columbusrb.github.io

Columbus Ruby Brigade site built using Jekyll

Requirements

• Ruby v3.4

Install

bundle install

Building

bundle exec jekyll serve

You can then access the site at http://localhost:4000

Talks

To add an upcoming talk create a new file in the _posts directory with the following naming pattern: YYYY-MM-DD-talk_title.md. The date should be the date of the talk/meetup. Posts are organized by year in subdirectories (e.g., _posts/2025/).

The file must contain the following front matter with speaker information embedded directly in the post:

---
layout: post
title: The name of the talk
date: 2025-02-17                    # Optional: Date of the meetup (YYYY-MM-DD)
link: https://example.com/repo      # Optional: External link for "More Details"
speakers:
- name: Speaker Name                # Required: Full name of the speaker
  linkedin: username                # Optional: LinkedIn username (not full URL)
  x-twitter: username               # Optional: X/Twitter username (not full URL) 
  github: username                  # Optional: GitHub username (not full URL)
  web: https://speaker.dev/         # Optional: Personal website (full URL)
- name: Second Speaker              # Multiple speakers supported
  github: secondspeaker
---

A mix of HTML/Markdown content here to add any additional details about the talk.
This content will be displayed on both the talks page and individual post pages.

Field Descriptions:

• layout: Always use post
• title: The talk title (required)
• date: Meetup date in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional, defaults to filename date)
• link: External link displayed as "More Details" button (optional)
• speakers: Array of speaker objects with embedded social information (required)
  • name: Speaker's full name (required)
  • linkedin: LinkedIn username only, not full URL (optional)
  • x-twitter: X/Twitter username only, not full URL (optional)
  • github: GitHub username only, not full URL (optional)
  • web: Full URL to personal website (optional)

Speaker Social Links:

Social media links are automatically generated from usernames:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/{username}/
• X/Twitter: https://x.com/{username}
• GitHub: https://github.com/{username}
• Personal websites use the full URL provided in the web field

Meeting Schedule

Columbus Ruby Brigade meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at 6:00 PM (talks start at 6:30 PM).

2025 Schedule

• 2025-01-20
• 2025-02-17
• 2025-03-17
• 2025-04-21
• 2025-05-19
• 2025-06-16
• 2025-07-21
• 2025-08-18
• 2025-09-15
• 2025-10-20
• 2025-11-17
• 2025-12-15

2026 Schedule

• 2026-01-19
• 2026-02-16
• 2026-03-16
• 2026-04-20
• 2026-05-18
• 2026-06-15
• 2026-07-20
• 2026-08-17
• 2026-09-21
• 2026-10-19
• 2026-11-16
• 2026-12-21

Updating Meeting Schedule

To update the meeting schedule in this README, run the schedule script:

ruby update_meeting_dates.rb

This script automatically:

• Calculates the 3rd Monday of every month
• Updates the meeting schedule for the current and next year
• Identifies the next upcoming meeting date
• Formats all dates in YYYY-MM-DD format for easy copy/paste into post filenames

Run this script at the beginning of each year or anytime you want to refresh the meeting dates.

Deploying

GitHub actions will automatically deploy the site when changes are pushed to the main branch.