
Obie Fernandez
Obie Fernandez is a Principal Engineer on Shopify’s Augmented Engineering team and a 20-year Ruby luminary. Author of the best-selling “The Rails Way” series and the recent “Patterns of Application Development Using AI,” he has founded multiple tech companies (Hashrocket, Olympia), edited Addison-Wesley’s Professional Ruby Series, and now spearheads open-source AI libraries such as Raix and Roast. Beyond code, Obie is an electronic music producer and touring DJ, bringing the same creative energy to both beats and software.