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Remote RubyThe MMM Episode-Mario Kart, Meta Tags, and One Month RailsIn this fun episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and Andrew dive into a wide-ranging chat that kicks off with Nintendo’s new Switch 2, dentist nightmares, and the chaos of Mario Party. From there, it transitions into some highly practical Rails development discussions, including a slick new implementation for MetaTags in Jumpstart, the headaches and benefits of JSON-LD for SEO, and an overdue breaking change to the Pay gem. There’s also a smart e-ink countdown widget built with Ruby called TRMNL and updates on RailsConf and Rocky Mountain Ruby. Hit download now to hear more!Links2025-06-0937 min
Code and the Coding Coders who Code itEpisode 51 - Chris OliverThe last RailsConf ever is coming to Philadelphia this summer, and co-chair Chris Oliver joins us to pull back the curtain on what's sure to be a historic gathering for the Rails community.Chris reveals how the programming committee curated an exceptional lineup from hundreds of submissions, balancing nostalgic looks at Rails' 18-year journey with cutting-edge technical content. You'll hear why Philadelphia's walkable layout, incredible food scene (Reading Terminal Market gets particular praise), and Fourth of July celebrations make it the perfect host city for this final RailsConf hurrah.Beyond the sessions themselves, Chris and...2025-06-031h 22
Ode to RailsConfThe Return of Chris OliverSend us a textChris Oliver joins us to discuss his experience co-chairing the final RailsConf and provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to organize a major tech conference.• Co-chairing RailsConf with Ufuk was an opportunity too good to pass up for the final Rails conference• Site visits to Philadelphia's Sheraton included evaluating spaces for keynotes, breakout rooms, vendor areas and social events• This year attendees will explore Philly for lunch rather than having catered conference meals• Reading Terminal Market is just a 10-minute walk from the venue with incredible food opt...2025-05-1246 min
Distributed.Chris Oliver on bootstrapping GoRails and building remote teamsHow do you transition from a solo founder to leading a thriving remote team?In this episode of the Distributed podcast, Host Jack Hannah sits down with Chris Oliver, Founder of GoRails and Host of the Remote Ruby podcast, to discuss his journey from working solo to building a successful three-person remote team. Chris shares a candid look at how he overcame the challenge of scaling a business, the importance of asynchronous communication, and how he created a system that fosters remote collaboration. Highlights:Strategies for transitioning from solo work to t...2025-04-0343 min
saas.unboundCommunity-led growth for SaaS products with Chris Oliver @GoRailssaas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #4, Anna Nadeina talks with Chris, the founder of GoRails, JumpStart, and Hatchbox a suite of products and courses that help tech founders build better products. Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/excid3/GoRails - https://gorails.com/Subscribe to our channel to be the first to see the interviews that we publish...2024-09-191h 03
Open ThreadsOptimizing For Sanity w/ Chris Oliver (GoRails)Chris Oliver, the creator behind GoRails, Jumpstart, HatchBox and his new product, SellRepo, joins me to talk bootstrapping his Ruby on Rails training business and related tools with only a team of 3! A great wide-ranging conversation.Recorded on September 4th, 2024Note: Sorry! My short intro audio is left speaker only... But that's fixed after the first minute!2024-09-041h 20Ode to RailsConfChris OliverSend us a textDavid chats with Chris Oliver, of GoRails fame, about his experiences at RailsConfGoRails: https://gorails.com/Chris Oliver: https://x.com/excid32024-08-0519 minRemote RubyRails 7.2 beta 1 with the GoRails GangIn this episode, host Chris and his GoRails team, Collin Jilbert and Kent Crutchfield,discuss the latest release of Rails 7.2, highlighting major new features like developmentcontainers, browser version guard, and the new minimum Ruby version. They alsodelve into community reactions, including some criticisms about Rails' speed and thelarger discourse around development priorities. The conversations emphasize theimportance of contributing to Rails, staying informed on updates, and promoting thepositive aspects of the Rails community. Hit download now to hear more!HoneybadgerHoneybadger is an application health monitoring tool...2024-06-1448 minRemote RubyRailsConf 2024 Recap with the GoRails crewIn this episode of Remote Ruby, host Chris is joined by guests Kent Crutchfield andCollin Jilbert, sharing their experiences and reflections from the recent RailsConf inDetroit, MI. They discuss various aspects of the conference, including the engagingtalks, the announcement of RailsConf's impending conclusion in favor of focusing onRubyConf and regional events, and their personal interactions with other attendees. Theepisode highlights how RailsConf facilitated meaningful community interactions,supported professional growth through the Scholars and Guides Program, providedinsights into the practical applications and potential of Ruby on Rails...2024-05-3145 min
