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Rooftop Ruby Podcast42: You Can Go Any Speed You WantSend us a textJoel and Collin discuss a variety of topics ranging from road trips and procrastination to coding tools and AI advancements. They share personal experiences from recent travels, delve into the challenges of productivity, and reflect on their conference experiences. The discussion also touches on the evolution of coding tools, the future of iOS and macOS, and the implications of AI in development. The conversation concludes with light-hearted banter about dreams and the potential of technology.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon:2025-04-2251 minRooftop Ruby Podcast41: There's no "R" in NaurSend us a textWe follow-up with an audio based piece of feedback on the Australian pronunciation of "Pinnochio." Collin is sick with shingles 🥺 Testing and securityMVVM in Ruby desktop app developmentPerformance in server designAnd of course, talk about British and American food.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2025-04-0731 minRooftop Ruby Podcast40: Brought to You by McVitiesSend us a textJoel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub.Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful comparison for himself.Links:SvelteTurbo MountInertia RailsJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2025-02-201h 34Rooftop Ruby Podcast39: I Just Want Some StructureSend us a textExciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say.This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support folder on his Mac, and we talk Xcode, text editors, and Difftastic.Joel goes in-depth on Tree-sitter and writing a SQLite parser. Plus, we discuss task management apps.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2025-02-021h 14Rooftop Ruby PodcastSemantic and Other Versioning SystemsSend us a textThanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning.Versioning systems on WikipediaJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2024-12-0638 minRooftop Ruby PodcastLiteral 1.0 and Where We’ve BeenSend us a textCollin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2024-11-2059 minRooftop Ruby PodcastWhen You See It, You Know ItSend us a textJoin the Rooftop Ruby Discord!Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car?The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at Madison Ruby!Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2024-07-0433 minRooftop Ruby Podcast35: Kind of Cool and InterestingSend us a textQuickdraw (Joel's testing library)QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS)Russian doll cachingN+1 queries and how to solve itJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2024-02-0738 minRooftop Ruby Podcast34: They Do Communicate to a DegreeSend us a textJoel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2024-01-3040 minRooftop Ruby Podcast33: You Had Me at Battlesnake With ChaelCodesSend us a textRachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies.chael.codes (all Rachael's links)Rachael on MastodonBattlesnakeChaelCodes on TwitchJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-12-1454 minRooftop Ruby PodcastLive at RubyConf 2023!Send us a textCollin and Joel are joined by friend of the show Roman to talk about the conference, before being joined by special guest Catherine Ricafort McCreary to discuss Artists Who Code.Artists Who Code in the LA TimesJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-11-2039 minRooftop Ruby Podcast31: An Accordion of ComplexitySend us a textCollin and Joel discuss creating the router and ORM for Yipee! (Joel's new web framework) and how to think about using resourceful versus custom routes.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-11-0746 minRooftop Ruby Podcast30: Robot First GradersSend us a textCollin and Joel catch up and talk the Rooftop Ruby RubyConf party, becoming a morning person, tricking AI, making a web framework, and time travel.Joel's testing libraryBBEditDall•E in ChatGPTJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-11-011h 04Rooftop Ruby Podcast29: Ruby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillanSend us a textRuby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan join the show to discuss Ruby Central, how organizing conferences has changed in the past few years, and more.Ruby CentralRubyConf — Buy your ticket now.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-10-2440 minRooftop Ruby Podcast28: SQLite in Production With Stephen MargheimSend us a textStephen Margheim talks about SQLite in production Rails and more.Stephen’s websiteLitestreamJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-10-191h 15Rooftop Ruby Podcast27: Hiring Juniors with Ryan BiggSend us a textRyan Bigg talks about hiring juniors, writing, and company culture.