative design tool that redefined how teams create together.
- **[Fin](https://intercom.com)** (Built with Rails): Fin (formerly Intercom), the AI-first customer service company behind the Fin AI agent.
- **[AngelList](https://angellist.com)** (Built with Rails): The platform powering startup fundraising and venture capital, with $171B+ in assets under administration.
- **[PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com)** (Built with Rails): The serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess, the same technology scaling YouTube's database.
- **[Binti](https://binti.com)** (Built with Rails): Technology for child welfare agencies, helping get every child into a safe, loving home.
- **[Persona](https://withpersona.com)** (Built with Rails): Humanizing online identity by helping companies verify that their users are who they say they are.
- **[Academia.edu](https://academia.edu)** (Built with Rails): The platform where 270M+ academics share research papers and connect with scholars worldwide.
- **[Checkr](https://checkr.com)** (Built with Ruby): The API-first, AI-driven background check platform built for modern hiring and the gig economy.
- **[Gusto](https://www.gusto.com)** (Built with Rails): Cloud payroll, benefits, and HR for hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses.
- **[Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com)** (Ruby SDK): Observability and security for cloud applications: metrics, traces, logs, and profiles in one platform.
- **[Evil Martians](https://evilmartians.com)** (Built with Rails): Product development consultancy and open-source powerhouse behind 100+ developer tools used by millions.

## Between meetups

- Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/sf-ruby/shared_invite/zt-3mi22dwb9-MGN_s0j_jNrt7hb4rvqkHg
- Newsletter: https://sfruby.substack.com/
- Photos: https://sfruby.com/photos
- The conference, Nov 10-12, 2026: https://sfruby.com/index.md