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In this solo episode, I sit down to unpack my thoughts on DHH’s RailsWorld keynote and what it means for those of us building modern Rails apps. There’s a lot to love about Rails right now — from the push toward simplicity and reducing needless complexity to powerful new features landing in Rails 8.1 like Markdown rendering, offline mode, structured events, push notifications, and more. I also dive into some of the deployment and infrastructure ideas DHH shared, including Kamal, Omarchi, and the “broad toolchain” philosophy that’s shaping the future of Rails.

I also share my own experiences with deploying Rails apps using Kamal, my thoughts on the microservices vs. monolith debate, and why I’m seriously considering running more of my own infrastructure at home. Plus, I dig into some new projects I’m launching, including podcasts, video series, and SaaS work built using Rails 8.1’s latest capabilities.

🔗 Links & Resources* Kamal – https://kamal-deploy.org * Hotwire / Turbo Native – https://hotwired.dev

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In this solo episode, I open up about what’s been going on behind the scenes with Ruby Rogues and why you’ve been hearing more solo shows from me lately. Between new full-time work, family life, and shifting schedules among the panelists, it’s been a wild stretch — but I’m committed to keeping the show coming to you every week. From there, I dive into something that’s been on my mind for a while now: the health of the Ruby community and what Minaswan really means in 2024.

I reflect on the growing cultural and political tensions I’ve seen spill into technical spaces and why I believe our community is stronger when we focus on behavior, kindness, and collaboration rather than labels and ideological litmus tests. I talk about how we can disagree without dividing, maintain safe and welcoming spaces without gatekeeping based on worldview, and get back to what brought us all here in the first place: a shared love of Ruby, learning, and helping each other grow.

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In this solo episode of Ruby Rogues, I’m unpacking one of the biggest stories in the Ruby world right now: the tension between Ruby Central and core RubyGems contributors. I share what I’ve learned from talking to people across the community and why this issue is more complex than it looks on social media. From the origins of Bundler and Ruby Together to the recent creation of gem.coop, I trace how we got here—and why both sides have valid points but also made serious missteps.

I also open up about what this means for the Ruby ecosystem going forward, why transparency and trust matter more than ever, and how we as a community can respond productively. Toward the end, I lighten things up with some picks, including a clever deduction card game and a heartfelt call for more understanding in our world—both in code and beyond.

🔗 Links & Resources* Ruby Central * gem.coop – the new RubyGems mirror/community alternative * Top End Devs – get involved or create your own dev content * Email Chuck: chuck@topendevs.com if you’re interested in co-hosting or authoring a series

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, I sit down with Mike McQuaid, lead maintainer of Homebrew, to talk all about building and distributing CLIs. We dig into the practical steps for turning small scripts into reliable command-line tools, why Ruby is a great starting point, and when you might want to reach for Go or Rust instead.

We also explore the challenges of distributing CLIs across macOS, Linux, and Windows, why Homebrew remains one of the easiest ways to ship software, and the importance of testing CLIs from the outside in. Plus, Mike and I discuss how AI is transforming the developer workflow—from Copilot PR reviews to agent-based coding—and what that means for both seniors and juniors in today’s industry.

Links & Resources* Mike McQuaid’s Website – Mike’s talks, articles, and contact info. * Homebrew – The missing package manager for macOS (and Linux). * Bundler Inline – Running dependencies inside a Ruby script. * Hyperfine – CLI benchmarking tool. * Cursor – AI-powered code editor. * GitHub Copilot – AI pair programmer.

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Hey everyone, Charles Max Wood here! It’s great to be back behind the mic with Ayush Nawatia for another episode of Ruby Rogues. This time, we’re diving into the fascinating world of Ruby community resources with two amazing guests: Adrien Poly and Marco Roth. They’re the creators behind RubyEvents.org, an ambitious project that’s aiming to centralize and modernize access to Ruby-related videos, conferences, meetups, and more.

In this episode, we explore the vision and evolution of RubyEvents.org—originally RubyVideo.dev—and how it’s grown into a hub for the Ruby community. We discuss the technical stack (think SQLite, Tailwind, Vite, and Hotwire), how they’re leveraging LLMs to auto-tag thousands of conference talks, and what’s on the roadmap next. Whether you're a conference organizer, speaker, or just a Ruby fan, this one’s packed with insight and inspiration.

Links & Resources* RubyEvents.org – Discover and explore Ruby conferences, talks, and speakers * Ruby Video GitHub Repo – Open source code for web and mobile apps * StimulusUse – StimulusJS utility library created by the guests * Hotwire DevTools – Browser extension for debugging Hotwire apps * HYROX Fitness Race – Hybrid CrossFit endurance competition mentioned by Adrian * Camel Up Board Game – Charles’ board game pick * The Overview by Steven Wilson – Ayush’s music pick * Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind – Fantasy book series * Catalyst (Web Components framework) – GitHub’s lightweight JS framework

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In this episode, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Carmine Paolino — an AI innovator, Ruby enthusiast, and all-around tech wizard. From his early days automating PC games at age five to building cutting-edge AI tools in Berlin, Carmine’s journey is as inspiring as it is impressive.

We dove deep into his latest creation: RubyLLM, a Ruby gem that simplifies working with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini. Think of it as an intuitive, plug-and-play toolkit that lets Ruby developers tap into powerful AI features — chat, image generation, embedding, tools, and even multi-model support — with just a few lines of code. And yes, it’s as awesome as it sounds.

Key Takeaways:* RubyLLM is built for simplicity and power. Carmine wanted a tool that “just works” — one unified interface for chatting, streaming, tool use, image generation, and more. It abstracts away the API mess and keeps things Ruby-friendly. * Tooling support is next-level. RubyLLM allows for agentic AI by letting devs define tools (like checking the weather or sending a calendar invite). The gem handles when and how to use them — magic! * Support for multiple models and providers. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google — RubyLLM makes it easy to switch between them seamlessly, even mid-conversation. Carmine also teased a future integration with a smarter model registry via an AI-powered API called Parsera. * Streaming and performance? Covered. Carmine shares clever architecture tricks using Turbo Streams and async Ruby for blazing-fast, lightweight responses — even when handling many concurrent users. * Real-world use case: ChatWithWork. Carmine’s app lets users “chat” with their docs from Google Drive, Notion, and Slack. RubyLLM is the backbone, and it’s got real startup traction. (Oh, and he DJed the night it went viral on Hacker News.) * Embeddings and image generation are just as easy. Need vector search or auto-generated podcast art? Just call .embed or .paint — seriously, that’s it.

