In December 2024 the Ruby monitoring company RoRvsWild wrote that Ruby meetups were coming back in Europe, pointing to the relaunch of GenevaRB and a new directory called Ruby Europe. This post summarizes that account, with the dates it gave, and adds what we can still check today.
Key Takeaways #
- RoRvsWild described a Ruby meetup revival in Europe on 6 December 2024 and said it was “so happy GenevaRB is back”.
- GenevaRB has an old Swiss tradition of offering the speaker chocolate, and its organizers said they wanted to send some to Ruby meetups across Europe.
- Ruby Europe is a non-profit network of European Ruby communities; RoRvsWild asked meetups to “put yourself on the map”.
- The 11 December 2024 GenevaRB talk was on everyday performance rules for Rails; the group still runs meetups in 2026.
The Resurgence of Ruby Meetups #
The source post, Ruby Meetups in Europe (RoRvsWild, 6 December 2024), says: “We are witnessing the rebirth of the Ruby meetup scene worldwide, including in Europe.” It points to the Ruby Conferences meetups page, which had recently added new ways to filter its content, as evidence. We could not measure the “rebirth” ourselves; treat it as the observation of people running meetups.
GenevaRB: A Tradition of Community #
GenevaRB, the Ruby and Rails meetup in Geneva, Switzerland, returned for a new season in September 2024 after a summer break, according to RoRvsWild’s GenevaRB is back!. The organizers’ own words: “we have an old Swiss tradition of offering the speaker some chocolate.”
In December 2024 they wrote that they had made a few chocolate bars and wanted to send a package to all Ruby meetups across Europe. They had started reaching out and asked other organizers to get in touch. They also said they were always looking for new speakers.
The Dates That Were Announced #
The September 2024 post listed four GenevaRB talks for the season:
- 18 September: Optimizing Financial Data Ingestion at Inyova (Rafael Millán)
- 16 October: Developer Tooling for the Modern Rails & Hotwire era (Marco Roth)
- 13 November: Rails deployment with Kamal (Sean Carroll, GitLab)
- 11 December: More everyday performance rules for Ruby on Rails developers (Alexis Bernard)
The December post says Alexis would “show more performance techniques” on 11 December; the Meetup listing gives the same date and title. That event is in the past now. The group’s current Meetup page lists later events, including a Ruby & Rails Community Night on 7 October 2026.
The Role of Ruby Europe #
Ruby Europe describes itself as “a non-profit network for the people who keep Ruby thriving across Europe”, connecting the organizers, speakers and developers behind local Ruby communities. RoRvsWild’s December 2024 post asked meetups to put themselves on the map if they were not on it yet.
Conclusion #
Two things in the original account hold up today: GenevaRB kept meeting after its relaunch, and Ruby Europe exists as a directory of local groups. If you want to join in, check the Ruby Europe list or rubyconferences.org for a group near you, and propose a talk if you have something to share.
