RailsConf 2014 - Let Me Code by Liana Leahy

LIANA LEAHY: Hi. I'm Liana Leahy.

And this was made with lots of love.

Oops. There we go.

[music]

[singing] The screen glows white on my laptop tonight

and my rSpec won't go green.

I'm coding in isolation

so my PRs are obscene.

My doubt's are howling like this swirling storm inside.

Couldn't keep it in. Heaven knows I've tried.

Don't let them in, don't let them see.

My GitHub repo is mortifying me.

Conceal. Don't feel. Don't let them know.

Oh god. You know!

Let me code. Let me code.

Can't hold it back any more.

Let me code. Let me code.

I want to play with Rails 4.0.4.

I don't care

what they're going to say,

let the nerds rage on.

The trolls never bothered me anyway.

[music]

It's funny how some distance

makes everything seem small,

and the imposter syndrome

can't get to me at all.

It's time to see what I can do,

to test the limits and break through.

No right, no wrong, Sandi's rules for me.

I'm free!

Let me code, let me code.

Matz is my favorite guy.

Let me code, let me code.

DHH will never see me cry!

Here I stand,

and here I'll stay.

Let the nerds rage on.

[music]

I'm watching SQL queries

data from top down!

I'm using Ruby to draw frozen fractals all around.

And one thought solidifying

like an icy blast.

I'm never going back.

The past is in the past.

Let me code, let me code,

and I'll rise like the break of dawn.

Let me code, let me code.

That perfect girl is gone.

Here I stand

with the apps I've made.

Let the nerds rage on!

The trolls never bothered me anyway.

[singing stops]

Thank you!

OFFSCREEN: So, now we're ready for

twenty more, twenty-nine more let-downs. OK.

Let's do this.

Great job.

L.L.: Thank you.