[LRUG] [ANN] February meeting details - talks still needed

[Murray Steele]

Hi again!

We’ve got one last talk to announce which brings us to a full complement of
8 talks!

* “How to Stop Being a Subject Matter Expert” by Luke Thomas

For a refresher the other 7 talks are:

* "Data pagination for jekyll-paginate-v2” by Jay Caines-Gooby
* "Using devcontainers with Ruby” by Jonathan James
* "Contract testing between Ruby applications” by Katya Essina & Sarah
O’Grady
* "What is ruby really capable of?” by fell sunderland
* “Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
* “Be More GARY: How to up your RSpec Game” by Scott Matthewman
* “Making games with ruby” by Paolo Fabbri

So there should be something for everyone!

Full detauls on all the talks are at
https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ along with full venue and
registration details.

To secure your place register via eventbrite at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767

Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Cheers,

Murray & the rest of the organising team

On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 at 23:42, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pleased to announce another 3 talks for the meeting.
>
> * “Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
> happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
> * “Be More GARY: How to up your RSpec Game” by Scott Matthewman
> * “Making games with ruby” by Paolo Fabbri
>
> Something for everyone I hope you agree.  We hope to have one last talk to
> confirm before next Monday (12th Feb), so it’s going to be a bumper night.
>
> As ever, full details are on https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ and
> you can secure your place by registering at
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>
> Cheers,
>
> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 22:11, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Reminder that Monday 12th Feb is our next meeting and it’s our annual
>> lightning talks extravaganza.  Full details at
>> https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february and registraion is via
>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>>
>> Currently we’re at 5 talks as we have just added:
>>
>> "Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
>> happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
>>
>> We’ve room for 8 so there’s still space for a few more.  Secure your time
>> in the spotlight by getting in touch with us on talks at lrug.org.  Note
>> that for those scared of bright lights, unless Funding Circle have
>> drastically upgraded their venue since we were there last, there is no
>> _actual_ spotlight - don’t let that put you off!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 14:37, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Another topic idea, should anyobe have experience or wnat to spend a
>>> couple of weeks exploring it.  Dragon Ruby game toolkit seems interesting
>>> and neat.  I would love to hear a little bit about it.
>>>
>>> It also happens to be free right now for the duration of the global game
>>> jam https://itch.io/s/115645/dragonruby-free-for-global-game-jam-2024 -
>>> perfect time to grab a copy and explore!
>>>
>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 22:01, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Pleased to annouce some details for our February meeting.  It’s on
>>>> Monday 12th February from 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) until 8pm.  We’re being
>>>> hosted by Funding Circle in their offices near Bank tube station on Queen
>>>> Victoria Street.
>>>>
>>>> As ever, February is our annual lightning talks evening where all the
>>>> talks are no more than 10 minutes long.  So far we have 4 talks lined up
>>>> for you:
>>>>
>>>> * "Data pagination for jekyll-paginate-v2” by Jay Caines-Gooby
>>>> * "Using devcontainers with Ruby” by Jonathan James
>>>> * "Contract testing between Ruby applications” by Katya Essina & Sarah
>>>> O’Grady
>>>> * "What is ruby really capable of?” by fell sunderland
>>>>
>>>> You can find more info on these talks at
>>>> https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ where you'll also find full
>>>> venue and registration details.
>>>>
>>>> The keen number crunchers among you will have worked out that four 10
>>>> minute talks won’t fill the 90 minutes we have for the meeting.  So, yes,
>>>> we’re still looking for more talks, and that could be you and three of your
>>>> friends!
>>>>
>>>> If you’re stuck for ideas there’s plenty of things you could spend the
>>>> tnext couple of weeks investigating to report back in 10 minutes.  How
>>>> about:
>>>>
>>>> 1. What’s new in rails 7.1
>>>> 2. What’s new in ruby 3.3
>>>> 3. What were your highlights from conference talks in 2023
>>>> 4. Tips and tricks for your favourite dev tools
>>>>
>>>> All of these would be interesting, but I’m sure you have your own
>>>> ideas.  Come tell us about them: talks at lrug.org.  Also, consider
>>>> talking this over with your peers and colleagues and seeing if they have
>>>> ideas worth sharing (then you can steal those ideas and present them as
>>>> your own).
>>>>
>>>> Space is limited so please do register to attend via eventbrite:
>>>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>>>> (which ask you to confirm that you’ve read the code of conduct at
>>>> https://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct, obviously)
>>>>
>>>> Note: because of eventbrite pricing shenanigans the event is capped at
>>>> 75, but there’s more space than that, so if you end up on the waiting list
>>>> we’ll do our best to accomodate you in first-come first-served order up to
>>>> the actual capacity.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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