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Remote RubySin City Ruby & Testing with Jason SwettIn this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew catch up with each other before diving into a conversation with Jason Swett. Jason, an author, speaker, and creator, discusses his monthly snail mail newsletter "Nonsense Monthly" and the upcoming Sin City Ruby conference scheduled for April 2025 in Vegas, Baby! The discussion then shifts to various topics surrounding software testing, including the challenges of test setup, duplication in tests, and the philosophical aspects of tests as specifications. Jason also talks about his latest book, "Professional Rails Testing" and his experiences and insights on consulting and improving technical leaders. Hit download now to...2025-01-2453 minRemote RubyJason Meller on 1Password joining the Rails FoundationIn this episode, Chris catches up with guest Jason Meller, CEO and founder of Kolide. Today, Jason shares exciting news about Kolide, a startup focused on device security, which was recently acquired by 1Password. He delves into the history of Kolide, its growth, and its acquisition by 1Password. Jason also talks about the technical aspects of Kolide’s product, the importance of behavioral science in security, and the transition to working with 1Password. The conversation touches on scaling challenges, the hiring process, and Rails' influence on their development practices. Chris talks about his contribution by discussing improvements in the Ge...2024-12-061h 16
IndieRailsJob Boarding with Jason CharnesOur guest will be no stranger to most of our listeners. He’s been around the Ruby community for many years. He’s spoken at conferences, hosted conferences, hosts a "pretty good" podcast, author of courses, a staff engineer at Podia and more recently the co-founder of a successful SaaS: Job Boardly. Enjoy the show with Jason Charnes! Related LinksPersonal WebsiteXJob BoardlyPodiaRemote Ruby2024-09-0359 min
Code with Jason201 - Remote Ruby Co-Host and Sin City Ruby 2024 Speaker Jason CharnesThis week, Jason Charnes and I got together to talk about my monthly newsletter, job hopping, taking time to sharpen the saw, fixing bugs, front end development, design, reusability, defining abstraction, and things to do and where to eat in Las Vegas while attending Sin City Ruby.Nonsense Monthly, my newsletterThe Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin WilliamsSin City RubyJason Charnes.comRemote Ruby PodcastActive Record CookbookJason Charnes on Twitter2023-10-3056 min
Remote RubyJason Goes to Infinity (and Beyond) On this episode of Remote Ruby, Jason, Chris, and Andrew reunite after a hiatus, starting their conversation with a playful idea of starting a band and Andrew possibly recording a new podcast intro. A trip down memory lane brings forth their childhood musical preferences before they shift to an in-depth conversation about programming. Andrew and Chris talk about their recent experiences refactoring code and the complexities they encountered, highlighting how such processes can improve performance and efficiency. The discussion touches on topics ranging from Rails features and documentation, the usefulness of Ruby Infinity, the elegance of removing co...2023-06-2345 min
Remote RubyAmanda Perino - The Rails Foundation Bet? On this episode of Remote Ruby Jason and Andrew make a bet. The timer is set for ten minutes, and if Andrew loses, Jason gets to find out his mysterious middle name. Cleophus, Herkimer, Phalange??? The question is, will Jason find out? In the meantime, we’re very excited to welcome our special guest, Amanda Perino, who’s the Executive Director for The Rails Foundation. Today, we’ll discuss The Rails Foundation, some initiatives that are underway, such as Rails World Conference scheduled for October 2023 in Amsterdam, some things in the works with improving documentation, and how the Rails Fo...2023-04-2136 min
Remote RubyJason and Andrew Brain Dump | RailsConf, Shoes, DragonRuby, ChatGPT4, Python, mRuby Welcome to Remote Ruby and thanks for joining us! It’s Jason and Andrew today and do they have so much to talk about. RailsConf 2023 is coming up, Andrew booked his flight and lodging early, Jason announces he’s doing a podcast with Brittany while they’re there, and the guys discuss how their ADHD is so different from each other. Then they discuss npx, the benefits of using it, and how it can be useful in Ruby. Jason and Andrew talk about building user interfaces in Ruby, creating games with DragonRuby, learning Rust and Python for hardware projects, and using...2023-03-3139 min
Remote RubyBeagleBones, mRuby, and Devise 4.9 with Hotwire support! On this episode of Remote Ruby, it’s another “Five Minutes of Nothing About Our Show” as the guys discuss Police Academy and the comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, a picture of Chris’s son dressed in Adidas gear, and Jason’s dilemma finding Adidas gear. Now back to our regularly scheduled podcast topics, as Jason decided he needed a new hobby, so he bought a BeagleBone Black. We’ll hear how he used Elixir Nerves, Circuits, and some Ruby programming languages he’s been tinkering with. The guys discuss trying mruby, DragonRuby, Pi-hole, and Zeus. Also, after two years, devise 4.9.0 was released tha...2023-03-0338 min
Remote RubyConcurrency Problems Bro [00:01:52] There’s a Remote Uber Eats Food Review going on here.[00:07:20] Andrew explains the new Stimulus Outlets API and what it does.[00:12:58] Jason talks about this week and dealing with isolated things that are decoupled and battling race conditions with events firing. Chris mentions it has concurrency problems and makes things much harder. [00:16:14] Speaking of webhooks, Jason shifts gears and tells us about a Tweet from Wes Bos that ruined his morning. Also, he explains that he’s only been doing connected webhooks on Job Bo...2023-02-1051 min
