Bath Ruby Talk Night

It's been a while since our last talk night but, now that the conference is taking a break (http://2017.bathruby.uk) in 2017, we'd like to get these going again. We have two brilliant speakers and one generous sponsor: founded in Japan in 1997, Cookpad (https://cookpad.com) is one of the largest Ruby sites in the world and they will soon be opening an office and building a dev team in Bristol. Miles (https://twitter.com/tapster), their CTO, has recently moved to the area and we'd like to offer him a warm welcome to the local Ruby community :)

Thanks to Cookpad's sponsorship, we'll be able to provide free drinks and pizzas on the night.

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All attendees are asked to read and abide by our Code of Conduct (https://www.meetup.com/bathruby/pages/20237395/Code_of_Conduct/).

Starring

Nadia Odunayo (https://twitter.com/nodunayo) - The Guest: A Guide to Code Hospitality

You were living alone in your hometown until you decided to open up your spare room to guests. Now your first visitor has booked in. Her arrival is imminent. How do you prepare? How can you make sure she has a great visit? Let's explore the art of code hospitality—working on codebases in a way that respects your teammates and provides for their needs. By working hospitably, we can facilitate team productivity and help new members quickly feel at home.

Adam Butler (https://twitter.com/labfoo) - Rewired Learning

Coders have incredibly rewarding jobs, we get to build products that change the world and improve the quality of peoples' lives. However it is also one of the most mentally challenging careers - As developers we're expected to build something from nothing, that works across a increasingly diverse range of platforms in a constantly evolving landscape, all too often with very limited resource.

In this talk I'll cover these challenges as well as playful mechanics that you can use to tackle these issues, whilst developing yourself personally. We'll look at some strategies to ensure that you continue to test your assumptions, experiment often and stay motivated, including some fun hardware hacks that have taught me some genuine skills that I actually use in my job.

Expect to see Eugene, the IoT taxidermy ship it squirrel, mini missile launchers, drones and plenty of other stuff that are almost certainly applicable to building real shit, you know for banks and stuff.

Wait, there's more!

We'll also have a bonus lightning talk from Leigh Dodds (https://twitter.com/ldodds) about Energy Sparks (https://github.com/BathHacked/energy-sparks), an open source project backed by the Open Data Institute which aims to help schools improve their energy efficiency.