Thoughtbot is attending and speaking at six events across two continents this fall. Highlights include XO Ruby Vancouver (LLM integration in Ruby), EuRuKo 2026 in Brno (timekeeping in Ruby), Rails World 2026 in Austin (database sharding and AI agent engineering), Rocky Mountain Ruby in Boulder (Rails app decay patterns), an Amsterdam Tech Leaders meetup hosted by thoughtbot, and the London CPO Conference. Thoughtbot also runs an ongoing Tech Leaders meetup series in cities including London, Austin, and Boston.
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Sign up to receive a weekly recap from thoughtbotXO Ruby Vancouver, August 15, Vancouver, CanadaEuRuKo 2026, September 16-18, Brno, Czech RepublicRails World 2026, September 23-24, Austin, TexasRocky Mountain Ruby, September 28-29, Boulder, ColoradoAmsterdam Tech Leaders, October 6, Amsterdam, NetherlandsLondon Chief Product Officer Conference 2026, October 29, London, UKTech Leaders meetups, ongoingIf you enjoyed this post, you might also like:Questions this post answers
What talks is Thoughtbot giving at Rails World 2026?
Two Thoughtbot engineers are speaking at Rails World 2026 in Austin. Tess Griffin is presenting 'Sharding Is Hard: Let's Make It Easier!' covering when to shard, how to pick a shard key, and keeping transactions consistent. Joël Quenneville is presenting 'Harness Engineering on Rails,' framing AI agents as reactive systems that improve code by iterating on standards, tests, and linters. Teams evaluating Rails architecture and AI agent patterns track Rails World sessions on daily.dev.