Remote RubyTech The Halls [00:04:42] Jason and Andrew had an incident at work, they were bamboozled, and we find out what happened. [00:05:40] In other Ruby news, here is where the laughs begin…Andrew sent a picture to Jason declaring that an adult human hand can fit inside an eagle’s talon. Is this true?[00:07:30] We find out what did Andrew do with code this week that was so terrible, and Andrew gives us an example of something he’s had to do three times, and Chris explains his issue with physically printing a PDF to debu...2022-12-2340 min
Remote RubyActive Record Cookbook & Making Bomb Rails Apps [00:02:16] Jason shares a story of Chris Seaton when he was on an earlier episode of a Remote Ruby Podcast.[00:03:34] Another Hanami livestream was done by Jason that you can check out now, and he tells us how they modified a Changeset to use bcrypt to encrypt a password.[00:07:56] Chris recommends checking out Advent of Code with CJ Avilla on YouTube. Also, the guys share thoughts on the fear of rejection and the benefits of teaching, learning, and people learning with you when you may not know all the answers. ...2022-12-1640 min
Remote RubyJason gets Twitchy with Hanami [00:00:56] Jason did his Hanami livestream on Twitch, he explains the app he built, how Hanami brought in 2 people from the dry-rb team who brought their ideas from there and rom-rb. Also, what’s so cool about Hanami 2.0?[00:06:45] Dry-rb gems are so nice and the guys discuss what they like about them. [00:08:25] Find out why Andrew became a Twitch mod for Jason. [00:09:59] Jason mentioned earlier that the parameters are done at the controller level, and he explains how Laravel does the same thing. He also expl...2022-12-0945 min
Remote RubyKevin Newton on Ruby Parser, SyntaxTree, Prettier Ruby and a sneak peek! [00:01:52] Jason and Andrew catch up on what they’ve been working on. Apparently, they’ve both been working on making Dynamic Open Graph Images. Andrew used Vercel and Jason took a different route.[00:05:11] Kevin details the recent news about rewriting Ruby Parser.[00:07:50] If you’re new to Ruby or not familiar with Parser, Kevin explains what a Parser is how it’s used in Ruby. [00:09:54] We find out how SyntaxTree works with what Kevin’s doing now on Ruby Parser.[00:13:00...2022-11-0450 min
Remote RubyRails SaaS and a Shaved Stache [00:04:11] Jason and Andrew have a chat about seeing Drew Bragg at the Rails SaaS Conference and things they enjoyed about it.[00:07:50] We hear about all the talks at the conference from Nadia Odunayo, Joe Masilotti, Michael Buckbee, Don Pottinger, Adam Pallozzi, and Saron Yitbarek.[00:15:27] We learn why the guys had to leave the intergalactic cantina early, and they tell us about more of the talks from Todd Dickerson, Colleen Schnettler, Evan Phoenix, and Mike Coutermarsh.[00:21:26] Jason’s explains his fun talk on the Rails Re...2022-10-2130 min
Remote RubyYou Gotta Risk It For The Brisket [00:00:15] What is this cursed idea thing Andrew did with Storybook?[00:05:31] Andrew mentioned using MDX format and he tells us what it is, Chris brings up the PHP days and components, and Andrew talks about architecture. [00:10:51] Being a visual person, Andrew explains another thing he really likes about Storybook.[00:17:29] Jason talks about finding his Zen using Tailwind in a project. [00:20:25] Chis wonders if Jason runs into issues with having to undo some of the stuff, and Jason explains how he’s be...2022-09-2343 min
Remote RubyThe brand new Hatchbox.io v2 [00:02:23] The guys discuss DHH and the release candidate of Turbo v7.2.0.[00:07:13] Andrew asks if we can do Postgres in the browser now, why do we need to build these complex forms and tables? Jason and Chris explain it to him.[00:12:51] The guys chat about customized license plates, car tags, and Jason owing Andrew $163. [00:15:37] The discussion turns to Hatchbox, Chris updated the DNS to point to the new version, Jason tells us about using it with Job Boardly, and they talk about using clusters. ...2022-09-0950 min
Remote RubyCaleb Porzio on Alpine.js, Laravel Livewire & more [00:03:41] Caleb gives us an introduction about himself, how long he’s been doing programming, and what he’s doing now.[00:06:29] Jason brings up a popular blog post Caleb wrote a few years ago and he tells us a little bit about it.[00:10:48] We hear an overview of what Alpine is and when it started. [00:16:42] Caleb explains things Alpine does directly correlated to Stimulus.[00:19:56] We find out what Caleb does if gets into a situation with listening for events from third...2022-08-261h 14
Remote RubyRailsConf 2022 At Home Podcast Panel [00:00:42] Each panelist gives us an introduction, where they’re calling from, and what they’re known for. [00:04:23] Aaron tells us about Tuple and what he does there. [00:06:51] Andy shares his thoughts on why it matters to him that we had a successful in-person RailsConf and if he thinks conference participation is going to keep people in the community.[00:08:11] As a virtual community organizer, Jemma tells us how attendees of a virtual conference like RailsConf could get the most out of it, and Jason shares how hi...2022-07-0841 min
