SF Ruby AI Hackathon

We are thrilled to announce a community-driven Ruby AI Hackathon on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at the Sentry office in San Francisco! 🎉 Hosted by SF Bay Area Ruby, this one-day hackathon is open to Ruby engineers of all kinds from the SF area.

Note: SF Bay Area Ruby is coordinating registration through the Luma application, please ensure you register there. The announcement here is to ensure we reach as many Rubyist as possible.

• When: Saturday, July 19, 2025, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
• Where: Sentry HQ – 45 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA
• Host: SF Bay Area Ruby Meetup
• Who: Open to all Rubyists & friends in the Bay Area at any experience level
• Teams: Solo or teams up to 3 people – your choice
• Entry fee: None!
• Food: TBD (we’re working on it!)
• Prizes: TBD (we’re working on prizes, too!)

Rails as the One Person Framework

AI-assisted coding has exploded onto the scene, promising to amplify what solo devs can do. Ruby on Rails is the perfect partner for this approach. Rails has long been known as the one-person framework, a powerful toolkit designed to give lone developers and small teams superpowers, compressing the time and knowledge needed to ship big features.

This Ruby AI hackathon is about exploring that vision: how AI can make building a Rails app even more of a one-person or small team show! Some participants might even experiment with voice coding setups – it’s all about exploring new ways to build with Ruby.

Here's the plan

Work solo or as part of a small team. Bring your own application idea to life or choose from several project prompts we’ll provide for inspiration. Throughout the day, mentors will be on hand to help with technical issues, brainstorm AI solutions, or just cheer you on. We’re bringing special guests from the Ruby AI community who joining as mentors and judges.

As an all-day event, we’ll have breaks for lunch and snacks. At the end of the day, each individual or team will get to demo their app and briefly show off their code. A panel of judges will evaluate each project and provide encouraging feedback. They’ll be looking at creativity, use of the theme, and technical achievement given the time constraints.

Ready to hack? RSVP now!

Sounds exciting? We sure hope so! RSVP on through the Luma application, please ensure you register there. If you have any questions, feel free to drop by the SF Ruby Slack and ask, or post a message here. Otherwise, just bring your laptop on July 19 and get ready to code with vibes.