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00:00:00 - Teck & Mike 00:01:00 - Claudio Baccigalupo - LA Ruby https://www.meetup.com/laruby/ 00:01:31 - Fiona? 00:06:06 - Nynne Just Christoffersen 00:07:59 - Jacklyn Ma(Jackie) 00:09:36 - Jingyi Chen 00:14:51 - @jamie_gaskins - front-end web apps in Ruby (Opal) http://clearwaterrb.org/ 00:19:41 - Samay Sharma 00:24:38 - Lee Richmond - JSONAPI Suite alternative to GraphQL https://jsonapi-suite.github.io/jsonapi_suite/ 00:29:38 - Raimond Garcia - Free software for citizen participation http://consulproject.org/en/ 00:35:08 - Chris - Ruby for Good https://rubyforgood.org/2018 00:39:28 - Chris Lawrence - Why Is Chunky So We Are Chunky http://wicswac.org/ 00:44:45 - Andrew Louis - Memex https://hyfen.net/memex/ 00:51:14 - Thomas McGoey-Smith - sqlite as a reference datastore 00:55:20 - Heidi Waterhouse 01:00:59 - Adam Cuppy 01:04:12 - Barret Clark & Brittany Alexander 01:08:19 - Jordan Byron 01:10:41 - Mike Wheeler 01:14:24 - Kenny Browne
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The video titled "Lightning Talks" features a series of brief presentations from various speakers at RailsConf 2018, focusing on topics related to Ruby and web development. Below are the key points discussed throughout the video: - **The Grateful Garment Project**: Teck and Mike, co-founders, introduce their open-source software project aimed at providing clothing to sexual assault victims and encourage the audience to support their initiative on GitHub. - **Fiona's Journey**: Fiona shares her experience transitioning from an art history major to a Ruby on Rails developer after attending a bootcamp. She discusses her pursuit of a computer science degree and how this education helps demystify Ruby programming. - **Jackie's Checkers Game**: Jackie presents her multiplayer checkers application built with React on Rails, highlighting its complex logic and the personal connections it fosters among friends. - **API Gateway Feature**: An AWS representative demonstrates a feature to generate Ruby SDKs from API models, simplifying service integration and showcasing how to enhance API management. - **Clearwater Framework**: Jamie discusses Clearwater, a Ruby framework that compiles to JavaScript, emphasizing its features like drag-and-drop functionality and real-time updates during code changes. - **Postgres Tool**: Lee Richmond discusses pg_stat_statements, a Postgres extension for monitoring SQL execution statistics, which aids developers in optimizing database performance. - **JSONAPI Suite**: Lee introduces JSONAPI Suite, a JavaScript Active Record clone that generates HTTP requests, aiming to modernize API development practices for JavaScript applications. - **Consul Platform**: Raimond Garcia talks about Consul, an open-source platform designed to engage citizens in participatory democracy, allowing for transparency and public involvement in governance decisions. - **Ruby for Good**: Chris discusses the Ruby for Good initiative, focused on collaborating with charities to address significant challenges over a four-day event. - **Memex Project**: Andrew Louis shares his experience developing a Memex using Rails and a graph database, designed for organizing personal data and improving accessibility to important information. - **Leaps of Faith**: Kenny Brown discusses taking risks in career choices and the profound impacts they can yield. - **Stickers in Tech**: Heidi Waterhouse wraps up by discussing the significance of stickers as identity symbols in the tech community, advocating for their thoughtful use in representing personal and community values. The common thread in these talks highlights the innovative use of technology in improving community engagement, personal connections through software, and advancing technical skills in the Ruby ecosystem.
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