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The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 537: Userlist with Benedikt DeickeBenedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end
Show Notes
https://userlist.com/
https://slowandsteadypodcast.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/benediktdeicke.com
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Alright, let’s talk ab...
2025-05-2128 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 536: Better With Becky with Becky SearlsBecky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails)
Show Notes
www.betterwithbecky.com
www.gram.betterwithbecky.com
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2025-05-0739 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCreaToday we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails
Show Notes
https://judoscale.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/
https://bsky.app/profile/adamlogic.com
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2025-04-2332 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade TruittGood Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails.
Show Notes
letsjelly.com/rails
https://goodenough.us/
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Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown pa...
2025-04-0934 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 533: Catching Up With Nick SchwadererNick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community.
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Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out f...
2025-03-0530 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe MasilottiToday's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the show to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps.
Show Notes
Hotwire Native For Rails Developers
Joe Masilotti’s Website
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2025-02-1236 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett DimonThis year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different ownership!
Show Notes
[p3.dev](op3.dev)
[verygoodsoftware.company](verygoodsoftware.company )
[flippercloud.io](flippercloud.io)
[John's Website](johnnunemaker.com)
[Garrett's Website](garrettdimon.com)
2025-01-2233 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-MunnIn this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn
2025-01-0237 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 529: Catching Up With Nick SchwadererThis episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.
2024-12-1131 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris FerdinandiIn the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show to talk to us about how to thrive in tech with ADHD.
Show Notes
https://ADHDftw.com/rubyonrails
2024-11-2737 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina NazarovaWe all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt that excitement in the community. I’ve felt it at conferences and in my conversations with many of you. Today, Irina Nazarova joins us to talk about how we can better evangelize Rails
Show Notes
Neighbor gem https://github.com/ankane/neighbor
Irina’s Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFYiyFQMU8
Ra...
2024-11-1330 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 526: Rails World with Robby RussellNick and I recorded an episode at Rails World with Robby Russell. This is a test of new format we're running where we discuss Rails News. Robby joins us to talk about the Rails Developer Survey that ran this summer. WE also chat about all the new things announced at Rails World.
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2024-10-2331 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 525: Catching Up With Ruby Central with Marty HaughtRuby Central has been a foundational part of the Ruby community since 2003. They organize Ruby Conf and Rails Conf and maintain critical Ruby infrastructure like rubygems.org. With Ruby Conf Chicago just around the corner and new initiatives at Ruby Central, we thought it would be a good time to catch up with our friends at Ruby Central. Marty Haught joins the show to tell us more about Ruby Central's open source initiatives.
Show Notes
https://rubyconf.org/
https://rubycentral.org/news/
2024-10-0929 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 524: Writing Code Using AI with Landon GrayLarge language models are everywhere now. They’re changing the way we work, from tools code completion tools like Copilot, to audio generation apps like Suno.ai. Apple recently announced huge updates with generative AI for all of their platforms. Adobe, Canva, and Google have all added AI to their products. It seems like every vendor is building these features. So how will this change the way we write and think about code. Landon Gray joins the show to tell us how AI will change software development.
Show Notes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedayisntgray/.
ht...
2024-09-2528 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 523: Welcome Back, Nick SchwadererOur illustrious cohost Nick is back from parental leave! We talk about life as a parent and coder, committing to Ruby on Rails, being coworkers and finding time for hobbies. I'm looking forward to recording with Nick again.
2024-09-1131 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 522: Mentoring Junior Devs with Adam CuppyA recent focus of many in the community has been expanding the community. We all love Rails and want to create the best community possible. Part of this focus has to include early career devs. We need to expose them to Rails and mentor them into the senior developers and tech leaders we need in the future. Adam Cuppy joins the show today to teach how to be better mentors.
Show Notes
Mentorship In Three Acts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDX5WH1uLz8
Chapter One: https://www.chapterone.org/
Adam on LinkedIn...
2024-08-2839 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 521: Euruko with Muhamed IsabegovicEuRuKo (European Ruby Konferenz) is the largest and longest running annual Ruby conference in Europe, since 2003, that brings you all the good news about Ruby and its friends. Every year it takes place in a different European city, the location being chosen by participants. Today's guest is Muhamed Isabegovic, who has taken over organizing Euruko this year.
Show Notes
Euruko - https://2024.euruko.org/
2024-08-1427 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 520: Backend Accessibility with Hilary Stohs-KrauseIn our last episode, we talked about Web Accessibility. But, did you know that there are accessibility concerns on the backend and in our interactions with our teams. Hilary Stohs-Krause joins the show to tell us more about how we can be more accommodating to our teams.
Show Notes
Simple writing
"Disability Impacts All of Us" (CDC) - https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html
Hemingway Editor - https://hemingwayapp.com/
"Use simple words and phrases" (PlainLanguage.gov) - https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/words/use-simple-words-phrases/
Contrast Checker - https://webaim...
2024-07-2436 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 519: Joel Hawksley on Web AccessibilityJoel is a staff software engineer at GitHub, working on user interface architecture and strategy. For the last several years, he has been part of the team working to improve the accessibility of GitHub.com. He also leads development of the ViewComponent framework. Today, he joins the show to teach us about Web Accessibility
Show Notes
Joel's RailsConf Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2zlvE_Yj8
WCAG Guidelines - https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
Axe Devtools - https://www.deque.com/axe/devtools/
Aria Live - https://developer...
2024-07-1037 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 518: Live From The Rails Conf Hallway Track!While at Rails Conf, I caught up with several attendees and organizers to discuss their experiences. These quick interviews have been collected for this episode.
Our Guests:
Trevor John
https://github.com/trevorrjohn
Joshua Paine
https://github.com/midnightmonster/activerecord-summarize
David Hill
https://github.com/Esmale
Alex Mitchell
@a_mitch on instagram
Patrick O’Grady
https://github.com/heyogrady
Ella Herlihy
https://github.com/ellaherlihy
Steven Ancheta
https://LinkedIn.com/in/stancheta
https://github.com/stancheta...
