RubyZG April meetup @ Kodius

Hi All, we're back at Kodius agency with two Ruby performance related talks! We'll have 1 lightning talk and 1 full presentation.

After the presentations stay around and enjoy some food and drinks, courtesy of Kodius.

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The point of GVL in Ruby
by Marko Matotan (10min)
Ruby implements its own version of a "Global VM lock" (GVL), which is often misunderstood and cited as a reason for Ruby being "slow". Is that really the case and how does it work behind the scenes?

Async HTTP
by Bruno Sutić (20min)
Async HTTP is hands down the best Ruby HTTP client, and you’ve probably never heard of it! It has all the advanced features you may ever want, like persistent connections, parallel requests, and best of all - HTTP2.
Async HTTP is the killer gem of Async Ruby, and HTTP2 is its killer feature.