Blue Ridge Ruby 2024 | A Rubyist's Guide to Existential Dread by Jeremy Smith

The rumored rise of AI. A stagnant hiring market. The long shadow of industry layoffs. It seems like there's always a threat (or three) on the horizon, and even the bravest of us would be forgiven for feeling some apprehension about the future. So, what's a Rubyist to think? What's a Rubyist to do? While I don't have any guarantees, I do have a couple ideas.
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Jeremy is a product-focused Rails developer running HYBRD, a one-person web studio. He has been working in Ruby for the past 15 years. He co-hosts the IndieRails podcast and is the founder and previous organizer for Blue Ridge Ruby.