# Why engineers should come to the SF Ruby Startup Conference in 2026

DevFeed: [Why engineers should come to the SF Ruby Startup Conference in 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-engineers-should-come-to-the-sf-ruby-startup-conference-in-2026-19794.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/why-engineers-should-come-to-the-sf-ruby-startup-conference-in-2026>)

Author: Travis Turner (richardturner@evilmartians.com)

Published: 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Evil Martians](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/evil-martians.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [conference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conference.md>), [developer-community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-community.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>)

## AI overview

The SF Ruby Startup Conference is presented as an engineers' conference focused on Ruby, Rails, open source, production systems, and community connections. The article explains its emphasis on building Ruby success stories and highlights Inertia Rails as an approach for building Rails applications with React.

## Source excerpt

The SF Ruby Startup Conference is an engineers' conference: meet the people building Ruby open source, scaling Rails in production, and shaping what agentic Rails looks like next.