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Hey folks, in this week’s episode, I sat down with the incredible Ridhwana Khan — a South African technical writer for the Rails Foundation and lead engineer at Circle. We had a fantastic chat about all things Ruby on Rails, but especially the underappreciated art (and science!) of writing documentation.

Ridhwana took us behind the scenes of the official Rails Guides — how they’re updated, expanded, and reviewed — and gave us a real sense of the thoughtful, collaborative work that powers one of the best-documented frameworks out there. She also shared her personal journey: from freelancing into Rails doc writing, to her passion for building inclusive communities like Rails Girls South Africa and Black Girls Code.

Some standout takeaways:
* Metaprogramming = Superpower: We talked about the "magic" in Rails internals — especially metaprogramming — and how understanding it can make you a better developer. Ridwana gave a real-world use case from her time at Dev.to where metaprogramming enabled highly flexible custom profile fields. Elegant and practical! * Docs as a Gateway to Contribution: Whether you're new or experienced, contributing to Rails docs is a great way to get involved. Ridwana encouraged folks to read the source code, dig into tests, and not be afraid to open a PR — even if it's small. * Working on Circle: Ridwana’s team focuses on Circle's marketing and email hub features — think broadcasts, workflows, and analytics. She's leading the team (and hiring!), and we geeked out over async work, remote culture, and what makes for a great engineering org. * Life in Cape Town: From houseplants to penguins, we veered off into Ridwana’s love of nature, her Arduino hobby projects, and even how Shark Week got us thinking about visiting South Africa someday.

This episode was equal parts inspiring and insightful — especially if you’ve ever looked at the Rails codebase and thought, “how the heck does this work?” Ridwana makes it feel accessible, and she’s proof that curiosity and community-building go a long way in tech.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Charles Max Wood and Ayush Nwatia welcome back guest Stephen Margheim to dive deeper into the evolving world of SQLite. Stephen explains that with Rails 8, SQLite has reached a major milestone: it now supports a fully production-ready, server-driven web application experience with no compromises. He walks us through the big improvements, like better transaction handling and SQLite’s integration with Rails, which now supports background jobs, caching, and WebSocket messaging—all powered by SQLite without additional configuration. These enhancements mean that deploying a Rails app backed entirely by SQLite is not only possible—it’s efficient, stable, and simple.

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In this episode, we dove into a topic that’s been on our minds — how to navigate change with purpose instead of fear. Whether it's personal transformation, career pivots, or unexpected life shifts, we talked about what it takes to stay grounded and aligned during times of transition.

We opened up about our own experiences with change — the messy middle, the doubts, the resistance — and how we’ve learned to see it as a creative force rather than something to avoid. A big takeaway? Growth doesn’t always look graceful, but it’s often where the magic happens.

One of the key points we emphasized was the importance of self-trust. It’s easy to look outside ourselves for permission or validation, but true clarity comes from tuning inward. We shared tools that have helped us build that inner compass, like journaling, setting intentional pauses, and letting go of perfectionism.

We also touched on how community plays a huge role in transformation. Change can feel isolating, but when we open up and connect with others who’ve walked similar paths, it reminds us we’re not alone.

Key Takeaways:* Change is a creative process, not just a disruption. * Self-trust is your greatest guide through uncertainty. * It’s okay to not have all the answers right away — clarity often follows action. * Community and vulnerability are antidotes to isolation during transformation. * Letting go of control creates space for something better to emerge.

We wrapped up with a little reminder: whatever shift you’re in right now, you’re not behind — you’re becoming.

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In this episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast, we dive deep into the world of Hotwire Native with our special guest, Joe Masilotti. Hosted by Charles Max Wood, along with panelist Ayush Nwatiya, we explore the evolution from Turbo Native to Hotwire Native and the exciting new features and improvements that come with this transition. Joe shares insights from his journey of writing "The Rails and Hotwire Codex" and collaborates with Pragmatic Bookshelf to make the integration of web and mobile technologies more seamless for Ruby on Rails developers. Whether you're considering mobile applications for your Rails projects or pondering the benefits of working with a publisher versus self-publishing, this episode is packed with valuable advice and motivation. Tune in to learn about the intricacies of launching mobile apps with Hotwire Native and gain behind-the-scenes knowledge from Joe's experience as an author and developer in this ever-evolving tech landscape. Don't miss out on this compelling discussion that bridges the gap between Rails and mobile app development!

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In this episode of Top End Devs, we dive deep into the realm of security within the Rails ecosystem with our guest, Greg Molnar. Known for his expertise in this field, Greg joins our panelists Valentino Stoll and host Charles Max Wood to unravel the intricacies of security measures and updates in Rails 8 and 7.2. From exploring built-in features like rate limiting, authentication generators, and parameter filtering to discussing the importance of tools like dependabot and Brakeman, this episode offers a comprehensive look at how developers can maintain high-security standards in their Ruby on Rails applications. We also touch on practical strategies for handling authentication, authorization, and the evolving nature of security challenges developers face today. Whether you're a Rails veteran or new to web development, tune in to gain valuable insights into creating secure applications with ease.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Top End Devs podcast! Today, we have an exciting lineup featuring our host Charles Max Wood and special guests Robbie Russell from Planet Argon, along with panelists Ayush Nawatia and Valentino Stoll. This episode dives deep into the insights from the latest Ruby community survey conducted by Robbie Russell. We explore topics such as the rise of Stimulus JS in the Rails community, trends in deployment practices, popular tools and services in the software ecosystem, and the everlasting debate between monoliths and microservices. Robbie also shares the fascinating history and evolution of his widely-used open source project, Oh My Z Shell, and gives us a glimpse into his work with Planet Argon. Stay tuned as we uncover intriguing details and valuable insights from the world of Ruby and Rails development!

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In this episode of Top End Devs, host David Camira is joined by panelists Luke Stutters and John Epperson, along with special guest Jesse Spivak, a senior engineer at Ibotta. Jesse shares his experiences and insights from a challenging project at Ibotta, where he navigated through four critical mistakes. These included choosing the wrong technology, siloing work, falling into premature optimization, and making too many changes at once. Jesse explains how these mistakes jeopardized the project but ultimately led to valuable learning experiences. The conversation also touches on the importance of discussing and learning from mistakes openly, the complexities of transitioning to new technologies, and the significance of making systematic, verified changes. Additionally, they delve into the evolving landscape of developer interviews, aiming to create a more inclusive and positive experience. Join us as we explore the trials, lessons, and growth that come from navigating the highs and lows of software development.

