Back in December, kind of on a whim, Fito and I submitted a couple of proposals to Tropical.rb, the largest Rails conference in Latin America. "Wouldn't it be amazing," we gaped. "We could visit family in Asunción, friends in Montevideo, and then head to São Paulo to speak at the conference and make more friends."

Then this happened...

Tropical.rb acceptance of A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn

Tropical.rb selected our Brewer's Guide talk! Before we knew it, there were posts on LinkedIn announcing us as speakers...

Tropical.rb confirmed speaker images for Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow

And, then, almost eight thousand miles later, Fito and I became international speakers!

And, here's the proof! Enjoy!

And, here's the deck...