Kevin Murphy

RubyConf 2024 🔗 RubyConf recently wrapped up in Chicago, Illinois.

RubyConf 2024 🔗 I’m starting this post from Terminal B in Logan Airport (Boston).

Frequently Played 🔗 I tend to listen to the same songs or albums on repeat that are evocative of how I’m feeling or what’s going on with me.

Frequently Played 🔗 Maybe you’re wearing a witch hat today, like my daughter will be.

Building in 3D 🔗 I make a lot of things.

eBike eXcitement 🔗 This evening, on the way home from gymnastics, with my daughter in the rear cargo seat, my eBike’s odometer ticked over 1,000 miles.

Building in 3D 🔗 I make a lot of things.

Frequently Played 🔗 I tend to listen to the same songs or albums on repeat that are evocative of how I’m feeling or what’s going on with me.

Publish or Perish 🔗 Let’s say we’ve been sitting on a handful of blog posts that are ready to publish, but we haven’t released yet.

Frequently Played 🔗 I tend to listen to the same songs or albums on repeat that are evocative of how I’m feeling or what’s going on with me.

Heads Up 🔗 A coworker presented a failing request spec.

RailsConf 2024 🔗 Now that RailsConf 2024 is behind us, I want to share some key takeaways that I left Detroit with.

RailsConf 2024 🔗 RailsConf recently wrapped up in Detroit, Michigan.

Ruby for All Podcast 🔗 I was a guest on episode 66 of the Ruby for All podcast.

The Right Number of Cooks in the Kitchen 🔗 Today we’re going to make a stew.

RailsConf 2024 🔗 I’m on the RailsConf 2024 Program Committee.

RailsConf 2024 Program 🔗 I’m thrilled to be part of the RailsConf 2024 Program Committee.

The plan going forward 🔗 I’ve been consistently publishing at least one article a month on the internet for more than three years.

Blue Ridge Ruby Videos 🔗 I had a great time at Blue Ridge Ruby last year.

This isn’t a “real” post.

I’m no stranger to search.

RubyConf 2023 🔗 RubyConf recently wrapped up in San Diego, California.

Ruby Friends at RubyConf 2023 🔗 RubyConf 2023 just wrapped up.

Ruby for All Podcast 🔗 I was a guest on episode 50 of the Ruby forAll podcast.

Conference Talk Preparation Series 🔗 Sharing Past Conference Proposals Building Conference Talk Content Preparing Conference Talk Delivery A conference accepted my proposal and I’ve built a slide deck.

The Ruby on Rails Podcast 🔗 I co-hosted episode 488 of The Ruby on Rails Podcast.

Conference Talk Preparation Series 🔗 Sharing Past Conference Proposals Building Conference Talk Content Preparing Conference Talk Delivery Have you recently had a conference proposal accepted?

I read a lot of Ruby news throughout the week.

Getting It On Record 🔗 Recently I asked on Mastodon: How do you prefer to see methods that are inherited from another class unit tested?

I’ve created an account on Bluesky.

Blue Ridge Ruby 2023 🔗 Blue Ridge Ruby recently wrapped up in Asheville, North Carolina.

Anyone Can Play Guitar Series 🔗 Enumerating Musical Notes Revisiting Calling Sonic Pi From Ruby Programming Guitar Greatness Composing Our Own Guitar Amps From Inherited Gear Flog-Driven Development Remembering Refactoring 🔗 In a prior post, we extracted…

Anyone Can Play Guitar Series 🔗 Enumerating Musical Notes Revisiting Calling Sonic Pi From Ruby Programming Guitar Greatness Composing Our Own Guitar Amps From Inherited Gear Flog-Driven Development Getting Amped Up 🔗 I previously proposed a simplified de…

Anyone Can Play Guitar Series 🔗 Enumerating Musical Notes Revisiting Calling Sonic Pi From Ruby Programming Guitar Greatness Composing Our Own Guitar Amps From Inherited Gear Flog-Driven Development I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it.

I’m thrilled to be part of the program for Blue Ridge Ruby 2023 in Asheville, North Carolina.

Flash Freeze 🔗 You can freeze a hash to prevent modifying its contents.

The Ruby on Rails Podcast 🔗 I was a guest on episode 456 of The Ruby on Rails Podcast.

RubyConf 2022 Videos Released 🔗 RubyCentral has released the videos from RubyConf and RubyConf Mini 2022 ontheir YouTube page.

Measuring Coverage of Eval 🔗 As I mentioned in my prior post, Ruby 3.2.0 has some changes to the Coverage module.

Kevin Murphy: Ruby Committer 🔗 I recently had my first code change accepted to the Ruby programming language!

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RubyConf Mini 2022 🔗 RubyConf Mini wrapped up last week in Providence, Rhode Island.

Anyone Can Play Guitar Series 🔗 Enumerating Musical Notes Revisiting Calling Sonic Pi From Ruby Programming Guitar Greatness Composing Our Own Guitar Amps From Inherited Gear Flog-Driven Development Tweaking Amp Settings 🔗 Sonic Pi is software to make sou…

Abstract 🔗 I’ve got the blues.

I’ve created an account on Mastodon, specifically on the ruby.socialinstance.

Anyone Can Play Guitar Series 🔗 Enumerating Musical Notes Revisiting Calling Sonic Pi From Ruby Programming Guitar Greatness Composing Our Own Guitar Amps From Inherited Gear Flog-Driven Development I’m teaching a computer how to play the guitar for RubyC…

Abstract 🔗 I’ve got the blues.

Special Operation Briefing 🔗 We’re managing a network of secret agents.

Conference Talk Preparation Series 🔗 Sharing Past Conference Proposals Building Conference Talk Content Preparing Conference Talk Delivery Happy CFP Season!

Abstract 🔗 We all only have so much working memory available in our brains.