Remote RubyRuby Infrastructure with Ufuk Kayserilioglu [00:08:50] Ufuk tells us how he got into programming and Ruby, and how he applied to a job that was put out by Rafael França. [00:12:21] We learn about how large the team was when Ufuk became manager, the growth of the, and if he had to learn a lot of management stuff.[00:14:48] Ufuk gives is an overview of what his Ruby Infrastructure team encompasses.[00:20:07] Does Shopify have any production services running TruffleRuby?[00:22:21] If TuffleRuby becomes the Ruby implementation at Sh...2022-07-0147 min
Remote RubyFor the love of Sass & Podia's new Free plan [00:01:18] Bridgetown 1.1 beta is out, we hear what kind of cool stuff it does, and a demo Andrew did for Bridgetown Torchlight.[00:08:54] Jason brings up Podia’s UI library and the problems they had with it, and Andrew tells him he’s been plotting to pull the library back out. [00:12:42] Why does Andrew hate Sass?[00:15:34] The guys chat about Safari, issues with it, and how they’re getting better. Andrew talks about a Raindrop extension that can also be done on your phone.2022-06-1757 min
Remote RubyPower Rangers & Building Products [00:03:34] Chris tells us about Command Pallet, Ninja Keys, and Lit element.[00:09:25] Andrew asks the guys if they’ve looked at Shoelace style, he talks about using Bridgetown Quick Search plugin and Chris and Andrew talk about using CSS variables.[00:12:05] Andrew educates the guys on CSS Toggles since an unofficial draft is out.[00:19:52] We hear more from Chris about the Command Pallet stuff he put into a Jumpstart and what it’s like to implement it, and how he found the Ninja Keys library.2022-04-291h 07
Remote RubyLoad Testing Rails Applications & Rails Conferences [00:02:15] Jason shares some interesting news that happened at Podia that involves Harry Connick Jr. and load testing. [00:05:54] Chris tells us a story about his first Rails job which was building a website for Justin Timberlake’s 901Tequila.[00:07:08] Jason tells us about a tool they used called k6. [00:18:11] Chris and Jason chat about query times with Heroku Postgres and Heroku Dashboard.[00:20:13] There’s a great talk by Gary Bernhardt about Text Editor that Chris explains.[00:24:18] We fin...2022-03-2543 min
Remote RubyJason and Andrew Answer the Twitters [00:02:40] The first Tweet is: Haml? Jason does two live readings of a Haml file. [00:05:24] Next question: Someone wants to know how to cope with the feeling of Rails moving too fast. Is it utopia?[00:09:18] Next question: How is YAML pronounced?[00:09:23] Next Tweet: You should talk about Andrew’s awesome buddy, Andrea! [00:11:23] Next question: When is Rails 8 coming out? [00:17:15] Next Tweet: Someone tweeted about Sonic Pi, which is a code-based music creation and performance tool. 2022-02-2542 min
Code with Jason134 - Behind the Scenes of Conference Organizing with Jason CharnesJason Charnes and I discuss organizing Southeast Ruby and Sin City Ruby.Jason Charnes.comJason Charnes on TwitterThe Remote Ruby PodcastSin City Ruby2022-02-1843 min
Remote RubyMEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x Ruby on Rails Podcast) [00:01:02] Chris, Jason, and Andrew tell us the story behind Remote Ruby and how it started. [00:03:42] Jason Swett tells us the origin of where Rails with Jason came from. [00:04:42] Chris Toomey and Stephanie share the story behind The Bike Shed. [00:07:10] Brittany tells us her story behind The Ruby on Rails podcast. [00:08:07] We find out how Remote Ruby and The Bike Shed are put together and planned out week to week. [00:10:50] Jason Swett and Brittany tell us how th...2021-08-1134 min
Remote RubyJason Joins Team HAML? [00:00:58] We start off by Andrew telling us he’s working in a weird area of the internet doing stuff with Adobe and the guys catch up on what’s going on in their lives. [00:07:59] It’s not a joke! Jason wants to talk about Haml, and how interested and excited he is to see they’re working on it again (you can certainly hear the cheering from Andrew). ☺ Andrew talks about Haml released their “roadmap” for what they want to do and how they’re trying to get some funds on Google sponsors. [00:09...2021-06-1841 min
Remote RubyJoined by Jason Swett [00:05:33] Jason introduces himself and tells us what he does. [00:06:48] Jason defines what a service object is and how he views them, and then asks the guys if they use service objects and what comes to mind when they hear the term service objects. [00:11:45] We find out about a blog post that Jason wrote recently that he tells us about. [00:13:49] Chris talks about good complicated examples are the hardest to come up with, and Jason tells us about a challenge he had with cases in his...2021-05-2141 min
Remote RubyJason's run in with the cops, Andrew deletes his GitHub, and Madmin launches? [00:00:22] The guys share stories of things that happened to them this past week.[00:06:30] Jason announces he got all his testing videos done for his course and it pushed him to do more work on the StimulusReflex testing library. [00:09:25] Chris asks the guys if they knew of a library that has test helpers for both frameworks. [00:12:22] Jason tells us his testimonials are done and he’s hit a weird spot with the app being a little bit incomplete, and he’s thinking about making a video.2021-02-1942 min
Remote RubyAndrew's HAML Tattoo [00:01:41] Jason dropped his StimulusReflex course in early access and he tells us how the initial reception of it is and how he’s feeling about it.[00:09:21] Andrew explains the differences between Snowpack’s more like Webpacker, and he mentions Skypack and Snowpack pair very nice together. [00:18:07] Andrew tells us that Webpack is just a bunch of Webpack config rolled into a nice easy to use and they took most of the use cases of Webpack and bundled it into a gem. He mentions the web server in Ruby, Falcon, which is HT...2021-01-0845 min
