The Clouds

Isometric pixel-art map of San Francisco Typesense Typesense
We search this whole city in milliseconds. Typos welcome.
WorkOS WorkOS
Every door in this city opens with single sign-on.
Fin Fin
Our AI agent handles the city's support tickets. Even the seagulls.
Laravel Cloud Laravel Cloud
Every building here went up with one deploy.
AppSignal AppSignal
Monitoring every block of this town. All dashboards green.
Persona Persona
Everybody on this pier is who they say they are.
Avo Avo
The whole city's back office is one admin panel.
Beyond Finance Beyond Finance
Helping this town break free of debt, block by block.
SumIt SumIt
Every coin on this map? Accounted for.
TRMNL TRMNL
The city's tides, trains and standups, on one e-ink screen.
Order.co Order.co
Every plank on this pier arrived on one purchase order.
Chatwoot Chatwoot
Every conversation on this pier lands in one open-source inbox.
Chime Chime
Nobody on this waterfront pays a fee to bank.
FastRuby.io FastRuby.io
Every building on this block is on the latest Rails.
Buildkite Buildkite
Flying high over Ocean Beach. Your tests run in parallel below.
CodeRabbit CodeRabbit
Every pull request in this city gets reviewed before dinner.
bison Legacy? I prefer battle-tested. bison Pair grazing. Like pair programming, but greener. sea-lion This dock is mine now. Non-blocking, though. sea-lion Scoot over. This plank is taken. sea-lion Sunbathing is a lifestyle. whale I only surface for major releases. pelican Formation lead. Zero merge conflicts. pelican I review fish. Approve, approve, approve. pelican Squad's over there. I'm remote. seagull Drop a churro. I dare you. parrot Telegraph Hill rent: one cracker. parrot Wild parrot of Telegraph Hill, doing a flyby. martian Check Agents on Rails: the first benchmark report martian Peace, love, and open source. martian Series A? We prefer Series Mars. martian Great reception up here. Home says hi. martian Karl the Fog? We go way back. A cat Mrrp. Come closer. See what happens. x-ray glasses X-ray glasses. Chris left them here. cocoapods-acknowledgements cocoapods-acknowledgements Return to Samuel Giddins JRuby-OpenSSL JRuby-OpenSSL Return to Charles Nutter kuby-core kuby-core Return to Cameron Dutro american_date american_date Return to Jeremy Evans refinement refinement Return to Samuel Giddins jeremyevans-postgres-pr jeremyevans-postgres-pr Return to Jeremy Evans txgh-queue txgh-queue Return to Cameron Dutro activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter Return to Charles Nutter sunstone sunstone Return to James Bracy activerecord-has_some_of_many activerecord-has_some_of_many Return to Ben Sheldon mls mls Return to James Bracy cocoapods-dependencies cocoapods-dependencies Return to Samuel Giddins rapt rapt Return to Ben Curtis ruby-hl7-zef ruby-hl7-zef Return to Enrique Mogollan dbd-jdbc dbd-jdbc Return to Charles Nutter json_pure json_pure Return to Charles Nutter cocoapods-downloader cocoapods-downloader Return to Samuel Giddins jruby-readline jruby-readline Return to Charles Nutter rack-test rack-test Return to Jeremy Evans rubocop-md rubocop-md Return to Vova Dementyev hint-rubocop_style hint-rubocop_style Return to Benjamin Wood or Nate Vick schematist schematist Return to Carmine Paolino activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter Return to Charles Nutter thamble thamble Return to Jeremy Evans rack-unreloader rack-unreloader Return to Jeremy Evans arel-extensions arel-extensions Return to James Bracy jeremyevans-exception_notification jeremyevans-exception_notification Return to Jeremy Evans rux rux Return to Cameron Dutro wrap-bootstrap-rails wrap-bootstrap-rails Return to Takashi Kokubun ffi-compiler ffi-compiler Return to Charles Nutter heya heya Return to Josh Wood rspec-openapi rspec-openapi Return to Takashi Kokubun inch_by_inch inch_by_inch Return to Samuel Giddins rake-ant rake-ant Return to Charles Nutter anyway_config anyway_config Return to Vova Dementyev roda-route_list roda-route_list Return to Jeremy Evans trilogy trilogy Return to Ben Sheldon yrb-lite yrb-lite Return to JP Camara jbundler jbundler Return to Charles Nutter validates_type validates_type Return to Jake Yesbeck rails-dbd-mysql rails-dbd-mysql Return to Raphael Costa cocoapods-disable-podfile-validations cocoapods-disable-podfile-validations Return to Samuel Giddins view_component-contrib view_component-contrib Return to Vova Dementyev pronto-haml pronto-haml Return to Chris Fung grape-client-generator grape-client-generator Return to Cameron Dutro rux-rails rux-rails Return to Cameron Dutro kube-dsl kube-dsl Return to Cameron Dutro
Amanda Kinney Amanda Kinney
Hola!
Aleksandr Berdiugin Aleksandr Berdiugin
Hey-Hey! Let's talk!
