Ben Lovell, Senior Software Engineer , HM Treasury

Ben Lovell

Senior Software Engineer

HM Treasury

Ben takes himself very seriously. A Rubyist, closet gopher, open source lover and contributor. When not shipping bugs, Ben can be found grooming his beard.

Presentations by Ben Lovell:

Ruby is De̶a̶d̶ Alive!

Rails Israel 2015 Conference, Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 08:45

"Blah, blah Ruby is dead..."

I'm getting tired of hearing this blatant falsehood and so should you. Ruby has never been more alive! I'm here to posit the argument that the Ruby language, runtime and community is in its absolute renaissance.

There was never a greater time to be a Rubyist BUT it falls upon us all to protect our ideals and help secure Ruby's future for another ten years. So what can we do to help? Let's get to the bottom of this and have some fun along the way...