Evil Martians
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The go-to agency for early-stage developer tools startups
We're also looking for a polyglot backend engineer with a strong Ruby core and who can work independently.
English is required. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/ruby...
English is required. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/ruby...
Ruby Backend Engineer – Martian Careers – Work at Evil Martians
Evil Martians are looking for a fully remote Ruby Backend Engineer for the distributed team.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We're also looking for a polyglot backend engineer with a strong Ruby core and who can work independently.
English is required. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/ruby...
English is required. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/ruby...
Calling all frontend engineers. It's the perfect time to become a Martian.
We’re looking for a JS dev who respects CSS, UX, and design and can work independently on a fully remote team.
Join the team behind PostCSS, Nano Stores, and OKLCH. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/fron...
We’re looking for a JS dev who respects CSS, UX, and design and can work independently on a fully remote team.
Join the team behind PostCSS, Nano Stores, and OKLCH. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/fron...
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Calling all frontend engineers. It's the perfect time to become a Martian.
We’re looking for a JS dev who respects CSS, UX, and design and can work independently on a fully remote team.
Join the team behind PostCSS, Nano Stores, and OKLCH. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/fron...
We’re looking for a JS dev who respects CSS, UX, and design and can work independently on a fully remote team.
Join the team behind PostCSS, Nano Stores, and OKLCH. Apply here: evilmartians.com/careers/fron...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Read the full piece: evilmartians.com/chronicles/w...
What made @workos.bsky.social, @sentry.io, @planetscale.com, and other devtool startups succeed in the rough waters of 2025?
@vicamelnikova.bsky.social spent the year in San Francisco talking face-to-face with founders you already follow. Below are the top pieces of advice to take into 2026.
@vicamelnikova.bsky.social spent the year in San Francisco talking face-to-face with founders you already follow. Below are the top pieces of advice to take into 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
What made @workos.bsky.social, @sentry.io, @planetscale.com, and other devtool startups succeed in the rough waters of 2025?
@vicamelnikova.bsky.social spent the year in San Francisco talking face-to-face with founders you already follow. Below are the top pieces of advice to take into 2026.
@vicamelnikova.bsky.social spent the year in San Francisco talking face-to-face with founders you already follow. Below are the top pieces of advice to take into 2026.
In 2026, devtools will win user trust + adoption with these 6 approaches to a higher-quality developer experience. Our new post by @valyay.bsky.social is a field-tested playbook for implementing these principles in the tools you’ll ship this year:
6 things developer tools must have in 2026 to earn trust and adoption—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
Developers don’t need more tools—they need fewer, higher-quality ones. This piece distills research and field evidence into six principles for faster, calmer, trustworthy devtools in 2026.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In 2026, devtools will win user trust + adoption with these 6 approaches to a higher-quality developer experience. Our new post by @valyay.bsky.social is a field-tested playbook for implementing these principles in the tools you’ll ship this year:
ONE MORE GIFT IN 2025: We're keeping Intertia.js + Rails on par with the Laravel adapter. In this refreshed post, more on that, plus 3 official starter kits for React, Vue, and Svelte. evilmartians.com/chronicles/i...
Inertia.js in Rails: a new era of effortless integration—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
We want to make Inertia.js more popular within the Rails community, so we've started a project to provide both Rails-specific community docs and a set of tools for simply integrating Inertia into Rail...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
ONE MORE GIFT IN 2025: We're keeping Intertia.js + Rails on par with the Laravel adapter. In this refreshed post, more on that, plus 3 official starter kits for React, Vue, and Svelte. evilmartians.com/chronicles/i...
Huge shoutout to @antiflasher.bsky.social for the amazing thumbnails and animations and our post-production sponsor @mux.com!
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Huge shoutout to @antiflasher.bsky.social for the amazing thumbnails and animations and our post-production sponsor @mux.com!
@inazarova.bsky.social took the stage one last time and thanked everyone who participated: attendees, sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and many Martians. She reminded everyone that the Ruby community's power lies in the connections built here and invited everyone to keep building together with Ruby.
