XO Ruby Austin 2025 - The Vibes Are Off in Tech (but we can fix them) by Aaron Harpole

These videos are from the XO Ruby conference series, lovingly captured on-site by the XO Ruby organizers themselves using Confreaks borrowed gear and their best efforts. As a friend of the community, Confreaks is handling all editing and post-production so these talks could be preserved and shared with everyone. The footage and audio reflect the grassroots, volunteer-run nature of the event — real humans doing their absolute best under conference conditions. We’re proud to help bring these talks to you and hope you enjoy the content! Tech as an industry is in a weird place right now. Far from being just for hobbyists, technology companies are the biggest companies in the world with market caps exceeding the GDP of many countries. Tech takes up an increasing amount of space in our lives while simultaneously becoming less fun than it once was. In this talk we'll explore how we got here, and more importantly, actionable things we can do to help make tech better in our own lives and in the world around us. Maybe, just maybe, there is a path to feeling optimistic again. Video Production by Confreaks Follow Confreaks 👇 https://confreaks.com https://x.com/confreaks https://confreaks.bsky.social