2024-06-2626 min
Just a SpecFrom Frameworks to Using the Platform with Elise ShafferWhen you've spent a good portion of your career as a web developer utilizing CSS processors & frameworks, what would lead you to embrace vanilla techniques and modern CSS features? This is the question in the air as we welcome our first ever guest to the show, Elise Shaffer. Elise walks us through her journey learning full-stack development via frameworks like Rails and Tailwind, and then more recently enjoying the freedom and simplicity of web platform features on the frontend. It's a celebration of doing more with less with Just a Spec.Hosted by Jared White & Ayush and...
2024-06-1248 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 517: Rails Conf 2024 Crossover: Off The RailsAt Rails Conf 2024, I gathered several of our favorite ruby podcasters for a giant crossover episode! In this episode we have:
Drew Bragg from Code and the Coding Coders Who Code It - https://podcast.drbragg.dev/
Julie J from Ruby For All - https://www.rubyforall.com/
Jason Swett from Code with Jason - https://www.codewithjason.com/
Joël Quenneville from The Bikeshed - https://bikeshed.thoughtbot.com/
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2024-06-1229 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 516: Catching Up On The Rails Foundation with Amanda PerinoOver the last year, the Rails Foundation has been hard at work on several initiatives. After a successful Rails World last year, they’ve been working on the program for this year’s Rails World in Toronto. The Rails Foundation has also been working on several other initiatives that are very important to our community. Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation joins the show to talk about the Foundation's work on the Rails Guides, Rails Girls Brazil, Tropical.rb, tutorials, working with Rails Core, and Rails World
Show Notes
Rails Foundation Website - https://ruby...
2024-05-2232 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 515: Livestreaming Code On Twitch with Rachael Wright-MunnI am very excited for today’s episode! Twitch is a livestreaming service where users can stream themselves to the internet. Twitch is known for video game streaming. But, people stream all kinds of things, including software development. Today's guest is Rachael Wright-Munn who livestreams Rails development on Twitch
Show Notes
Rachael’s Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chaelcodes
Find Rachael online: https://chael.codes/links
Nerd or die: https://nerdordie.com/
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2024-05-1532 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 514: Rails Camp! With Bobbilee HartmanThere are so many Ruby events happening recently, that it can be hard to know which one to go to. Today we’re going to talk about a rather unique event in the Ruby community. What if you could go to an event that was just the Hallway Track? And that event happened at a summer camp?
Show Notes
Rails Camp West Website - https://west.railscamp.us
Big Nerd Ranch - https://bignerdranch.com/
Sponsors
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2024-04-2429 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 513: Modern Rails Apps Ayush NewatiaRails 7 and Hotwire have completely revolutionized server side Rails apps. Developers can now get much more reactivity with way less javascript, less tooling, and simpler deployments. You’ve probably heard a lot about Rails 7.1 and Hotwire. Maybe you’re even using it in production? Ayush Newatia joins the show to talk about his new book, The Rails and Howtire Codex.
Show Notes
Radioactive Toy - https://radioactivetoy.tech
Rails and Hotwire Codex - https://railsandhotwirecodex.com
Folly Ayush on Ruby Social - https://ruby.social/@ayush
Listen to Ayush on The Just A Spec...
2024-04-1031 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 512: RailsConf With Ufuk KayseriliogluRailsConf is coming up fast! The program committee has released the schedule and keynote speakers. Ufuk Kayserilioglu joins the show to talk about the program and Ruby Central
Show Notes
Kevin's blog post about RailsConf https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/tracks-not-at-railsconf-2024/
RailsConf website & registration https://railsconf.org/
If you have comments about this episode, send an email to comments@therubyonrailspodcast.com. You can include a text comment or attach a file from Voice Memos or Google Recorder and we’ll respond to some of them on a future show.
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2024-03-2730 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 511: WebAssembly with Benjamin EckelYou may have heard about WebAssembly. It’s an open standard that aims to help developers create high performance applications on the web. It’s a portable binary execution format traditionally used on the front end, but there are also other ways to use it. I am completely new to WebAssembly, so today we have a guest to talk about it with us.
Show Notes
Extism repo: https://github.com/extism/extism
WebAssembly MDN Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
Have a comment on this episode? Send an email to comments@therubyonrailspodcast.com
Spon...
2024-03-1331 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 510: Burnout with Dr. Katy CookBurnout is a common occurrence in the tech industry. And the recent onslaught of layoffs have left many stressed about their job search, or overworked from the increased demands of the smaller teams. I know some of my listeners have experienced burnout. I myself have had a recent experience with burnout that took months to recover from. Dr. Katy Cook joins the show to teach us more about Burnout.
Show Notes
The Psychology of Silicon Valley (2019)
APA Studies on Burnout
Have a comment on this episode? Send an email to comments@therubyonrailspodcast...
2024-03-0634 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 509: The Future Of Ruby Central with Adarsh PanditRecently, Ruby Central named a new executive director, Adarsh Pandit. Ruby Central has been a force in the Ruby community for years, organizing conferences and contributing to the community. The recent changes in governance have led t some exciting things on the horizon. Adarsh joined the show to talk about what's going to happen with Ruby Central in 2024.
Show Notes
Ruby Central Website - https://rubycentral.org/
Ruby Conf Musical Number Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WhbX6dS6x0
RubyConf Recap Survey Results - https://rubycentral.org/p/c9897883-2135-4704...
2024-02-2833 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 508: YJIT with Maxime Chevalier-BoisvertOver the years, the performance of Ruby has improved quite a bit. One of the big recent performance improvements came from the development of YJIT inside Shopify. YJIT is a just-in-time compiler for Ruby written in Rust. Dr. Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert joined the show to talk about YJIT
Show Notes
YJIT Website
Maxime on X https://twitter.com/Love2Code (❤️→ λ)
Maxime’s Github https://github.com/maximecb
2024-02-2123 min
Ruby RoguesRuby Dev Summit - Elise ShafferIn this episode, Charles Wood delves into the evolving landscape of Ruby development with an esteemed guest, Elise Shaffer, the host of the Ruby on Rails podcast. Elise offers valuable insights into the future of Ruby, emphasizing the growing energy and enthusiasm within the community. They explore the latest developments in the Rails and Ruby ecosystem, including new features and tools, and discuss the potential for performance improvements in Ruby. Join them as they examine the versatility of Ruby beyond web development, its potential for rapid deployment, and the upcoming release of Rails 8, with a focus on its new features...
