Boulder Ruby September 2026 Presentation Night

Join us at our monthly gathering where we present topics of interest to Rubyists and aspiring programmers. Doors open at 6:00pm, where you can hangout and socialize with other Boulder Ruby members. We also have a zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86988064634?pwd=RhnyR0iYNx47LASqjdOLQbAFxq9GX3.1 if you want to join online. At 6:30, we do announcements before getting to our presentations. ==================================Talk 1 (Lightning Talk): TBD Description: Bio: ==================================Talk 2: Lingua Clanka: Markdown APIs for Action Text by Mike Dalessio Description: Agent accessibility is now table stakes, and Markdown is the lingua clanka — the universal rich text format for both AI agents and humans.If you want your Rails app to be agent-accessible, your API needs to emit Action Text content as Markdown and accept Markdown updates from agents. Action Text’s HTML-first design has made this tricky in the past, but new Rails features make it simple.This talk walks through Markdown support for Action Text: how Markdown is generated, and how parser configuration shapes what’s stored when agents send Markdown. You’ll also learn how Action Pack and Active Storage integrate with Action Text to provide these features as a natural extension of standard Rails APIs. Bio: For the last decade, Mike has been working on open-source projects focused on improving developer experience. Currently at 37signals on their Security, Infrastructure, and Performance team. https://mike.daless.io/ ================================== If you would like to present at this meeting, or at upcoming events, reach out to the organizers on this meetup, contact us in the #ruby channel on TechFriends, or ping us at @boulderruby or https://bsky.app/profile/boulderruby.bsky.social.