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Ivan Nemytchenko is a freelancer. He's a speaker and conference organizer. Ivan spoke at RailsConf about abstract object-oriented programming ideas and how they can be expressed with pictures. The discussion goes into learning processes and how to create visual representations that help people understand Ruby, Rails, or other concepts.

Links
* Chernoff Faces * dmikhr/DudeGL - "Anthropomorphic UML": visualization of code and OOP concepts in a form of human body. * dmikhr/Dudity - Analyze Rails code with stick dudes * dmikhr/DudesHub - Visualize code diffs in GitHub

Picks
* Dave - Drifting Ruby - Discount Code - learnfromhome * Dave - troessner/reek: Code smell detector for Ruby * Dave - Kubernetes * John - Pushups and Situps at home instead of working out * John - Get a new Weed Whacker head * Luke - Linode * Ivan - Follow Ivan on Twitter > @inem, Github, Website * Ivan - Visual Studio Code Remote Development

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Kyle d'Oliveira (Clio) shares his survival tips for dealing with tens of thousands of commits, massive migrations and the very limits of databases. We discuss the lessons learned from Rails megaprojects and how to use these tips in your own projects to reduce technical debt and tools to keep your monolith majestic when the code won't stop coming.

Links
* GitHub's Online Schema Migrations for MySQL * Gh-ost benchmark against pt-online-schema-change performance

Picks
* Matt - Danger JS * Luke - From jQuery to ES6 | Drifting Ruby * Dave - Titan Security Key * Dave - Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi

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In this episode, Charles and Valentino dive into the complexities of software design decisions with the esteemed guest, Uncle Bob Martin. They explore the pivotal question: How do you evaluate frameworks and dependencies in your projects? Uncle Bob shares his seasoned perspective on choosing frameworks based on an application's long-term goals and complexity, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful decision-making over defaulting to popular solutions. Together, they delve into the nuances of evaluating framework capabilities, testing with small demo applications, and considering AI's potential in refining design decisions.
You'll hear gripping anecdotes from Uncle Bob's vast experience, including his work on a browser for a social network and valuable lessons from his commitment to frameworks like Swing. Valentino adds real-world insights from his encounters with framework-induced slowdowns in complex financial applications. We also touch on historical programming practices, the importance of thoughtful abstractions, and the critical role of experienced team members in guiding projects.
Stay tuned for fascinating discussions on managing dependencies, simplifying core problems, and balancing framework used to ensure flexibility and maintain development speed. Plus, don't miss the exciting announcements, including Uncle Bob's upcoming books and special discount offers from Charles Max Wood. Join them as they unravel the intricacies of software design decisions and share tools and strategies for modern developers!

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Different doesn’t need to be worse. Dmitry Tsepelev tells us how to make the most of using GraphQL with Rails, the advantages over REST-based API queries and best practices for security and schemas.

Links
* https://github.com/anycable/anycable * https://graphql-ruby.org/ * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/persisted-queries-in-graphql-slim-down-apollo-requests-to-your-ruby-application * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-1-from-zero-to-the-first-query * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-2-updating-the-data * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-3-on-the-way-to-perfectionGraphql-ruby benchmark * https://gist.github.com/DmitryTsepelev/36e290cf64b4ec0b18294d0a57fb26ff * Saint P Rubyconf 2019 * https://github.com/DmitryTsepelev/ar_lazy_preload * https://github.com/DmitryTsepelev/graphql-ruby-persisted_queries

Picks
* Luke - https://blog.phusion.nl/2018/11/28/stopping-slow-client-dos-attacks-with-puma-on-passenger-6/ * Charles - The Black Prism * John - https://www.stickermule.com/ * Dave - StarTech.com Under Desk CPU Mount – Adjustable – Heavy-Duty Computer Tower Mount – 360° Swivel – Computer Mounting Bracket * Dave - https://noctua.at/ * Dmitry - https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, we talk with Ufuk about how Shopify made the transition to using Sorbet and about the benefits they felt they received from implementing it. Ufuk also reveals a little bit about how Shopify transitioned to fully remote and about how that will be the default moving forward.

Picks
* Luke - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf * John - Walmart Grocery Pickup * Dave - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thin+Clients * Dave - Apple ARM MacMini * Ufuk - TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Chelsea Troy teaches us to hone our debugging skills to a razor-sharp edge. We learn how to actively improve debugging skills, train troubleshooting instincts and practical strategies for tackling brain-bending bugs.

Links
* https://chelseatroy.com/2020/01/13/a-framework-for-debugging/

Picks
* Luke - https://rclone.org/ * John - Large Mouse Pads * John - The Coding Den – A place where people ask and answer questions about coding, etc. * Charles - Logi wireless mouse * Charles - the Wheel of Time * Charles - https://mostvaluable.dev * Chelsea - The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux * Chelsea - http://rubyconf.org/

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This week, our host Charles Max Wood sits down with co-host Valentino Stoll to dive deep into the cutting-edge tools and strategies in AI development and integration. Valentino shares his go-to resources, including Langchain and Rails plug-ins like RAIX and Ray, to enhance applications with AI. They discuss the nuances of agent-based systems, Justin Bowen’s frameworks, and AI engines from industry leaders like Alex Rudolph and Toby Lukett.

Charles and Valentino also explore the significant impact of AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, and more focused GPT models in streamlining coding tasks, automating tests, and refactoring code. They offer insights on leveraging AI for business operations, the importance of modularity, and the ongoing need for human expertise to guide AI's outputs.

Listeners will hear about the latest in AI-driven projects, including Valentino’s own endeavors in fine-tuning machine learning models for Ruby, and Charles’s plans for an AI development boot camp. Tune in for an enlightening discussion on how AI is reshaping software development, enhancing productivity, and creating new opportunities in the tech world.

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In today's episode, they dive deep into the fascinating intersections of system security, rapid development, and the human factors that influence them, with our esteemed guest Emil Kampp. Emil, a seasoned expert in critical infrastructure and fintech, shares his experiences and strategies for using Ruby on Rails to achieve unparalleled speed and robust testing in development.
They explore the nuances of dynamic typing versus static programming, why Ruby on Rails is often the go-to for swift feature deployment, and the significance of stability in critical systems. Emil also sheds light on the complexities of ensuring robust voting processes and the challenges of maintaining security in banking systems. Additionally, we'll touch upon the importance of documentation, compliance, and visual tools in system design.
Join our hosts Charles, Ayush ,and Valentino as they navigate through Emil's diverse projects, from online voting to aerospace applications, and discuss how tools, testing practices, and redundancy can shape the future of secure and efficient development. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, this episode promises valuable insights and thought-provoking discussions. Stay tuned!