2024-02-1439 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 507: Stephen Margheim on SQLite in Ruby on Rails ApplicationsIf you start a new Rails project today, you’re probably going to pick Postgres for your database. And if you have a ten year old Rails app, you might be using MySQL. But Rails ships with support for SQLite, a lightweight SQL database. Can that lightweight database be used to make production-ready software? Stephen Margheim joins the show to help us answer that question.
Show Notes
Stephen's blog post about SQLite - https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/consider-sqlite
Stephen's website fractaledmind.github.io
You can find Stephen on Twitter or Mastodon @fractaledmind.
pd...
2024-02-1431 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 506: Unwinding Flakey Tests with Alan Ridlehoover & Fito von ZastrowFito and Alan are frequent RubyConf and RailsConf speakers on topics ranging from software complexity to resolving flaky specs. They joined the how to discuss strategies for dealing with unreliable tests and complex code.
Show Notes
Cisco Meraki:
Careers (https://meraki.com/careers)
Alan Ridlehoover’s LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/aridlehoover)
Fito von Zastrow’s LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/fitovz)
Talks:
The Secret Ingredient: How to Understand & Resolve Just about Any Flaky Test (https://youtu.be/zsGloAjneX0?si=CFR48kl3Ke0sShyh)
A Brewer’s Guide to Filter...
2024-02-0732 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 505: RailsConf CFP with Andy CrollRailsConf is coming up fast and I can’t wait to see you all there! The CFP is open and the program committee is accepting proposals for talks for the conference. Andy Croll joined the show to talk with us about the CFP process and how you can present at RailsConf
** Show Notes**
Rails Conf Detroit - https://railsconf.org/
RailsConf CFP - https://sessionize.com/railsconf2024/
Speakerline.io - https://speakerline.io/
2024-01-3123 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 504: Kaja Santro on Managing The WNB.rb Slack workspaceKaja is the Slack Administrator for WNB.rb, a group of women and non-binary rubyists. She joined the show to talk about becoming the Slack Administrator. She fills us in on what the job entails, how she became the slack administrator, and some of the big things she learned from contributing to WNB.rb
Show Notes
Twitter: @alizenero
Mastodon: @kajanoe@mastodon.social
Other podcasts with Kaja: Artsy Engineering Radio & The Introspective Developer
2024-01-2421 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 503: Katya Dreyer-Oren on Ethical Software DevelopmentWhat do we owe to each other? Over the last several years, the tech industry has had a reckoning about ethics within our industry. Katya Dreyer-Oren gave a excellent talk and workshop at RubyConf in San Diego about how to ethically build software. She joined the show to share her thoughts and ideas from her experience as a student of philosophy.
We’re starting something new on the podcast. We’d love to hear from you! If you have comments about this episode, send an email to comments@therubyonrailspodcast.com. You can send text or record a comm...
2024-01-1731 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 502: New Years Resolutions with Jemma IssroffOur cohost Jemma Issroff joined me to talk about my tenure as host so far, Jemma's work on Prism, fostering communities, building habits, how to be lucky, and we reveal our New Year's Resolutions!
What are your New Years Resolutions? If you'd like to share them, send an email to comments@therubyonrailspodcast.com. You can send text or record a short clip with Voice Memos or Recorder and attach it to the email. We'll respond to some of these comments in the future.
Show Notes
2023 New Years Resolutions Episode
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2024-01-1026 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 501: Ruby For All Crossover!I joined Julie and Andrew from Ruby For All to talk about Test Driven Development, attending conferences, and using TDD as a thinking tool.. This episode was recorded at RubyConf in San Diego.
Show Notes
[Ruby For All] - https://www.rubyforall.com/
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2024-01-0326 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 500: Episode 500 Bonanza!Can you believe its been 500 Episodes? What a wild ride. It's been so much fun to take over the show and to get to be a part of this history. Our co-host Nick Schwaderer sat down with me to talk about the history of the show, what it's been like taking over, and some ideas for things we might experiment with in the future. I hope you enjoy it.
Have a comment on this episode? Email comments@therubyonrailspodcast.com and we'll respond to your comments in an upcoming episode.
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2023-12-2030 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 499: The Ruby on Rails Podcast X Coding CodersDrew Bragg is the host of Code And The Coding Coders Who Code It. We caught up to bring this special collaboration.
Show Notes
Code And The Coding Coders Who Code It - https://podcast.drbragg.dev/
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2023-12-1336 min
Code and the Coding Coders who Code itEpisode 31 - Elise ShafferIt's time for another Ruby on Rails podcast crossover episode! This time I'm joined by the RoR Podcasts new host, Elise Shaffer. Elise interviews me about the game show I've been giving, I offer my thoughts on doing "weird talks", and we chat about how I got started podcasting. We then flip the script and I interview Elise about her new course on Test Driven Development (TDD), her podcast, and her thoughts on teaching and learning. Elise also had some great tips for getting started (or getting better) with Vim.Links:The Ruby on Rails PodcastOriginal...
2023-12-1234 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 498: Remote Ruby X The Ruby on Rails PodcastI joined Chris and Jason on Remote Ruby to talk about podcasting, the beauty of the Ruby language, Ruby outside of Rails, and why you should probably be using a state machine. It was so fun getting to talk with them and I hope you enjoy this conversation. And, be sure to subscribe to Remote Ruby!
Show Notes
Remote Ruby - https://www.remoteruby.com/
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2023-12-0650 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 497: Rachel Moser on The Odin ProjectRachel is a core contributor to The Odin Project, an open source education project that helps people learn Ruby and Javascript. She joined me on the show to talk about the project, how she became involved, and her role with the team.
Show Notes
The Odin Project - https://www.theodinproject.com/
Rachel's Github - https://github.com/rlmoser99
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As an Engineering Manager or an engineer, too much of your time gets sucked up with downtime issues, troubleshooting, and error tracking. How can you spend more time shipping...
2023-11-2923 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 496: Live From The RubyConf Hallway TrackI attended Ruby Conf and took the opportunity to chat with some attendees about their experience at the conference. This was a super fun experiment and getting to hear from new voices in the community was such a treat. I hope you enjoy it!
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As an Engineering Manager or an engineer, too much of your time gets sucked up with downtime issues, troubleshooting, and error tracking. How can you spend more time shipping code and less time putting out fires?
Honeybadger is how. It’s a suite of monitoring tools sp...
