Rubylit, once again

Written on August 13, 2026. The meeting took place on August 12, 2026.

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Yesterday, Wednesday, August 12, we got together with the Rubylit group. It had been approximately ten years since that had happened. Maybe someone can give me the exact date of the last meeting.

We had a very good turnout, if you ask me: there were eight of us. Pablo, Eloy, Juanjo, Manuel G., Manuel Q., Armando, Fede, and me. I was very happy to get together with my nerd friends. We had a great time, with picada and everything, and then empanadas.

The topics of conversation were varied, but obviously AI took center stage. We talked about many things: our generation did not use AI, and when we were junior developers, someone trained us. Now, who trains the junior developers? What is the right workflow? How much do we delegate to AI? Do you use AI as a psychologist? And many other things.

Then I gave a humble talk about AI. Mostly, I told the story of my own journey: from Emacs, through ChatGPT, Cursor, and Claude, all the way to Codex.

We had been wanting to talk and share things for a long time, so many times we were all talking at once. That is probably what happens when you have gone so long without getting together.

A community is something that gives energy and synergy; it brings projects to life. I think most things need a community to support them. Ruby and technology are no exception. Everything is nicer when we get together. Well, I got a little nostalgic, but it is true.

The chosen place was Pablo's house (Olvap). I had forgotten to mention that, and I want to thank him for being such a great host.

The next meeting is on Wednesday, September 2. Pablo and Armando will give the talk, and the place is still to be decided.

See you, Rubyists!

The photos were kindly provided by Juanjo.

Until next time,
Gastón Ramos

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