[Austinonrails] Meeting: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 @ 7-9PM [6:30 open] (Reminder)

[Anthony Lewis]

Austin on Rails is tomorrow evening!

Beat the summer heat with two cool talks at the August meeting of Austin on Rails!

Your emcee this month is Anthony Lewis.

Behind the Scenes of My First Client Project - Ben Brumfield

How do you get a freelance gig and quit your day job? Once you’ve got it, how do you ship working software that satisfies the majority the stakeholders at your client? What are the mistakes first-time freelancers make, and how can you avoid them?

Ben Brumfield will reveal the technical and business lessons he learned from his first major client project, touching on collaboration, communication, specialization, and MongoDB optimization. Mostly, however, he’ll go into detail on the mistakes he made and how the product was shipped despite them.

Ben started using Ruby on Rails in 2005 for a side project to his day job writing Oracle-heavy Java at a dot-com. Although a perpetual beginner at Rails, he was able to leverage that side project to go independent at the beginning of 2012. Since then, he has been an independent developer and consultant providing services to libraries, archives, museums, scholars, and genealogical organizations.

Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle - Brandon Hays

Adding new technologies to your stack can have far-reaching implications for your product, team, and career. Trying to pick the “right” one can be confusing, or even infuriating. But don’t flip that table, we’ll use the “hype cycle” and the history of Ruby and Rails as a guide to help you understand which front-end and back-end technologies are a fit for your needs now and in the future.

A former marketer and tech analyst, Brandon now helps run The Frontside, an Ember.js and Rails consultancy in Austin.

WANTED: Passionate Rails Community Members

Volunteers help out Austin on Rails by taking responsibility for planning the talks (or other activities) for one or more of our meetings. We need your help to keep Austin on Rails sustainable.

Please help us out! THANK YOU to everyone who has stepped up so far in the community.

Please ping @austinonrails on Twitter to help out with a meeting. We are always looking for speakers and sponsors.

Rails Connections

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When and Where

Join us at Capital Factory, on the 16th floor of the Austin Centre (Omni Hotel) downtown, on August 25, 2015 from 6:30-9:00pm.

Socialization Practice

We will adjourn after the meeting to BD Riley's on 6th Street for further conversations, good beverages, and community.

Parking

Capital Factory now offers parking at a reduced rate of $5 when you park in the Omni parking lot. You must park after 6:00 p.m. A Capital Factory staff member will be handing out tickets that let you park for $5. These tickets are available up until the end of the meeting.

Hope to see you there!