2023-11-2226 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 495: Marc Reynolds on PackwerkMarc has been building software for more than two decades, with a particular focus on the medical industry. He’s currently working with Doximity to create tools that make doctors’ lives easier. As an Engineering Manager, one of his primary focuses over the last couple years has been to figure out how to reduce unnecessary code coupling and make the lives of Doximity developers easier. He recently shared his experience with rails modularization at the Rocky Mountain Ruby conference.
In this episode, we talk about Packwerk, it's challenges and benefits, and how Doximity was able to modularize thei...
2023-11-0832 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 494: Rails World Live! Pt 2 with Nick Schwaderer and Rafael FrançaNick was at Rails World earlier this month and took the chance to chat with Rafael França about his work on the Rails Core team and releasing a new version of Rails.
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2023-11-0138 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 493: Rails World Live! Pt.1 With Nick Schwaderer and Andrew MasonNick was at Rails World earlier this month and took the chance to chat with Andrew Mason about podcasting, engaging with the Ruby community, how interest rates impact the tech industry, Turbo , and some of the new things announced at Rails World.
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2023-10-2531 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 492: Vladimir Dementyev on Layered DesignVladimir is a backend engineer from Mars, or Evil Martians, a consultancy specialized in product development for startups and developer tools. Vladimir is known for his work on many open-source projects in the Ruby on Rails world, such as AnyCable, Action Policy, TestProf and many more. He recently published the book Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications.
Show Notes
Buy Layered Design(Pakt) - https://www.packtpub.com/product/layered-design-for-ruby-on-rails-applications/9781801813785
Buy Layered Design(Amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/promocode/A1F9CL9CYX3GLM
Sponsored By:
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2023-10-1829 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 491: Reflecting on Rocky Mountain Ruby with Bekki FreemanBekki Freeman has been working with Ruby and Rails for 8 years. Recently, she helped organize the Rocky Mountain Ruby conference. She joins Elise this week to reflect on the conference, talk about what it was like organizing, and make some karaoke plans with Elise
Show Notes
Bekki's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekki-freeman/
Tech Friend's: https://www.gettechfriends.com/
Episode 475 - The Return Of Rocky Mountain Ruby: https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/475
Rocky Mountain Ruby T-Shirts: In the show we said we'd include a link, but then found out there is a...
2023-10-1124 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 490: Ruby On Rails As A Career Choice with Olly HeadeyOlly Headey joined the show to talk with Elise about his recent blog post concerning the future of Ruby on Rails as a career. We discuss his post, some survey data, and talk about software developers might want to think about this question.
Show Notes:
Ruby on Rails as a career choice in 2023
Olly Headey
Olly's Twitter
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2023-10-0427 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 489: Hello, Elise! Goodbye, Brittany.Elise Shaffer is a trans woman and Staff Software Engineer who loves Ruby and Ruby on Rails. She is also the new host of this podcast! Brittany announces her retirement from the show after a five year run as the host. In this special episode, the pair discuss Brittany's favorite moments from her run, get to know Elise and discuss any upcoming changes for the show.
Show Notes:
The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 228: From the ashes...
The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 379: MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x The...
2023-09-2719 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 488: Rubyconf 2023 Preview with Allison McMillan and Chelsea KaufmanSpecial co-host Kevin Murphy joined Brittany this week to interview Allison McMillan and Chelsea Kaufman, co-chairs of the upcoming Rubyconf 2023 happening in San Diego. The quartet discussed lessons learned from Railsconf 2023, the approach to thinking about and planning this year's Rubyconf and what is new and different at the event.
Show Notes:
Buy Tickets to Rubyconf 2023
Ruby Central
Allison McMillan's website
Chelsea Kaufman on LinkedIn
Kevin Murphy's website
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
If you want to simplify your stack, and lower your bills, it’s time to check out Honeybager. Honeybadger combines al...
2023-09-2033 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 487: Building the Rails World Application with Shami Tomita and Eric HalversonRails World needed a website! Did you want to be on the small team that helps build it? Shami Tomita and Eric Halverson certainly did and so they came on to the show to talk about their experience and the tech stack behind the conferencing app. Backed by Daniel Rassiner and Cody Norman, the crew talked about supporting Juniors and conference tips.
Show Notes:
Rails World
CasaVolunteerTracking.org
The Agency of Learning
Eric Halverson (@elhalvers) / Twitter
Eric on Github
Eric on LinkedIn
Shami (@Shami941) / Twitter
Shami on Github
Shami on LinkedIn
Daniel on Github
Daniel on...
2023-09-1327 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 486: High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails with Andrew AtkinsonIf you love taking about databases, this is the episode for you. Ahead of the launch of his new book, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, Andrew Atkinson joined the show with special guest co-host, Pat Bair, to talk about why he wrote a book, why he focused on PostgreSQL and his favorite feature from the upcoming 7.1 release.
Show Notes:
Landing page and newsletter signup for the book “High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails”
Andrew's Tweet Announcing Beta for the Book
Andrew's Personal blog on Postgres/Rails/general topics
Rideshare Rails API app used for book examples/exercises
Pg_s...
2023-09-0631 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 485: A Ticket Giveaway and Kamal / Kemal (Brittany + Nick)Nick is heading to Rails World to represent the show and he has a ticket to giveaway to a lucky listener! The pair talk about doing hard things first, the renaming of MRSK to Kamal and then a random deep dive on our show's archives. Check out the show notes for giveaway details!
Show Notes:
The Ruby on Rails Podcast RailsWorld Ticket Contest | Complete by September 2nd, 2023
scarpe-team / scarpe
scarpe-diem Discord Server
Github | Rename project to Kamal
The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 3: Tobias Luettke
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
As an Engineering Manager...
2023-08-3033 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 484: Level Up in Learning with Ariel FogelAriel Fogel is a software engineer with an enduring soft spot in his heart for Ruby and Rails. Since graduating from Dev Bootcamp, he has found himself driven by finding ways to improve the quality of education for coders and non-coders alike. Brittany and Ariel discuss how engineers can level up in how they learn.
Show Notes:
Ariel's Personal Site
Agency of Learning
Ariel on Github
Ariel on LinkedIn
Remote Ruby: Hackathon - Strada - Rails World
daisyUI — Tailwind CSS Components
activerecord-hackery/ransack: Object-based searching
joshmn /ahoy_captain
Rails Hackathon
Introducing the Rails Luminary Awards: Nominations No...
