The Ruby on Rails Podcast
884 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 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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Episode 367: Inclusivity and Partner Support with Tay DeHerrera
April 28, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBTay DeHerrera is a Backend Software Engineer at TextUs. Tay and Brittany discuss getting involved in other initiatives at work and the importance of supporting (and sometimes humoring) a significant other who also writes software. Links for this episode: Turing School Of Software And Design TextUs WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) on Twitter tayjames (Tay James) · GitHub Tay DeHerrera on LinkedIn Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought t...
368: Inclusivity and Partner Support with Tay DeHerrera
April 28, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBTay DeHerrera is a Backend Software Engineer at TextUs. Tay and Brittany discuss getting involved in other initiatives at work and the importance of supporting (and sometimes humoring) a significant other who also writes software.
367: Zapped with Purpose with Amy Nadboralski (Powder)
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBAmy Nadboralski (aka Powder) is a (trans) woman that enjoys programming, video games, and tinkering with electronics. She is currently working primarily with the Ruby programming language as a principal software engineer at Vibes; a mobile engagement platform that helps companies create meaningful connections with their customers.
Episode 366: Zapped with Purpose with Amy Nadboralski (Powder)
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBAmy Nadboralski (aka Powder) is a (trans) woman that enjoys programming, video games, and tinkering with electronics. She is currently working primarily with the Ruby programming language as a principal software engineer at Vibes; a mobile engagement platform that helps companies create meaningful connections with their customers. Links for this episode: Daiane Souza on LinkedIn Email Daiane Souza at [email protected] Daiane Souza on Github (@daiaventureira) Mobile Engagement Pl...
Episode 365: I Believe in the Rails Magic with Brittany & Nick
April 14, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBNick Schwaderer co-hosts with Brittany this week. They discuss Nick's new job at Shopify (!), the interview process and working with the Ruby/Rails core team. They wrap with Nick's promise to discuss Stimulus but that quickly evolves to Hotwire. Links for this episode: Careers and Jobs at Shopify How to use Hotwire in Rails (Example) | GoRails Schwad4HD14 (@Schwad4HD14) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music by Kevin MacLeod Randy Steele's LinkedIn ...
366: I Believe in the Rails Magic with Brittany & Nick
April 14, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBNick Schwaderer co-hosts with Brittany this week. They discuss Nick's new job at Shopify (!), the interview process and working with the Ruby/Rails core team. They wrap with Nick's promise to discuss Stimulus but that quickly evolves to Hotwire.
Episode 364: A Founder That Can Code with Sean Devine
April 07, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBSean Devine, CEO of XBE and former host of this show is back to discuss the success of XBE in the past year, the use of Ember at XBE and how if you're a founder that can code, you've already raised your seed round. Links for this episode: XBE Sean Devine on Twitter (@barelyknown) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure s...
365: A Founder That Can Code with Sean Devine
April 07, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBSean Devine, CEO of XBE and former host of this show is back to discuss the success of XBE in the past year, the use of Ember at XBE and how if you're a founder that can code, you've already raised your seed round.
Episode 363: Boring Rails & Creating Ruby Content with Matt Swanson
March 31, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMatt Swanson leads teams and builds products for customers at SEP, a software product design and development agency based in Indianapolis. He runs the blog Boring Rails. Brittany and he chat about producing Ruby content and Matt answers questions from listeners about his approach. Links for this episode: Ruby Weekly Boring Rails: Skip the bullshit and ship fast Boring Rails | Feature Flags: The stupid simple way to de-stress production releases matt swanson (@_swanson) | Twitter Episod...
364: Boring Rails & Creating Ruby Content with Matt Swanson
March 31, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMatt Swanson leads teams and builds products for customers at SEP, a software product design and development agency based in Indianapolis. He runs the blog Boring Rails. Brittany and he chat about producing Ruby content and Matt answers questions from listeners about his approach.