Ruby for AllExploring the Mind of a Content Creator — Bhumi Shah's Perspective on Learning and SharingIn this episode of Ruby for All, host Andrew kicks things off with a warm welcome and well wishes to his absent co-host, Julie. Then he welcomes guest, Bhumi Shah, a self-taught web developer who transitioned from doing low-level embedded software for implantable medical devices. She shares her journey of learning Ruby on Rails, her love for teaching, and her approach to learning as well. Bhumi also talks about her ideas for creating accessible educational content, such as an audio-only technical content platform and a unique onboarding concept for junior developers joining a new company. As the conversation wraps up...2024-01-1134 min
Remote RubyThe Case For NOT Taking A Management Path In today’s episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew kick it off with a discussion about their work environments, seating options, and Andrew’s hilarious story about going to IKEA, pencil behind his ear, tape measure, and his Mustang, to buy a new couch. We shift gears (see what we just did there) to the recent buzz surrounding the Rails World event and some speculations about Rails 7.1 features, and Chris tells us about Rails Hackathon that’s coming up in July. From there, we move into a more personal space as Jason shares his experience of shifting from coding to manager...2023-06-3037 min
Remote RubyThe GoRails Gang Takes Over On this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and his GoRails team is taking over since Jason and Andrew are traveling. Today, Chris has joining him Kent Crutchfield, who’s a customer service expert for GoRails, and Collin Jilbert, who’s a Ruby/Rails Dev at GoRails. As we kick off this episode, we start by exploring a captivating debugging situation involving GoRails servers, the C language, and the operating system Kernel. Chris and Collin discuss their ongoing Hatchbox integration project, and Kent’s expert handling of complex tasks. We also hear about Chris’s new interactive forum series co...2023-06-0244 min
Build and LearnChris Oliver: Building a Life (and Businesses) on RailsIn this episode, we talk with Chris Oliver about his deliberate approach to building GoRails and his other businesses on Rails. In a tech world that only seems to be moving faster and faster, we discuss the slow and steady path he has followed to create a fulfilling life for himself and his team while shipping awesome Rails things for his customers.Some links to things we discussed:Build Your Saas Episode: Nobody in SaaS wants to talk about thisBuild Your SaaS Episode: Super Fun SaaS Sales Tax (Part Deux)Die With Zero book2023-05-3049 min
IndieRailsChris Oliver - The story of GoRails: pivots, near failures, and random surprisesIn this episode, Chris shares a wealth of knowledge about creating businesses. He talks about how GoRails got started, almost failed, and was then jolted back to life. From his early childhood of building and selling with his parents, to branching out and expanding his portfolio of products from a solo operation to one with multiple hires, Chris' journey provides plenty of opportunities to learn by example. Whether you're starting your own business or looking to expand an existing one, Chris' story offers valuable lessons that can help you achieve your entrepreneurial goals. Chris on Twitter2023-05-021h 00
Remote RubyWe're the gem exec(utives) On today’s episode of Remote Ruby, the conversation begins with Jason, Chris and Andrew discussing their experiences with podcasting and how they started. Then, the conversation takes a shift to discussing using the latest version of RubyGems in Bundler, the addition of a new feature called, gem exec, that allows for easy running of executables from gems that may or may not be installed, and more about GemX. Twitter’s new algorithm is mentioned, along with someone who leaked Twitter’s source code on GitHub. Chris talks about some frustrating experiences with his Rails for Beginner’s Course that he’s...2023-04-0745 min
Remote RubyPagy and Beginner Bounties On this episode of Remote Ruby, if you’ve never heard of The Cannonball Run, Chris explains what it involves, Andrew is down for it of course, and Jason tells us Vin Diesel recorded a song and Andrew celebrated his birthday! In the Ruby world, we’ll find out why the guys are all fans of Pagy, and we’ll hear about a fun hack day project that the talented guys from GoRails built called, Beginner Bounties. Basically, if you’re a Junior Developer and you need to build your resume and want to stand out, you can use this platfo...2023-03-1752 min