2023-08-2325 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 483: Minimum Viable Answer (Brittany + Jemma)After celebrating Jemma's newly established status as a Ruby core member, Brittany and Jemma discuss what is happening with Brittany at work, including taking some customer calls. The two hosts also talk about the important skill of being able to know your audience and how to communicate to non-technical stakeholders. They wrap up discussing AI fitness.
Show Notes:
Ruby: Propose Kevin Newton and Jemma Issroff as core committers
ruby/yarp on Github
Fitbod
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2023-08-1622 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 482: Everything is Awe(ful)some! (Brittany + Brian)Even though not a ton has changed in the last 4 months since Brittany and Brian last recorded the State of Rails Hiring, this hiring market is both awful and awesome depending on who you talk to. The duo dig into AI generated cover letters, the good and bad symptoms of what is happening in the economy and specific tactics to help get engineers and employers over the hump.
Show Notes:
Episode 460: The State of Rails Hiring in 2023 (Brittany + Brian)
Mirror Placement
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
As an Engineering Manager or an engineer...
2023-08-0930 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 481: Advice on Sunsetting a Rails Application with Robby RussellThere comes a time in almost every software application when it reaches the end of its lifecycle. Robby Russell, CEO of Planet Argon, joins the show to guide Brittany on the steps to take to decommission a Ruby on Rails application. The pair also touch on the idea of how small dev teams would benefit from periodically bringing in "guests" to their codebase.
Show Notes:
Planet Argon
The Railsconf 2022 Ruby Podcast Panel
2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey with Robby Russell
How to Decommission Your Ruby on Rails Application | Planet Argon
Sunset A Rails Application | Planet Argon
...
2023-08-0233 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 480: Gnarly Rails with Nick MaloneyNick Maloney is co-founder of The Gnar Company, a full service product consulting shop. Nick and Brittany discuss Gnar's project for the State of Massachusetts to build out an automated background check system. Nick shares why Rails is their default stack and why he is particularly impressed with the direction of the front-end happening in Rails 7.
Show Notes:
The Gnar Company
The Gnar Company Blog
Nick Maloney on LinkedIn
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Honeybadger
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2023-07-2628 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 479: Create What You Want to Exist: Brighton Ruby (Brittany + Nick + Andy)Brittany and Nick sync up after Nick's one-night-only talk at Brighton Ruby 2023. It wouldn't be a recap without the conference organizer so they were lucky to find Andy Croll free to fill them in on why he continues to run the event and his thoughts on the uptick on conference attendance.
Show Notes:
Brighton Ruby Conference
Andy Croll's personal site
scarpe-diem Discord Server
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
If you want to simplify your stack, and lower your bills, it’s time to check out Honeybager. Honeybadger combines all of those services into on...
2023-07-1935 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 478: The Rails SaaS Conference Recap with Andrew CulverAndrew Culver is a long-time Rails developer and creator of Bullet Train, a SaaS framework for Rails, and the organizer of The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles, California and Athens, Greece. Brittany was excited to have him on the show to talk about his hacker origins, his latest event in Athens, and to discuss why Rails World sold out in 45 minutes.
Show Notes:
Bullet Train: The Open Source Ruby on Rails SaaS Framework
The Rails SaaS Conference
Laravel Spark
Photos from Andrew's Hacker Phase
Indie Rails: Michael Buckbee - Balancing Marketing & Development While Building Wafris
...
2023-07-1236 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 477: YARP has been merged!! (Brittany + Jemma + Kevin)Mere minutes before this episode was recorded, YARP was merged! Kevin Newton joins Brittany and Jemma this week to share the exciting news. The trio discuss the follow up steps for YARP, whether a marketing push for adoption will be needed and how Kevin and Jemma partnered on the initiative.
Show Notes:
Episode 385: Minimal Flame Wars (Prettier, Parsing and Regex) with Kevin Newton
ruby/yarp: Yet Another Ruby Parser
Mirror ruby/yarp into ruby/ruby #7964
RubyConf TH 2023
Kevin Newton (@kddnewton) / Twitter
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
You won’t know if Honeybadger will re...
2023-07-0533 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 476: Career Ladders with Megan Marquardt-RayMegan Marquardt-Ray is an Engineering Manager from Included Health. She leads a team of software engineers who build out mobile and web experiences that help people get to high quality healthcare. Before Included Health, she worked at an education startup, bloc, where she first stepped into a managing role. She and Brittany talk about what it means to be a part of a software community, how to draft career ladders, hiring and how to ensure your engineers are progressing.
Show Notes:
Included Health - Healthcare Navigation & Virtual Care
Included Health Careers
Megan Marquardt-Ray on LinkedIn
...
2023-06-2833 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 475: The Return of Rocky Mountain Ruby with Spike IlacquaRocky Mountain Ruby is baaaaaack! Conference organizer, Spike Ilacqua, joined Brittany to discuss why he was bringing the conference back to life in Boulder, CO on October 5th and 6th, 2023. They talk about the advice he has gotten, the open CFP and funding the conference. The wrap up talking about how Spike finds AI kinda cool and kinda scary.
Show Notes:
The Return of Rocky Mountain Ruby
Sponsor Rocky Mountain Ruby
Rocky Mountain Ruby CFP
Blue Ridge Ruby
Spike's Blog
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
If you want to simplify your stack, and...
2023-06-2128 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 474: Ship to Learn (GitHub and AI) with Kyle DaigleFormer host of this podcast, Kyle Daigle is the Chief Operating Officer at GitHub. Kyle joined GitHub in 2013 and built and scaled the Ecosystem Engineering teams and worked on the acquisitions of Semmle, npm, and others. He now oversees culture, operations, and communications for the business. He fills Brittany in on all of the exciting initiatives happening at GitHub: GitHub Accelerator, GitHub Fund, GitHub Sponsors and their new research on developer workflow and productivity with AI.
Show Notes:
344: Strategic Programs & Arctic Code Vault @ Github with Kyle Daigle
GitHub Copilot
Arctic Code Vault
GitHub Accelerator
GitHub Fund
...
