BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T020000 RDATE:20151101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150720T211437Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151103T220000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151103T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150720T211437Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151119T181319Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250468803 DESCRIPTION:We'll have pizza &\; beer starting at 6pm\, so stop by ear ly if you want to have dinner and socialize before the presentations. 3\;\n \;\n# PRESENTATIONS at 7pm \;\n### Brent Miller - How does N ew Relic build software? A biological approach to architecture \;\nWh en building resilient\, fault-tolerant\, scalable systems\, we focus qui te a bit on the particular technologies involved. Can it scale horizonta lly? Is Samza better than Storm? Is this library thread-safe? It turns o ut that\, even though those questions matter to the stability of the sys tem\, they don’t matter as much as the people building the system. Human s choose the stack\, write the code\, and write the bugs\, too. They cre ate the weird edge cases that cause the system to fall over at the worst time. \;\n \;\nAt New Relic we’ve taken an unusual approach to bu ilding software: we draw heavily from biological metaphors like mutation and natural selection\, and focus on a human-centric approach to define our architecture. Rather than trust a few armchair architects to make t he decisions\, we put the power in the hands of the teams wrestling with the code. We have many strategies to ensure cohesiveness across the arc hitecture and scalability for the business\, the engineering organizatio n\, and the software\, but it takes a little leap of faith and a lot of trust to move to a process like ours. \;\n \;\nI’ll share how our process works\, and how we manage the growth without going off the rails \, while increasing system stability \;\n### Jason Clark - Peeking in to Ruby: Tracing Running Code \;\nYour Ruby app is in production\, bu t something isn’t quite right. It worked locally\, it passed CI… why’s t he running app acting weird? \;\n \;\nIf this sounds familiar\, yo u’re in luck. Multiple tools exist for grappling with a running Ruby app . This talk will introduce a variety of tools and techniques for peeking into what your Ruby app is doing. From Ruby-level method tracing using rbtrace\, all the way down to watching kernel syscalls with strace\, you can see what your app is doing\, and I’ll show you how. \;\n \;\n Don’t let your production system go unwatched! \;\n### Lightning Talk s ⚡️ \;\nThere will be a whiteboard to sign up on arrival (first come first serve). \;\n \;\n# \;\n \;\nAfter presentations we'l l have more socializing time. \;\n \;\n# Thanks to New Relic for p roviding the venue and beer\, pizza &\; snacks this month! \;\n 3\;\n# \;\n \;\nARRIVING BY BIKE? Cyclists are welcome to park th eir bikes in the New Relic office. Bikes are not allowed in the building lobby\, however\, and must use the freight elevator. To get your bike u p to the 29th floor\, enter the building's parking lot by going down the ramp at 5th and Pine. Go past the booth -- no need to pick up a ticket -- and turn right. Go straight until you almost run into the elevator lo bby\, then go right again. On the back side of the elevator block you'll see a beat up pair of double doors marked "\;freight elevator." \; You can get up by buzzing in with the intercom\, and saying you're he re for New Relic. Ride on up to the 29th floor\, you'll easily find the bike parking. \;\n \;\n \;\nABOUT THE GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade\, also known as pdxruby and pdx.rb\, is a user group for Ruby pr ogrammers in the Portland\, Oregon area. The group welcomes all programm ers interested in the language and its implementations\, tools\, librari es and frameworks\, such as Ruby on Rails. The group has been meeting si nce August 2002 for presentations\, demos and discussions. Every month 3 5-75 people come together to share their knowledge\, projects and enthus iasm for Ruby. If you'd like to present or have a topic you'd like discu ssed\, please post to the mailing list. The group usually meets on the f irst Tuesday of the month\, "\;Ruby Tuesday"\; -- see you there! \;\n\n\nTags: ruby\, programming\, pdxruby\, user group\, rails\, ru by on rails\, pdx.rb\, epdx:group=1\n\nImported from: http://calagator.o rg/events/1250468803 URL:http://pdxruby.org/ SUMMARY:Portland Ruby Brigade monthly meeting LOCATION:New Relic: 111 SW 5th Avenue\, Suite 2700\, Portland Oregon 9720 4 United States SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR