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title: Rails in the Lone Star State
teaser:
tags: news,web
author: Chad Pytel
published_on: 2009-08-12
---

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If you haven't already heard, we're going to be be both [speaking and running a
training session](http://lonestarrubyconf.com/program) at the [Lone Star Ruby
Conference 2009](http://lonestarrubyconf.com/), which runs from August 27-29 in
Austin, TX.

Our training session is an enhanced version of our regular Ruby on Rails
training session titled "Second Gear", where we'll be showing you how to
increase the velocity of your Rails development through tools, process, testing,
patterns, and refactoring.

My talk, "Succeeding with Rails" will be a little more business oriented.  I'm
going to step through the principals and strategies that have helped to make
thoughtbot a successful Rails development firm, including Hiring, Client
management, Design and Development practices, Consulting services, Marketing,
Product development, and Open source development.

If you're planning on going to LSRC, we'll see you there.  If you want to go, [register](http://lonestarrubyconf.com/registration).

Visit our [Open Source page](https://thoughtbot.com/open-source) to learn more about our team's contributions.