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Speaking at RubyConf Mini

Alan Ridlehoover

by Alan Ridlehoover

Alan Ridlehoover & Fito von Zastrow @ RubyConf Mini
Alan Ridlehoover & Fito von Zastrow @ RubyConf Mini

RubyConf Mini 2022 was fantastic! Lots of great speakers. Over 150 attendees. And, I got to check something off my bucket list! My friend Fito and I got up and talked about software complexity, a topic near to our hearts.

Our talk was incredibly well received. The audience laughed at the amusing bits, nodded approvingly at the salient bits, and gave us a warm round of applause. Better yet, many people expressed to us how much they got from the talk. Folks did the homework we asked them to do and discovered things they didn't know about their code bases. Team leads told us they were going to make the talk required viewing when the video comes out. And, multiple people commented on how much they liked the dynamic of us sharing the stage.

I'll post the link to the talk once it's up. In the meantime, here's our deck:

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