Episode 362: ActiveModel::Errors with Mark Chao
March 24, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBMark Chao, or more well known as lulalala, is a happy rubyist from Taiwan. He works at GitLab, and likes to contribute to open source projects. He likes anime and has a hobby to self publish reviews into books/ebooks using Ruby libraries, git and InDesign. He and Brittany discuss ActiveModel::Errors. Links for this episode: ActiveModel::Errors - Ruby on Rails API rails / rails Pull Request: Model error as object lulalala / adequate_errors Rails 6.1's ActiveModel Errors Revamp | All talk...
363: ActiveModel::Errors with Mark Chao
March 24, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBMark Chao, or more well known as lulalala, is a happy rubyist from Taiwan. He works at GitLab, and likes to contribute to open source projects. He likes anime and has a hobby to self publish reviews into books/ebooks using Ruby libraries, git and InDesign. He and Brittany discuss ActiveModel::Errors.
Episode 361: Ruby Garbage Collection and WNB.rb with Jemma Issroff
March 17, 2021 12:30 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJemma Issroff is currently writing a book about managed garbage collection, with a focus on Ruby. She is passionate about making the tech industry a more inclusive space through teaching, mentoring, and community building. An avid Ruby blogger, she also writes the “Tip of the Week” for Ruby Weekly. Jemma has worked extensively as a backend and infrastructure software developer optimizing memory usage and performance in Ruby and Rails apps. Links for this episode: Jemma Issroff's Personal S...
362: Ruby Garbage Collection and WNB.rb with Jemma Issroff
March 17, 2021 12:30 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJemma Issroff is currently writing a book about managed garbage collection, with a focus on Ruby. She is passionate about making the tech industry a more inclusive space through teaching, mentoring, and community building. An avid Ruby blogger, she also writes the “Tip of the Week” for Ruby Weekly. Jemma has worked extensively as a backend and infrastructure software developer optimizing memory usage and performance in Ruby and Rails apps.
Episode 360: Alacrity for Rails and Hiring with Jack Collier
March 10, 2021 13:30 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBA force of positivity, Jack Collier is the co-founder and CTO of Atlantis Technology. Jack has been developing software for more than 20 years, and an enthusiastic Rails developer since 2005. He's worked on more than 75 different Rails projects of all shapes and sizes. Links for this episode: Atlantis Technology Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby Code School: Rails for Zombies | Pluralsight Jack Collier on Twitter (@imnotquitejack) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episod...
361: Alacrity for Rails and Hiring with Jack Collier
March 10, 2021 13:30 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBA force of positivity, Jack Collier is the co-founder and CTO of Atlantis Technology. Jack has been developing software for more than 20 years, and an enthusiastic Rails developer since 2005. He's worked on more than 75 different Rails projects of all shapes and sizes.
Episode 359: Diffend, Security and Running with Ruby with Maciej Mensfeld
March 03, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMaciej Mensfeld is a Software Architect with experience in a wide variety of business applications built using multiple Ruby frameworks. He is particularly interested in code quality assurance and OSS supply chain security. He is an active OSS contributor and maintainer of various projects including Karafka and Diffend. Links for this episode: Castle.io - Castle - Security Automation karafka/karafka: Framework for Apache Kafka Diffend Running with Ruby How requiring a gem can mess up ...
360: Diffend, Security and Running with Ruby with Maciej Mensfeld
March 03, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMaciej Mensfeld is a Software Architect with experience in a wide variety of business applications built using multiple Ruby frameworks. He is particularly interested in code quality assurance and OSS supply chain security. He is an active OSS contributor and maintainer of various projects including Karafka and Diffend.
Episode 358: Sales for Software Developers with Evie Zawada
February 24, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBWe’re continuing our Developer Life Series. Brittany tapped her good friend, Evie Zawada, to guest on the podcast to discuss sales tactics, identifying personas and how important it is to listen. She offers advice for developers who might find themselves selling a product or themselves for a job. Links for this episode: Evie Zawada on LinkedIn Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try to...
359: Sales for Software Developers with Evie Zawada
February 24, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBWe’re continuing our Developer Life Series. Brittany tapped her good friend, Evie Zawada, to guest on the podcast to discuss sales tactics, identifying personas and how important it is to listen. She offers advice for developers who might find themselves selling a product or themselves for a job.
