Episode 007: Software, Open Source, and Rails with Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (http://www.twitter.com/tech_done_right) or leave us a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341)! Notes How does the Rails core team work? How are new features planned and implemented? How can I contribute? What should I do if I find a security issue in Rails? Our guest is the newest Rails core team member Eileen Uchitelle (@eileencodes) joins Table Xi senior developer Andrew Horner and host Noel Rappin (@noelrap) to discuss Rails, the new testing features in Rails 5.1, and the Rails Core Team. Guests Eileen Uchitelle (https://twitter.com/eileencodes): Senior Systems Engineer at GitHub on the Platform Systems Team; Member of The Rails Core Team (http://rubyonrails.org/community/) and the Rails Security Team Andrew Horner: Senior Developer at TableXI (http://www.tablexi.com/) Summary 01:12 - Eileen: Getting Started as a Developer and Getting Involved with The Rails Core Team - CRUD! What to do When Active Record, MySQL, and Your Data Betray You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOpVcqiAIiI) 03:29 - How Rails Governs Itself Internally 05:52 - The Role of the Release Manager 07:32 - Feature Discussions and Prioritization 08:46 - Requesting Features and Raising Issues as a Non-core Team Member - HackerOne (https://www.hackerone.com/) 17:52 - Backporting 21:44 - System Testing 27:13 - Potential Future Features in 5.1 - Security is Broken: Understanding Common Vulnerabilties (https://speakerdeck.com/eileencodes/security-is-broken-understanding-common-vulnerabilties) 32:12 - User Expectations - RailsConf 2017: Building Rails ActionDispatch::SystemTestCase Framework (https://railsconf.com/program#session-87) 36:12 - Getting Involved in Rails - RailsConf 2015 - Breaking Down the Barrier: Demystifying Contributing to Rails (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zoD6NZy6vY) - Aaron Patterson: I am a puts debugger (https://tenderlovemaking.com/2016/02/05/i-am-a-puts-debuggerer.html) Special Guests: Andrew Horner and Eileen M. Uchitelle .