Event Reports

Recapping RubyKaigi 2025, three days in Matsuyama packed full of learnings, meetings, and mikan.

Michelle Tan

A summary of TokyoDev's activities at the world's largest Ruby conference.

Paul McMahon

Tokyu RubyKaigi was one of the more unique conferences I've been to — and it was a lot of fun.

Michelle Tan

Recapping my first RubyKaigi - an unforgettable community experience.

Michelle Tan

Recapping the first Rails Girls event held in Nagasaki

Michelle Tan

Tokyo Rubyist Meetup’s first pair programming event brought Japanese and international developers together through hands-on collaboration—here’s how it unfolded.

Paul McMahon

How RubyKaigi and Sapporo Ruby Kaigi handle real-time translation, the challenges of live IRC-based interpreting, and a proposed process to deliver clearer, higher-quality bilingual presentations.

Paul McMahon

A reflection on Sapporo Ruby Kaigi 2012—its international atmosphere, community serendipity, and how it helped open Regional RubyKaigi events to the world.

Paul McMahon

A Tokyo Rubyist Meetup report with talks by Ayumu Aizawa on Heroku's latest features and Randy Morgan on Travis CI, including how Aizawa became Heroku's evangelist in Japan.

Paul McMahon

A report from Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05 in Shibuya, a discussion-driven regional RubyKaigi with Masayoshi Takahashi on what makes Ruby fun, plus group talks on Rails deployment and testing.

Paul McMahon

A report from Venture Cafe's first event in Tokyo: a panel on motivation at work with Nulab's Masanori Hashimoto, Seasar's Yasuo Higa and Zynga Japan's Hiroyuki Yamaoka, followed by World Cafe discussions.

Paul McMahon

A report from a Tokyo Rubyist Meetup hosted by Cookpad, where Akira Matsuda talked about how relying on translations keeps Japanese Rubyists apart from the global Ruby community.

Paul McMahon

Rakuten wants English as its official language, yet its 2010 Technology Conference was almost entirely in Japanese. Why switching languages means little without changing company culture.

Paul McMahon

A report from the second Asiajin meetup in Tokyo, with talks on the English-language blog covering Japan's internet scene, the Twitcasting mobile broadcasting app, and Japanese social networks.

Paul McMahon