Code with Jason078 - StimulusReflex with Jason CharnesIn this episode I talk with Jason Charnes about StimulusReflex. Jason and I cover what StimulusReflex is as well as some of the core concepts of the technology.Links:Interactive Rails with StimulusReflexJason Charnes on TwitterOfficial StimulusReflex documentation2021-01-0529 min
Remote RubyAndrew's Haml/ERB trailer, TailwindCSS 2.0, and instant Browser Notifcations with CableReady [00:00:39] Jason starts off by talking about a Rails app he went back to that he built and hasn’t touched since March. [00:02:05] Jason upgraded Ruby in Rails and then started the Tailwind 2.0 update and was surprised at how easy it was for “most” things. Chris talked about his moment when he upgraded Jumpstart Pro. [00:04:27] Chris mentions patching Webpacker to fix the Webpack DevServer changes and it was not his favorite upgrade. Andrew shares some info about Webpack and why it may not have been working for Chris. [00:08:4...2020-12-1850 min
Remote RubyModernizing A Community Is Hard [00:00:34] Jason and Chris chat about voting, election, and COVID. Chris mentions a GitHub repository that posts the election votes in real time. [00:9:56] Chris tells us there is good news on the horizon with Ruby 3.0 and Rails 6.1 coming out soon, and the guys chat about the changes. [00:13:10] Jason is curious on Chris and Andrew’s thoughts on how Turbolinks is going to affect the adoption and the use of StimulusReflex. [00:19:37] Andrew talks about how the messaging around Turbolinks has never been as good as it could have been...2020-11-2759 min
Remote RubyNoticed (Notifications in Rails), Real-time Previews with Stimulus Reflex, and Podia is HiringHello and welcome to Remote Ruby! Jason, Chris, and Andrew are back together and they have a lot to talk about. Notifications is the hot topic today. Also, the guys discuss GoodJob library, using Sidekick, Active Job and Active Delivery. Jason talks about being in an experimental research and development mode at Podia and changes they are making to their editor with Stimulus Reflex and Cable Ready. (Podia is hiring!) The guys make their predictions when Rails 6.1 will be released. Andrew finally got a new job! Have you heard of Ruby for Good?2020-08-0744 min
Remote RubyBuilding Homes & Software, Translations, and BridgetownThe guys are all back together today! Andrew finally cleaned his room, which is a big deal for him, Jason is packing since he decided to sell his house, and Chris is still trying to find stuff that he packed from his move. Today, the guys discuss Stripes Docs Billing, AppLocale, Phrase, Bridgetown RB, Liquid Components, and it sounds like a new screencast is in the works for Chris. Another great episode packed with fascinating information! Download this episode now!2020-07-3154 min
Remote RubyExploring HEY's GemfileWelcome to Remote Ruby! The guys are all back together this week! In the last episode, COVID-19 was talked about, so the guys want to shift the focus to new and better things happening in the Gem world, like DHH’s Hey’s Gemfile and Basecamps Gemfile. Jason made an Avatar Component and how he uses formBuilder. They guys also talk about WebAuthn Gem, Two-factor Authentication, and Turbolinks. There are some newer Gems out there they discuss as well and some of their favorites. Jason brings back another question of the week to see if it will get answered. Will Jaso...2020-07-1052 min
Remote RubyAndrew needs a job and TailwindCSS ViewComponentsOn this episode, we have Jason and Andrew. Andrew tells us he was recently laid off from his job, so he is surfing the job market looking for a new one. Today we find out what Andrew’s been using to redo his website. Jason tells us about his field help app he’s been working on and ideas of things he wants to put in his app, and Andrew gives him some great suggestions. The guys also have talks about Tailwind UI, View Components, BridgetownRB, Tailblocks, and Awesome Tailwind CSS. Also, if you or anyone you know is looking for...2020-07-0346 min
Remote RubyMiniTest for Those Who RSpecWelcome to Remote Ruby! On this episode, we have Jason and Chris. Chris tells us that their Hey email addresses got secured and that makes him excited for Rails 6.1. Jason brings up his struggles with MiniTests and Chris comes to the rescue and helps him out. Also, the guys have discussions on Tailwind CSS and PurgeCSS config, working on field help, RSpec, Factories, Fixtures, Faker and Mocha Gems, and Shoulda Matchers. We end with finding out Jason is publishing the Stimulus Reflex Testing Library. Download this episode now!2020-06-2650 min
Remote RubyAdvanced StimulusReflex & CableReady in real-world appsThe guys are catching up after Jason took a few days off from work since he hasn’t had a break and Chris moved so he’s been busy setting things up at the new house. Today’s episode the guys dive into talking about StimulusReflex, ActionCable, Cable Ready, cursor positioning issues, halts, Trix, and JavaScript Callbacks. Also, there’s a new design on GitHub! Have you seen it? Download this episode now!2020-06-1951 min
Remote RubyPast Rubies and Rails history with Nick SchwadererWelcome to Remote Ruby! Today, our special guest is Nick Schwaderer, a Rubyist, who works for a company called, Chef, in the Belfast office in Northern Ireland. On today’s episode, Jason starts us off by talking about the form stuff he’s been working on. Nick talks about “Past Rubies” which will be reappearing soon. The merge of Rails and Merb is mentioned and a fascinating blog post about it. Also, Brighton Ruby’s remote conference is brought up and what they are giving out. We talk about modules, concerns, Gilded Rose Kata, and how the community relations maintenance part is so...2020-06-1257 min
