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Remote Ruby

271 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings

Three Rubyists having conversations and interviewing others about Ruby and web development.

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Data Migrations in Rails

January 13, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB

[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 ...

Wrapping up 2022 with Ruby 3.2

December 30, 2022 17:57 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

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...

Tech The Halls

December 23, 2022 22:35 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

[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 pri...

Active Record Cookbook & Making Bomb Rails Apps

December 16, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

[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...

Jason gets Twitchy with Hanami

December 09, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

[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...

New Ruby versions, the Pay gem, and the new GitHub file browser

December 02, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

[00:03:33] We learn about a new Ruby version that came out with a CGI security fix.   [00:04:30] Ruby 3.2.0 is supposed to come out at Christmas, there’s a Preview 3 out and we hear about a few new features happening. [00:07:47] Chris tells us about some speed improvements with Regexp. [00:08:58] Andrew and Jason paired with Collin and other people, and he tells us what they did with a PR in the pay Gem. [00:12:25] Chris pulls up the Shopify Globe that shows sales per minute of p...

Tip Tapping Around & The Rails Foundation

November 25, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

[00:02:28] Jason dives right in talking about Tiptap, a text editor for the web. [00:06:05] The controversial Twitter is brought up, as well as Reddit, Mastodon, and Ruby Social. [00:07:04] We go back to Tiptap the database, as Jason goes in depth into active ActionText and what he’s exploring now.     [00:10:28] Jason mentions Tiptap will let you send HTML and explains why he likes the flexibility, and he shares his ideas of wanting to build Ruby Objects to represent each type o...

BridgetownConf, Pagination, HTTP/3 & Actionable Errors

November 18, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

[00:01:21] We hear about Andrew’s talk at BridgetownConf. [00:07:31] Since Chris is getting up so early these days, he talks about how productive he feels programming early mornings and late nights, and Andrew shares how addicting it can be to slip into the zone and end up working into the wee hours of the night.    [00:08:47] Chris brings up a college memory and having different sleep schedules, and he gives an update from last week’s convo about the new updated missing template e...

Hey Alexa, Chris Needs Some Sleep

November 11, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

[00:01:03] Chris explains how he built a Rails app for Alexa to keep track of feeding times for the baby.  [00:06:21] Chris and Andrew chat about the pros of having lights in and around the house with WiFi connected, the cons with programing them, and Andrew explains if you’re putting something on Lambda, you can only use Ruby 2.7. [0011:24] This Week in Rails updates is the PR for improving the text for the no template message, as Chris explains.   [00:19:20] We hear a quick thou...

Kevin Newton on Ruby Parser, SyntaxTree, Prettier Ruby and a sneak peek!

November 04, 2022 14:18 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

[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]...

Development Workflows with Collin Jilbert

October 28, 2022 20:16 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB

[00:00:39] Go Rails and Discord went crazy for Go Rails this morning, Collin talks about putting out the fires. This reminds Andrew of the issue he had with his dotfiles once. Admit it, we’ve all been there before!  [00:05:31] Collin is enjoying his minimal config setup lately. Andrew talks about how he likes using Znap! to help him with his dot files and reduce his shell’s startup time. [00:06:43] Andrew talks more about minimalizing his setup by getting rid of aliases he’s not us...

Rails SaaS and a Shaved Stache

October 21, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

[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. [0...

Behind The Scenes at GoRails with Collin Jilbert

October 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

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 goo...

Andy Croll on First Ruby Friend, RubyConfMini and more

October 07, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

[00:03:02] Andy tells us some details about RubyConf Mini coming up in November, as well as RubyConf in Houston, TX. [00:08:10] Jason wonders if RubyConf Mini is unique to this year or if it’s something that Andy could see happening in the future. [00:12:35] We hear more about the Ruby Friends program that Andy started and he explains how it was born out of frustration. [00:18:29] Find out how many people are currently in the Ruby Friends program and benefit of being a mentor. [0...

Rails Hackathon 2022 & Turbo 7.2 release

September 30, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MB

[00:01:01] Andrew explains how he had to make a complex data table. [00:03:27] Chris talks about an entry at Rails Hackathon called “Con[text]” for learning Spanish and English. [00:05:07] We learn about some of the cool improvements with the new Turbo release. [00:11:08] Chris tells us everything that went on at Rails Hackathon, and he tells us the winner of the Judges’ Favorite which was Typefighters by Team Rubades. [00:13:42] Find out more about the Best Solo/Community Favori...

You Gotta Risk It For The Brisket

September 23, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MB

[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 stuf...