2023-06-1443 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 473: Personal Branding & Strongly Held BBQ Opinions with Cody NormanMaking his podcast debut, Cody Norman is a former Loan Officer and current Independent Ruby on Rails consultant. He enjoys mentoring, working with early career developers and is an Engineering Mentor at The Agency of Learning. He joins Brittany to discuss personal branding, the importance of showing up every day and how he approaches mentoring early career developers.
Show Notes:
Cody Norman's Blog
First Ruby Friend: Find a mentor in the Ruby community
The Agency of Learning
cnorm35 - Cody Norman - Twitter
Cody Norman on LinkedIn
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
You...
2023-06-0732 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 472: All I Wanted Was An Environment Variable (thoughtbot) with Victoria Guido and Joe FerrisVictoria Guido, Managing Director of Business Development and DevOps Strategy, and Joe Ferris, CTO, of thoughtbot stop by to talk about Victoria's recent trip to Ruby Kaigi, thoughtbot's contributions to the Ruby / Rails communities, goals for their podcasts, Platform Engineering for Ruby on Rails engineers and the thoughtbot Incubator program.
Show Notes:
thoughtbot
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Mission Control's AWS Platform Guide
mrsked / mrsk
thoughtbot Incubator
victori_ousg - Victoria Guido / Twitter
Victoria Guido (@vguido@thoughtbot.social)
Joe Ferris (@joeferris) / Twitter
Joe Ferris (@jferris@thoughtbot.social)
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
2023-05-3130 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 471: RubyKaigi 2023 Recap (Brittany + Jemma)The moderator of Ruby Committers and the World, Jemma, answers all of Brittany's questions about her recent trip to Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan for RubyKaigi 2023. The pair talk about Matz's keynote, the panel and Jemma's recent work on YARP.
Show Notes:
RubyKaigi 2023
Field Report: RubyKaigi
Shopify/yarp: Yet Another Ruby Parser
Stan Lo
Rbspy
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2023-05-2427 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 470: A Smorgasbord of Topics (Brittany + Nick)Brittany and Nick are back together again! Brittany talks about on boarding as an Engineering Manager at Shogun as a Shogie. The two discuss standup preferences, multi-timezone communications, bonding over incidents and Nick's latest venture: rChat.
Show Notes:
Shogun
Geekbot - Run standup meetings in Slack
scarpe-team / scarpe
ChatGPT
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
As an Engineering Manager or an engineer, too much of your time gets sucked up with downtime issues, troubleshooting, and error tracking. How can you spend more time shipping code and less time putting out fires?
Honeybadger...
2023-05-1733 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 469: Railsconf 2023: A Ruby Community Podcast Live!Listen to Brittany Martin (The Ruby on Rails Podcast), Jason Charnes (Remote Ruby) and Paul Bahr (Peachtree Sound) as they interview guests from the community on a live podcast at Railsconf 2023 in Atlanta, GA.
Guest #1: Aaron Patterson, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify
Guest #2: Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians
Guest #3: Voted on by the community in an online poll: Justin Searls, Meta Programmer at Test Double
Guest #4: Voted on by the community live at this session: Britni Alexander, Senior Software Engineer
Our Vanna White of Guest Selection: Danielle Greaves, Lead Web Developer...
2023-05-1037 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 468: Railsconf 2023 Recap with Drew Bragg and Joël QuennevilleJoël and Drew join Brittany post-conference to discuss their experience at Railsconf 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. The trio thank the organizers, share tales from speaking and discuss their favorite talks. They wrap by discussing the new Ruby Central individual memberships and their conference plans for the rest of the year.
Show Notes:
The Bikeshed
Code and the Coding Coders who Code it
Railsconf
In Favor of Ruby Central Memberships
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
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2023-05-0338 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 467: The Rails Foundation with Amanda PerinoAmanda Perino is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Rails Foundation. Brittany interviewed Amanda and the pair discuss all of the exciting initiatives coming out of the Foundation, the Rails community members who are helping with the efforts and advice coming from other software communities.
Show Notes:
The Rails Foundation
Rails World
This Week in Rails newsletter
The Rails Changelog Podcast
Suggestion Form to send ideas to the Rails Foundation
the Tightly Coupled Book Club
Amanda Brooke Perino (@AmandaBPerino) / Twitter
Amanda Perino on LinkedIn
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Honeybadger is the...
2023-04-2633 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 466: Pairing on Code and Conference Talks with Selena Small and Michael MilewskiSelena Small and Michael Milewski are a pair of Senior developers from Melbourne, Australia that not only love to pair on code but getting ready for a world tour of conference talks. Fresh off the roles as co-MCs for Rubyconf AU, the pair speak with Jemma and Brittany about why they are advocates for pairing, some pairing horror stories and how they would describe the Australian Ruby community.
Show Notes:
Failure Driven
Failure Driven on Twitch
Selena Small (@selenasmall88) / Twitter
Michael Milewski (@saramic) · Twitter
Selena on Sessionize
Michael on Sessionize
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
2023-04-1932 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 465: Why Companies Don't Hire Juniors with Alex GhiculescuAlex Ghiculescu is the co-founder of Workforce.com, a workforce management product built on Ruby on Rails. The topic of hiring Juniors has been a common theme lately but he joins Brittany and Brian to discuss why companies are actually avoiding it. The trio debate in-office training, salaries and promotions.
Show Notes:
Workforce.com
Why companies don't hire juniors by Alex Ghiculescu
If you want to learn more about working at Workforce.com, reach out to:
Chicago - Stacey McKnight - smcknight@workforce.com
London - Phil Fraser - philip@workforce.com
Brisbane - Austin Wilshire...
2023-04-1233 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 464: What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify with Rose WiegleyRose Wiegley is a Senior Staff Developer on Shopify’s Payments and Risk team. Jemma is solo hosting today as she interviews Rose about her thoughts on being a staff engineer at Shopify, keynoting at RubyConf Mini and her recent team switch at Shopify.
Show Notes:
What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify by Rose Wiegley
RubyConf Mini 2022: Keynote by Rose Wiegley
NormConf Talk: Data Driven Promotions
Alex Terrasa’s talk, "Here be dragons"
‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups
Rose W (@rose_w) / Twitter
rose (@rose@ruby.social)
Rose's Blog
Sponso...