Anton Senkovskiy Anton Senkovskiy
Hey! Any chance you brought some nice coffee beans?
Dave Doolin Dave Doolin
Howdy!
Nicolas Erlichman Nicolas Erlichman
Hey!
Avinash Joshi Avinash Joshi
Hi, I'm Avinash!
Miles Georgi Miles Georgi
foooooob!
Ben Curtis Ben Curtis
Hi, I'm Ben!
Jesper Christiansen Jesper Christiansen
Hi, I'm Jesper!
JP Camara JP Camara
Join us, here, among the clouds
Ken Decanio Ken Decanio
welcome to SF
David Paluy David Paluy
Hey Y`all! Ask me on How I AI with Ruby
Matt Duszynski Matt Duszynski
Ship it!
Mike Dalton Mike Dalton
Hi, I'm Mike!
Todd Sedano Todd Sedano
Hi, I'm Todd!
Travis Dockter Travis Dockter
I use vim btw
Yatish Mehta Yatish Mehta
Hi, I'm Yatish!
Benjamin Wood Benjamin Wood
Hi, I'm Benjamin!
Victoria Melnikova Victoria Melnikova
Welcome to SF Ruby!
Vova Dementyev Vova Dementyev
Rails Way, or the highway?
Chris Janik Chris Janik
Hi, I'm Chris!
Nate Vick Nate Vick
Hi I'm Nate! I love solving DX problems and generally helping unlock people.
John Woodell John Woodell
Hi, I'm John!
Chris Fung Chris Fung
Hi, I'm Chris!
Yang Chung Yang Chung
Hey all, glad to see you!
Camila Mirabal Camila Mirabal
I'm Cami. Not friendly before 9:30 am.
Aurelie Verrot Aurelie Verrot
Bonjour! Do you want a croissant?
Steph Farid Steph Farid
Hi, I'm Steph!
Zachary Roland Zachary Roland
Hi, I'm Zachary!
Matthew Solt Matthew Solt
Hi, I'm Matt! Let's talk Ruby and AI!
Dave Sick Dave Sick
Howdy! I'm Sick! What are you doing?
Luke Oldenburg Luke Oldenburg
Hey!
Jason Bosco Jason Bosco
Hi, I'm Jason!
Peter Zhu Peter Zhu
Hi, I'm Peter!
Rosa Gutierrez Rosa Gutierrez
Hi! 👋🏻 I hope you're having a lovely day! 😊
James Bracy James Bracy
Hello!
Julien DeFrance Julien DeFrance
Meet me at Ruby Conf, Rails World and the SF Ruby Conference!
Juli Tera Juli Tera
Fun things are fun! ✨
Enrique Mogollan Enrique Mogollan
Do you want coffee shops recommendations? How do you drink your coffee?
Marco Roth Marco Roth
Hello Ruby Friends
Sean Behan Sean Behan
Hi, I'm Sean!
Jason Thomas Jason Thomas
I'm from Denver and I like to talk about aerospace!
Alexander Tishchenko Alexander Tishchenko
Hi, I'm Alexander!
Ben Sheldon Ben Sheldon
You're doing a good job!
Chris Hough Chris Hough
Happy to Help!
Liz Pantalone Liz Pantalone
Hi, I'm Liz!
Svyatoslav Kryukov Svyatoslav Kryukov
Ever heard of Inertia Rails? Pretty hip, they say.
Andrey Novikov Andrey Novikov
Hello from the other side of the Pacific!
Wade Winningham Wade Winningham
Hi!
Trista Mueller Trista Mueller
👋
Irina Nazarova Irina Nazarova
Looking for a venue for Rails Girls on Nov 12!
Tyler Tyler
Ask me about Ductwork!
Alexy Mikhailichenko Alexy Mikhailichenko
Hi, I'm Alexy!
Harsh Parekh Harsh Parekh
Hi, I'm Harsh!
travis turner travis turner
Hi, I'm travis!
Nina R Nina R
Hi, I'm Nina!
Branka Kranjac Branka Kranjac
"Ciao world!" Let's talk Ruby!
Igor Arkhipov Igor Arkhipov
Hello there!
Madison Sites Madison Sites
Hey howdy hey!
Carlos Lopes Carlos Lopes
Hi, I'm Carlos!
Chris Davis Chris Davis
Hi, I'm Chris!
Chris Oliver Chris Oliver
Hello world! 👋
Vipul M Vipul M
Hi, I'm Vipul!
Polina Muñoz Polina Muñoz
Ahoy, fellow pixel person!
CJ Avilla (cjav_dev) CJ Avilla (cjav_dev)
Hi, I'm CJ!
Celine Celine
Hi!
Tim Krins Tim Krins
Forget coffee - where are the burritos
Josh Nolan Josh Nolan
Hello Rubyists!
Ben Parisot Ben Parisot
Hi, I'm Ben!