Phlexing with Joel Drapper

September 16, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

[00:03:50] Joel tells us about himself, what led him to creating Phlex, and what problem he was trying to solve with it. [00:08:13] We find out the testing story and how the reception has been with Phlex. [00:13:45] Andrew brings up how Joel has been doing a lot of performance stuff with Phlex and Joel explains how he’s making the benchmarks and how he’s figuring out all these performance things. [00:16:53] Joel shares some interesting things he’s tried that were easy and one that...

The brand new Hatchbox.io v2

September 09, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

[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 tal...

Benedikt Deicke on Ember.js, Database Optimizations, and more

September 02, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

[00:01:51] Jason and Chris discuss the launching of Hatchbox v2.  [00:05:54] Benedikt tells us about himself and what he does. [00:06:55] We learn when Benedikt started using Ember, how long he’s been building Userlist, and if he had experience working in Rails API mode with Ember. [00:09:54] Benedikt explains what the process of scaffolding looks like and if ever has to manage and make things happen in sync when he makes a change that affects both sides. [00:11:18] Jason explain...

Caleb Porzio on Alpine.js, Laravel Livewire & more

August 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

[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 ...

Hanami Mastery with Sebastian Wilgosz

August 19, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

[00:05:52] Sebastian tells us about himself, how long he’s been doing Ruby, where HanamiMastery came from, and his journey in working in Rails. [00:11:57] We learn about some problems Sebastian was solving with dry-rb and what specific dry-rb libraries he was using.  [00:13:58] Jason explains what dry-rb is. [00:16:54] We hear how Sebastian’s experience has been with Hanami so far and if it was a shift in thinking coming from a Rails background. [00:18:16] If your unfamiliar with...

Rubygem Idea for Juniors, Modern Assets in Rails & George Jetson's Birthday

August 12, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

[00:07:35] Andrew shares a free gem idea for Juniors or people who’ve never built a gem before.  [00:10:20] Jason brings up a previous episode with Konnor Rogers where they talked about migrating Podia off Webpacker, and the guys chat more about that. [00:17:56] Jason was looking something up for JavaScript and he tells us he couldn’t get Google to give him any results that weren’t for jQuery, and Chris talks about the interesting idea that Rails could sort of simplify Webpack with...

Rubygem Idea for Juniors, Modern Assets in Rails & George Jetson's Birthday

August 12, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 81 MB

[00:07:35] Andrew shares a free gem idea for Juniors or people who’ve never built a gem before.  [00:10:20] Jason brings up a previous episode with Konnor Rogers where they talked about migrating Podia off Webpacker, and the guys chat more about that. [00:17:56] Jason was looking something up for JavaScript and he tells us he couldn’t get Google to give him any results that weren’t for jQuery, and Chris talks about the interesting idea that Rails could sort of simplify Webpack wit...

Gem Mining & Advice on Mentoring Developers

August 05, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

[00:02:46] Andrew tells us about being on the Rubber Duck Dev Show livestream with Collin Jilbert.  [00:05:14] Have you ever used Alfred? Andrew fills us in on the app and Raycast.  [00:12:15] Chris explains the “gem mining” he’s been doing. [00:16:38] Andrew and Chris chat about using SQLite. [00:20:41] Andrew asks Chris if he ever thinks how much extra code it is to have to support all these different things. Chris explains why he doesn’t think it be a whole lot.  [00:23:20] W...

Junior Devs, Mentoring, and Training with Adam Cuppy

July 29, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MB

[00:06:03] Adam gives us a brief intro and we find out about the talk he gave at RubyConf 2015 called, What If Shakespeare Wrote Ruby. [00:09:33] We hear Adam’s background, his journey to programming, and Co-founding Zeal. [00:14:21] Adam fills us in on where he learned Rails, and the resources he used for learning Ruby on Rails. [00:24:52] We learn what triggers Andrew about everybody saying there’s Rails jobs but they’re all looking for Seniors, and then we find out what Adam i...

Junior Devs, Mentoring, and Training with Adam Cuppy

July 29, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

[00:06:03] Adam gives us a brief intro and we find out about the talk he gave at RubyConf 2015 called, What If Shakespeare Wrote Ruby. [00:09:33] We hear Adam’s background, his journey to programming, and Co-founding Zeal. [00:14:21] Adam fills us in on where he learned Rails, and the resources he used for learning Ruby on Rails. [00:24:52] We learn what triggers Andrew about everybody saying there’s Rails jobs but they’re all looking for Seniors, and then we find out what Adam is...

Joined by Konnor Rogers

July 22, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

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...