Remote RubySpicy Takes with Matt Swanson Welcome to Remote Ruby and thanks for joining us! Today, we have the most boring guest joining us…we’re kidding of course! Our guest is Matt Swanson, who’s the CTO at Arrows and author of Boring Rails. He’s taking over Jason’s spot today to bring us all the “spicy takes.” Now that we’ve got your attention, you’re probably wondering what these “spicy takes” are. We’ll just give you a little teaser…a new tool may replace Git in the next five years and contributing to open source is terrible advice for new programmers. We’ll also find ou...2023-02-171h 04
Remote RubyData Migrations in Rails [00:03:40] Andrew tells us a little bit about a book he read recently called, ADHD 2.0, and Chris ponders the future of baby proofing his house. [00:08:53] Chris got ahead over the past few months and finally recorded a new Screencast that will be out very soon, he patched a bunch of things in Pay on the Braintree side and tells us about the migration that was done. [00:16:29] When Chris runs this long running task, he explains how he just made it a rake task. Also, if you’re a student, and you...2023-01-1355 min
Remote RubyWrapping up 2022 with Ruby 3.2 There’s some really great stuff happening today as Jason and Chris are here, and Andrew is away traveling for the holidays. Chris announces that GoRails is getting a BIG update this coming year and we’ll hear what’s going on, they discuss sales tax stuff being a pain and using metered billing in Stripe on the new Hatchbox. Jason’s wearing his Christmas pajamas, so you know what that means… Ruby 3.2.0 is coming out soon, and we’ll find out some of the new features. And if you’ve been wondering when we’re going to get a Docker file for...2022-12-3047 min
Remote RubyBehind The Scenes at GoRails with Collin Jilbert While Jason and Andrew are conferencing it up at the Rails SaaS Conference, Chris thought it would be a great idea to have Collin Jilbert join him, so he didn’t have to go solo today. Chris and Collin catch up and discuss what they’ve been working on with Pay, we hear about a new beginner series of making a Ruby Gem Collin’s been working on for Screencasts, and Chris tells us about a Screencast he did on OmniAuth coming out soon, that is worth watching. Also, we’ll find out some good things happening with Hatchbox, some changes...2022-10-141h 17
Remote RubyJoined by Konnor Rogers Welcome to Remote Ruby and thanks for joining us! We’ve been trying to have our guest on for a really long time, and that time is here folks! Today, we're joined by Konnor Rogers, a Developer at Microsoft known for his knowledge of all things front-end. On this episode, we’ll hear Konnor’s journey from being an EMT, getting into tech, and Andrew introducing him to Snowpack. Konnor tells us more about a new JavaScript runtime called Bun, his go-to Vite Ruby, and using Import Maps as a start tool. The guys have some deep conversations about ESBuild...2022-07-2258 min
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 minCode and the Coding Coders who Code itEpisode 7 - Chris OliverChris Oliver joins the show to discuss all the adventures he's been having. He tells us about the various projects he has going on, including: rewriting Hatchbox, hiring his first employee, and what the future of learning Rails could look like. He also is building a house which definitely takes some time to put together! There was so much to talk about this episode that it's certainly getting the 1st place spot for longest episode!Links:On Twitter @excid3GitHubPay gemGoRails ScreencastsJumpstart Rails HatchboxRemote Ruby Podcast"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" BookSend u...2022-06-071h 16
Abstract Development#45 - Taking it slow. Exploring.Sublime Feed now has a login and registration page and stuff that goes around it.
Although I wanted to make this a one week challenge I decided to take it slow and get it right. At the end of the day I just want something that works well.
Then I explore why I'm favouring Laravel over Ruby on Rails... perhaps it's just me though.
Recorded May 13th, 2022
Links
Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev Blog #1Ruby on RailsLaravelTaylor OtwellLaracastsGoRailsChris OliverTailwindCSS2022-05-1607 min
Abstract Development#45 - Taking it slow. Exploring.Sublime Feed now has a login and registration page and stuff that goes around it.
Although I wanted to make this a one week challenge I decided to take it slow and get it right. At the end of the day I just want something that works well.
Then I explore why I'm favouring Laravel over Ruby on Rails... perhaps it's just me though.
