336 - Riccardo Carlesso, Co-Organizer of Rubycon Italy

In this episode I talk with Riccardo Carlesso, Google developer advocate and co-founder of Rubycon, a Ruby conference held in Rimini, Italy in May 2026. Riccardo explains how a joke about PyCon became the conference's name. He covers why they set it up as a Swiss non-profit, and what it's like to deal with taxes in several European countries as an unpaid organizer. He also describes the event itself: no paid speaking slots for sponsors, tagliatelle and free wine at lunch, and a toga party on the beach. We also get into the shared "red" root of Ruby and Rubicon, and SRE toil. Rubycon returns in 2028, after the team brings Euruko to Modena in 2027. Links: - Rubycon - Rubycon 2026 Talks - Riccardo Carlesso - Nonsense Monthly