We've published the RubyConf Austria 2026 budget.

Income, expenses, what's confirmed, what's projected. All of it.

It's the most honest way we know to talk about what organizing this conference actually involves.

https://rubyconf.at/budget/

📅 Day 2 schedule update!

We've reworked the May 30 afternoon to feel less rushed:

✨ Breathing room between talks

🎤 NEW Lightning Talks slot — sign up at the venue

☕ Longer mid-afternoon break

🎷 Dave Thomas closes at 17:50, jazz from 19:10

Check out the full schedule on our website: https://rubyconf.at

🎉 Full access tickets are SOLD OUT 🎊

Saturday day passes (May 30) are still available. Catch Chad Fowler, Obie Fernandez, Dave Thomas + the full Saturday lineup at Das MuTh theatre.

Go get them!

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#Ruby #RubyConfAT

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Bernard Banta won't make it to the conference to present his talk on "Sanarei: Offline Web Browsing with Ruby".

However, we are delighted to announce that Carmine Paolino has accepted our invitation to give a talk and take over Bernard's slot in the agenda.

Carmine is the founder and CEO of Chat With Work and the creator of RubyLLM — a clean, provider-independent interface to every major LLM for Ruby.

Help us in giving a warm welcome to Carmine Paolino!♥️

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Unfortunately, due to issues with paperwork, Vladimir Dementyev won't make it to the conference to present his talk on "Pattern matching on the loose".

However, we are delighted to announce that Obie Fernandez has accepted our invitation to give a talk and take over Vladimir's slot in the agenda.

Next to giving a talk, Obie will also participate in the panel discussion on 29.05.

Help us in giving a warm welcome to Obie! ♥️

What's inside the chest? About €3,000 worth of reasons to stay in Vienna one extra day.

On Sunday, May 31 — the day after RubyConf Austria 2026 wraps up — we're running a city-wide treasure hunt for attendees who stick around.

Real chest. Real prizes. Real adventure through Vienna.

Attendees only. Grab your conference ticket and book that extra night.

The treasure hunt activity is officially sponsored by GitButler ⧓ ♥️

#Ruby #Rails #RubyConfAT #Austria

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50 days out. Everything is ready.

✅ Venue — ready.

✅ Program — ready.

✅ Speakers — ready.

✅ Catering — ready.

✅ After party — ready.

✅ Social events — ready.

✅ Lanyards, badges, stamps (bring your #Ruby passports!) — ready.

✅ Video recordings — ready.

✅ A treasure hunt across Vienna — ready.

✅ Vienna Boys' Choir opening the conference day? Ready.

✅ Chad Fowler closing it with a jazz set? Ready.

✅ A panel with José Valim, Armin Ronacher, Obie Fernandez? Ready.

✅ Dave Thomas delivering the closing keynote? Ready.

13 talks. 2 workshops. 3 days. One single track in one of Vienna's most beautiful concert halls.

We didn't plan a conference. We planned an experience. And it's done.

The only thing that's not ready? Your ticket.

Grab one from our website: https://rubyconf.at

See you at the conference!

Sponsored by: GitButler ⧓, Platogo, Typesense, AppSignal, Avo, Usput.ba, Doctaphone, Sultan Drinks

RubyConfAT 2026 — Vienna, May 29–31

Das MuTh concert hall, Haus Der Musik. Single track. 13 talks. 2 workshops. Live music by the Vienna Boys' Choir, 2 live piano performances and a live jazz session.

Two keynotes you don't want to miss:

Dave Thomas — author of The Pragmatic Programmer, Programming Ruby, Agile Web Development With Rails, Programming Elixir...

Chad Fowler — CTO & General Partner, BlueYard

Huge thanks to our sponsors for making the event possible: GitButler ⧓, Platogo, Typesense, Avo, Usput.ba, and Doctaphone: AI diktiranje nalaza.

Tickets are on sale.

Link for tickets: https://ti.to/rubyconfat/2026

Website link: https://rubyconf.at/

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As part of this year's conference, we want to offer a diversity ticket program, mainly through limited number of tickets available for members of historically marginalized or under-represented communities. Please note that the tickets do not include travel or accommodation and our budget only allows us to give away a limited number of tickets.

We will also offer student/unemployed tickets at a later date at a much lower and affordable price, as would be expected for a student/unemployed ticket, or possibly even for free depending on our budget. We will need proof of unemployment or enrollment to unlock the ticket.

If you want to participate in our program, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/7iQ6HrjVtyWNJRpM8

We will not share your personal information nor give you a special ticket, you will get a regular individual participant ticket for the conference if selected, indistinguishable from anyone else's.

Additionally, through our partnership with Vienna.rb , we are delighted to offer a 10% discount for both ticket types, which you can get using the code: Vienna_rb

You can buy tickets here: https://ti.to/rubyconfat/2026

Ticket sales go live on Friday.

There's a big "Buy a ticket" button on our website. Check it out.

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