Helsinki Ruby Brigade

May meet-up at UpCloud

2026-04-29T18:45:00+03:00

Welcome to the first Ruby Brigade of the year, this time generously hosted by UpCloud.

Join us for some drinks, bagels, and a talk from Ville Lautanala. We’ll also have a quiz (Part 1: UpCloud, Part 2: Ruby).

Schedule:

17:15 Doors open & networking (🍺🥯)
17:45 Things I don’t have time for: slow Ruby and learning Rust (Ville Lautanala)
18:15 Break
18:30 Pub Quiz
19:00 More networking
Exit by 19:30

You’ll find the arrival instructions on Meetup

October meet-up at Punavuoren Ahven

2025-09-22T16:51:00+03:00

It’s time for another Ruby Brigade meet-up, this time at Punavuoren Ahven.

Come join us for some fun chats about Ruby and Ruby-themed pub quiz. We’ll also have an update on tiny ruby #{conf}.

If you’d like to present a talk, please get in touch with us. Even if it would only be a lightning talk.

Space is limited, so please RSVP early!

March meet-up recording

2025-03-22T15:41:00+02:00

Thanks again for attending the meet-up on Wednesday and thanks again to Kisko Labs for hosting.

TracePoint for fun and profit (Matti Paksula)

March meet-up at Kisko Labs

2025-02-27T21:46:00+02:00

Welcome to the first meet-up of 2025, this time generously hosted by Kisko Labs.

Programme

Drinks & snacks
Ruby pub quiz
The Ruby community in Finland, what are we even doing here? (talk/discussion)
Talk
Networking

Talk: TracePoint for fun and profit by Matti Paksula

Ruby’s built-in TracePoint API lets us hook into program execution in powerful ways. In this session, we’ll explore how to use it to create a sandboxed execution context—catching method calls, restricting access, and preventing unsafe operations. Expect practical examples, challenges, and a discussion on its limits. Whether you’re into security, debugging, or metaprogramming, this should be an interesting dive into Ruby internals.

CFP, travel expenses, and the next meet-up

2024-07-22T17:30:00+03:00

We’re starting to figure out the details for a September meet-up and are looking for both possible hosts/sponsors and talks.

If you know of a company that would like to host or sponsor the next meet-up, we’d love to get in touch with them.
Want to give a talk or know someone who would? Our CFP is ready for your proposals. We now also cover travel and accommodation expenses for speakers coming abroad or elsewhere in Finland!
Do you have a favourite venue for meet-ups? We’d love to hear what it is…

If you could help spread the word about our search for talks and hosts, we’d really appreciate it, whether it’s in your company Slack, or on Mastodon, or whichever social media everyone is now using…

If you have any ideas or suggestions, you can reach us at contact@rubybrigade.fi or on Mastodon.

Summer kick-off

2024-05-07T16:01:00+03:00

Welcome to the Helsinki Ruby Brigade summer kick-off and after work drinks!

This is going to be a very casual event for meeting other Ruby folks. No talks nor any other official programming. Just come along to have a chat about Ruby stuff!

The location for this event is the Rotterdam terrace in Kamppi. In addition to drinks, they should also have smash burgers available for purchase. Look for Rubies, the Ruby Brigade logo, and other telltale signs of software engineers.

This event doesn’t have a sponsor.

⚠️ Note: depending on the weather and availability, we may need to move the event indoors or to another nearby location. Keep an eye on the Meetup event page to make sure you navigate to the right place.

February meet-up recordings

2024-02-26T18:44:00+02:00

Thanks again for attending last week’s meet-up.

Dependencies – an asset and a curse (Joakim Antman)

How I’m trying to fix localization, and what you can do to help (Eemeli Aro)

The February meet-up was sponsored by Helsinki Ruby ry.

February meet-up at Juova

2024-02-07T21:05:00+02:00

Welcome to the first meet-up of 2024!

This time we’ll be meeting at Juova in Kaisaniemi. Juova is one of Helsinki’s best craft beer bars and has a wide variety of drinks from local breweries and other producers.

Schedule

18:00: Event start
18:30: Ruby pub quiz
19:00: Dependencies – an asset and a curse (Joakim Antman)
19:30: How I’m trying to fix localization, and what you can do to help (Eemeli Aro)

Like many other problems in coding, localization (the art of making your stuff usable and nice to people from various countries and cultures) can seem really easy, until it’s not. Really simple solutions often get you most of the way to what you need, but then the final few complexities turn out to be Hard. I’ve spent a decade working on making localization easier; let me share with you a couple of the projects I’m currently engaged in, and how you can help make the world a little bit more international. Featuring answers to simple questions like “What’s a localizable message?”, “What’s a locale?”, and “Which English should I prefer?”
20:00: Socialising and networking

Location

The backroom of Juova is reserved for us. Check in with the organisers to find out how to order drinks on our tab…

Food and drinks at the event will be provided by Helsinki Ruby ry.

September meet-up recording

2023-09-09T12:55:00+03:00

Thanks again for attending the meet-up on Wednesday.

Developers' role in elevating the quality of design (Simo Virtanen)

The September meet-up was sponsored by Helsinki Ruby ry and the Oh the Humanity! conference.

September meet-up at Kitty’s Lounge

2023-08-20T09:54:57+03:00

Hopefully everyone had a good summer!

We’re also back from our summer break and the next Ruby Brigade meet-up will be at Kitty’s in Kaivopiha.

Current talk line-up:

Developers’ role in elevating the quality of design (Simo Virtanen)

Does designing end when designs are handed over to developers? A talk about how developers can help designers be better.

Kitty’s Lounge is also home to a 4½ metre table curling game.

This meet-up is sponsored by Helsinki Ruby ry.