# RubyConf 2021: The Talks You Might Have Missed

DevFeed: [RubyConf 2021: The Talks You Might Have Missed](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rubyconf-2021-the-talks-you-might-have-missed-1559.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/rubyconf-2021-the-talks-you-might-have-missed>)

Author: Jennie Lundrigan

Published: 2022-03-02T21:55:26Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [JIT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jit.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [jit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jit.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

This Shopify article revisits talks from RubyConf 2021, covering the history of Ruby compilers, building a JIT compiler in pure Ruby, and Shopify's YJIT project inside CRuby. It highlights compiler concepts, implementation approaches, and early performance results.

## Source excerpt

Shopify loves Ruby and opportunities to get together with other engineers who love Ruby to learn, share, and build relationships. In November, Rubyists from Shopify's Ruby and Rails infrastructure teams gathered in Denver at RubyConf 2021 to immerse themselves in all things Ruby with a community of their peers. If you weren't there or want to revisit the content, we've compiled a list of the talks from our engineers. A History of Compiling Ruby by Chris Seaton Love Ruby compilers? Chris does.