Practical, living guides that lower the activation energy for people starting and sustaining Ruby meetups and conferences.
- Keep separate meetup and conference guides.
- Keep pages simple and readable; add structural complexity only when the task requires it.
- Prefer practical advice and checklists grounded in organizer experience.
- Embed community voices as short quotes or interview excerpts inside chapters.
- Allow duplication between the meetup and conference guides when it helps each guide stand alone.
- Fill gaps in existing resources: perspectives outside the US and Europe, the full arc from starting to sustainability, and lived experience.
- Keep layouts and data files minimal.
- Use
README.mdfor setup and local serving commands. - Verify site changes with
bundle exec jekyll buildandgit diff --check.