Recorded May 13th, 2022
Links
Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev Blog #1Ruby on RailsLaravelTaylor OtwellLaracastsGoRailsChris OliverTailwindCSS2022-05-1607 min
Remote RubyRubyConf 2021 | Talks We Liked and People We Met [00:00:52] The guys chat about being at RubyConf, how they recorded a live episode with six people, what they talked about, and something about a stellar ending. [00:02:50] Andrew and Jason talk about what happened from the first day of RubyConf and from then on, between meeting up with people, eating with friends, doing a lot of walking, hugging, and talking with so many people. [00:06:39] Jason tells us more about Matz’s talk on the Ruby 3 Nexus.[00:10:49] Jason explains another thing Matz talked about regarding how there...2021-11-1940 min
Remote RubyRuby on the Apple M1 Max And Things You Expect To Be Fine But Arent [00:00:32] Andrew tells us they shipped a new project at work this week they’ve been working on for a few months, and although it went pretty smoothly, he explains some bumps they had along the way and dealing with crunch time. Chris shares an issue and why he’s been postponing the launch of the new Hatchbox. [00:04:13] We hear more about propagating the DNS and how long it took.[00:08:28] Andrew mentions using the Proxyman app and what it does. [00:09:15] Chris tells us about his new Ma...2021-11-0543 min
Remote RubyPropshaft, Engines, and Turbo | Uh This Isn't a Car Repair Podcast [00:00:50] The guys chat about the new release of Turbo 7.0.1.[00:01:46] Chris tells us how he moved all of the GoRails, CSS, and JavaScript from Webpacker into CSS and JS bundling, and it went pretty smooth except for something dumb he did. [00:04:50] Propshaft is brought up and we learn what it does. [00:08:44] Why do we need the hashes at the end? Andrew explains why it’s all about caching. [00:11:08] Ryan Bates is mentioned since he commented on the Propshaft repo. Also, Ryan...2021-10-0848 min
Remote RubyRed Pill-Blue Pill and CSS Bundling [00:03:19] Jason tells us about a side project he’s working on which is mostly JavaScript, but he’s also using ImageMagick.[00:04:46] Andrew gets off topic and asks the guys if they saw the trailer for The Matrix 4 and he reveals a fun fact about the website. Chris asks the guys if they’ve watched any of the CSS bundling stuff that’s going on and he fills us in on what’s going on. [00:11:33] We find out what happened when Jason decides he wants to figure out the config file for esb...2021-09-2451 min
Remote RubyOnce you get it working, it works! [00:03:52] Jason fills us in on how he’s building a pretty heavy JavaScript tool, using Vite, and a problem he had. [00:11:04] We learn about some PR’s Jason around Webpacker on the GoRails discord that had a solution for Jason’s problem. [00:13:50] Chris talks about “esbuild for Rails” and other approaches that are coming out right now with DHH’s latest stuff is fascinating. He also talks about Babel being a nightmare and being able to do the Importmap Rails for Turbo and Stimulus that have hardly any dependencies is fantastic. 2021-09-1738 min
Code with Jason107 - Object Modeling and Testing Techniques with Lee McAlillyIn this episode Lee McAlilly and I discuss how to decide where to put your code, the benefits of good naming conventions, and how testing can help you figure out what to do and how to do it.McAlilly.comLee McAlilly on TwitterChris Oliver at GoRailsOriginal Fuzz Guitar Straps2021-08-1058 min
Code with Jason097 - Chris Oliver, Creator of GoRailsIn this episode I talk with Chris Oliver, creator of GoRails, HatchBox and Jumpstart Pro. We talk about the GoRails story, the challenges of deploying apps, and Chris's new house.Links:GoRailsHatchBoxJumpstart ProChris Oliver on TwitterGoRails Job Board2021-05-2556 min
Remote RubyBuilding iOS apps using Hotwire / Turbo.js with Joe Masilotti [00:01:59] Jason tells us about WNB.rb, which is a new virtual community for women and non-binary Rubyists to get involved in. [00:03:23] Joe tells us all about himself and what he does. [00:05:08] We learn how it was in the early days when Joe was just using the Turbolinks version. [00:09:20] Joe tells us things he’s built in the past especially when people are trying to convert their app to mobile.[00:13:48] JavaScript Bridge is talked about, how to use it, and how J...2021-04-3051 min