Joined by Xavier Noria

July 15, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

Welcome to Remote Ruby and thanks for joining us! Do you want to know the secret to getting on the Rails Core Team?  Click the play button now to find out.  On today’s episode, our special guest from the Rails Core Team is Xavier Noria, who’s the author of Zeitwerk, author of Rails Contributors, and gave the keynote at RailsConf 2022.  We’ll find out more about Xavier and how got his start into programming. He then takes us through the early days of Rails and how it’s changed, what l...

RailsConf 2022 At Home Podcast Panel

July 08, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

[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 t...

Ruby Infrastructure with Ufuk Kayserilioglu

July 01, 2022 18:53 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

[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 implementa...

Aaron & Colleen from Hammerstone

June 24, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

[00:01:36] Colleen and Aaron introduce themselves and tell us what they do.   [00:03:04] There was a workshop at RailsConf that Colleen and Aaron had around Advanced Active Record and we learn about the purpose of the workshop.    [00:04:42] We find out what Arel is and what it gives us, and how Laravel handles everything you need but in a different way.   [00:09:07] We find out where the query builders are in the process of launching for each side.   [00:10:57] Andrew wonder...

For the love of Sass & Podia's new Free plan

June 17, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MB

[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. [...

How Thoughtbot Works with Steve “Four-peat” Polito

June 10, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

[00:09:02] We find out what Steve is doing now and what he did before thoughtbot. [00:13:30] Steve explains how the team works at thoughtbot. [00:17:00] Since people roll in and out of the team, how does Steve manage to bring someone up to speed quickly? [00:20:02] We learn what the onboarding process is when they get new clients so the team can easily jump in. [00:23:46] Jason brings up a thoughtbot gem called Suspenders and Steve tells us more about it. [00:25:26] Steve explai...

Live(ish) Podcast Panel from Railsconf 2022!

June 01, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

[00:00:00] Jemma Issroff: Live from Portland at rails comp 2020. We're recording a podcast panel crossover episode. I'm Gemma is off one of the co-hosts of the Ruby on rails podcast. I'll be moderating this panel. We have five podcasts represented here across eight panelists. We're going to go around to start and hear what all everyone is excited about. For rails comp. First up, we have Brittany Martin from the Ruby on rails podcast. Brittany, what talker workshop are you most looki...

Steve Three-peat Polito

May 27, 2022 18:02 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Welcome to Remote Ruby and thanks for joining us!  Today the guys cover bet, basketball, and Adidas! And if we haven’t lost you yet, we have a “Three-peat” guest joining us, and that is Steve Polito, who’s a Developer at thoughtbot. We’ll be talking with Steve about careers around programming, the importance of practicing Code Review, and great emojis to use for a good PR Review.  We also find out from Steve how the non-technical/technical interview was like, how Rails helped him get...

Dealing With Perfectionism As A Developer

May 20, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

[00:02:49] Jason and Andrew have been working on some GitHub actions and what’s been going on with that. Also, Jason and Chris challenge Andrew to do the typing speed test before the end of this episode! ☺ [00:06:07] We hear about a cool thing Andrew’s been working on, Chris and Jason tell us they ran out of build minutes, and Andrew mentions “act” to test your Actions locally. [00:08:54] Chris and Jason have a great discussion on perfectionism and writing code, and they share thei...

Twitter Q&A and Railsconf Advice For First Timers

May 13, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

[00:01:22] Andrew tells us about a blog post he put out about his Twitter profile image and some stuff he did with his GitHub actions repo. [00:05:29] The Tweet sharing begins. Tweet #1 topic is someone who’s learning Rails, has no idea how to read the documentation or where to go, and getting lost easily.  [00:13:55] Tweet #2 topic is about Matestack, and Jason brings up a previous episode they did where they talked about it with Jonas Jabari. [00:14:47] Tweet #3 topic is about w...

José Valim, creator of Elixir and form Rails core contributor

May 06, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

[00:01:29] José tells us his background and what he does, and Seth explains how he found himself on a Ruby podcast with the Elixir creator. [00:03:47] We find out how José got started in Ruby and progress into being a Rails core team member. [00:07:40] We hear how José went from being a Rails core team member to creating Elixir, and he tells us about an influential paper called, “The Free Lunch Is Over.” [00:24:28] José talks about the story of Elixir, the story around putting it ...

Power Rangers & Building Products

April 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

[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 Ni...

Heroku Incident, SIM Swapping, and security tools

April 22, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

[00:00:41] The guys banter about Suns vs Grizzlies, some Tweets between Jason and Andrew, and the Footprint Center.  [00:06:00] Jason and Andrew were brainstorming topics for this podcast and there was talk about minting the first episode of Remote Ruby and sell it as an NFT. [00:07:19] Andrew explains the little oopsie that happened with Heroku and GitHub over the weekend. [00:13:19] Andrew tells us about SIM swapping and what’s been happening at T-Mobile stores. [00:23:57] We h...

