Bio
Rachael has been livestreaming open-source contributions and programming games on Twitch since 2019. This journey led her to voice-acting in indie programming game, One Dreamer, joining the RubyEvents team, and contributing to Rails, forem, GitLab, Ruby For Good, and many other projects.
My Talks
Docker isn't Magic
A journey through 4 open-source Docker setups, and why it's not magic, but still worth implementing.
Embed ANYTHING: Quality Jekyll Plugins from Scratch
Let's deconstruct the internals of the gem Jekyll-Twitch. Building a great Jekyll Plugin involves various tech. We'll learn enough about Jekyll, Liquid tags, and GitHub actions to build any plugin ...
Play with your Code
Why are programming games more fun than our day jobs? We're going to dig into this exact question and see what lessons we can learn from them, and how we can bring it back to our developer experien...
Unboxing Devcontainers and Docker
Rails 7.2 added devcontainers which enable a local developer experience with Docker's portability, but adoption is slow: Docker, Docker Compose, and devcontainers are confusing. We’ll unbox them an...
Your first Open-Source Contribution
Is open-source intimidating? Are you nervous about your code being rejected by the maintainers? Or maybe you just don't know where to start. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about the feelings. Let'...