Nathan Hessler

I suck at life... but totally rocked it tonight in monopoly.

Postgres partitioning can feel confusing, risky, or reserved for massive enterprise apps. Alex Yarotsky shows how Rails developers can approach partitioning with practical, real-world techniques you can apply with confidence. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=-dZZJ6…

Regex can feel like magic. But what actually happens when Ruby sees something like /abc/? In his RBQ Conf talk, Daniel follows a regular expression through Ruby's internals — from parsing to bytecode to execution. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=zkb_DK…

One week left to submit your talk for ExMex Conf 2026. Have something you've built, learned, explored, or discovered with Elixir? We'd love to hear about it. Have an idea but not sure if it's ready? Reach out. We're happy to help. CFP closes July 15th. exmexconf.com

Your background job ran for hours, processed millions of records... then disappeared during a deploy. Retries won't save you from a job that never failed. In his RBQ Conf talk, Bart explores resilient background jobs in Ruby. youtube.com/watch?v=wtrmSz…

Missed RBQ Conf? Or want to revisit a favorite talk? Starting this week, we'll be releasing about two talks each week from the inaugural RBQ Conf. Watch every release at rbqconf.com.

The ExMex Conf 2026 Call for Speakers is now open. Whether it's your first conference talk or your fiftieth, we'd love to hear what you've been building, learning, and exploring w/ Elixir. CFP closes July 15th. Sponsor opportunities are also available. exmexconf.com

ExMex Conf returns to Austin, TX on November 12th & 13th, 2026. A few updates as we kick things off: • CFP opens in 1 week • Sponsor opportunities are now available Get ready. We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on. exmexconf.com

Most products that say "we encrypt your data" are telling the truth in a way that doesn't matter. The keys live on their servers. Zero-knowledge means a stronger thing: the server cannot read your data, ever, even if it wanted to. Not policy. Math. How Killswitch works: killswitch.app/blog/how-we-bu…

Final ExMex 2025 video drop: Elixir DIY - making Elixir your own. Own Your Infra — Thomas Athanas The Case for Custom Task Oversight in Elixir — Curtis Ault Automating my office with Nerves — Jason Axelson #videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">exmexconf.com/#videos That’s a wrap! #ExMexConf #ElixirLang

Penultimate ExMex 2025 release! Category: Phoenix From LiveView to PubSub systems Animated LiveView: Pushing TailwindCSS v4 to the limit — Justin Tormey Make PubSub great again! — Alvaro Callero #videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">exmexconf.com/#videos Final drop next week. #ExMexConf #ElixirLang

This week’s category: Elixir & AI From practical tools to new ideas, these talks explore how Elixir & AI work together. Getting Elixir on the AI Flywheel — Isaac Yonemoto Turning AI into an Engineering discipline — Thomas Millar #videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">exmexconf.com/#videos #ExMexConf

Quick update on ExMex videos: We’re taking this week off from releases while we wrapped up RBQConf. Back next week with more talks. Appreciate the patience 🙏 #ExMexConf #ElixirLang

Closing out RBQ with a great story from Nick. (Coming Soonish to a video on youtube) #RBQConf

The villains of scaling Rails have no chance. Batman, I mean Cristian, gives a wonderful talk on how to use your scaling toolbelt to “Kapow” those villains. #RBQConf

JRuby is the “alt” ruby that has stood the test of time. Thanks Charles for a wonderful talk and the care you’ve taken over these many years maintaining JRuby #RBQConf

4 small morsel talks to get the afternoon kicked off for the last day of RBQ. #RBQConf

Chris built an AI feature into his companies app. He shares the steps he took to implement, orchestrate, track, and protect outcomes. #RBQConf

Learning about Rails Magic through Enums. Awesome talk from Meg this morning! #RBQConf

Bart shows us how to think through building resilient background jobs. Great talk with solid examples. #RBQConf

PJ reminds takes down memory lane, reminding us what life was like before git and why git is more important than ever. #RBQConf