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Today, they delve deep into the world of application deployment with our special guest, Josef Stribny, a freelance software engineer and author of "Deployment from Scratch" and "Kamal Handbook". Joined by the insightful panelists, Valentino and Ayush, they explore the intricacies of deploying applications using Kamal, a minimalistic deployment tool inspired by Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson.
In this episode, Josef shares his expertise on Kamal’s deployment process, Docker registries, managing database backups, and the use of accessories like Sidekick for background processing. They discuss the differences between Kamal and tools like Capistrano and Kubernetes, highlighting Kamal's unique approach to simplifying deployment. Along the way, the panelists dive into related discussions, from personal tech recommendations to favorite TV shows and movies, making for a rich and engaging conversation.
Tune in as they uncover the secrets to efficient deployment, the advantages and trade-offs of using Docker, and the cutting-edge features of Kamal, ensuring you are equipped with the knowledge to optimize your development workflow.

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* GitHub: Josef Stribny

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, guest Jonathan Reinink joins the Rogues to talk about what Inertia.js is and why Rails developers would want to use it.

Links
* https://inertiajs.com * https://reinink.ca/articles/introducing-inertia-js * https://reinink.ca/articles/getting-started-with-inertia-js * https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/66 * https://www.fullstackradio.com/episodes/127

Picks
* Luke - The Kubernetes Book * John - https://github.com/brunofacca/active-record-query-trace * John - https://github.com/nesquena/query_reviewer * John - How to Prune Tomatoes for Maximum Yield and Plant Health * Jonathan - https://tailwindcss.com/ * Jonathan - https://eloquent-course.reinink.ca/ * Jonathan - NanoBeam

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In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of AI, technology, and Ruby on Rails with our special guest, Gustavo Valenzuela. Charles and Valentino unpack everything from community-driven insights and AI advancements to the fascinating board game "Star Realms." They explore Gustavo’s journey, his innovative platform "Startups on Rails," and how it aims to document companies powered by Ruby on Rails. Plus, get ready for discussions on AI's transformative role in development, the economic landscape affecting tech hiring, and valuable entrepreneurial advice for developers. Whether you're curious about Hugging Face's new tools or looking for insights into Rails' vibrant community, this episode is packed with information, anecdotes, and actionable tips you won't want to miss.

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* LinkedIn: Gustavo Valenzuela

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Darren Broemmer joins the Rogues to discuss how Ruby on Rails enables a microservices architecture and when it's appropriate to approach your system's architecture with microservices. Chuck and Dave lend their experience and expertise in pointing out some of the challenges with microservices and the power of Rails in enabling the Majestic Monolith. Tradeoffs are discussed and approaches are considered for when parts of an application may make a good candidate for microservices.

Links
* Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer ) * GitHub: Darren Broemmer ( dbroemme )

Picks
* Charles- ClickUp | One app to replace them all * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * Darren- Paas Platform as a Service | Pass Solution - EngineYard * Darren- AppLand * Dave- Pactool Gecko Gauge * Dave- drifting COBOL

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Today, they dive deep into the world of observability in programming, particularly within Rails applications, with special guest, John Gallagher. Valentino openly shares his struggles with engineering challenges and the frustration of recurring issues in his company's customer account app. They explore a five-step process Valentino has developed to tackle these problems and emphasize the critical role of defining use cases and focusing on relevant data for effective observability.
In this episode, they talk about the emotional journey of dealing with bugs, the importance of capturing every event within an app, and why metrics, logs, and tracing each play a unique role in debugging. They also touch on tools like Datadog, New Relic, and OpenTelemetry, discussing their practical applications and limitations. Valentino and John shed light on how structured logging, tracing, and the concept of high cardinality attributes can transform debugging experiences, ultimately aiming for a more intuitive and robust approach to observability.
Join them as they delve into the nexus of frustration, learning, and technological solutions, offering valuable insights for every developer striving to improve their application's resilience and performance.

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Charles and Valentino are joined by special guest Brian Vallelunga, CEO and co-founder of Doppler, a leading secrets management platform often described as "GitHub for secrets."
Dive into an engaging conversation about best practices for managing sensitive information, such as API keys and encryption keys, and treating all environment-configured settings as secrets. Brian shares insights on using tools like AWS Secrets Manager, Docker, and Doppler’s seamless integration with popular development workflows, ensuring robust access control and audit logging.
They discuss about the severe consequences of data breaches, compelling real-world scams, and the human cost of leaked data. Learn how Doppler helps developers avoid these risks while enhancing productivity. They also explore the intersection between developer efficiency and security, and emerging trends in secrets management like passwordless authentication.
Tune in for valuable tips, personal stories, and a peek at the future of secrets management and developer security. Let’s get started!

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* LinkedIn: Brian Vallelunga

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In this episode, Valentino and Ayush dive deep into the evolving landscape of web frameworks, particularly focusing on Ruby on Rails. Join them as they explore the challenges and advantages of transitioning from front-end-centric frameworks like Next.js to Rails, the seamless features Rails offers, and the complexities of integrating front-end components.

They also discuss exciting potentials like better integration of Vue component libraries with Rails, the simplicity and utility of custom elements, and the desire for Rails to incorporate features similar to Phoenix LiveView. The panelists share their thoughts on the evolving Rails stack, the need for better tools and documentation, and the excitement around upcoming Rails 8 features.

Stay tuned for an insightful conversation about the future of web development, the importance of versatile skills in the development community, and some amazing personal picks from our panelists, including top tech tools, fascinating music, and captivating movies. Don't miss out on this rich discussion filled with expert insights and practical advice for developers navigating the intricate world of web frameworks.

