Rails World 2024 Conference Recap | Andrew Atkinson - Software Engineer, Author, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails
This is Part 1 of my recap of Rails World 2024, a phrenetic two-day conference in Toronto, Canada, September 2024, with 1000+ attendees.
In this post, I’ll describe some sessions, but mostly they’re saved for part 2, once I watch all the sessions I missed now that the full Rails World 2024 Playlist is on YouTube.
As a book author and consultant, the focus for Rails World for me was on meeting people, raising awareness about my book, and generally chatting about how people are using Postgres and Rails. As a long-time Ruby community member, it was great to catch up with a lot of industry friends.
🇨🇦 I Landed in Toronto after a short two hour flight from Minneapolis. I was feeling excited to promote my book, meet attendees, and give away 8 copies over the next few days. I was feeling grateful!
To celebrate my book launch and successfully striking out on my own as an independent Postgres and Rails consultant, I hosted a happy hour gathering of Postgres Fans. We had a good turnout, conversations, and new and strengthened connections. We didn’t talk about Postgres much, but the event was a success! 🙌