Sergey Karayev Sergey Karayev
Greetings!
lindsey anne lindsey anne
your weird legacy backend doesn't scare me. let's go data spelunking ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
Hector Miramontes Hector Miramontes
Hi, I'm Hector!
Carmine Paolino Carmine Paolino
RubyLLM.chat.say "Hello!"
Marisa Lopez Marisa Lopez
Bonjour! How's it going?
Takashi Kokubun Takashi Kokubun
Hi, I'm Takashi!
Raphael Costa Raphael Costa
Just happy to be here!
Anton Lovchikov Anton Lovchikov
Hi, I'm Anton!
Ajaya Agrawalla Ajaya Agrawalla
Hey
Steven Ancheta Steven Ancheta
Hi, I'm Steven!
Gary Tou Gary Tou
👋 Hello, it's Gary!
Brian Reath Brian Reath
Hi, I'm Brian!
Alan Morales Alan Morales
Have you seen my cat?
Jeremy Evans Jeremy Evans
Try Ubicloud!
Peter Philips Peter Philips
Hi, I'm Peter!
Ambreen Hasan Ambreen Hasan
Hi, I'm Ambreen!
Sarah Young Sarah Young
Hallo!
Spencer Miskoviak Spencer Miskoviak
Hi, I'm Spencer!
Gideon Gideon
Hi, I'm Gideon!
Nancy Correa Nancy Correa
Hi, I'm Nancy!
Dominic Samphier Dominic Samphier
King's honour, friend.
Ben Tumbleson Ben Tumbleson
Hi, I'm Ben!
Ryan Kulp Ryan Kulp
안녕하세요~
Afra Ahmad Afra Ahmad
Hi, I'm Afra!
Haley Madsen Haley Madsen
Hey! I'm Haley :)
Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith
Take a bite, and feel the burn!
Jim Remsik Jim Remsik
Hello, friend!
Cameron Dutro Cameron Dutro
Hi!! How do you feel about React?
Peter Armstrong Peter Armstrong
Hi
Andrew Wei Andrew Wei
🌥️
Fito Von Zastrow Fito Von Zastrow
Hi, I'm Fito!
Mohamad Mortada Mohamad Mortada
Hi, I'm Mohamad!
Samuel Fernandez Samuel Fernandez
Running on Rails on Ruby
Kevin Coleman Kevin Coleman
What's up, I'm Kev!
Josh Wood Josh Wood
It’s a common misconception that honeybadgers don’t care. They do!
Dominic Lizarraga Dominic Lizarraga
Hi, I'm Dominic!
Alan Ridlehoover Alan Ridlehoover
Hi, I'm Alan!
Chris Houhoulis Chris Houhoulis
Hi! I'll be visiting from Boston and volunteering at the conference.
Jake Yesbeck Jake Yesbeck
Hi, I'm Jake!
Amanda Perino Amanda Perino
Hi, I'm Amanda!
Melanie Alcantara Melanie Alcantara
Hi, I'm Melanie!
Karl McCollester Karl McCollester
Hi, I'm Karl!
Kirill Yakovenko Kirill Yakovenko
Hi, I'm Kirill!
Cosmo Martinez Cosmo Martinez
Hi, I'm Cosmo!
Bill Mers Bill Mers
Hi, I'm Bill!
Aatash Parikh Aatash Parikh
Hi, I'm Aatash!
Ian Dawson Ian Dawson
Hi, I'm Ian!
Daniel Hernandez Daniel Hernandez
Hi, I'm Daniel!
Manusvath Gurudath Manusvath Gurudath
Hi, I'm Manusvath!
Chris Saunders Chris Saunders
Hi, I'm Chris!
Charles Nutter Charles Nutter
Let's talk about JRuby!
Samuel Giddins Samuel Giddins
Hi, I'm Samuel!
Braulio Martinez Braulio Martinez
Hi, I'm Braulio!
Ryan Sherlock Ryan Sherlock
Hi, I'm Ryan!
Madeline Hou Madeline Hou
woot woot year 2 lets goooo
Malav Bhavsar Malav Bhavsar
Hi, I'm Malav!
Jazz Garcha Jazz Garcha
Hi, I'm Jazz!
Ian Madden Ian Madden
Hi, I'm Ian!
Alex Tironati Alex Tironati
Hi, I'm Alex! We're shipping way too much!
Kat Drobnjakovic Kat Drobnjakovic
Hi, I'm Kat!
Karan Jain Karan Jain
Hi, I'm Karan!
Marcos Oliveira Marcos Oliveira
Hi, I'm Marcos!
Robert Schmitt Robert Schmitt
Hi, I'm Robert!

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Hello, I am a software engineer/CTO who has built a unicorn using Ruby on Rails. Ruby is my favorite programming language because of its ease of expression and readability. I have delivered production systems in C, C++, and Java, but love Ruby best. I have been CTO of 4 companies that use Ruby on Rails to deliver SaaS products used by millions. My original background was in AI (expert systems) and am enjoying the explosion of capabilities that LLMs afford developers. I am a huge user of RubyLLM, especially the tool-calling.