Welcome to Buffalo and NickelCityRuby's second year!
Last year we had 175 people from all over the region and as far away as Utah. Our attendees , had fun at after-parties, , and were treated to .
This year will be even better. We'd love for you to attend!
We have 3 days packed with events for you:
8am, Buffalo & Erie County Library Meeting Room.
An intensive day of honing your craft through code katas. $10 deposit required.
9am-6pm,
Donuts, coffee, and pourovers from
Ben Orenstein
Brandon Hays
David Padilla
Self guided with organizers leading groups to local places to eat
Kerri Miller
John Yerhot
Sebastian Sogamoso
Meagan Waller
Sarah Mei
9am-6pm,
Bagels, coffee, and pourovers from
Jen Myers
Eric Stiens
Julian Cheal
Signup at the first break of the day
Coraline Ehmke
Pablo Astigarraga
Bryan Liles
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We're proud to bring these wonderfully talented people and their ideas to Buffalo:
We're back with 14 speakers split over 2 days over a huge range of topics:
| Dancing with Robots | |
| Aesthetics and the Evolution of Code | |
| Learning From Failure | |
| Live Coding Music with Ruby | |
| My Little C Extension: Lego Robots are Magic | |
| The Dilemma of Simplicity | |
| Concurrency for !Dummies (Who Don't Get It (...Yet)) | |
| How to be an awesome junior developer (and why to hire them) | |
| Can't touch this!: When things go wrong with an appliance | |
| Services taste better in small disposable cups |
We're happy to be back once again in Buffalo's best place for learning: the library!
Downtown Buffalo is full of architectural gems, and our conference is set in the middle of it: The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's . Right outside is , which has long been a center for the city's activity.
We're really excited to welcome you to the great tech community here in Buffalo. From meetups like , to , and , we love our programmers, designers, and technologists of all kinds.
First time visiting Buffalo? Check out why we're and everything you could see in under . Here's some of our favorite places to take newcomers to the region:
Need a hotel room? We have rooms for you 3 blocks away from the venue at the for $99/night + tax. Use Nickel City Ruby as the group code (you'll have to call them to get it!). We also suggest the , , or the . There's also some great places in local neighborhoods on
Thank you to the following sponsors that make this conference possible:
Interested in sponsoring NickelCityRuby?
Please and we'll get in touch!