Episode 357: CSS is a Cat with Utah Newman
February 17, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBUtah Newman is a self taught Front end engineer with a passion for accessibility at Brightwheel. She and Brittany discuss the origin story behind her cat, border-radius: 50%, how important help is and how to navigate ADHD as a developer. Links for this episode: Careers - brightwheel Utah Kate Newman (@TheUtahKate) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try today with a free 14-...
358: CSS is a Cat with Utah Newman
February 17, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBUtah Newman is a self taught Front end engineer with a passion for accessibility at Brightwheel. She and Brittany discuss the origin story behind her cat, border-radius: 50%, how important help is and how to navigate ADHD as a developer.
Episode 356: Fireside Chat on the State of Hiring with Brian Mariani
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBBrian Mariani is the founder of Mirror Placement, a Ruby on Rails focused recruiting firm. He is back on the podcast to discuss the current boom in hiring, remote working, rusty decision making and the drive to love whom you are working with. Links for this episode: Contact Mirror Placement (and Brian!) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experie...
357: Fireside Chat on the State of Hiring with Brian Mariani
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBBrian Mariani is the founder of Mirror Placement, a Ruby on Rails focused recruiting firm. He is back on the podcast to discuss the current boom in hiring, remote working, rusty decision making and the drive to love whom you are working with.
356: Asynchronous Adaptability with JF Lalonde
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBA graduate of the Turing School, JF Lalonde is a senior software engineer at TextUs. JF is passionate about writing clean, well-tested and well-documented code, mentoring others and maximizing productivity with asynchronicity.
Episode 355: Asynchronous Adaptability with JF Lalonde
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBA graduate of the Turing School, JF Lalonde is a senior software engineer at TextUs. JF is passionate about writing clean, well-tested and well-documented code, mentoring others and maximizing productivity with asynchronicity. Links for this episode: HTML & JavaScript for Visual Learners Turing School TextUs Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way Deep Work by Cal Newport JF's Personal Site JF-Lalonde (JF Lalonde) · GitHub Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer...
355: Authentic Developer with Dan Moore
January 27, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBDan Moore currently leads developer advocacy at FusionAuth, a company focused on authentication and authorization for developers. A first-time author, Dan also created a blog-turned-book dubbed "Letters for a New Developer".
Episode 354: Authentic Developer with Dan Moore
January 27, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBDan Moore currently leads developer advocacy at FusionAuth, a company focused on authentication and authorization for developers. A first-time author, Dan also created a blog-turned-book dubbed "Letters for a New Developer". Links for this episode: FusionAuth: Authentication and Authorization built for devs Letters to a New Developer Letters To a New Developer: The Book Boulder Ruby Group (Boulder, CO) | Meetup Dan Moore (@mooreds) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael S...
354: Rails Committer Heavy Hitter with Rafael França
January 20, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBRafael França is a Principal Engineer at Shopify. He has been a member of the Rails Core team since 2012 and is the contributor with the most commits to the framework. He and Brittany discuss his confident release of Rails 6.1 and some hints for Rails 7.
Episode 353: Rails Committer Heavy Hitter with Rafael França
January 20, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBRafael França is a Principal Engineer at Shopify. He has been a member of the Rails Core team since 2012 and is the contributor with the most commits to the framework. He and Brittany discuss his confident release of Rails 6.1 and some hints for Rails 7. Links for this episode: Plataformatec Simple Form: Forms made easy for Rails Rails Core Team Rails 6.1 Release Notes Hotwire rafaelfranca (Rafael França) · GitHub Rafael França (@rafaelfranca) · Twitter Episode Introduction and Out...
353: Hanami 2.0 with Tim Riley
January 13, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTim Riley is a long-time Rubyist and is a core team member of the Hanami, dry-rb, and rom-rb open source projects. He guested on the show to discuss the eagerly anticipated Hanami 2.0 release, how dry-rb, rom-rb and Hanami partnered and how slices and containers work with one another.