Remote RubyRailsconf Talk Success, Request Variants, Deploying to Render, and Caddy Server [00:02:05] We learn how RailsConf 2021 was from Chris, and Andrew makes an announcement that he’s moving out of state and something about always wanting to be a trucker. ☺ [00:07:45] Chris fills us in on what he talked about at RailsConf 2021, which was on Action Text, Turbo, and ActionMailbox.[00:10:51] Jason tells us about using Action Text and what happened. Chris and Andrew chat more about Action Text, Trix, and Markdown Editor.[00:14:34] Turbo Native is brought up and Chris talks about working on the iOS wrapper for Jumpst...2021-04-2350 min
Remote RubyViewComponents and the Future of Assets with Joel Hawksley After Jason talked about his side project last week, he tells us he had to abandon Stripe checkout and did something else instead, and Chris announced he just did a Stripe Checkout video for GoRails this week. Joining us on today’s episode, we have Joel Hawksley, an Engineer at GitHub and creator of ViewComponent. We learn what ViewComponents are, how Joel came up with the idea, and his latest experiment and vision for it, which is a big one. Joel tells us some ideas he has for Cuprite, and Andrew talks about how Percy is a nice tool to...2021-04-1656 min
Remote RubyRails for Beginners, Site Editors, and Skypack [00:01:43] The guys chat about callbacks. [00:04:46] Chris tells us about the new course he did, “Ruby on Rails for Beginners.”[00:08:58] Andrew asks Chris if he actually talked to people who are newer in Rails to figure out about the pry or if he had a sense of it because of where he’s at in the community. [00:11:57] Jason hints at wanting to make a course on SQL for Active Record for Rails Developers, which gets Chris and Andrew excited. [00:14:22] Chris mentions how he pu...2021-02-1238 min
Remote RubyModeling friendships is hard, Railscasts nostalgia, and reviving ActsAsTenant [00:00:47] Jason and Chris talk about modelling friendships in your database models. [00:06:56] Chris brings up building teams and inviting people being tricky. [00:08:35] Jason talks about using HasFriendship library, which lets you add friendship features to your ActiveRecord models. Chris mentions to Jason about watching a RailsCasts episode on Self-Referential Association by Ryan Bates.[00:13:31] Chris talks about working with an app a long time ago, and he explains how naming your code in your domain saves you a lot...2020-12-111h 03
Remote RubyBridgetown, APIStruct, Hashie, and generating PDF forms in Rails [00:05:05] What’s new in Ruby and Rails Land? Andrew announces RubyConf 2020 (virtual) is next week.[00:09:20] Jason spun up a Bridgetown site with Tailwind and said it was fun. Andrew says he’s been playing around with it a lot this week and made a short video on how to add Tailwind, and he went full hog into Snowpack again. [00:10:12] Jason asks Andrew if he ever gut the Webpack setup in Bridgetown and replace it with a Snowpack setup. Andrew talks about the video he made (link below). Jason mentions how he fou...2020-12-0447 min
Indie Hackers#183 – How a Solo Founder Got to $1M in Revenue with Chris Oliver of GoRailsChris Oliver (@excid3) is a solo founder who recently passed $1M in revenue from his suite of projects targeted at Rails developers. He's had a wild journey, from being so broke he had to get a job, to getting to the point where he was literally living the 4-hour workweek while making a full-time salary. In this episode, Chris and I discuss the tradeoffs of different indie hacker business models, the right path for building and selling to an audience, and how to use combinations to come up with unique ideas.GoRails, Chris' Ruby on Rails screencasting business...2020-12-021h 01
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 RubyReimagined Rails views using Matestack with Jonas Jabari [00:00:48] The guys catch up on what’s been going on this week. Chris tells us he’s been using Jumpstart in rebuilding Hatchbox this week. Andrew has been on PTO all week, so he’s been chilling, cleaning, and in the middle of refactoring. Jason tells us about a call he got from someone who had signed up for HopeGrid.[00:07:22] Jonas tells us about himself and what Matestack is. [00:10:38] Find out how Matestack is different from View Component or a traditional kind of component type gem. [00:12:34] Jonas exp...2020-11-2049 min
Remote RubyWebpacker in Engines & Dealing with Burnout [00:01:25] Chris talks about going down the rabbit hole since their discussion last week about Webpacker and Rails Engines which was on his to-do list, and he finds out it is rough.[00:05:31] Andrew asks Chris if there was anything in the Webpack or Docs that made him think that maybe he should add this, or did he already cover it and he explains.[00:07:46] Chris explains a problem he ran into with JavaScript and CSS to display graphs and about using a JavaScript pack tag in the Main Rails App.2020-11-1356 min