Remote RubyRailsBytes.com, AppLocale and more with Andrew FomeraWelcome to Remote Ruby! Today, our special guest is Andrew Fomera, from Podia, co-worker of Jason, and friend of Jason, Chris, and Andrew Mason. He’s got a course on “Learn Rails by Building Instagram,” he’s launched AppLocale, and launched a tool called RailsBytes with Chris. Chris and Andrew Fomera talk about what RailsBytes is and how they got into building it. Also, Andrew Fomera tells us more about AppLocale, how he got started on it, what it does, and why it will change the world. What is “Thor” and why doesn’t Andrew like it? And why has Jason hit some...2020-06-0544 min
Remote RubyRailsconf Couch Edition & May of WTFs with Matt SwansonWelcome to Remote Ruby! What’s been going on this week? Chris has been playing with CableReady and Jason started using Reflex at work. On today’s episode, we have a special guest, Matt Swanson, a Software Engineer, based in Indianapolis, who works at a consulting agency called SEP. Matt talks about doing Rails at work and other things he does, like his blog, “Boring Rails.” The guys all discuss their favorite “RailsConf 2020.2 Couch Edition” talks that they’ve watched so far, and there have been quite a few really good ones, especially the one by our very own, Chris Oliver! ☺ Also...2020-05-2954 min
Remote RubyStimulus Reflex BlackJack, Leaving ActionText, and Calendar GemsWelcome to Remote Ruby! Jason is Back and he has a lot to share! The guys all catch up and start out talking about fun video games and gaming devices that they’ve been using to have a little fun in their life aside from working. They get down to business eventually and talk about what’s new in the Ruby World. Jason lets us in on a new Ruby Gem he’s released and a new game he’s been working on using Stimulus Reflex. Chris did a major update in Rails. Andrew’s been working on a lot of compone...2020-05-0859 min
Remote RubyStimulus Reflex BlackJack, Leaving ActionText, and Calendar Gems [00:01:13] Jason talks about how he needs to start doing some upgrades on HopeGrid. And because the guys do like to have fun, they talk about gaming devices and fun video games they’ve been playing. [00:07:45] Andrew and Chris talk about playing the video games “Red Dead Redemption” and “Grand Theft Auto.” [00:10:50] So, what’s new in Ruby World? Chris did a major update to GoRails.[00:13:41] Chris asks the guys if they’ve seen the Sizzy browser.[00:17:28] Chris mentions using Alpine.js for dr...2020-05-0859 min
Remote RubyMultitenancy, AWS Lambda, and a new online Ruby meetup?In this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew “jump” right in to talking about Jumpstart Pro and what he is working on. Other discussions include Attributes API, AWS Lambda, Heavens Door, removing Spring from Gemfile, using Gatsby, Jekyll, Tailwind UI, starting a Ruby Meetup with Andrew, and many more interesting things.2020-03-1358 min
Remote RubyTailwind UI, Hanami::API, Puma security fixes, and more [00:02:13] The guys talk about how Ruby is 27 years old and Rails is 16 years old and how Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto is still involved with Ruby since the beginning. [00:03:28] Chris mentions using Python, but Ruby being more flexible and the philosophy of Matz making Ruby so special. [00:06:45] Jason asks the guys if anything cool is going on. Tailwinds UI is mentioned which leads into Adam Wathan’s tweet about it. [00:12:04] Listen here to see if Jason likes working on Front End code. Also, the guys discuss how they had A...2020-03-0656 min
Remote RubyTailwind UI, Hanami::API, Puma security fixes, and moreIn this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew catch up with what’s been going on in their lives, new things they’ve been working on, and having discussions on Hanami, Puma, Shrine, and much more.2020-03-0656 min
Remote RubyStimulusReflex at CodeFund, Testing ChurchChat, Encryption Gems, Inspecting Hey.comIn this episode we kick off the conversation hearing about new updates coming to CodeFund (powered by Stimulus Reflex), Jason's system tests for ChurchChat, using fixtures in combination with factories in Rails tests, using the Lockbox and Blind Index gems, looking around the Hey.com source code, and RailsConf proposals.2020-02-1056 min
Remote RubyMental Health, Rails Upgrades, Jason's New Project, Bootstrap Shift, and More ChurchChatBootstrap ShiftMonolithsAttractor Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2020-02-031h 02
Remote RubyMental Health, Rails Upgrades, Jason's New Project, Bootstrap Shift, and MoreIn this episode we start off with a quick conversation about ADHD, Chris' experience upgrading GoRails to Ruby 2.7 and Rails 6, Jason's new project ChurchChat, the new Bootstrap to TailwindCSS tool by Laravel Shift, upgrading Stripe subscriptions from a single plan to multiple plans, and Turbolinks.2020-02-031h 02
Remote RubyIntroducing Nate Hopkins, Working with ActionCable's API, Webpacker in Rails Engines, and Stimulus Reflex UpdatesIn this episode, we welcome Nate Hopkins to the sho, talk about ActionCable's API, discuss Jason's trouble with using JavaScript in a new Rails engine, get some updates from Nate on Stimulus Reflex, and Andrew shares experience with managing open source GitHub Action projects.2019-12-1351 min
Remote RubyIntroducing Andrew Mason, CI Tooling, Ruby 2.7 Features, Rails 6.1 on the RadarIn this episode, we introduce Andrew Mason, our friend, and a new frequently recurring panelist on the show. 🙌 We talk through my (Jason) adventure standing up a vanilla Rails application for CI on GitHub actions, some of the neat ways to use GitHub Actions outside of CI, upcoming features in Ruby 2.7, and some features on the radar for Rails 6.1. 🎉2019-12-0653 min
