The Ruby on Rails Podcast
887 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Elise Shaffer, Brian Mariani, Jemma Issroff and Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.
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169: CallerKey - 2013 Rails Rumble Winner
September 28, 2014 13:00 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBImran Raja and Shah Sikder, two of the three team members that built Caller Key - the winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble, join Sean Devine to discuss their victory.
168: Josh Owens - 2007 Rails Rumble Winner; Bonus Meteor Intro
September 19, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBJosh Owens, Meteor developer and former winner of the Rails Rumble, talks to Sean Devine about the entry that won and some others that didn't. He also gives an overview of the basics of Meteor because Sean knows nothing.
Episode 168: 168: Josh Owens - 2007 Rails Rumble Winner; Bonus Meteor Intro
September 19, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBJosh Owens, Meteor developer and former winner of the Rails Rumble, talks to Sean Devine about the entry that won and some others that didn't. He also gives an overview of the basics of Meteor because Sean knows nothing. Links for this episode: @joshowens Meteor railsrumble.com Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEA...
167: Kelli Shaver - 2013 Rails Rumble Solo Winner
September 11, 2014 23:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBKelli Shaver, winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble solo division, joins Sean Devine to talk about her many Rails Rumble entries and last year's VICTORY.
Episode 167: 167: Kelli Shaver - 2013 Rails Rumble Solo Winner
September 11, 2014 23:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBKelli Shaver, winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble solo division, joins Sean Devine to talk about her many Rails Rumble entries and last year's VICTORY. Links for this episode: Itemize - Rails Rumble winning entry github.com/kellishaver @kellishaver kellishaver.com Nitch Podcast StickyAlbums railsrumble.com Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer co...
166: Tom & Nick Mango - Rails Rumble 2014 Preview
September 04, 2014 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBTom & Nick Mango - organizers of the Rails Rumble - join Sean Devine to preview the this year's competition. This is the first in a series of episodes about the Rails Rumble (a 48 hour application development competition in October). If you've participated in the past or are thinking about participating this year, you should definitely listen to this episode.
Episode 166: 166: Tom & Nick Mango - Rails Rumble 2014 Preview
September 04, 2014 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBTom & Nick Mango - organizers of the Rails Rumble - join Sean Devine to preview the this year's competition. This is the first in a series of episodes about the Rails Rumble (a 48 hour application development competition in October). If you've participated in the past or are thinking about participating this year, you should definitely listen to this episode. Links for this episode: railsrumble.com @tsmango @Alternate1985 Earmarkd - Sean's 2012 Entry Kayla's Tour - Sean's 2013 Entry C...
Episode 165: 165: James Chevalier - citystrides.com
August 29, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBJim Chevalier, creator of citystrides.com, joins Sean Devine in person! to talk about the creation of his great run-every-street-in-my-city website. Links for this episode: @jameschevalier citystrides.com k-d tree Wikipedia entry kdtree Ruby gem GitHub repository PostGIS - Spatial and Geographic objects for PostgreSQL RunKeeper CityStrides map of Jim and Sean's run MailChimp.com means easy email newsletters. MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks...
165: James Chevalier - citystrides.com
August 29, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBJim Chevalier, creator of citystrides.com, joins Sean Devine in person! to talk about the creation of his great run-every-street-in-my-city website.
164: Jim Remsik - Madison+ Ruby
August 20, 2014 11:00 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBJim Remsik, organizer of Madison+ Ruby, joins Sean Devine to talk about the history of the Madison+ Ruby conference and what to expect at the event this weekend.
Episode 164: 164: Jim Remsik - Madison+ Ruby
August 20, 2014 11:00 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBJim Remsik, organizer of Madison+ Ruby, joins Sean Devine to talk about the history of the Madison+ Ruby conference and what to expect at the event this weekend. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they hap...
Episode 163: 163: Justin Weiss - justinweiss.com
August 13, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBJustin Weiss (@justinweiss) joins Sean Devine to talk about his Rails-focused blog at http://www.justinweiss.com and his upcoming book. Links for this episode: justinweiss.com justinweiss.com weekly newsletter github.com/justinweiss @justinweiss A Guide to Choosing the Best Gems for Your Ruby Project Search and Filter Rails Models Without Bloating Your Controller seanwes podcast beeminder.com Don’t Fave This Post: How to REALLY Launch in 2014 rubyflow.com Raygun - Get notified ab...
163: Justin Weiss - justinweiss.com
August 13, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBJustin Weiss (@justinweiss) joins Sean Devine to talk about his Rails-focused blog at http://www.justinweiss.com and his upcoming book.
Episode 162: 162: Olga Raskina - Operations Research PhD
August 06, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBOlga Raskina joins Sean Devine to discuss her journey from secondary school in Soviet Russia to her undergraduate degree at Moscow State University to her PhD at Columbia University in NYC to her professional career in Operations Research and programming. They discuss formal vs informal education and the upside of each approach along with lots of related topics. Links for this episode: Madison+ Ruby @jremsikjr @MadisonRuby Adorable.io Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it...