Closing words: Irina Nazarova. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@inazarova.bsky.social took the stage one last time and thanked everyone who participated: attendees, sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and many Martians. She reminded everyone that the Ruby community's power lies in the connections built here and invited everyone to keep building together with Ruby.
Closing up the conference, we had a keynote from our @palkan.bsky.social: Rails X.
He compiled insights from people in the community to give a clear message: There is a future in Rails and we’re part of it.
He compiled insights from people in the community to give a clear message: There is a future in Rails and we’re part of it.
Closing Keynote: Vladimir Dementyev, Rails X. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
YouTube video by Evil Martians
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Closing up the conference, we had a keynote from our @palkan.bsky.social: Rails X.
He compiled insights from people in the community to give a clear message: There is a future in Rails and we’re part of it.
He compiled insights from people in the community to give a clear message: There is a future in Rails and we’re part of it.
- Finta by Andy Wang: An accounting and tax software for startups.
Ruby startup demo: Andy Wang, Finta. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Finta by Andy Wang: An accounting and tax software for startups.
- ubicloud by Dan Farina: The open source alternative to AWS on bare metal providers.
Ruby startup demo: Dan Farina, Ubicloud. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- ubicloud by Dan Farina: The open source alternative to AWS on bare metal providers.
- AI Squared/Multiwoven by Nagendra Dhanakeerthi: An open-source reverse ETL platform that lets you sync data from your warehouse to any business tool.
Ruby startup demo: Nagendra Dhanakeerthi, AI Squared/Multwoven. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- AI Squared/Multiwoven by Nagendra Dhanakeerthi: An open-source reverse ETL platform that lets you sync data from your warehouse to any business tool.
- Superconductor by Arjun Singh: A tool for running multiple coding agents in parallel, each with a live browser preview on desktop or mobile.
Ruby startup demo: Arjun Singh, Superconductor. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Superconductor by Arjun Singh: A tool for running multiple coding agents in parallel, each with a live browser preview on desktop or mobile.
- Cactus by @avinashjoshi.com: An AI-powered business assistant that answers, qualifies, and follows up with every lead around the clock.
Ruby startup demo: Avinash Joshi, Cactus. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Cactus by @avinashjoshi.com: An AI-powered business assistant that answers, qualifies, and follows up with every lead around the clock.
- Sixfold by Brian Moseley: An insurtech startup that uses generative AI to optimize insurance underwriting processes.
Ruby startup demo: Brian Moseley, Sixfold. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Sixfold by Brian Moseley: An insurtech startup that uses generative AI to optimize insurance underwriting processes.
- Simple AI by Zach Kamran: Enterprise-grade phone agents that can be built and deployed in days, not weeks.
Ruby startup demo: Zach Kamran, SimpleAI. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Simple AI by Zach Kamran: Enterprise-grade phone agents that can be built and deployed in days, not weeks.
- nexhealth by Matt Duszynski: A universal API, powered by the Synchronizer, to automate the patient journey.
Ruby startup demo: Matt Duszynski, NexHealth. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- nexhealth by Matt Duszynski: A universal API, powered by the Synchronizer, to automate the patient journey.
- Intercom's Fin by @ryansherlock.bsky.social: An AI support agent who can solve customer questions like a human across voice and text channels.
Ruby startup demo: Ryan Sherlock, Fin by Intercom. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- Intercom's Fin by @ryansherlock.bsky.social: An AI support agent who can solve customer questions like a human across voice and text channels.
Before closing the second day, we had ten companies give a live demo of their products on the main stage. These were:
- @bolt.new by Alex Kalderimis: Al an AI-native browser tool for building and deploying full-stack web apps with zero code.
- @bolt.new by Alex Kalderimis: Al an AI-native browser tool for building and deploying full-stack web apps with zero code.
Ruby startup demo: Alex Kalderimis, Bolt. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025
YouTube video by Evil Martians
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Before closing the second day, we had ten companies give a live demo of their products on the main stage. These were:
- @bolt.new by Alex Kalderimis: Al an AI-native browser tool for building and deploying full-stack web apps with zero code.
