March Meeting Follow-up
Posted by melriffe, Thu Mar 12 21:45:00 UTC 2009
Summary
This month’s meeting was a first: two speakers!
Syed Rayhan, of Code71, started off the evening with an architectural overview of his company’s product: ScrumPad. Utilizing Amazon Web Services, ScrumPad is implemented “in the cloud.” He also covered scaling and performance enhancements.
We finished off the night with Kevin Smith, of EngineYard, giving us a brief but engaging look into Erlang. He covered the basics of the bizarre syntax, reliance on pattern matching, and the reuse of concepts within the language.
It was great having both speakers. However, they both had material that would have covered an entire meeting on their own. At this point I don’t think I’ll be scheduling more then one speaker per meeting.
Attendance
We had 13 people at this month’s meeting. The second double-digit attendance. You guys Rock! We even had three brand new faces in attendance. Very encouraging. Please, keep spreading the word.
I would also encourage you to make suggestions on how we can serve your Ruby needs. Remember we have the mailing list and the IRC channel in which to post your questions and suggestions.
Additional Information
Next Meeting
Be sure to come out next month (14 Apr) when Ben Scofield, of Viget Labs, will be talking about Page Caching in Rails.
Announcements
Developer Day is a one-day, developer-centric conference in Durham, NC. And did I mention it’s only Fifty Bucks (USD$50) to register? It’s being held on 21 March, that’s a Saturday if you don’t have a calendar handy.
Also, the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference is once again being held in Philadelphia, PA on 26-27 March. I’ll be posting more information on this conference on the mailing list.
Last but definitely not least I want to say something about tonight’s sponsor: Engine Yard. They were kind enough to pay for this month’s dinner and provide t-shirts for give away.