Episode 352: Hanami 2.0 with Tim Riley
January 13, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTim Riley is a long-time Rubyist and is a core team member of the Hanami, dry-rb, and rom-rb open source projects. He guested on the show to discuss the eagerly anticipated Hanami 2.0 release, how dry-rb, rom-rb and Hanami partnered and how slices and containers work with one another. Links for this episode: Hanami hanami/hanami: The web, with simplicity. - GitHub Hanami 2.0 - Trello Hanami Forum Tim's Open Source Status Updates Tim Riley (@timriley) | Twitter Episode Introduction an...
352: Haml Sparks Joy with Hampton Lintorn Catlin
January 06, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBHampton Lintorn Catlin is the creator of Sass, Haml, Wikipedia Mobile, and more. Hampton is Co-Founder and CEO of Veue, a live streaming video platform. If you love Haml, this episode is for you.
Episode 351: Haml Sparks Joy with Hampton Lintorn Catlin
January 06, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBHampton Lintorn Catlin is the creator of Sass, Haml, Wikipedia Mobile, and more. Hampton is Co-Founder and CEO of Veue, a live streaming video platform. If you love Haml, this episode is for you. Links for this episode: Hampton Catlin | Wikipedia Sass: Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets Veue Live Streaming Haml's Main Site haml / haml on Github haml | A Surprise Visit Natalie Weizenbaum | Github (@nex3) Hampton Catlin (@HamptonMakes) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Mich...
351: Educating on Speed from the CLI with Nate Berkopec
December 30, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBNate Berkopec is the author of the Complete Guide to Rails Performance, the creator of the Rails Performance Workshop, and the maintainer of Puma. He and Brittany discuss his unique take on his workshop and his experiences maintaining Puma.
Episode 350: Educating on Speed from the CLI with Nate Berkopec
December 30, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBNate Berkopec is the author of the Complete Guide to Rails Performance, the creator of the Rails Performance Workshop, and the maintainer of Puma. He and Brittany discuss his unique take on his workshop and his experiences maintaining Puma. Links for this episode: Speedshop - the Ruby on Rails peformance company The Complete Guide to Rails Performance The Rails Performance Workshop 5by5 Ruby on Rails Podcast #260: Rails Performance with Nate Berkopec puma/puma: A Ruby/Rack web server b...
350: A Diverse Array of New Voices with Starr Horne
December 23, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBStarr Horne is co-founder and one of the original developers of Honeybadger - an exception monitoring service with deep ties in the ruby community. Recently she has worked to bring a diverse array of new voices to Honeybadger's blog. She offers insightful advice on producing great content for developers.
Episode 349: A Diverse Array of New Voices with Starr Horne
December 23, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBStarr Horne is co-founder and one of the original developers of Honeybadger - an exception monitoring service with deep ties in the ruby community. Recently she has worked to bring a diverse array of new voices to Honeybadger's blog. She offers insightful advice on producing great content for developers. Links for this episode: Honeybadger | Exception and Uptime Monitoring for Application Developers The Honeybadger Developer Blog Write For Us | Honeybadger Developer Blog Opening The Rub...
349: From Air Traffic Controller to Tech Lead with John Cech
December 16, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBBased in Portland, Oregon, John Cech is a Senior Ruby Developer working at Planet Argon. John works on a wide-range of client projects as a Tech Lead and provides mentorship to interns and junior developers having started out there as a junior, himself.
Episode 348: 349: From Air Traffic Controller to Tech Lead with John Cech
December 16, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBBased in Portland, Oregon, John Cech is a Senior Ruby Developer working at Planet Argon. John works on a wide-range of client projects as a Tech Lead and provides mentorship to interns and junior developers having started out there as a junior, himself. Links for this episode: Planet Argon: Software Development with Ruby on Rails Internship - Planet Argon Email John @ [email protected] Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer B...