Remote RubyBuilding Chat Applications, GitHub Actions, HatchBox Features, and MistakesIn this pre-Thanksgiving episode released post-Thanksgiving, we talk about what it was like working with ActionCable and React on Podia's latest feature, messaging. We also talk through GitHub actions, some of the features of HatchBox (including using DigitalOcean Spaces as a drop-in S3 replacement), and a plethora of mistakes I (Jason) have made over the last two weeks. Best yet, we cram it into forty minutes.2019-12-0340 min
Remote RubyBetter Late Than NeverWe sat down to chat about Chris' relaunched Stripe course, Jason's pre-launch jitters for a new feature at Podia, and Jason's new side-project Fieldhelp.2019-11-2541 min
Remote RubyManaged Databases in Hatchbox, Stripe Workflows, ActionText, and ActionMailboxIn this episode, we talk about Chris' adventures implementing managed database support into HatchBox, the different workflows you can take when implementing Stripe into an application, and Jason's Rails 6 project using both ActionText and ActionMailbox.2019-10-2541 min
Remote RubyCatching UpAfter two weeks off, we took some time to sit down and talk. We chat about Chris' experience with SCA while updating Pay, upcoming HatchBox updates, Jason's mini side project, and enjoy some other banter.2019-10-1137 min
Remote RubyBuilding Kolide with Jason Meller Jason Meller on TwitterBad BloodDavid GogginsAmerican KingpinKolideKolide on TwitterInertia.jsosquery Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2019-09-2751 min
Remote RubyBuilding Kolide with Jason MellerIn this episode, we sit down with Jason Meller to talk about the experience of building Kolide. We talk about how the vision for Kolide came about, how Ruby on Rails (and the Rails way) plays into the application's design (spoiler, we talk about Turbolinks and StimulusJS), building a security-based Slack app, and more.2019-09-2751 min
Remote RubyJoined by DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson)😱 In this episode, Jason and Chris talk with David Heinemeier Hansson. David is the creator of Ruby on Rails, cofounder & CTO at Basecamp, best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning racing driver, and family man. David shares how we got started in programming, how he found Ruby and subsequently created Ruby on Rails, his love for Ruby, how he approaches the topic of "Rails is dead," and much more.2019-08-091h 09
Remote RubyIn Person at Southeast RubyIn this episode, Chris and Jason sit down to record in Nashville, TN at Southeast Ruby. The two Ruby developers talk about the upcoming EU requirement for "Strong Customer Authentication," how that plays into updating a Stripe-based Rails application with one-time payments and subscription, as well as whatever random topics come to mind when together in person.2019-08-0754 min
Remote RubyJoined by Ernesto TagwerkerIn this episode, Jason and Chris sit down (remotely) with Ernesto Tagwerker. Ernesto is the founder of Ombu Labs (a rapid software development agency) and Fast Ruby (Ruby on Rails Upgrades). The three discuss getting started in Ruby, consulting, Rails upgrades, and more.2019-07-2653 min
Remote RubyJoined by Piotr SolnicaWith Chris out traveling around Germany, Jason chats with Piotr Solnica. Piotr is the creator of ROM and a core team member of dry-rb. Jason and Piotr talk about Piotr's entry into programming, the idea behind ROM and dry-rb, helping build Hanami 2, blending functional and object-oriented programming in Ruby, and more!2019-07-1944 min
Remote RubyJoined by Chris ArcandIn this episode, Jason and Chris welcome another Chris: Chris Arcand. Chris is a Senior Engineer at @HashiCorp building Terraform & Sentinel. Forty-four episodes in, Remote Ruby finally talks about remote work. Chris shares things he's learned working remotely and some tips for interviewing and working remotely.2019-07-1249 min
Remote RubyJoined by Daniel PritchettIn this episode, Jason and Chris chat with Daniel Pritchett, author of the book Build Chatbot Interactions. Daniel, one of Jason's first programming and career mentors, discusses user groups, his move from Memphis to Florida (and how he planned his career around it), his early interest in chatbots, and some use cases for them.2019-06-2843 min
Remote RubyOpen Source Government Development in Rails with Charley StranIn this episode, Jason and Chris chat with Charley Stran. Charley is an employee at Oddball where he does contract work for the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The three discuss how Charley got started programming, found his job contracting for the VA, what it's like to work on open source government projects, and more!2019-06-1441 min
Remote RubyJoined by Josh WoodJason and Chris turned 30, five days apart, and then catch up with their friend Josh Wood from Honeybadger.io. Josh is a father, co-founder of Honeybadger, a Ruby developer, and a stellar human. The three talk about Josh's journey into programming, his experience freelancing, building Honeybadger, and the meaning of life (NBD).2019-06-0748 min
Remote RubyJoined by Lee RichmondIn this episode, Jason and Chris chat with Lee Richmond. Lee is a Ruby on Rails developer at Bloomberg as well as the maintainer of the Graphiti project. Graphiti makes RESTful Resources a first-class concept. The three discuss the motivation behind Graphiti, how it compares to GraphQL, and some of the neat tools Graphiti comes with, such as Vandal and Spraypaint.2019-05-3159 min