- @bolt.new by Alex Kalderimis: Al an AI-native browser tool for building and deploying full-stack web apps with zero code.
@eugeneius.bsky.social shared the patterns and techniques Intercom’s monolith applied to go from rails new intercom to comfortably scaling to over two million MySQL rps.
Here, Eugene gave practical takeaways on replication, sharding, caching, connection routing, and upgrade strategy.
Here, Eugene gave practical takeaways on replication, sharding, caching, connection routing, and upgrade strategy.
Eugene Kenny, Scaling Rails to 2M MySQL requests per second. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
YouTube video by Evil Martians
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@eugeneius.bsky.social shared the patterns and techniques Intercom’s monolith applied to go from rails new intercom to comfortably scaling to over two million MySQL rps.
Here, Eugene gave practical takeaways on replication, sharding, caching, connection routing, and upgrade strategy.
Here, Eugene gave practical takeaways on replication, sharding, caching, connection routing, and upgrade strategy.
Sidekiq is the most popular background job infrastructure for Rails applications. @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy, its creator, took the stage and shared how to build a successful open source business model.
Mike Perham, Sidekiq: Open source, business and the future. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
YouTube video by Evil Martians
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sidekiq is the most popular background job infrastructure for Rails applications. @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy, its creator, took the stage and shared how to build a successful open source business model.
Sarah Mei also discussed the role of software design in an AI-first world. She covered the societal and personal fears regarding AI and gave an optimistic view of the future.
Sarah Mei, The role of software design in an AI world. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sarah Mei also discussed the role of software design in an AI-first world. She covered the societal and personal fears regarding AI and gave an optimistic view of the future.
In his talk, Jeremy Evans shared a new approach to CLI development. He explained that instead of parsing command-line arguments on the client-side, you send them to an endpoint.
Watch the recording to learn the pros and cons of this approach and how to develop a new argument-parsing library.
Watch the recording to learn the pros and cons of this approach and how to develop a new argument-parsing library.
Jeremy Evans, The thin CLIent approach. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In his talk, Jeremy Evans shared a new approach to CLI development. He explained that instead of parsing command-line arguments on the client-side, you send them to an endpoint.
Watch the recording to learn the pros and cons of this approach and how to develop a new argument-parsing library.
Watch the recording to learn the pros and cons of this approach and how to develop a new argument-parsing library.
@leenyburger.bsky.social challenged the idea that when a product is so good, you don’t have to do any marketing.
This talk broke down the basics of marketing and how a technical founder can adopt those tips to better promote their products.
This talk broke down the basics of marketing and how a technical founder can adopt those tips to better promote their products.
Colleen Schnettler, From code to customers. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.
YouTube video by Evil Martians
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@leenyburger.bsky.social challenged the idea that when a product is so good, you don’t have to do any marketing.
This talk broke down the basics of marketing and how a technical founder can adopt those tips to better promote their products.
This talk broke down the basics of marketing and how a technical founder can adopt those tips to better promote their products.
DAY 2 - Main stage:
We had the amazing @obiefernandez.bsky.social kickoff the second day. Unfortunately, we’re having technical issues with the recording. While we’re doing our best to solve this, we didn’t want to miss the chance to thank him for attending and giving such an engaging keynote.
We had the amazing @obiefernandez.bsky.social kickoff the second day. Unfortunately, we’re having technical issues with the recording. While we’re doing our best to solve this, we didn’t want to miss the chance to thank him for attending and giving such an engaging keynote.
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
DAY 2 - Main stage:
We had the amazing @obiefernandez.bsky.social kickoff the second day. Unfortunately, we’re having technical issues with the recording. While we’re doing our best to solve this, we didn’t want to miss the chance to thank him for attending and giving such an engaging keynote.
We had the amazing @obiefernandez.bsky.social kickoff the second day. Unfortunately, we’re having technical issues with the recording. While we’re doing our best to solve this, we didn’t want to miss the chance to thank him for attending and giving such an engaging keynote.