348: Chef Acquired and Leading from the Front (Brittany & Nick)
December 09, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBNicholas Schwaderer joined Brittany to discuss Chef's acquisition and how Brittany has been newly leading the Frontend team at TextUs. They wrap up with a recap of the Ryan Bates/Digital Ocean saga and a mystery topic.
Episode 347: 348: Chef Acquired and Leading from the Front (Brittany & Nick)
December 09, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBNicholas Schwaderer joined Brittany to discuss Chef's acquisition and how Brittany has been newly leading the Frontend team at TextUs. They wrap up with a recap of the Ryan Bates/Digital Ocean saga and a mystery topic. Links for this episode: Progress Announces Acquisition of Chef | Progress Software Hacker News | Ryan Bates & Digital Ocean Digital Ocean Makes Amends | Stimulus Reflex Donation Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springe...
347: The Southwest Airlines of File Uploading with Colleen Schnettler
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBColleen Schnettler is an independent Ruby on Rails developer and consultant. She just launched her first product, Simple File Upload, and was eager to answer all of Brittany's questions about it and her experience with Active Storage.
Episode 346: 347: The Southwest Airlines of File Uploading with Colleen Schnettler
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBColleen Schnettler is an independent Ruby on Rails developer and consultant. She just launched her first product, Simple File Upload, and was eager to answer all of Brittany's questions about it and her experience with Active Storage. Links for this episode: Simple File Upload Backblaze RailsConf 2019 - How to migrate to Active Storage without losing your mind by Colleen Schnettler Colleen Schnettler (@leenyburger) | Twitter Software Social Podcast Episode Introduction and Outro by Mi...
346: Elixir and Phoenix with Jesse Herrick
November 25, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBJesse Herrick is a software engineer based in Columbus, Ohio at Little Lines, a RoR development company. Jesse often works in Rails for work, but his main software passion is Elixir and Phoenix. He dazzles Brittany with how great Phoenix LiveView is.
Episode 345: 346: Elixir and Phoenix with Jesse Herrick
November 25, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBJesse Herrick is a software engineer based in Columbus, Ohio at Little Lines, a RoR development company. Jesse often works in Rails for work, but his main software passion is Elixir and Phoenix. He dazzles Brittany with how great Phoenix LiveView is. Links for this episode: Littlelines: Ruby on Rails Development Company Phoenix Framework phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view - GitHub JesseHerrick (Jesse Herrick) · GitHub Jesse's Site Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Ep...
345: Packwerk with Maple Ong
November 18, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBMaple Ong is a health researcher turned software developer. She currently works on the Modular Monolith team at Shopify. Maple helped develop and open source Packwerk, a Ruby gem to enforce modularity in Rails applications.
Episode 344: 345: Packwerk with Maple Ong
November 18, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBMaple Ong is a health researcher turned software developer. She currently works on the Modular Monolith team at Shopify. Maple helped develop and open source Packwerk, a Ruby gem to enforce modularity in Rails applications. Links for this episode: Shopify/packwerk: Good things come in small packages - GitHub fxn/zeitwerk: Efficient and thread-safe code loader for Ruby - GitHub Maple Ong - Software Developer - Shopify | LinkedIn mpj (@OngMaple) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro b...
344: Strategic Programs & Arctic Code Vault @ Github with Kyle Daigle
November 11, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBFormer host of the podcast, Kyle Daigle is a Senior Director of Strategic Programs at GitHub working on cross company projects to help GitHubbers and the developer community accomplish the best work of their life with GitHub. He and Brittany catchup and discuss the incredible Arctic Code Vault.
Episode 343: 344: Strategic Programs & Arctic Code Vault @ Github with Kyle Daigle
November 11, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBFormer host of the podcast, Kyle Daigle is a Senior Director of Strategic Programs at GitHub working on cross company projects to help GitHubbers and the developer community accomplish the best work of their life with GitHub. He and Brittany catchup and discuss the incredible Arctic Code Vault. Links for this episode: Dependabot Semmle - Code Analysis Platform for Securing Software GitHub Archive Program - Arctic Code Vault Software Heritage Wayback Machine - Internet Archive Github U...