Nonprofit dedicated to building open source technology solutions in service of critical missions, to make the world gooder. Founded by @seanmarcia.
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18 Mar 2024
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/rubyforgoo…
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ALT Registration is open! May 30-June 2, 2024. rubyforgood.org
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23 Feb 2024
🌟Save the date: May 30 - June 2 🌟for the 2024 @RubyforGood 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!!
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2 Feb 2024
✨We're super excited that Ruby for Good founder, @seanmarcia, will be at @fosdem, talking about Sustainable Open Source Development, and the 100% volunteer-driven Human Essentials project! 🥳Watch live tomorrow: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/eve…
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ALT Sustainable open source development , FOSDEM 2024, Sean Marcia.
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28 Dec 2023
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/miles…
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22 Dec 2023
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/s…
ALT It only takes 1 issue to make a difference.
ALT CASA app home page
ALT Image of puppy and github issues.
ALT Human Essentials app home page.
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12 Dec 2023
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=gQIYXc8y…
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29 Nov 2023
Looking to deploy to a small droplet/instance somewhere? In @guillaumebriday'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-de…
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22 Nov 2023
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!
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📣 We’re excited to launch For Good First Issue, a place that empowers developers to collaborate on open source projects with missions that are driven by social impact.
Lend your skills to make a positive difference in the world. ❤️ forgoodfirstissue.dev/
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14 Nov 2023
We chose Ruby and Rails as the primary language and framework @RubyforGood 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/arti…
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8 Nov 2023
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/fIuyvG4OPlV…
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26 Oct 2023
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), our @RubyforGood 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!
ALT Screenshot of Ruby for Good's CASA app landing page.
ALT Screenshot of Ruby for Good's Github page with open CASA issues.
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14 Oct 2023
And one from #RailsWorld, thank you @RubyforGood for these cool socks.
If you didn’t hear about them go and check out how Ruby helps in the world at rubyforgood.org/ 😊
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6 Oct 2023
AI driven development! It was definitely as exciting as it sounds! @seanmarcia and Cynthia L. demoed @github’s Copilot at a #Railsworld workshop yesterday and awesome attendees contributed to #socialimpact via a @RubyforGood project supporting animals in shelters! 😍
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26 Sep 2023
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/
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21 Sep 2023
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
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15 Sep 2023
Join us at 1 pm ET today, we're going to be livestreaming on @GitHub's twitch, featuring a @RubyforGood project that is helping millions of kids across the country. See you there!
#opensource #socialimpact
Curious about using tech for good?
Join @itsthatladydev on Open Source Friday, as @seanmarcia 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
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Curious about using tech for good?
Join @itsthatladydev on Open Source Friday, as @seanmarcia 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
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11 Sep 2023
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.…
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31 Aug 2023
Our very own @seanmarcia, founder of @RubyforGood will be at #RailsWorld with an #opensource, RfG project and innovative ways to code using AI tools like @github's #CoPilot!
28 Aug 2023
In their workshop at #RailsWorld, @seanmarcia and Cynthia Lo will help you get hands on with @GitHub #CoPilot and #ChatGPT, using a real open-source application to demonstrate how these tools assist in rapid feature additions, testing, and troubleshooting. rubyonrails.org/world/agenda…
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21 Aug 2023
Human Essentials, our @RubyforGood inventory management system, serves over 200 diaper, period supply, and other essential supply banks across the country. We need developer, product design, and product management support. Join us in slack: join.slack.com/t/rubyforgood…
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ALT Human Essentials team presenting at the 2023 Ruby for Good event!
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22 Aug 2023
Here's an updated link to our slack, hope to see you there! join.slack.com/t/rubyforgood…
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