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* LinkedIn: Ayush Newatia * LinkedIn: Valentino Stoll

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Today, Valentino dives deep into the world of Ruby development with our special guest, Andy Maleh. They explore innovative advancements in Glimmer DSL for LibUI and Glimmer DSL for Web. Andy talks about his after-hours efforts to improve productivity and maintainability in front-end development, his critiques of current JavaScript frameworks like React, and his preference for utilizing Ruby's simplicity.
Valentino shares his intriguing project, building a robotic arm, and discusses teleoperation technology and practical applications. As they wrap up, we touch on full-stack development benefits, easing the learning curve, and future personal projects. Get ready for insights into integrating Glimmer DSL with Rails, optimizing development workflows, and learning about Andy's past and future contributions to the Ruby community. Stay tuned for an inspiring episode packed with practical advice and visionary ideas!

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Paul Zaich from Checkr tells us about a critical outage that occurred, what caused it and how they tracked down and fixed the issue. The conversation ranges through troubleshooting complex systems, building team culture, blameless post-mortems, and monitoring the right things to make sure your applications don't fail or alert you when they do.

Links* Paul's Twitter * Paul's LinkedIn

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Valentino Stoll takes us on a tour of the "gems" of features built into the core Ruby language. We explore tips and tricks for using irb that can also improve your Rails console.

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* Dependency on mimemagic 0.3.x no longer valid * Add this .irbrc file and your Rails console will show a colorized banner with the environment | Twitter * GitHub | pry/pry * Ruby Jard * Tree-sitter * GitHub | ruby/ruby * GitHub | ruby/reline * GitHub | tree-sitter/tree-sitter * GitHub | bcicen/ctop * codenamev * Twitter: Valentino Stoll ( @thecodenamev ) * GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )

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* Charles- SodaStream Aqua Fizz Sparkling Water Maker Bundle * Charles- Soda Stream Flavor Syrups * Charles- Teachable * Charles- ThriveCart * John- Char-Broil: 6-Burner Cart Style Gas Grill, Stainless/Black * Luke- Dependency on mimemagic 0.3.x no longer valid * Valentino- GitHub | reenhanced/gitreflow * Valentino- Bitbar * Valentino- Twilio * Valentino- Twilio Powered Minecraft Server on AWS

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In this episode, Chuck, Ayush, and Valentino join Olly Headey as he shares his expansive career journey, from co-founding FreeAgent to navigating the intricate world of cloud migration and technology adoption. They dive deeply into the various challenges and decisions involved in choosing frameworks like React, tackling server costs with CDN solutions, and simplifying complex tech stacks. Olly also discusses his experiences with boot camps, emphasizing the importance of foundational knowledge over trendy frameworks.
They touch on the significance of dependencies in tech projects, the evolving landscape of Ruby usage beyond Rails, and the practicalities of AWS CloudFront integrations. Olly offers his unique insights into balancing established and new technologies, emphasizing a pragmatic approach to tech evolution.
Join them as they explore the nuances of engineering management, the real-world implications of tech choices, and the strategies for maintaining simplicity in a fast-evolving tech landscape. Let’s get started!

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* LinkedIn: Olly Headey

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* Charles - Challengers! | Board Game * Charles - The Book on Mental Toughness * Olly - Friendly.rb - Your friendy European Ruby conference * Valentino - PodcastBuddy

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Mason McLead from software.com shows us the editor-integrated suite of tools that help you become a better developer. We find out what music makes you code better (and worse), how data reveals the habits of the world's top coders and why Saturday is code day.

Links
* Software Top 40 * Software.com * LinkedIn- Mason Mclead

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* Charles- Fanatical Prospecting * Charles- Who Not How * Charles- Monday.com * Charles- Zapier * Dave- J-B Weld * Luke- Rubyist * Mason- Materialize * Mason- Darn Tough Vermont

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In this episode, they dive deep into the world of Ruby concurrency and explore the nuances of optimizing performance in web applications. Join our Chuck and Valentino together with special guest JP Camara as they share insights on the tools and techniques that can transform your Ruby projects.
JP kicks things off with a discussion on their new Wave 3 microphone purchase, which has dramatically improved their audio quality for podcasts and meetings. They also share their experiences at the Boston Ruby meetup, where they connected with prominent figures like Jason Sweat and Kevin Newton.
Our special guest, JP Camara, a principal engineer at Wealthbox, brings his extensive knowledge of Ruby concurrency to the table. With over a decade of Ruby development experience, JP has been contributing to the Ruby community through his in-depth blog series and work on the GBL instrumentation API. He'll be shedding light on concepts like job queues, the colorless programming approach in Ruby, and the benefits of tools like Sidekiq and SolidQ for managing background jobs.
Chuck and Valentino also join the conversation, emphasizing the importance of concurrency and parallelism in modern applications. They discuss practical examples, challenges, and best practices for efficient resource management and the impact of serverless computing. Plus, discover some fascinating board game recommendations and insights into using microcontrollers for concurrency tasks.
Whether you're a seasoned Ruby developer or just getting started, this episode is packed with actionable advice and technical wisdom. Don't miss out on this essential discussion that could take your Ruby skills to the next level!

Links
* Ruby methods are colorless

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In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of databases and scaling with the Rogues with Ayush, Chuck, and special guest Muhammad Hassan. They discuss Muhammad's innovative solution involving Postgres and local database copies, the complexities of scaling, and the cost-effectiveness of powerful servers.
They unravel the magic of SQLite, especially for web applications, with a closer look at configuring for simultaneous reads and writes, handling locking errors, and optimizing database calls. Our conversation peeks into the potential of serving high traffic with minimal infrastructure and how Litestack can streamline Ruby on Rails development.
Additionally, they explore the potential of AI in development, with exciting prospects like GPT 4, and hear about interesting recommendations—from board games to music. Don't miss out on the insights from our special guest, Mohammed, as he shares his expertise in concurrency and embedded databases.
Tune in for an episode packed with practical advice, cutting-edge solutions, and a glimpse into the future of application development and deployment. Join them as they challenge traditional mindsets and optimize for modern performance.

Links
* GitHub: Litestack

Socials
* Twitter: @oldmoe * GitHub: oldmoe

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* Ayush - Hover Car Racer * Ayush - Solstice - Home * Charles - Take 5 | Board Game

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Richard Feldman - author of Elm in Action - joins the Rogues to discuss the advantages of Functional Programming and using Elm. Elm is a programming language that is a functional programming language built for the front-end that compiles to JavaScript. Due to its set of enforced assumptions, it leads to clean code and powerful programming constructs.