162: Olga Raskina - Operations Research PhD
August 06, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBOlga Raskina joins Sean Devine to discuss her journey from secondary school in Soviet Russia to her undergraduate degree at Moscow State University to her PhD at Columbia University in NYC to her professional career in Operations Research and programming. They discuss formal vs informal education and the upside of each approach along with lots of related topics.
161: Peter Cooper - Ruby Weekly
July 31, 2014 11:30 - 1 hour - 31 MBPeter Cooper (@peterc) - publisher of Cooper Press - discusses his email newsletter empire (including Ruby Weekly) with lots of side trips along the way.
Episode 161: 161: Peter Cooper - Ruby Weekly
July 31, 2014 11:30 - 1 hour - 31 MBPeter Cooper (@peterc) - publisher of Cooper Press - discusses his email newsletter empire (including Ruby Weekly) with lots of side trips along the way. Links for this episode: @peterc on Twitter @CooperPress on Twitter Cooper Press Ruby Weekly Newsletter peterc.org Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
160: Sean Devine - Interviewee & Pony
July 25, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBSean Devine is the interviewee and Eric Steele plays host. Topics include how Sean started to program, web scraping via Mechanize and Watir, the Ruby Quiz as therapy, the evolution of Ruby's testing culture and much much more.
Episode 160: 160: Sean Devine - Interviewee & Pony
July 25, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBSean Devine is the interviewee and Eric Steele plays host. Topics include how Sean started to program, web scraping via Mechanize and Watir, the Ruby Quiz as therapy, the evolution of Ruby's testing culture and much much more. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
Episode 159: 159: Flo Motlik - Codeship
July 16, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBSean Devine is joined by Flo Motlik from Codeship to discuss continuous delivery, the history of Codeship and some of the biggest challenges involved in running a CI service. Plus coconuts and peaches. Links for this episode: @flomotlik on Twitter github.com/flomotlik codeship.io Kendo on Wikipedia One Reason Cross-Cultural Small Talk Is So Tricky - Coconut vs Peach Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minute...
159: Flo Motlik - Codeship
July 16, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBSean Devine is joined by Flo Motlik from Codeship to discuss continuous delivery, the history of Codeship and some of the biggest challenges involved in running a CI service. Plus coconuts and peaches.
Episode 158: 158: Daniel Jalkut - Not a Ruby Programmer (Yet)
July 08, 2014 18:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBSean Devine talks with Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass) about why he develops software for the Apple ecosystem (mostly OS X) and how that experience compares and contrasts to developing software in an OSS environment like Ruby on Rails. Links for this episode: @danielpunkass on Twitter Red Sweater Software Core Intuition podcast github.com/danielpunkass MarsEdit - Desktop blog editing for Mac OS X Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan;...
158: Daniel Jalkut - Not a Ruby Programmer (Yet)
July 08, 2014 18:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBSean Devine talks with Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass) about why he develops software for the Apple ecosystem (mostly OS X) and how that experience compares and contrasts to developing software in an OSS environment like Ruby on Rails.
Episode 157: 157: Lex Friedman is Hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer for the Midroll Podcast Ad Network
July 05, 2014 13:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBSean Devine talks to Lex Friedman, the EVP Sales and Development of Midroll, a large podcast ad sales network. Lex describes the full time Ruby on Rails programming position that they are looking to fill. There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes stories about the podcasting world. If you want to apply for the Ruby on Rails position at Midroll, email [email protected]. Links for this episode: @lexfri on Twitter Midroll - Podcast advertising network Turning This Car Around podcast Your Dai...
157: Lex Friedman is Hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer for the Midroll Podcast Ad Network
July 05, 2014 13:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBSean Devine talks to Lex Friedman, the EVP Sales and Development of Midroll, a large podcast ad sales network. Lex describes the full time Ruby on Rails programming position that they are looking to fill. There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes stories about the podcasting world. If you want to apply for the Ruby on Rails position at Midroll, email [email protected].
Episode 156: 156: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?" Book Launch Recap
June 28, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBEric Steele talks about releasing his new book, "What Do I Test?". Links for this episode: @genericsteele Dub Side of the Moon Pitchfork What Do I Test? Fuck you Jobu! I do it myself! Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
156: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?" Book Launch Recap
June 28, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBEric Steele talks about releasing his new book, "What Do I Test?".
Episode 155: 155: Nick Quaranto - rubygems.org, CoworkBuffalo, Nickel City Ruby, aqueousband.net
June 20, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBNick tells Sean about his rubygems fantasies, ranks his noteworthiness, clarifies the contents of concert balloons, and provides free parenting advice. Links for this episode: rubygems.org @qrush on Twitter CoworkBuffalo Nickel City Ruby Basecamp AqueousBand.net RUSH Phish Bourbon (and friends) Heroku Postgres Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY ...
155: Nick Quaranto - rubygems.org, CoworkBuffalo, Nickel City Ruby, aqueousband.net
June 20, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBNick tells Sean about his rubygems fantasies, ranks his noteworthiness, clarifies the contents of concert balloons, and provides free parenting advice.
