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The Ruby Gems PodcastRails World: Amanda PerinoAmanda Perino, Executive Director of the Rails Foundation, shares insights into Rails World's evolution and the foundation's growth strategy for supporting the global Ruby on Rails community. From creative conference elements like the Ruby Embassy experience to strategic partnerships with regional events, Amanda reveals how they're building sustainability while maintaining the community's playful spirit.• Rails World returned to Amsterdam with continued enthusiasm despite using the same venue• New elements added this year include a chill-out lounge, Ruby Embassy experience, and Ruby phone installation• The Ruby passport system will connect global Ruby events with stamps from differ...
2025-09-2944 min
Code with Jason254 - Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails FoundationIn this episode, Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation, discusses the foundation's mission to promote Rails through events like Rails World, focusing on finding unique venues that create special conference experiences. She shares insights about venue selection, sponsor negotiations, and the foundation's efforts to showcase Rails amid challenging job market conditions.
2025-05-071h 12
The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 516: Catching Up On The Rails Foundation with Amanda PerinoOver the last year, the Rails Foundation has been hard at work on several initiatives. After a successful Rails World last year, they’ve been working on the program for this year’s Rails World in Toronto. The Rails Foundation has also been working on several other initiatives that are very important to our community. Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation joins the show to talk about the Foundation's work on the Rails Guides, Rails Girls Brazil, Tropical.rb, tutorials, working with Rails Core, and Rails World
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Rails Foundation Website - https://ruby...
2024-05-2232 min
Ruby RoguesRuby Dev Summit - Amanda PerinoIn this episode, Charles Wood delves into the exciting world of Ruby on Rails with Amanda Perino, director of the Ruby on Rails Foundation. Charles and Amanda discuss the future of Ruby, the renewed energy and positivity in the Ruby and Rails community, the latest developments and frameworks in Rails, and the significance of events and community outreach in the technology space. With a focus on documentation, education, and marketing initiatives, Amanda shares her insights on the ever-evolving landscape of the Ruby on Rails community and provides valuable advice for current and aspiring developers. Tune in to gain a deeper...
2024-02-1526 min
Friendly ShowAmanda Perino: It's RailsWorld 2024 CFP season! How to become a speaker?Join the dialogue with Amanda Perino, CEO of the Rails Foundation, as we unpack the intricacies and excitement of Rails World 2024. Amanda brings her unique perspective to the table, revealing the behind-the-scenes of organizing a top-tier conference in Toronto and how they're shaping it to be an even more engaging and community-driven event. We reminisce about past encounters that birthed our podcast and hear updates on both the Rails community's beloved doggo - Milo, and the technical leaps expected with Rails 8.What's more, we take your feedback to heart, promising more networking woven in...
2024-01-3020 min
Remote RubyRails World 2023 Recap & Rails Foundation Plans with Amanda PerinoIn this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew welcome guest, Amanda Perino, ExecutiveDirector from the Rails Foundation. Today, they discuss their experiences at RailsWorld, touching on the importance of community enthusiasm and the benefits of in-person events. Amanda shares how the Rails Foundation coordinated Rails World andmanaged feedback, with a special mention of the EventStack team. They highlight thecustom design elements of the conference and the speaker experience. Amandaemphasizes the significance of having a strong team, and they discuss the decision tohost the next Rails World 2024...
2023-11-1741 min
Code with Jason193 - Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails FoundationThis week I'm joined by Amanda Perino, Executive Director of the Rails Foundation. We discuss the upcoming Rails World conference in Amsterdam on October 5th & 6th. We also discuss what makes for a great conference experience, learning new languages and studying abroad, cultural differences between the US and Europe, and what's new at the Rails Foundation.The Rails FoundationRails World 2023The Rails Foundation on TwitterThe Rails Foundation on LinkedInThis Week In Rails NewsletterAmanda Perino on TwitterAmanda Perino on LinkedInSin City Ruby
2023-08-1459 min
The Rails Changelog005: Rails World chat with Amanda Perino. Trilogy, ChatGPT's contribution to Rails.Amanda Perino reveals more about Rails World, The Rails Foundation's first ever conference happening in Amsterdam, Netherlands this year. Trilogy is a database adapter from GitHub to connect Ruby on Rails and Active Record clients to MySQL-compatible database servers has recently been merged into Rails!Rails World conferenceThe Rails SaaS conferenceTrilogy adapter for RailsChatGPT's Rails contribution
2023-04-2611 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 467: The Rails Foundation with Amanda PerinoAmanda Perino is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Rails Foundation. Brittany interviewed Amanda and the pair discuss all of the exciting initiatives coming out of the Foundation, the Rails community members who are helping with the efforts and advice coming from other software communities.
Show Notes:
The Rails Foundation
Rails World
This Week in Rails newsletter
The Rails Changelog Podcast
Suggestion Form to send ideas to the Rails Foundation
the Tightly Coupled Book Club
Amanda Brooke Perino (@AmandaBPerino) / Twitter
Amanda Perino on LinkedIn
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2023-04-2633 min
Remote RubyAmanda Perino - The Rails Foundation Bet? On this episode of Remote Ruby Jason and Andrew make a bet. The timer is set for ten minutes, and if Andrew loses, Jason gets to find out his mysterious middle name. Cleophus, Herkimer, Phalange??? The question is, will Jason find out? In the meantime, we’re very excited to welcome our special guest, Amanda Perino, who’s the Executive Director for The Rails Foundation. Today, we’ll discuss The Rails Foundation, some initiatives that are underway, such as Rails World Conference scheduled for October 2023 in Amsterdam, some things in the works with improving documentation, and how the Rails Fo...
2023-04-2136 min