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* Vue.js * GitHub- NoRedInk/elm-rails * ELM Homepage * Discourse ELM * ELM Slack * Built with Elm

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* John- GitHub: spree/spree * John- GitHub: solidusio/solidus * John- Merlin Series (The Lost Years by T.A.) * Luke- PQINA | Designs and Builds Performant, Responsive, and Highly Polished Web Components * Richard- TV series: Battlestar Galactica * Richard- Frontend Masters * Richard- Barbell medicine

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In today's episode, Valentino is joined by Evgeny Li, a seasoned software developer and founder of Bemi, to delve into the complex world of data recovery and auditing within SQL databases. They explore advanced solutions like paper trail and refi for querying historical changes, point-in-time recovery features offered by cloud-managed databases, and the use of AI to humanize data structures and enhance monitoring.
They highlight the critical role of Change Data Capture (CDC) in tracking and troubleshooting data changes, with real-world applications across logistics, healthcare, and more. They also discuss the pros and cons of different CDC implementations—query-based, trigger-based, and log-based approaches.
Valentino and Evgeny shed light on the challenges of managing large data volumes, emphasizing proactive design and the importance of strong data management systems. They touch upon essential tools like GitHub Copilot, OpenTelemetry, and various auditing gems, offering valuable insights into maintaining data integrity and performance.
Tune in as we navigate the intricacies of data management, the impact of AI, and best practices to ensure reliable and efficient database operations.

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* LinkedIn: Evgeny Li * GitHub: @exAspArk

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The Rogues dive into who are top 5% developers, what they're doing and how to recognize them. They start out discussing how mid-level developers can move up and how developers can grow in more ways that technical skills.

Links
* Devchat.tv | Dev Rev

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They dive deep into the world of advanced development techniques and tools. In today's episode, Valentino and Scott explore the challenges and breakthroughs in the realm of AI and code generation with a particular focus on Ruby.
Valentino vents about the complexities of prompt engineering, while Scott shares insights on prompt design, function calling for structured output, and the importance of breaking down code for reliability and testing. They highlight the declining effectiveness of prompt tricks and the growing significance of using large language models over fine-tuning.
The conversation delves into the unique advantages of Ruby for rapid prototyping, with Scott Werner, CEO and founder of Sublayer, shedding light on his self-assembling AI agent framework built in Ruby. He explains how their prompt architecture fosters easy expansion and customization.
Listeners will also hear about Scott's experiences with ramping up on new teams, operationalizing experience, and designing classes and interfaces to align with desired coding styles. The episode concludes with discussions on experimenting with AI tools, the value of community events like the Ruby AI Builders Discord and meetups, and the insights gained from fine-tuning language models.
Get ready to explore the cutting-edge of AI in development and the potential of Ruby in creating powerful, automated solutions. Tune in and join the conversation!

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* LinkedIn: Scott Werner * scottwernerd.com

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Obie Fernandez is the Chief Scientist at Olympia. They dive deep into the fascinating world of AI and its transformative impact on music production and application development. Our special guest, Obi Fernandez, joins Valentino Stoll to share his incredible journey of living in Mexico City since 2017 while working on innovative startups like an NFT platform and Olympia, an AI-powered consultancy growing rapidly every month.
They also introduce us to a cutting-edge music production tool that can upload music, write lyrics, and generate vocals — a boon for lyricists and singers who might not have the best singing chops. Alongside this, they discuss pragmatic uses of AI through a new book, which bridges the gap between beginner-friendly concepts and advanced AI patterns, illustrated through real-world examples.
Moreover, they explore the intricacies of AI models like GPT-4 and Gemini Pro, discussing their capabilities, limitations, and practical applications. From insights on GitHub Copilot Workspace to the challenges of incorporating natural language in development tools, this episode is packed with valuable knowledge for developers and AI enthusiasts alike.
They also touch on the innovative work being done on platforms such as Olympia and MagnaChat, and explore the burgeoning possibilities of AI in runtime environments. Whether you're interested in the technical nuances of fine-tuning large language models or the potential of AI in game development, this episode offers a wealth of information.

Tune in for a fascinating discussion that promises to broaden your understanding of how AI can be integrated into diverse applications, all while keeping it accessible for both seasoned developers and beginners.

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* LinkedIn: Obie Fernandez * Obie Fernandez

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In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of API documentation and best practices with Svyatoslav Kryukov. He is a Backend engineer. He discusses the critical importance of creating detailed specifications for RESTful APIs and recommends an insightful book for those eager to learn more. They explore the intricacies of generating documentation using DSL and tests, highlighting the pivotal role of YAML in this process. They share their methodology for writing comprehensive specifications before team discussions and the subsequent generation of development files. They also touch on the benefits of making these specifications available in a user interface through tools like Skooma, Rspec, and minitests.

You'll hear valuable AI tool recommendations, and plans for an AI and Ruby summit. They also delve into their struggles with focusing on reading and share efficiency tips using AI-based tools like Speechify and Kagi search. They cover various aspects of using OpenAPI and Swagger tools, addressing challenges in fake data modeling, and the importance of user feedback in API design. They also discuss the distinctions between OpenAPI and Swagger, the history behind these tools, and their role in code generation and AI workflows.

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* LinkedIn: Svyatoslav Kryukov

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Elliot Winkler is a Staff Software Engineer, Shared Libraries at MetaMask. This episode blends a diverse range of topics, from casual gaming to innovative testing approaches. They explore Elliot's transition to JavaScript and TypeScript at MetaMask while maintaining his Ruby roots through open-source projects like Shoulda Matchers. They also talk about the history and purpose of these matchers, their role in testing Ruby on Rails applications, and the intelligent diffing capabilities of Super Diff. So, sit back and get ready for a deep dive into the world of Ruby, testing methodologies, and a bit of fun along the way!

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* LinkedIn: Elliot Winkler

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* Charles - Sleeping Queens | Board Game

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In this episode, they delve into the world of Bridgetown - a progressive site generator and full-stack framework powered by Ruby. Ayush shares his journey of discovering and contributing to Bridgetown, leading to career opportunities in freelancing. The team discusses the platform's capabilities, deployment aspects, and advanced customization using Ruby. They also explore the limitations and possibilities of Bridgetown, including themes and CSS frameworks. Join them for an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of static site generation and the innovative potential of Bridgetown.