2023-04-0535 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 463: The Tightly Coupled Book Club with Mina and Aji SlaterMina Slater (she/her) is a senior developer with Mission Control, thoughtbot's DevOps, platform engineering and SRE team. Aji Slater (they/them) is a development team lead at thoughtbot on Lift-Off, thoughtbot’s team that specializes in new product development and launch. Together, they guest on the podcast to discuss their new podcast: The Tightly Coupled Book Club. They pitch the concept to Brittany, ask Brittany for advice and discuss feedback from Brittany's initial listen.
Show Notes:
Episode 431: For the Love of Consulting and the Cloud with Mina Slater
Ruby on Rails Guides
the Tightly Coupled Bo...
2023-03-2936 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 462: Scarpe Diem: Seize the Shoes (Brittany + Nick)What is Nick? Well, Nick has a thing! He tells Brittany all about his new project: Scarpe. From there, Brittany steals some free consulting from Nick when she presents an authentication problem she is trying to tackle on a side project. Nick shares his experience at a coveted Sandi Metz workshop and they wrap on a personal update from Brittany.
Show Notes:
Shoes! The easiest little GUI toolkit, for Ruby
why-archive/nobody-knows-shoes.pdf at master - GitHub
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.26.0.1 - GitHub
scarpe-team / scarpe
schwad (@schwad_rb) / Twitter
Hackety Hack - Wikipedia
Bullet Train: The...
2023-03-2234 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 461: ccyalater and Merge Conflict Hit the Track! with Colleen LeonardColleen Leonard has been working in tech since 2015, first as a Front-End Developer and then as a recruiter. She is currently a Technical Recruiter at Test Double. She joins Brittany to chat technical recruitment in Part 1 and then roller derby in Part 2. Let's roll.
Show Notes & Links:
You can follow Colleen on the following platforms:
Colleen Leonard / LinkedIn
Colleen Leonard (@_colleenleonard) / Twitter
Colleen Leonard on (@ccleonard ) / Mastodon
You can follow Test Double on the following platforms:
Read the latest at https://blog.testdouble.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/testdouble
2023-03-1533 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 460: The State of Rails Hiring in 2023 (Brittany + Brian)In 2022, Rails Hiring is Still Hot was our most listened to episode! By popular demand, Brian is back to give us the state of the Ruby on Rails hiring market for 2023. Brittany and Brian discuss his clients, advice for those who have a job and advice for those who are seeking a role in this weird market.
Show Notes & Links:
Episode 419: Rails Hiring is Still Hot (Brittany + Brian)
Mirror Placement
Sponsored By:
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2023-03-0833 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 459: Blue Ridge Ruby with Jeremy Smith and Mark LocklearJeremy Smith is a designer/developer who runs a tiny one-person web studio called HYBRD. Mark Locklear is a Web Developer and Project Manager at the Extension Foundation. Together, they are co-hosting Blue Ridge Ruby, a two-day, single-track conference featuring ten speakers, plus lightning talks. The conference will be held at the historic Masonic Temple in downtown Asheville on Thursday, June 8th and Friday, June 9th.
Show Notes:
Blue Ridge Ruby
Sponsor Blue Ridge Ruby
HYBRD
IndieRails Podcast
Jeremy Smith (@jeremysmithco) / Twitter
Mark Locklear (@marklocklear@techhub.social) - Twitter
Mark's Personal Site
Sponsored By:
2023-03-0132 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 458: LEARN Academy with Adam Cuppy, Sarah Proctor and Chelsea KaufmanBrittany has a trio today! Adam Cuppy, Sarah Proctor and Chelsea Kaufman from LEARN Academy join her to discuss the academy's origin story, curriculum and how they garner interest for their program. They dive deeper into their internship program and how an internship is one of the most accessible ways to start bringing juniors into the team.
Show Notes & Links:
LEARN academy
3-Day Jumpstart Bootcamp | LEARN academy
Partners | LEARN academy
Adam Cuppy on LinkedIn
Sarah Proctor on LinkedIn
Chelsea Kaufman on LinkedIn
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status Pages now come with incident...
2023-02-2240 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 457: This Week In Rails with Emmanuel HayfordEmmanuel Hayford is an independent Rails Consultant and a co-editor of "The Weeks in Rails". He excitedly tells Brittany his favorite upcoming features for Rails 7.1 and his favorite features that shipped with Ruby 3.2. They wrap the episode discussing why community content is so important.
Show Notes & Links:
This Week in Rails
TryRuby: Learn programming with Ruby
An Overview Of Ruby on Rails 7.1 Features. Part I
Ruby 3.2.0 Released
Rad Ruby
Emmanuel Hayford on Twitter (@siaw23)
Sponsored By:
Miro
Brainstorm, solve problems, and reach better decisions faster as a team on Miro’s vi...
2023-02-1526 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 456: The Ruby’s Got You Covered World Tour with Kevin MurphyKevin Murphy is a software developer in the Boston area, currently working at Bookbub. After discussing Kevin's first commit into Ruby(!), he and Brittany discuss the long-term benefits and effects of community involvement, including speaking. Stay tuned for the premiere of Kevin's tour promo at the end of the episode!
Show Notes & Links:
Contributing to Ruby Docs
Ruby's Coverage Module
Kevin Murphy's website
Kevin Murphy on Mastodon
Kevin's Blog Post Series about having an MBA
Kevin's contribution to Ruby
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status Pages now come with incident management! Build confidence...
2023-02-0826 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 455: Adventures in TruffleRuby (Brittany + Nick)After taking a moment to talk about Chris Seaton's impact on the community, Nick tells Brittany about his adventures in TruffleRuby and Hatchbox. They also discuss how Shopify removed all recurring meetings with more than two people in perpetuity to encourage more focus time.
Show Notes & Links:
Chris Seaton
oracle/truffleruby - GitHub
postmodern/chruby: Changes the current Ruby - GitHub
Hatchbox.io
Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit - Jeremy Evans
Shopify tells employees to just say no to meetings
Workplace from Meta
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status Pages now come with...
2023-02-0130 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 454: Rubyconf @ Home: Hanami Core TeamCaptured live from Rubyconf 2022 Home Edition on January 11th, 2023, this is a special episode recorded with the Hanami Core Team: Luca Guidi, Tim Riley and Peter Solnica. Co-moderated by Jason Charnes and Brittany Martin.