Remote RubyLive with Nate BerkopecIn this episode, Jason and Chris are joined by Nate Berkopec during RailsConf 2019. Nate is the author of The Complete Guide to Rails Performance and runs the performance consultancy Speedshop. In this episode, Nate shares his journey into programming, his experience on Shark Tank, some common performance pitfalls, and his experience building products.2019-05-2440 min
Remote RubyLive with Justin SearlsIn this episode, Jason and Chris are joined by Justin Searls during RailsConf 2019. Justin is a co-founder of Test Double, an agency that's improving the world's software. They talked with Justin about his path to programming (it includes Blockbuster!), how Test Double got its start, public speaking, and using an iPad as a development machine.2019-05-1749 min
Remote RubyA Quick RailsConf Recap, Finding Time to Learn, and MadminChris and Jason take a quick moment to chat about RailsConf, digress into the struggles of balancing learn new technology with everyday life, and then talk about Mamin.2019-05-1042 min
Remote RubyRails 6, Ruby 3, and RailsConfRailsConf is right around the corner! Chris and Jason discuss using Rails 6.0.0rc1, the news out of RubyKaigi about Ruby 3x3, and peruse the RailsConf schedule. (Also, special shoutout to our beta Jumpstart Pro users)2019-04-2654 min
Remote RubyJoined by NobodyChris and Jason put together an "old school" episode without any guests. The two talk about Chris' PR intro Rails for a rich_text field generator, top secrets plans (all the details) for Southeast Ruby, the Interactor gem, and constraints.2019-03-2946 min
Remote RubyJoined by Jesus CastelloIn this episode, Jason asks two different Ruby educators (Jesus Castello and Chris) about their experience teaching Ruby. Alongside the discussion on teaching, the three talk about changes coming in Rails 6 (Zeitwerk, ActionCable), debugging processes, and Jason's VS Code setup.2019-03-2254 min
Remote RubyJoined by Avdi GrimmIn this episode, Jason and Chris chat with Avdi Grimm. Avdi, a well-known author, screencaster, and consultant shared how he got started in programming, how he subsequently started using Ruby, what he appreciates about Ruby, his transition into teaching, a brief section on object-oriented programming and functional programming, and public speaking. Avdi is a gem (no pun intended) in the Ruby community, and it was a thrill to have him on the show.2019-03-1551 min
Remote RubyJoined by Javan Makhmali and Sam StephensonBuckle up! In this episode, Javan Makhmali and Sam Stephenson join Jason and Chris. Sam and Javan are employees at Basecamp and also part of the mastermind behind many JavaScript libraries to come out of Basecamp: Turbolinks, Trix, and Stimulus. They each share how they got started programming, a brief insight into how they work at Basecamp, the transition from CoffeeScript to ES6, Typescript, as well as (wait for it...) upcoming features in Stimulus (🙌) and considerations for Turbolinks 6 (no feature promises made 😉).
It was an absolute joy to chat with Javan and Sam. We very much enjoyed this episode and hope y...2019-03-081h 01
Remote RubyJoined by Tim RileyIn this episode, Tim Riley joins Jason and Chris. Tim, a partner at Icelab, dry-rb core team member, and world-renowned speaker (at least in Jason's eyes) shares how he got started programming with Ruby, the dry-rb project, Hanami 2.0, dry-view, and public speaking.
/me breaks third person tone: I had the honor of having Tim join us at the first Southeast Ruby (2017) after watching a couple of his talks online. Tim is a fantastic person whom I'm glad to have as a friend. He brings a unique approach to writing Ruby that I find so fascinating. I hope you'll enjoy this...2019-03-0142 min
Remote RubyJoined by Adam WathanIn this episode, Adam Wathan joins Chris and Jason. Adam, a full-stack developer, entrepreneur, Full Stack Radio podcast host, and author of Tailwind CSS spends some time sharing his journey into programming, how he got started with Laravel (PHP framework), how Ruby has influenced his software writing and the story behind Tailwind CSS. It was an honor to have him on the show; we hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.2019-02-2257 min
Remote RubyJoined by Ben OrensteinIn this episode, Jason and Chris spend time chatting with Ben Orenstein. If you've been in the Ruby community for any length of time, you've likely seen some of Ben's work. Ben is working his new product Tuple, a pair programming tool for developers. He talks about his journey into programming with Rails, his transition into working for himself full-time, and what his life with Tuple entails.2019-02-1533 min
Remote RubyJoined by Terence LeeIn this episode, Jason and Chris spend time chatting with Terence Lee. Terence is a member of The Ruby Core Team, an organizer of the conference formerly known as Keep Ruby Weird, an employee at Heroku, and is incredibly active in the Ruby community. The three spend their time together discussing how Terence got into programming and found himself on The Ruby Core Team, mruby, conference organizing, and more.2019-02-0850 min
Remote RubyJoined by Chris SeatonIn this episode, Jason and Chris get a chance to talk with Chris Seaton. Chris works on TruffleRuby, a high-performance implementation of Ruby built on top of the GraalVM by Oracle Labs. Chris shares how TruffleRuby came to be, some of the benefits of using TruffleRuby, the status of the project, as well as an iOS Chris had a hand in building.2019-02-0138 min
Remote RubyJoined by Eileen UchitelleIn this episode, Eileen Uchitelle joins Chris and Jason to share her journey into programming, how she began contributing to Rails (and subsequently joining the Rails Core Team), and other fun facts/stories around software development.2019-01-2537 min