Episode 154: 154: Greg Baugues - Twilio
June 12, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBSean Devine learns about Twilio from Greg Baugues. Links for this episode: @greggyb on Twitter twilio.com github.com/twilio/twilio-ruby github.com/ZestFinance/zestphone Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online ...
154: Greg Baugues - Twilio
June 12, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBSean Devine learns about Twilio from Greg Baugues.
153: Ben Hundley - elasticsearch & Qbox
June 05, 2014 18:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBSean Devine learns about elasticsearch from Ben Hundley of Qbox.
Episode 153: 153: Ben Hundley - elasticsearch & Qbox
June 05, 2014 18:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBSean Devine learns about elasticsearch from Ben Hundley of Qbox. Links for this episode: elasticsearch.org Qbox Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com ...
Episode 152: 152: Oren Dobzinski - Desk.com
May 29, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBSean Devine talks with Oren Dobzinski of Desk.com about service oriented architecture, elasticsearch, immutability, working remotely and much, much more. Links for this episode: The desk.com api @orend on Twitter Oren's blog - re-factor.com Blog post => Slow Tests are the Symptom Not the Cause Datomic elasticsearch Desk.com Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5rub...
152: Oren Dobzinski - Desk.com
May 29, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBSean Devine talks with Oren Dobzinski of Desk.com about service oriented architecture, elasticsearch, immutability, working remotely and much, much more.
151: Ross Penman - 15 yr old Scottish programmer
May 23, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBSean Devine talks with Ross Penman, a 15 year old programmer from Scotland, about what it's like to learn to program as a kid, opportunities to improve technical education, and the Scottish independence referendum.
Episode 151: 151: Ross Penman - 15 yr old Scottish programmer
May 23, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBSean Devine talks with Ross Penman, a 15 year old programmer from Scotland, about what it's like to learn to program as a kid, opportunities to improve technical education, and the Scottish independence referendum. Links for this episode: @PenmanRoss on Twitter penman on GitHub rosspenman.com On Computing Education - The Windows Movie Maker Problem Google Map of Scotland Scottish independence Wikipedia page Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create y...
150: Jamis Buck - Basil & Fabian (formerly of 37signals)
May 14, 2014 17:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBSean Devine talks with Jamis Buck about his new fantasy blog/book about algorithms - "Basil & Fabian" and his history with Rails and 37signals.
Episode 150: 150: Jamis Buck - Basil & Fabian (formerly of 37signals)
May 14, 2014 17:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBSean Devine talks with Jamis Buck about his new fantasy blog/book about algorithms - "Basil & Fabian" and his history with Rails and 37signals. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free for 7 days at lynda.com/rubyonrails. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. ...
149: Chad Fowler - Wunderlist
May 08, 2014 13:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBSean Devine talks with Chad Fowler about the early days of Ruby and Rails and the heterogeneous architecture of Wunderlist.
Episode 149: 149: Chad Fowler - Wunderlist
May 08, 2014 13:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBSean Devine talks with Chad Fowler about the early days of Ruby and Rails and the heterogeneous architecture of Wunderlist. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Sta...
148: Chad Pytel of thoughtbot discusses @dhh's RailsConf 2014 keynote (and more)
April 29, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 38.8 MBSean Devine and Chad Pytel discuss @dhh's controversial RailsConf 2014 keynote and the current state of thoughtbot.
Episode 148: 148: Chad Pytel of thoughtbot discusses @dhh's RailsConf 2014 keynote (and more)
April 29, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 38.8 MBSean Devine and Chad Pytel discuss @dhh's controversial RailsConf 2014 keynote and the current state of thoughtbot. Links for this episode: Justin.tv - Confreaks - Live Streaming - RailsConf 2014 Opening Keynote Part 1 Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket....
147: RailsConf 2014 Preview
April 21, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBSean Devine and Eric Steele preview RailsConf 2014.
Episode 147: 147: RailsConf 2014 Preview
April 21, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBSean Devine and Eric Steele preview RailsConf 2014. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Start with the free plan and setup only takes 3 minutes. Find The Codeship ...
Episode 146: 146: Horace Dediu of Asymco - Open Source Software
April 16, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBSean Devine has a conversation with Horace Dediu of Asymco about open source software. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code UNICORN at checkout. A better web starts with your website. workonrails.com - use code RELAUNCH to post your job for free
146: Horace Dediu of Asymco - Open Source Software
April 16, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBSean Devine has a conversation with Horace Dediu of Asymco about open source software.
Episode 145: 145: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?"
April 08, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBEric Steele - Rails contractor and author of the upcoming book "What Do I Test?" - talks about growing up in rural Pennsylvania, his programming history, and his new book about learning to test. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code UNICORN at checkout. A better web starts with your website. workonrails.com - use code REL...
145: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?"
April 08, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBEric Steele - Rails contractor and author of the upcoming book "What Do I Test?" - talks about growing up in rural Pennsylvania, his programming history, and his new book about learning to test.
144: Mike Perham - Sidekiq & Sidekiq Pro
April 05, 2014 22:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBMike Perham - creator of Sidekiq and Sidekiq Pro - talks about the history of Sidekiq, the brand new 3.0 release, the Sidekiq Pro commercial add on, money in open source, and related topics.