Shows
The Ruby AI PodcastYou Can’t Vibe-Code Trust: Scaling AI Safely with Bekki FreemanValentino Stoll and co-host Joe Leo open the Ruby Podcast noting OpenAI is winding down its SOA video app and discuss the broader difficulty of building AI businesses. Guest Bekki Freeman, staff software engineer at Caribou Financial and organizer of Rocky Mountain Ruby, shares conference details (Boulder, Colorado at eTown, September 28–29; CFP opening soon; tickets after the schedule). The conversation focuses on safely scaling AI use in an 8-year Rails monolith: preparing messy codebases with dead code and metaprogramming, strengthening test harnesses and coverage, improving documentation, and being explicit about desired patterns rather than copying existing bad ones. They di...
2026-04-0748 min
Code with Jason301 - Bekki Freeman, Staff Software Engineer at Caribou and Co-Organizer of Rocky Mountain RubyIn this episode I talk with Becky Freeman, staff engineer at Caribou and co-organizer of Rocky Mountain Ruby, about legacy code, refactoring long-running applications, and the psychological skills required to get team buy-in for technical improvements.Links:Bekki Freeman on LinkedInRocky Mountain RubyCaribouNonsense Monthly
2026-01-0252 min
Ode to RailsConfBekki Freeman and Spike IlacquaSend us a textRocky Mountain Ruby Conference organizers Spike Ilaqua and Becky Freeman share how they revived this regional event and why smaller tech conferences create uniquely valuable community experiences.• Rocky Mountain Ruby started in 2010, ran until 2017, then was revived after the pandemic• The conference builds on Boulder's strong Ruby community, including regular meetups and an active Slack channel• Small regional conferences create more intimate experiences where attendees can meet everyone• The "Pac-Man rule" encourages conversation circles to always leave space for newcomers to join• Single-track programming and community lunches help foste...
2025-05-2629 min
Remote RubyRocky Mountain Ruby 2024In this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew are joined by the organizers of the RockyMountain Ruby Conference, including Bekki Freeman, Spike Ilacqua, and MartyHaught, discuss their experiences and the journey of building and sustaining the vibrant Ruby community in Colorado. They delve into the challenges and triumphs of organizing the Rocky Mountain Ruby conference, the importance of community meetups, and the inspiration behind their commitment to fostering connections among Ruby developers.They also share their personal motivations, the intricacies involved in conferenceplanning, and the vital role of Ruby Central in supporting...
2024-09-1347 min
The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 491: Reflecting on Rocky Mountain Ruby with Bekki FreemanBekki Freeman has been working with Ruby and Rails for 8 years. Recently, she helped organize the Rocky Mountain Ruby conference. She joins Elise this week to reflect on the conference, talk about what it was like organizing, and make some karaoke plans with Elise
Show Notes
Bekki's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekki-freeman/
Tech Friend's: https://www.gettechfriends.com/
Episode 475 - The Return Of Rocky Mountain Ruby: https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/475
Rocky Mountain Ruby T-Shirts: In the show we said we'd include a link, but then found out there is a...
2023-10-1124 min