A gem-packed, two-day single-track Ruby conference in sunny Singapore.

Red Dot Ruby Conference (RDRC) is the only Ruby programming language conference in Singapore, bringing together the brightest minds in the Ruby community in the region since 2011.

After a brief hiatus due to the global pandemic in 2020, we are excited to reboot in 2024 and celebrating the programming language we all know and love. We can't wait to meet in Singapore!

2 days. 1 track. 16+ speakers.

Day 1

8:00 AM

Registration opens

9:45 AM

Opening address

10:00 AM

Matz' keynote

Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

10:50 AM

2,000 Engineers, 2 Millions Lines of Code: The History of a Rails Monolith

Cristian Planas

11:30 AM

Break

11:50 AM

Introduction to Cybersecurity with Ruby

Hiroshi Shibata

12:40 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Connecting Dots: Rails Girls & RubyKaigi

Eriko Sugiyama

2:10 PM

Leveling Up Developer Tooling For The Modern Rails & Hotwire Era

Marco Roth

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

1 Engineer, 300 Thousand Users

Adrian Goh

4:00 PM

Rack From Scratch!

Hieu Nguyen

4:40 PM

Livin' La Vida Hanami

Tim Riley

5:30 PM

End of Day 1

Day 2

8:00 AM

Doors open

9:30 AM

Ruby on the Modern JVM with JRuby

Charles Oliver Nutter

10:10 AM

Tight Genes: Intro to Genetic Algorithms

Dave Aronson

10:50 AM

Break

11:10 AM

Revisiting Patterns of Error Handling in Ruby

Giovanni Sakti

11:50 AM

How Not to Make Your DSL Terrible

Okura Masafumi

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Writing an Interpreter in Ruby

Mario Arias

2:20 PM

Scaling RubyGems.org to 1 Trillion downloads

Colby Swandale

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Ruby & Party Politics: How to Quickly Refactor a Political Party's Election System

Mu-Fan Teng

4:00 PM

Speeding Up Delegate Methods

Aaron Patterson

5:00 PM

Closing address

5:30 PM

End of Day 2

Featured Speakers

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Matz' Keynote

Matz GitHub

Ruby

Aaron Patterson

Speeding up Delegate Methods

Aaron Patterson GitHub

Rails Core, Shopify

Tim Riley

Livin' La Vida Hanami

Tim Riley GitHub

Buildkite

Hiroshi Shibata

Introduction to Cybersecurity with Ruby

Hiroshi Shibata GitHub

ANDPAD

Charles Oliver Nutter

Ruby on the Modern JVM with JRuby

Charles Oliver Nutter GitHub

Headius Enterprises

OKURA Masafumi

How NOT to make your DSL terrible

OKURA Masafumi GitHub

Freelancer

Mu-Fan Teng

Ruby and Party Politics: How to Quickly Refactor a Political Party's Election System

Mu-Fan Teng

5xRuby

Mario Arias

Writing an interpreter in Ruby

Mario Arias

Carbon Management Solutions

Colby Swandale

Scaling RubyGems.org to 1 trillion downloads

Colby Swandale GitHub

RubyCentral

Hiếu Nguyễn

Rack from Scratch!

Hiếu Nguyễn GitHub

Ascenda

Adrian Goh

1 engineer, 300k users

Adrian Goh GitHub

NodeFlair

Giovanni Sakti

Revisiting Patterns of Error Handling in Ruby

Giovanni Sakti

RelayCommerce

Eriko Sugiyama

Connecting dots Rails Girls and RubyKaigi

Eriko Sugiyama GitHub

MoneyForward

Cristian Planas

2000 engineers, 2 millions lines of code: the history of a Rails monolith

Cristian Planas

Zendesk

Dave Aronson

Tight Genes: Intro to Genetic Algorithms

Dave Aronson

Codosaurus

Marco Roth

Leveling Up Developer Tooling For The Modern Rails & Hotwire Era

Marco Roth GitHub

Toolsday

Our Little Red Dot

A seamless blend of culture, innovation and technology

Singapore

At the crossroads of culture and technology, Singapore is a modern city with lush green gardens and incredible array of culinary delights from hawker street food to fine dining. Singapore is also home to some of the best talent in Asia. With its diverse landmarks and thriving tech scene, Singapore is the perfect backdrop for a Ruby conference in Asia.


🇸🇬 Discover Singapore

Conference Venue

The SingPost Centre, Level 5 Auditorium, stands at the heart of Singapore, with superb facilities for a smooth conference experience. It is conveniently located within a 5-minute walk from Paya Lebar MRT station and well connected via the East-West line and the Circle line to the rest of the island.


Getting Here
Planning accomodations?

Singapore has hundreds of hotels to choose from. Here are some of our recommendations:

Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong

A boutique hotel in a residential area near the beach, with colorful shophouses and traditional food

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Pan Pacific Serviced Suites on Beach Road

Near Kampong Glam, the traditional Muslim quarter and within walking distance fashion shops and cafes

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Conrad Centennial Singapore

Luxury stay option with beautiful facilities and views of some of Singapore’s top landmarks

Learn More

Sponsors

Our sponsorship packages are a great opportunity to engage with some of the brightest minds in the ruby community through physical booths and digital media surfaces.

CoinGecko
CoinGecko is the world's largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator with over 14,000+ different cryptoassets tracked across more than 1,000+ exchanges worldwide.
STACK by GovTech
The STACK Community by GovTech is the friendly SG Gov tech community for techies and enthusiasts! We lead conversations in tech for learning, knowledge exchange, and the adoption of digital solutions within the public service. Through casual after-work Meetups and networking for tech professionals to government-led conferences, we aspire to use tech to improve the lives of everyday Singaporeans. Our aim is to collectively build a Smart Nation on the Singapore Government Tech Stack. Join our community of members from across the public sector and industry now! Be a part of the STACK Meetup community and STACK Telegram group to receive latest updates on our initiatives.
AppSignal
AppSignal helps your team find bugs and slow actions before the rest of the world finds out. Error tracking, performance monitoring, custom metrics, host monitoring, logging, uptime, public status pages, and more, starting at $23 monthly. ISO 27001 certified and GDPR & HIPAA compliant.
Ascenda
Ascenda is a global leader in providing innovative loyalty solutions equipping banks and fintechs to deploy world-class rewards effortlessly. Our technology simplifies loyalty programs, delivering exceptional value, customer growth, reduced churn, and ease of use. We've helped banks like Amex, SBI, ANZ, Capital One, and fintechs like Brex, Ramp, and Robinhood launch powerful rewards strategies.

Ruby Friends

Mohit Sindhwani

Mohit Sindhwani

CTO, Quantum Inventions

Kang Sheng

Kang Sheng

Software Engineer

About

Red Dot Ruby Conference is a not-for-profit event dedicated to fostering a vibrant community of Ruby developers and advancing the Ruby ecosystem in Singapore and Asia. Since 2011, the conference is organised entirely by a group of volunteers.