Two Web Apps, Four Daemons and a Gazillion Clients
This is not a typical product pitch. FiveRuns and InfoEther developers will offer an informal, interactive panel discussion about building a new FiveRuns hosted service. Hear from Bruce Williams, Adam Keys, Rich Kilmer and others how The Big Rewrite succeeded.
People planning to attend this session also want to see:
Steve Sanderson
FiveRuns
Steve is a maker of software products. With an emphasis on products that are simple and elegant, he blends his passions for solving problems in software, creating something of true value and working with bright and creative people to lead those product development efforts. Read Steve’s blog at http://stevesanderson.com.
Rich Kilmer
InfoEther
Rich co-founded InfoEther, a for-profit company focused on applying Ruby in business. He also co-founded Ruby Central, Inc., a non-profit promoting Ruby, where he is an active board member and a leading contributor in the Ruby open-source community. He has spoken at numerous software technology conferences, both in the US and abroad.
Bruce Williams
FiveRuns
A Ruby developer since 2001 and currently a developer for FiveRuns, Bruce also does independent consulting, has contributed to or served as the technical editor for a number of Ruby and Rails books, speaks at conferences when inspiration strikes, and is an open source hacker and language designer in his copious free time.
Adam Keys
FiveRuns
Adam is a connoisseur of code, dachshunds and existentialist jokes.
Brian Dainton
FiveRuns
A ten-year veteran of Austin high-tech startups, Brian has taken over a dozen commercial applications from napkin sketch to general availability. Originally a Java developer of 12 years, he began working with Rails in late 2006 and later joined FiveRuns to develop Ruby professionally. Brian blogs at The Budding Rubyist.