Socials
* LinkedIn: Ayush Newatia

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* Charles - Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – World War Hulk * Charles - Vite Ruby * Valentino - Sublayer - Bring Generative AI to Your Product Development * Valentino - Olympia | Better Than ChatGPT

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In this episode, they dive into a wide range of topics related to application development and the choices developers face when it comes to using third-party libraries, building from scratch, and evaluating the trade-offs involved. They share their insights on showcasing skills through public projects, the development of their Rails and Hotwire book, and the importance of building everything from scratch instead of relying on third-party gems. Moreover, they share their experiences using Vite Ruby and Vite Rails gems, as well as their frustrations with the stimulus documentation.
Throughout the episode, the conversation touches on vital elements of application development, from security considerations in authentication to the preferences for PWAs over native apps. They also share their thoughts and experiences on various tools and libraries, as well as their perspectives on the turbo native framework and communication layers.

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In this episode, the focus is on the cutting-edge developments in Ruby technology. They delve into the intricacies of high-performance web servers, such as Agoo, and explore the advantages of using multiple workers to optimize Ruby applications while sharing insights on overcoming challenges like GBL lock issues. From discussions on GraphQL implementation to comparisons between Ruby and Go in development environments, this episode offers a captivating exploration of the evolution of web processes, middleware usage, and the future of project direction. Join them as they unpack the dynamic landscape of Ruby technology and its impact on modern web development practices.

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* Peter Ohler * GitHub: ohler55

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Cameron Dutro is the Staff Software Engineer at GitHub. They dive deep into the world of web development and explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations. In this episode, they have an enlightening discussion on the state of front-end development with a focus on Ruby and Rails. They delve into the use of web components, the limitations of existing technologies, and the potential for a new Ruby implementation, Garnet, to revolutionize front-end development. From the impact of Hotwire to the challenges of integrating front-end frameworks, this episode offers valuable insights and thought-provoking discussions for developers navigating the ever-evolving landscape of web development.

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Links
* Kuby Core

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* LinkedIn: Cameron Dutro * GitHub: camertron

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Olivier Lacan joins the panel again. He currently works for Pluralsight. Today they are talking about the spectrum of creating a Rails app, or any app, from the birth of the idea to the death of the project. They stress the importance of planning for updates. Olivier talks about his experience in maintaining Code School, which has now been incorporated into Pluralsight. David also shares his experience with the life and death of a project. They talk about technical debt and the trouble that it can create, and the importance of making your Rails application maintainable.
Olivier talks about his experience when Code School was acquired by Pluralsight. The panel discusses the inevitability of the end of an application and different ways of managing company integration. They talk about ways to plan for shutting down a project. One of the best ways to make integration easier is to clean up your code and always be considering what data needs to be kept and what can be truncated. They discuss some of the issues around storing customer data and respecting individual privacy.
The panel talks more about sunsetting, or the ending of an app. People often think that shutting down an app doesn’t have any impact, but it is important to give customers time to adjust to change, as Olivier found out with Code School. Dave talks about different reactions that one could have when change happens. The panel talks about some of the emotional implications of having to destroy something that you’ve worked hard on for a long time. Ultimately, your project isn’t where you should put your self-worth, because projects will come to an end. When things do end, it’s important to look back at where you’ve come from and the impact that you’ve had on people.

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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links
* Lambda * Dependabot * Peoplecode * Pluralsight * Trackable * Paranoia * Discard * Rails for Zombies

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* Andrew - Wild Sardines from Wild Planet * David - 5K screens from LG * Charles - Pluralsight * Charles - New Show: Adventures in DevOps * Charles - Butcher Box * Charles - Hotels.com * Nate - Keynote speech from RailsConf * Olivier - Oatley * Olivier - Horizonzerowaste.com * Olivier - Adobe Lightroom CC

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Adrian Marin is the Co-Founder and CTO at SuperStuff.a. He is also the Author of Avo Admin for Ruby on Rails. They delve into the world of Ruby on Rails and explore the latest developments in the tech industry. Adrian shares his journey of building Avo, his approach to differentiation, and the emphasis on customization and user support. They also discuss the challenges and maturity of open-source projects, sustainability, and the importance of offering free and paid versions to cater to diverse user needs. Join them as they uncover the technical aspects of gem distribution and the upcoming Friendly.rb conference in Bucharest, Romania.
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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

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* ADRIAN MARIN * LinkedIn: Adrian Marin

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* Ayush - Big Big Train * Charles - Doomlings

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Today’s guest Kir Shatrov is a production engineer on Shopify based in London, UK. Today, he and the panel are discussing capacity planning. Kir believes that capacity planning becomes a priority when your company starts losing money and your customers are suffering. When someone does get to the point of scaling their app, it’s important to look at the limitations of the hosting service. It is also important to remember that scaling is not a job that is ever completed.
Kir talks about his experience and time with Shopify and what types of changes have happened in the four years he’s been with the company. Kir explains that when Shopify was founded about 12 years ago, they were some of the first contributors to Rails, and Rails was just a zip file they shared over an email. This is important to know because the monolith code for Shopify has never been rewritten, so they put a lot of care into keeping it working. He talks about some of the techniques Shopify uses to avoid splitting into microservices when scaling their organization and how the multiple instances of the database are structured and managed from an ops point of view. He talks about what aspects of Shopify are open source and the approach to the architecture of the background jobs system.
The panel discusses what should be done if you want to scale your project and move away from background jobs. Kir talks about what criteria his company uses to determine what moves to a background job and when it is too much to background something. The show finishes with Kir sharing some of his favorite tips, tricks, and approaches he’s used at Shopify.

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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links
* Heroku * Digital Ocean * Sidekiq * Shopify job iteration * Redis * PostgreSQL * Resque * Strace * RB Spy * RB Trace * New Relic * Data Dog * Fat Free CRM

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* Nate - Open source * Nate - Cats (Maine Coon and Russian Blue) * Charles - 75 Hard challenge * Kirill - Ruby Hack Challenge * Kirill - Follow Kirill Shatrov @kirshatrov on Twitter and @kirs on Github

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Ayush Newatia is a Freelance Web Developer. They delve into the world of modern app development, Chuck and Ayush take us on a journey through the intricacies of utilizing Turbo Native and Hotwire in Rails applications. They share their insights on using native elements as the backbone of apps while incorporating web content, simplifying app development, and bridging the gap between web and native code with the help of Strata. With a focus on enhancing user experiences, they explore the benefits and challenges of native and hybrid apps, along with a deep dive into the features and requirements of Turbo Streams. Join them as they unravel the complexities and potential of modern web and app development in this thought-provoking episode.
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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

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* LinkedIn: Ayush Newatia

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Dive into an insightful conversation with Fabio Akita, a prominent figure in the tech industry with a successful YouTube channel dedicated to programming techniques and a thriving software development company in Brazil. Join us as we explore Fabio's journey in content creation, his experiences in the tech industry, and his valuable insights on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of programming. From discussing career decisions to the shift in the Ruby community, we uncover practical advice and thought-provoking perspectives that are sure to inspire and inform developers at all levels. Get ready for an engaging and enlightening discussion that delves into the true essence of the tech industry and the skills necessary for success.
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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

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* LinkedIn: Fabio Akita

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Stephen Margheim is the Head of Engineering at Test IO. They explore the world of web development with a focus on the use of SQLite, a powerful and often underestimated database tool. They dive deep into the capabilities and potential of SQLite for web applications. The episode covers a range of topics, from the evolving feasibility and challenges of handling concurrent web requests to the misconceptions surrounding SQLite's performance limitations. They discuss the potential limitations of SQLite in handling massive write throughput and its suitability for various application scales, highlighting the considerations related to expected growth and performance requirements.

