Over 100 developers participated in inaugural Hackfest during MountainWest
RubyConf; more expected at upcoming events in New York and Toronto
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Engine Yard, provider of
the leading Ruby and Rails deployment platform, today announced a series of
Hackfests, informal community events open to Ruby developers, where
sharing, learning, and hacking rule. The inaugural Hackfest was a
resounding success with participation from over 100 top Ruby and Rails
developers. Two more Engine Yard Hackfests are planned for the coming
months.
The first event was held this past weekend alongside MountainWest
RubyConf 2008 in Salt Lake City, UT, where Engine Yard's Ezra Zygmuntowicz
and Evan Phoenix shared the opening keynote. After the conference, folks
generally look to talk tech, shoot the breeze, and hack. They split off
into small groups, grab dinner, and eventually end up in various hotel
rooms, awake into the wee hours.
The Engine Yard Hackfest aimed to draw these small groups together, and
facilitate a mid-sized, casual, expert meeting of the minds. As an
alterative to having Rubyists chat in the brief windows between conference
sessions, the Hackfest offered an open-all-night comfortable workspace,
with free wi-fi, dinner and snacks, and expert community leaders for
company.
"Ruby is quickly becoming the new programming language to beat and the
community coalescing around it is growing even more quickly," said Lance
Walley, CEO of Engine Yard. "Engine Yard is committed to helping strengthen
the Ruby ecosystem. The Hackfests, we believe, reinforce this. They're
designed to be challenging, instructive, and most of all, fun."
Rubyists are invited to participate in Engine Yard's upcoming
Hackfests, which will be held alongside GoRuCo in New York (April 26) and
RubyFringe in Toronto (July 18-20).
Resources
GoRuCo: http://2008.goruco.com/
RubyFringe: http://rubyfringe.com/
Engine Yard news: http://engineyard.com/blog
About Engine Yard
Engine Yard provides the platform and expert support for deploying Ruby
and Rails applications quickly and easily to the cloud-giving customers
their applications on demand and providing peace of mind. The company's
expertise is built on its track record of innovation, including stewardship
of the Rubinius (http://rubinius.us) and merb (http://merbivore.com)
projects. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Engine Yard was founded
in 2006 and is backed by Benchmark Capital. Visit http://engineyard.com.
Contact:
Page One PR for Engine Yard
Chantal Yang
650-969-9800 x752
chantal@pageonepr.com
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CONTACT:
Chantal Yang of Page One PR, +1-650-969-9800,
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