Remote RubyPersonal Life, Turbolinks Android 1.x Deprecation, & AutoloadingChris and Jason spend the first ~20 minutes catching up and sharing personal stories. If you're not interested in that, fast forward 20 minutes to hear about Turbolinks for Android, Autoloading, suggest_rb, and run.rb.2019-01-1856 min
Remote RubyJoined by Jason Swett Jason SwettWorking Effectively with Legacy CodeRefactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (JavaScript)Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby EditionUsing Ruby in 2019Job Alert: Lensrentals.com is looking for a Ruby developer | Send a resume to jobs@lensrentals.com Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2019-01-0452 min
Remote RubyJoined by Jason SwettJason Swett joins Chris and Jason (Charnes) to talk about testing in Rails and working with legacy applications.2019-01-0452 min
Remote RubyJoined by Noah GibbsIn the last episode of 2018, Chris and Jason are joined by Noah Gibbs. Noah explains the Just In Time (JIT) compiler recently released in Ruby 2.6. If you have any questions about the JIT (or even some Ruby internals), this is your episode.2018-12-2850 min
Remote RubyRuby Trivia EditionBuckle up! In this episode, Jason gathers 30 trivia questions around the Ruby language and ecosystem and quizzes Chris. There is (hopefully) enough time between each question and answer for you to play along, too! The episode opens with the two catching up on what they've been doing this week. Fast forward around 20 minutes if you want to jump to trivia.2018-12-2058 min
Remote RubyJoined by Brittany MartinIn this episode, Chris and Jason chat with Brittany Martin. They talk about the Ruby on Rails Podcast (where Brittany is the host), public speaking, AWS certification, and more!2018-12-1442 min
Remote RubyAccounting (?), Ruby 2.6rc1, Rails 5.2.2, AWS Lambda + Ruby, Stimulus Component LibraryChris and Jason fall down a rabbit hole of taxes and accounting before moving on the more relevant topics, such as Ruby 2.6rc1, Rails 5.2.2, Ruby support for AWS Lambda, and Chris' new Stimulus component package.2018-12-0736 min
Remote RubyThoughts on Best Practices, Design Patterns, and Good/Bad CodeIn this episode, Chris and Jason start off with a quick discussion on utilizing RailsUJS in JavaScript. The discussion takes a hard turn into thoughts on best practices, design patterns, good/bad code, and resources for the aforementioned.2018-11-3056 min
Remote RubyThe Thanksgiving Travel EpisodeIn this abbreviated 30-minute episode, Chris talks about his Stripe upgrading their API while he's creating his course and Jason shares his experiences deploying a server for a Ruby on Rails application using Hatchbox.io.2018-11-2130 min
Remote RubyEmbracing "The Rails Way", The GoRails Redesign, Utility CSS, and StimuluuuuusBack in the groove, Jason and Chris talk a lot more about Ruby than last week. This episode covers Jason's experience building a Rails app the Rails way (mostly), GoRails sweet new redesign, utility CSS frameworks (okay, just TailwindCSS), and Stimulus JS.2018-11-0945 min
Remote RubyBasically No Ruby, a Lot of Stories, and an Abrupt EndingIn the return of Remote Ruby from a 3-week hiatus, Jason is "guilty as charged, with the stories," as Chris and Jason catch up. If you're curious about the ending, spoiler alert: Jason's oldest child got stuck behind his bed.2018-11-0226 min
Remote RubyChasing Bugs, Redis, Tailwind-Stimulus Controllers, and SuperleggeraChris and Jason start their morning talking about different projects they've been working on.2018-09-2437 min
Remote RubyJoined by "Schneems" (Richard Schneeman)In this episode, Chris and Jason invite their first guest. Richard Schneeman is a Rails committer actively involved in the Ruby and Ruby on Rails community. It is an honor he agreed to join us and hope you enjoy the conversation around committing to Rails, flossing one tooth, and looking for performance insights in your applications.2018-09-131h 13
Remote RubyRails 6 + Webpacker, Stimawesome, StimulusJS, and a Secret ProjectStill getting back into that Podcast Grind™ Jason and Chris explore Rails 6's introduction of Webpacker as the default JavaScript pipeline, Stephen Dolan's spectacular StimulusJS website (Stim Awesome), and some ramblings on a codecation Chris and Jason are taking to work on Secret Project X.2018-08-1635 min
Remote RubyWe're Back! Southeast Ruby, Rails 5.2.1, Hanami 1.3.beta1, NodeJS, and LaravelChris and Jason return from Southeast Ruby talkin' about conferences, Rails, Hanami, NodeJS, and Laravel.2018-08-1145 min
Remote RubyMore Caching, WordPress -> Jekyll, OAuth'nFive episodes in 😱 Chris and Jason talk about Jason's experience with caching, moving his WordPress website over to Jekyll, Southeast Ruby, and some OAuth related things.2018-07-1336 min
Remote RubyRails Caching, Jump Servers, Refactoring, and Some JavaScriptChris and Jason talk about Rails Performance, refactoring, and more!2018-07-0642 min
Remote RubyNGINX, Prettier, and Recursion, and RecursionA catch-up week for Chris and Jason, they discuss Ruby 2.2, Hatchbox, NGINX, Prettier for Ruby, and Elixir/Recursion.2018-06-2934 min
Remote RubyGithub, Feedgate, and React Native/Rails APIsIn this Episode, Chris and Jason chat about Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub, the worst weekend (programming) or Jason's life, as well as some React Native apps built alongside Rails APIs. Buckle up; it's a wild ride.2018-06-1553 min
Remote RubyHello, World!In the introductory episode, Chris and Jason introduce the Remote Ruby podcast, catch up on some Ruby-related news, and then chat about what they're creating.2018-06-0851 min