288 RR Upgrading Rails Apps with Joshua Wood and Ben Wood
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English - November 30, 2016 13:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBHow To Education Business Careers programming javascript web framework development front end developer programmer internet node Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
00:45 - Introducing the Wood brothers and their work
Upgrade Rails
Hint.io
Ben’s Twitter
Joshua’s Twitter
3:05 - Upgrading Rails without breaking it
6:25 - Working with clients with technical debt
12:20 - Frequently seen projects and clients
14:45 - Upgrading clients from older versions of Rails
22:50 - Why do clients push off upgrading?
28:10 - How do you know when it’s time to upgrade?
34:35 - Finding the right clients
37:50 - Avoiding technical debt
40:30 - Upgrading Rails yourself
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Picks:
Suture Gem (Ben)
Debride Gem (Ben)
JRuby Truffle Project by Oracle (Josh)
ThinkPads (Josh)
Honeybadger IO (Josh)
“A Rubyist’s Guide to Big-O Notation” blog post (Josh)
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracey (Brian)
Codefights (Brian)