What We Needed From the Keynote
I keep coming back to people. Where do engineers fit when we drill down into computing bedrock and AI generates all the code? Ruby and Rails work so well with AI because decades of decisions, conventions, examples, and best practices have provided strong foundations for the LLMs’ training data. It’s time to build on that foundation instead of abandoning it. As engineers and problem solvers, we have to answer what comes next, as a community.
How can Rails get simpler?
How can Rails get faster?
How can we onboard new agentic engineers?
How can Rails become part of something greater?
I think most of the pieces are already in place. Let’s take a look: