Authors: Vladimir Dementyev, Principal Backend Engineer, and Travis Turner, Tech EditorTopics: Open Source, Developer Community, Rails, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Vibe coding
Introducing Redprints CFP, an open source CFP management application built for the SF Ruby Conference with Rails and Inertia.js.
At Evil Martians, when it comes to writing custom software, we have a strong open-source-first culture. This means we're always thinking about which parts of our projects we can open-source as libraries or tools to share with the community. Our portfolio is massive and very diverse, but it's missing one particular "species" of open source: full-featured applications. But that changes today! Let's introduce the Redprints CFP, an open source CFP application powering our recent SF Ruby Conference proposal selection process.