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-10-1142 minRooftop Ruby Podcast26: Large Language Models with Simon WillisonSend us a textDjango co-creator Simon Willison joins to talk about large language models.A guide to large language modelsOpenAI ClipDatasetteJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-09-281h 25Rooftop Ruby Podcast25: You Deserve a Tech Union with Ethan MarcotteSend us a textWe're joined by designer Ethan Marcotte to talk about his new book You Deserve a Tech Union.You Deserve a Tech Union, A Book ApartEthan's websiteKickstarter UnitedJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-09-1235 minRooftop Ruby Podcast24: Travel, Developer Maxims, and Paid GemsSend us a textTravel, tech unions, developer maxims and paid Ruby gems.You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan MarcottePremature Optimization — Universally MisunderstoodJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-09-0535 minRooftop Ruby Podcast23: Head of Open Source at Ruby Central André ArkoSend us a textRuby Central head of open source André Arko talks Bundler, Ruby Gems, supporting the community, and more.André Arko will be speaking at RubyConf 2023 this year Support Bundler/RubyGems open source work via Ruby CentralJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-08-3046 minRooftop Ruby Podcast22: Abstraction Goes All the Way DownSend us a textWe talk about CODE by Charles Petzold, which is great and everyone should read.Collin is done ranking his hacks and is doing some comfort C programming. Meanwhile Joel has finished implementing Literal in a real project and is figuring out how to use Sidekiq across processes.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-08-1026 minRooftop Ruby Podcast21: As Not Miserable as You Can Be with Dave CopelandSend us a textDave Copeland joins to discuss writing, background jobs, service objects, and more.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-08-0256 minRooftop Ruby Podcast20: Literal MetaprogrammingSend us a textCollin and Joel discuss leaving the cloud, password management, security, and metaprogramming.iCloud passwords in ChromeMetaprogramming Ruby 2Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-07-1939 minRooftop Ruby Podcast19: CSS, Stimulus, PhlexUI?Send us a textJoel is coming to RubyConf in San Diego!Collin has been thinking about CSS, Stimulus, and building on top of Phlex.Collin is available for freelance work. You should hire him! Get in touch via Mastodon.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-07-1351 minRooftop Ruby Podcast18: American Muffins, Error Messages, RailsWorldSend us a textJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-07-0549 minRooftop Ruby Podcast17: Technical Debt and Duplication Over AbstractionSend us a text Collin’s Blog PostJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-06-3049 minRooftop Ruby Podcast16: MVC Isn’t MVCSend us a textMVC Isn’t MVC blog postXerox PARCModel 2 architecture — WikipediaOlder Apple document about MVCObservable objects in SwiftmorphdomPhoenix Live ViewJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-06-2142 minRooftop Ruby Podcast15: Apple Keynote, Literal, and Service ObjectsSend us a textWe’re both recording from inside our homes for the first time in weeks! We discuss the Apple Keynote, Joel’s progress on his Literal gem, and Collin’s assertion that service objects sometimes just don’t pass the vibe check.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-06-1658 minRooftop Ruby Podcast14: New York, Editors and AISend us a textWe're back! This week we talk about Joel's trip to New York, code editors, and AI assisted coding.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-06-0631 minRooftop Ruby Podcast13: Open Source and More With Marco RothSend us a textJoel is recording from his car, Collin is recording from a sauna, and Marco Roth is here to talk about Stimulus Reflex, Hotwire, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-05-1641 minRooftop Ruby Podcast12: Literally a Ruby GemSend us a textCollin is finally back in Portland — it only took 6156 miles of driving! Meanwhile, Joel made another gem called Literal. Oh, and Collin might be entering a new era.Joel's new gem: LiteralDon't Make Me ThinkJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-05-0934 minRooftop Ruby Podcast11: Still Nowhere Near PortlandSend us a textBritish cold water storage tank article from The Guardian Reconcilable Differences: Hand Cuppers & Faucet SlurpersGreenDotsWyoming Wikipedia ArticleWyoming is slightly larger than the United Kingdom (94,530 sq mi vs 97,914) but with a population of 576,851 compared to 67,886,011 in the UK. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-05-0237 minRooftop Ruby Podcast10: Road to RailsConfSend us a textCollin has been on a 3100 mile journey from Portland Oregon to RailsConf in Atlanta Georgia. We also discuss going to conferences and how to have the best time. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-04-2531 minRooftop Ruby Podcast9: Dry-RB and Hanami with Tim RileySend us a textTim Riley joins to talk about dry-rb and the Hanami web framework.dry-rbHanamiTim on MastodonJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.2023-04-181h 15