The Power of Cursed Code: A Tour of Ruby - Aaron Christiansen

In software engineering, plenty of time is spent talking about best practices and how to write beautiful, legible code. But what if your language has the tools, methods, and syntax to actively encourage throwing all that out of the window?

Meet Ruby, a dynamic language with the syntax of Perl and the semantics of Smalltalk. With a crossover like that, chaos is bound to ensue! In this talk, I'll discuss the core principles of Ruby, how its flexible design influences the way you build software, and the ridiculous code concoctions this enables.