NYC on Rails is back and we have some stellar presenters lined up! The evening will feature short Ruby/Rails-related talks, followed by Q&A, and networking.

Food and drinks provided by The Flatiron School.

Speaker Lineup:

1.Eli BosworthofCasper:TBA

2.Spike Gronim of Etsy: "High Impact Projects"

Software developers typically have at least 10 projects that they could be working on. You can only do one thing at a time (well), so which project should you work on? Do you need more users, more engaged users, or more money from the users that you have? This talk will cover some quick techniques for estimating impact before you invest your time in a project.

3. Hunter Powers of Jibe: "Document and Test Your Rails APIs With Ease"

Two critical paths to successful API development are the communication of endpoint specifications and the insurance of general availability. The easier we can make these two paths to traverse, the more likely we are to find success. This talk will outline an accelerated flow towards documenting and testing rails APIs with ease.

4.Nick ThuesenofJustworks:"Developing Rails Apps in Docker"

Docker is powerful tool for management and deployment in a production environment. But even if you're not using Docker in production it can make development less of a chore when it comes to setting up and managing your local environments and dependencies. In this talk I will share some of the highlights and pitfalls we've experienced while developing our Rails application using Docker.

About the Presenters:

Eli BosworthofCasper

Eli Bosworth is the Director of Tech Ops at Casper.

Spike GronimofEtsy

Spike Gronim has been building e-commerce sites since 1999. He currently writes software for the search team at Etsy.

Hunter Powers of Jibe

Hunter Powers is a Manager of Software Engineering and Team Lead for Jibe in New York, NY and Washington, DC with a decade of professional experience. His book, Nokogiri Starter - Data Parsing in Ruby, published by Packt in 2013, rose to the top ten and was a best-selling programming book on Amazon.com. His interests lie in emerging technologies, management and leadership where he has been a key player in projects for American Express, UPS, NFL, TechCrunch, Engadget, AOL, Fox, Washington Post, New York Times, eBay, PayPal, Girl Scouts, YMCA, and American Bar Association among others.

Nick ThuesenofJustworks

Nick Thuesen is the Head of Engineering at Justworks and was formerly the Chief Architect at Tumblr.