Ruby 3.2, Conventional Commits, and release-please

April 15, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

[00:03:05] Chris tells us more about the bug he was trying to fix, working on Stripe tax support, Stripe payment element and addresses, and he fills us in on a JavaScript tool that Shopify for formatting addresses in different countries that makes Andrew sweat. [00:07:28] As a follow up from last week’s episode, Andrew defines “Posterized.” [00:08:06] The guys chat about WebAssembly stuff. [00:11:49] Andrew talks about playing around with mruby, and Chris tells us about what he di...

Its Always Sinny In Las Vegas aka Sin City Ruby

April 08, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

[00:00:58] It’s Day 1, Jason and Andrea got to ride in Andrew’s mustang and Jason now feels like a cool, hip Boomer and Andrew is sporting the Adidas wardrobe as usual.  [00:04:11] The guys tell us that Drew Bragg gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks they’ve ever seen, as well as Chris Seaton from Shopify.  [00:05:11] The guys discuss some other great talks with Kelly Sutton, talking about Sidekick, Matthias Lee, a twelve-year old, who gave a great talk on the histo...

Ruby & Rails Tips with Sebastien Auriault

April 01, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MB

[00:02:03]  The guys catch up and talk about some really good shows they are watching and a great book that’s worth a read.  [00:05:21] Sebastien tells us about himself and how he got into doing the Ruby on Rails tips on Twitter. [00:07:30] Find out where Sebastien started in his journey.  [00:11:42] Since Sebastien didn’t have Rails experience, he tells us what he put on his resume and ideas of what should be put on a resume. [00:14:42] Should you be working on side projects as ...

Load Testing Rails Applications & Rails Conferences

March 25, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

[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 explai...

Parsers, Interpreters, and YJIT with Kevin Newton

March 18, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MB

[00:05:09] Kevin gives us a brief introduction of himself.  [00:07:33] Kevin tells us about the grant he received, and he tells us about rubyfmt and SyntaxTree. [00:12:27] We learn why you have to do plugins in your language and why Kevin is convinced we need a new parser for Ruby. [00:16:43] Jason wonders if prettier was Kevin’s first introduction to parsers and how he got so knowledgeable about it. [00:17:50] Find out about Kevin’s blog post on ripper, which he calls a “very co...

Taylor Otwell, creator of the Laravel Framework

March 11, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB

[00:01:12] We start with Taylor explaining where Laravel came from.   [00:03:32] Taylor tells us what Laravel 1.0 looks like and more about validations happening at the controller layer. [00:07:18] After version 1 comes out, Jason asks Taylor if he’s still at the trucking company and what the reception was like in the community. [00:11:16] We learn how the transition went for Taylor from working at UserScape and making Laravel his full-time job.  [00:13:44] Taylor explains how he...

Bridgetown 1.0 with Jared White

March 04, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

[00:05:08] Jared tells us about himself, what he does, and how Bridgetown was born. [00:09:45] Andrew plugs going on GitHub and sponsoring Jared. [00:10:15] Bridgetown 1.0 is almost here, and Jared tells us more.   [00:15:47] We find out what else is new in Bridgetown since the guys last talked.  He tells us more about how he used Roda. [00:23:41] Chris asks Jared if he ever thought about using a Turbo Frame for the little snippet of HTML that he wants to lazy load, and Andrew ex...

Jason and Andrew Answer the Twitters

February 25, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

[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 per...

Partying Hard with John Nunemaker

February 18, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

[00:03:25] We get to know more about John, what he does, what he’s built, and what he’s most famous for.  [00:08:52] John fills us in on what Flipper is. [00:13:04] Jason talks about how they’ve been using groups to do a stair-step rollout within the company, and John tells us about a new thing coming out that’s going to replace groups that will be easier.  [00:14:21] Andrew explains more about Trunk Based Development.  [00:16:23] John details more about Flipper rules that he’s w...

Ben Orenstein - From Developer To CEO of Tuple

February 11, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

[00:02:09] Ben takes us thorough his career journey starting off as a programmer. [00:05:45] Ben explains how things have changed since he became a CEO and about the transition with Tuple.  [00:06:35] Chris wonders if Ben’s had any struggles now that he’s interviewing and managing people, and he explains how he’s had to learn more in this process. [00:09:12] Ben tells us how hiring and figuring out ways to document all the things they’ve been doing has been playing out.   [00:10:...

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