Our very own Sean Marcia, founder of Ruby for Good will be at #RailsWorld with an #opensource, RfG project and innovative ways to code using AI tools like GitHub's #CoPilot!

Want to know something cool? The majority of the UK Government websites are built using #RubyonRails! 😊 They’ve made things consistent, and best of all they share all their conventions with the world. Check out their developer documentation here: docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/manual/convent…

Curious about using tech for good? Join Kedasha ✨ on Open Source Friday, as Sean Marcia shows us how Human Essentials helps 3M+ children receive diapers across the US. 🎉 We'll go live tomorrow at 1pm ET on twitch.tv/github RSVP here: shorturl.at/cmxQZ

Join us at 1 pm ET today, we're going to be livestreaming on @GitHub's twitch, featuring a Ruby for Good project that is helping millions of kids across the country. See you there! #opensource #socialimpact

This is really neat! The folks at 37signals just released Kamal and it looks like a really easy way to get our #rubyonrails apps deployed without, as DHH so humorously puts it, “needing a PhD in Kubernetes to get your application deployed!” Check it out: kamal-deploy.org

Are you all as excited about Strada as we are? We’re getting ready to dig in and check out how to build android and iOS apps using our favorite tools! The Strada website is now live: strada.hotwired.dev #socialimpact #opensource

AI driven development! It was definitely as exciting as it sounds! Sean Marcia and Cynthia L. demoed GitHub’s Copilot at a #Railsworld workshop yesterday and awesome attendees contributed to #socialimpact via a Ruby for Good project supporting animals in shelters! 😍

And one from #RailsWorld, thank you Ruby for Good for these cool socks. If you didn’t hear about them go and check out how Ruby helps in the world at rubyforgood.org 😊

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), our Ruby for Good project, is a volunteer management system that helps CASA orgs track volunteer hours with foster youth and fulfill court reporting requirements. We need help from #developers, #uxdesigners, and #productmanagers, join us!

Hard to believe that Rails has been around for 20 years! The team at Honeypot know and made a documentary on its history. They will be hosting a Q&A tomorrow with all the people who took part in it! You can register here: my.demio.com/ref/fIuyvG4OPl… #opensource #rubyonrails

We chose Ruby and Rails as the primary language and framework Ruby for Good because it allows a small teams to be force multipliers and have an outsized impact on the work they are doing. Check out Alain Pannetrat's write up: lectronz.com/u/lectronz/art… #opensource #rubyonrails

Are you looking to contribute to open source projects that are driven by social impact? Check out @GitHub's curated list of open source projects recognized as digital public goods (DPGs) that need support! #socialimpact #opensource

Looking to deploy to a small droplet/instance somewhere? In Guillaume's article, he walks through all the steps of deploying with Kamal, and adds in the missing step of how to deploy an SSL certificate at the same time! guillaumebriday.fr/how-to-deploy-… #opensource #rubyonrails

Have you ever been handed a legacy Rails app and needed to upgrade it? How about one running Rails 3.2? The amazing team at thoughtbot did it and streamed it live: youtube.com/watch?v=gQIYXc… #opensource #rubyonrails

It only takes 1 issue to make a difference! Are you looking to give back this holiday season? Join an incredible community of gooders, we need #developers, #uxdesigners, and #productmanagers! Join us in slack: rubyforgood.slack.com/join/shared_in…

This is really cool! 🤩 The Rails team set 2024 as the release date for Rails 8, AND they’ve put out an initial roadmap of what’s going to be included! Which upcoming feature are you most excited about? Check out the roadmap here: github.com/rails/rails/mi… #opensource #rails

✨We're super excited that Ruby for Good founder, Sean Marcia, will be at FOSDEM @[email protected], talking about Sustainable Open Source Development, and the 100% volunteer-driven Human Essentials project! 🥳Watch live tomorrow: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/… #opensource #fosdem

🌟Save the date: May 30 - June 2 🌟for the 2024 Ruby for Good event!! Are you ready to get together with your fellow gooders to make the world a better place? This year, we will be at a stunning nature retreat, more details coming soon!! #socialimpact #opensource

Registration is open!! From May 30 - June 2, 2024, engineers, designers, product managers, and other gooders from all over the globe will get together to collaboratively build projects in service of our communities. Register now: ti.to/codeforgood/ru… #socialimpact #opensource