Marco Roth joins us to discuss his journey in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem over the past decade, focusing on developer tooling and open-source contributions in the Hotwire ecosystem. We explore his new HTML-aware ERB parser called Herb, the future of the Ruby community beyond RailsConf, and practical advice for sustaining local Ruby meetups.
• Marco has been working with Ruby and Rails for about 10 years with a focus on the Hotwire ecosystem
• Herb is a new HTML-aware ERB parser designed for better developer tooling like editors, linters, and formatters
• Marco will present at RailsConf 2024 about how Herb could enable future view layer improvements in Rails
• RubyEvents.org preserves and catalogs Ruby conference talks, recordings, and artwork as a community resource
• Local Ruby meetups don't always need speakers - social gatherings, watching recorded talks, or collaborative coding can be effective
• Smaller regional Ruby conferences (100-150 people) offer more intimate community experiences than larger events
• Hack Day at Ruby Central events provides valuable face-to-face interaction with open-source maintainers
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