Meetup Video
Build or Buy? | Does Ruby Love Me Back? by Ifat Ribon and Noel Rappin
Recorded March 05, 2025 at ChicagoRuby at the Adler Planetarium
Two concise talks from our March 2025 meetup at the Adler Planetarium: a 5-factor “Build or Buy?” framework and a celebration of Ruby’s expressiveness.
About Ifat Ribon and Noel Rappin
Ifat Ribon is a web developer based in Chicago, Illinois. She builds custom web applications for startups and speaks on both technical and human aspects of development. Noel Rappin is a Staff Engineer at Chime Financial, former host of the Tech Done Right podcast, and author of multiple technical books, including Programming Ruby 3.3.
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