Moderated By:
Jason Charnes, Remote Ruby
Brittany Martin, The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Panelists:
Luca Guidi
Tim Riley
Peter Solnica
A special thanks to the organizers of Rubyconf @ Home for making this happen!
Show Notes:
Hanami
dry-rb
ROM
Roda
decafsucks / decafsucks
Sponsor Hanami
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Recent studies found that downtime...
2023-01-2550 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 453: Ruby for All Crossover: IntegrationsBrittany guested on Ruby for All this week! She joins Julie J to talk about why integrations are important to developers and why integration knowledge can give Juniors a leg up in hiring. They also discuss the differences between APIs and webhooks and review a real world example.
Show Notes & Links:
Ruby for All
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status Pages now come with incident management! Build confidence with a public status page that shows your live service status, incident history, and more—and bring your own domain! Transparency inspires trust—when your next...
2023-01-1830 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 452: 2023 with Finesse (Brittany + Jemma)After reflecting on their 2022 resolutions, Brittany and Jemma talk about their resolutions for 2023. Afterwards, Brittany congratulates Jemma on shipping Object Shapes in Ruby 3.2, asks what is in store for her next and why everyone should upgrade to Ruby 3.2. They wrap up the episode talking about team changes at TextUs.
Show Notes & Links:
Episode 399: New Year's Resolutions & Mediocrity with Brittany and Jemma
Ruby 3.2.0 Released
Shopify/yjit: Optimizing JIT compiler built inside CRuby - GitHub
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status Pages now come with incident management! Build confidence with a public status page that...
2023-01-1126 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 451: How We Hire Junior Developers with Andy CrollThe podcast voice is back! Andy Croll is starting 2023 off right by joining Brittany to discuss the process they went through at CoverageBook to hire a junior developer. The timing is perfect because TextUs was also hiring a Junior developer so Brittany cons Andy into sharing a bunch of free advice. Happy New Year, listeners!
Show Notes & Links:
CoverageBook
Episode 384 - The TextUs Junior Trio with Saundra Catalina, Jeff Golden and Luke Mason
My First Ruby Friend
One Ruby Thing - Andy Croll
Chats in the Cupboard
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Status...
2023-01-0433 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 450: Bootstrapping SaaS on Rails + Finding Community with Adam PallozziAdam Pallozzi has been a professional musician, business owner and software developer. Now, he has co-founded SleepHQ, a CPAP support community where users can upload, review and share their therapy data with anyone. Ahead of his (spoiler: successful) launch of the Pro version, Adam sits down with Brittany to discuss his journey to finding Rails, his appreciation of Bullet Train, working on hardware (magic!) and finding community from AU.
Show Notes & Links:
SleepHQ
Bullet Train: The Ruby on Rails SaaS Template
Adam Pallozzi (@adampallozzi) / Twitter
Adam Pallozzi on Youtube
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
2022-12-2834 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 449: New OSS Maintainers with Stefanni Brasil and Thiago AraujoStefanni Brasil and Thiago Araujo are back on the show as new maintainers of the Faker gem! The trio discuss what they have learned in OSS so far, when to declare bankruptcy and how to market a project for new contributors. Does Hacktoberfest make a difference?
Show Notes & Links:
Episode 407 | Get to Senior with Stefanni Brasil and Thiago Araujo (hexdevs)
Get to Senior | hexdevs
faker-ruby / faker
How to Open Source with Richard Schneeman | hexdevs Podcast
Stefanni Brasil (@stefannibrasil) / Twitter
Thiago Araujo (@thdaraujo) / Twitter
Sponsored By:
Honeybadger
Honeybadger monitors your cron jobs...
2022-12-2129 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 448: Turbo Native Workshop with Joe MasilottiJoe Masilotti of both Turbo Native and railsdevs fame, joined Brittany to talk about his upcoming Turbo Native workshop. They discuss why he is conducting the workshop(s), whether he is happy with the current state of Turbo Native (with a cool OSS reveal) and of course, an update on how railsdevs is progressing.
Show Notes & Links:
Episode 413 - Positivity and railsdevs with Joe Masilotti
Turbo Native Workshop
hotwired / turbo-ios
railsdevs
Joe Masilotti (@joemasilotti)
Sponsored By:
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2022-12-1430 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 447: Rubyconf Mini Recap + The Rails Foundation (Brittany + Jemma + Emily)Brittany is joined by the co-organizers of Rubyconf Mini: co-host, Jemma, and Emily Samp. The trio discussed how inclusivity was laced into the event, their futures as conference planners and the adoration of Jemma's Nana. In the back half of the episode, they discuss their expectations and reaction to the announcement of The Rails Foundation.
Show Notes & Links:
Episode 434 All Things RubyConf Mini (Brittany + Jemma)
The Rails Foundation](https://rubyonrails.org/foundation)
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2022-12-0736 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 446: I'm Giving A Talk on Thursday (The Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel)Live from Providence, RI, it is the Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel! Panelists from different community podcasts come together to discuss their experiences at the conference, field questions from the audience attendees and of course, mention their upcoming talks they were giving at the conference.
Moderated By:
Brittany Martin, The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Panelists:
Andy Croll, Chats in the Cupboard
Drew Bragg, Code and the Coding Coders who Code it
Joël Quenneville, The Bikeshed
Julie J, Ruby for All
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2022-11-3043 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 445: The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide Episode (Brittany + Nick)It's back and now a tradition! It's the Holiday Gift Guide episode where Brittany and Nick share their picks for gifts that might appeal to a developer in your life.
Brittany's Picks
Philips Hue: Smart lighting
Gold Neutral Recorder Button
Cirkul Water Bottle | Brittany's Referral Link to Save $
Felix Gray Blue Light Glasses
Wizard Zines by Julia Evans
Nick's Picks
Rebuilding Rails by Noah Gibbs
AWS IoT Button
Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought
Steam Deck
Lava Lamp
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2022-11-2333 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 444: Artificial Intelligence on Rails with Kevin SuKevin Su ditched college to pursue the venture-backed startup dream, but found his calling running a small, bootstrapped and profitable SaaS business called Clearscope. Together, Brittany, Brian and Kevin discuss why Rails is the perfect launching pad for SaaS businesses, the tech stack Clearscope has chosen and how they approach hiring.
Show Notes & Links:
Clearscope
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Start Small, Stay Small
Senior/Lead Full-stack Software Engineers at Clearscope
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