Remote RubyNew Rails API docs, Webpacker "fun", and security.txt [00:03:05] Chris mentions Kasper posted a link to a PR that updates the Rails API guides, which now includes the sidebar with all of the classes and turbo links in there.[00:04:54] Andrew brings up Docs and tells us there’s a ton of Webpacker documentation in a folder in the Webpacker repo called “Docs” and there’s a lot of documentation in there that a lot of people probably don’t know about. [00:09:28] Jason was reading the Docs and just realized you can import Sprockets files into your webpack stuff.2020-11-0643 min
Remote RubySelf-care as a developer, Ruby 3.0, Sorbet, and more [00:01:38] Andrew tells us about his weekend having to truncate 250 million rows and how he had to take care of a few issues. Jason talks about what he’s been using to search. [00:05:14] Jason talks about using a Laravel package called Scout. [00:06:50] Andrew tells us about having wrist problems and is trying to come up with solutions to help his situation. He asks Jason if he has any suggestions. They both chat about what they do for self-care and how they could manage stress better. [00:18:50] Since...2020-10-2349 min
Remote RubyJoined by Adam Wathan: TailwindCSS, Tailwind UI, and ActionView Components In this episode we welcome back a special guest, Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS. We find out some cool things that have happened in Tailwind, new things that have launched in Tailwind UI, and issues he ran into when building it. Adam tells us about a work system they use called the six-week cycle with a two-week cool down, which really helps with prioritizing things. We also talk with Adam about how he approaches building components in JavaScript libraries like Vue in an effort to apply some of that wisdom to ViewComponent.[00:04:26] Adam tells us all...2020-10-091h 01
Remote RubyTesting performance, Madmin is getting revied, and Railties vs Engines [00:02:34] Andrew tells us what happened when he gave Linter Action another try. He also talks about code scanning alerts and RuboCop.[00:05:14] Andrew tweeted a picture of the UI and it doesn’t look like what you think it would, but he found it to be pretty cool (link below). He also talks about Checks API and Pronto gem.[00:11:33] New this week, Andrew has gotten really big into testing and has seen the bottom of the weeds. He’s been scouring Evil Martians blog and following them on GitHub seeing what...2020-09-2859 min
ReactorThe economics of gaming with your kidNot even an ill-timed decision to update to Ubuntu 20.04 update could stop Reactor.am from going up tonight! It did require Mark retyping a tedious four-word command, but thanks to his pile of Ruby & shell scripts, that was the entirety of the cost. However, Justin still won't add intro music to the show until 10 people email hosts@reactor.am and ask for it.
Justin's got Nugget ready for review, but it's been surprisingly tough to get it reviewed! Mark invited three relatively successful boostrappers he knows, but no bites yet. On the good side, Justin's gotten...2020-07-0100 min
Remote RubyRailsBytes.com, AppLocale and more with Andrea Fomera [00:02:25] Chris starts off and gives a s/o to Andrea Fomera for being one of the first GoRails subscribers and the longest subscriber. Then they explain what RailsBytes is and how they got into building it. [00:08:37] Chris talks about something they discovered working on this project and Andrea Fomera gives an example about installing things that depend on Webpacker. [00:11:45] Andrew mentions if you look at templates that exist today, people are employing different methods for adding a gem to the gem file, so he wants to know if Chris and...2020-06-0544 min
The Ruby BlendEpisode 13: Wait, you want to lint commit messages?!?Panelists
Andrew Mason
Nate Hopkins
Ron Cooke
GuestsNone this week.SponsorLinodeShow Notes[00:02:15] Ron talks about the importance of architecture, the way we architect our apps, since he started working at Kin, a home insurance company. He asks the guys what they think about architecture in that sense? [00:05:25] Andrew brings up single responsibility pattern. Ron says patterns are dangerous, Nate likes them, and Andrew shares a story of patterns and a video that Chris Oliver did on r...2020-05-2156 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
The Ruby BlendEpisode 10: Parentheses and typosquattingPanelists
Andrew Mason
Nate Hopkins
Ron Cooke
GuestsNoneSponsorLinodeShow Notes[00:00:41] Andrew announces that Ruby 2.4 is no longer supported so get off of it and upgrade![00:02:32] Ron had some fun DevOps to share about with Digital Ocean, which actually weren't that fun, and you'll find out why.[00:10:30] Nate takes the conversation into talking about templates in engines with Ruby and Rails and View Component. Andrew is experimenting with Slm and he talks about it. Find out why Andrew says...2020-04-301h 01
The Ruby BlendEpisode 5: Joined by Chris OliverPanelistsAndrew Mason Nate HopkinsGuestChris OliverShow Notes[00:01:37] Chris talks about how he discovered Ruby and began developing with it. It started with him wanting to build websites.[00:05:05] Active resource is mentioned and what it did.[00:08:12] Chris talks about IRC Bots that worked, and he also expands on his goal to teach himself how to use raw socket and the IRC Protocol.[00:12:15] What helped Chris get his first job?[00:14:17] Nate wants to know if Ruby is a g...2020-03-1959 min
Running in ProductionLearn Ruby on Rails through Screencast Tutorials on GoRailsIn this episode of Running in Production, Chris Oliver goes over how he
builds and deploys his screencast tutorial platform called GoRails. The site handles about 2 million page views a year on a
single $20 / month DigitalOcean server. GoRails has been up and running since
2014.
There’s a lot of useful nuggets of information in this episode around keeping a
pulse on similar communities that you’re in. For example, Chris took a lot of
inspiration from Laravel when it came to implementing the billing code for
GoRails. Spoiler alert: Rails does scale.
Topics Include
1:42 – Avoidi...2020-01-061h 14
Remote RubyTurning 50 GoRails: How to use Multiple Databases in Rails 6.0Jeykll Tailwind StarterGoRails: Preventing Conflicts with Optimistic Locking (Pro)GoRails: Handle Race Conditions with Pessimistic Locking (Pro)Chris OliverJason Charnes Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2019-08-301h 00
devpath.fmGoRails Creator and Consultant Chris OliverChris is the creator and CEO of GoRails, a site that hosts his Ruby and Ruby on Rails screencasts. Chris is also an Open Source developer and a well-known content creator. He co-hosts the Remote Ruby podcast. In our conversation we talk about Chris' start in Open Source, the value of learning in the open, and his strategies for learning new skills.
GoRails: https://gorails.com2019-08-1657 min
The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 271: 271: MEGA Railsconf 2019 Recap with Chris OliverChris Oliver, creator of GoRails and co-host of the Remote Ruby podcast, joined Nick Schwaderer to discuss his experience at Railsconf 2019. They also dive into form builder changes, documentation and ponder when Rails 6 will be released.
Links for this episode:GoRailsHatchboxRailsconf 2019Remote Ruby PodcastSchedule from Railsconf 2006(Unofficial) DHH Keynote @ RailsConf 2019Ruby on Rails 6.0 Release NotesChris Oliver on Twitter (@excid3)Nick Schwaderer on Twitter (@Schwad4HD14)Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought...2019-05-0753 min
Ruby on Rails Podcast271: MEGA Railsconf 2019 Recap with Chris OliverChris Oliver, creator of GoRails and co-host of the Remote Ruby podcast, joined Nick Schwaderer to discuss his experience at Railsconf 2019. They also dive into form builder changes, documentation and ponder when Rails 6 will be released.2019-05-0753 min
Remote RubyEmbracing "The Rails Way", The GoRails Redesign, Utility CSS, and Stimuluuuuus Back 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.GoRails RedesignTailwind CSSStimulus JS Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2018-11-0945 min
Remote RubyMore Caching, WordPress -> Jekyll, OAuth'n Jason's WebsiteSoutheast RubyGoRails Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2018-07-1336 min
Remote RubyHello, World! PodiaGoRailsHatchBoxSoutheast RubyRuby 2.6.0-preview2Stripe's Ruby Type Checkerhttp.rbReact for Rails Developers Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter 2018-06-0851 min
GoRails ScreencastsRails Application TemplatesLearn how to build Rails app templates to save time building new applications and check out Jumpstart, the template used to build new Rails apps for GoRails episodes2018-03-2113 minGoRails ScreencastsGoRails Performance - The Techniques I UseLearn how I design GoRails for speed and performance on all layers of the stack2016-04-1118 min