Join them as they delve into the practicality and benefits of using minimal software components, the simplicity and efficiency of a simple system using a Rails app with SQLite, and the advantage of branch-specific database setup. From the evolving capabilities of SQLite to the practical considerations of web development, this episode offers valuable insights for developers at all levels.

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* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

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* LinkedIn: Stephen Margheim

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Nathan Bellow is a Ruby software developer at Illuxi. They explore the premium benefits of membership, including exclusive access to Ruby Rogues without ads and personalized assistance with job hunts and deployment issues. They share their experiences in the Ruby community, from learning the language to securing professional opportunities. Join them as they discuss the value of personal connections at conferences and meetups, the impact of mentorship, and the crucial role of networking in career development. This promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking episode for developers and enthusiasts alike.
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Socials* LinkedIn: Nathan Bellow

Picks* Charles - Challenger * Nathan - Bullet Train: The Ruby on Rails SaaS Template

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Mike McQuaid is the CTO and cofounder at Workbrew. They dive into the world of Homebrew, an open-source package manager for macOS and Linux. They explore the history and development of Homebrew, from its origins in the Ruby community to its evolution into a widely-used tool for installing and managing software.The conversation delves into the intricacies of building and maintaining packages, the introduction of binary packages and a new JSON API, and the creation of Workbrew, a company focused on commercializing features for Homebrew. They also touch on the latest developments in Ruby, the differences between Homebrew Cask and Homebrew Core, and the complexities of handling a large number of packages in Homebrew. Join them for an insightful and engaging discussion on all things Homebrew and software development.
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Links* Workbrew

Socials* mikemcquaid.com * LinkedIn: Mike McQuaid

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Samuel Williams is a Ruby Core Committer and the creator of Async & Falcon. They delve deep into the technical intricacies of Falcon, a cutting-edge application container that leverages the Async gem for event-driven concurrency. Additionally, they discuss the challenges and triumphs of deploying Ruby applications with Falcon and share insights into the evolution of async programming in Ruby. From the nitty-gritty of platform internals to the fascinating integration of async job execution in Rails, this episode is a must-listen for developers seeking to unravel the complexities of modern software deployment and concurrency.
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Links* socketry / falcon * socketry / async * GitHub: Samuel Williams * Twitter: @ioquatix

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Charles and Valentino delve into a wide array of topics, from time management struggles to the intricacies of building SaaS frameworks within Rails apps. They also explore the idea of apprenticeship programs for coding, discussing the potential benefits for mentors and apprentices alike. The episode is filled with insights on open-source projects, AI model integration, and the Ruby Dev Summit.
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Charles Wood catches up with Jason Swett to discuss the intriguing future of Ruby and his unwavering commitment to the language. The conversation delves into Jason's projects, including his upcoming CI product, and his motivation for continuing to work with Ruby. They also touch on the Sin City Ruby conference, the direction of Jason's career, and his unique approach to building relationships in the tech community. Tune in to gain insight from Jason's perspective on Ruby, technology, and his passion for connecting with others in the industry.
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Charles Wood delves into the latest advancements in the realm of technology and software development. In this episode, he brings you an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Ruby programming, featuring insights from the esteemed Andy Maleh. Join them as they uncover Andy's in-depth discussion on Ruby's expanding potential, particularly in the domains of desktop development, gaming, and cross-platform compatibility. Prepare to gain valuable insights into the future applications of Ruby, including its viability in AI, machine learning, and mobile app development.
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Charles Wood has the privilege of hearing from Soutaro Matsumoto, a prominent figure in the Ruby community. Soutaro offers an in-depth exploration of RBS, a crucial aspect of Ruby development, and discusses the future of the language. He delves into the complexities of type signatures in Ruby, the potential benefits of type systems, and provides valuable insights into the ongoing developments in the Ruby ecosystem. Join them as they gain a deeper understanding of Ruby's trajectory and the impactful work being done by Soutaro Matsumoto.
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Charles Wood sits down with Jeremy Evans, the author of several well-known Ruby gems, including the SQL gem and the ROTA web framework. Jeremy shares his insights on the future of Ruby, including stability, performance improvements, and potential advancements. He also discusses his work in eliminating unnecessary allocations, upcoming changes in the Ruby community, and his book, "Polished Ruby Programming." Join them as they explore the exciting developments and challenges in the world of Ruby development with Jeremy Evans.
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In this episode, Charles Wood engages in an insightful conversation with Alex Rudall about the evolving role of AI within the Ruby community. They dissect the implications of AI advancements on the future of Ruby, addressing the declining usage of the language and its potential staying power. Through this discussion, they aim to uncover the opportunities and obstacles that await developers in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
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Charles Wood delves into the intricacies of the Ruby programming language, exploring the recent and upcoming advancements. He provides insightful discussions on performance upgrades such as the just-in-time compiler (JIT), the Prism parser, the async library, and Ruby types. He also gets a sneak peek of the upcoming 5-day Ruby challenge with OpenAI. Join them as they uncover the significant developments in Ruby and their impact on the developer community. Tune in for a thought-provoking exploration of the future of the Ruby programming language.

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In today's episode, Charles Wood delves into the expertise of Samuel Williams, a prominent Ruby developer hailing from New Zealand. Charles Wood dissects his extensive experience with Ruby, the challenges he encountered while grappling with scalability, and the inception of his pivotal projects, Async and Falcon. Join them as they unravel the complexities of concurrency, actor-based models, and the future landscape of Ruby's scalability and efficiency. This episode promises to shed light on the world of Ruby development, the pursuit of streamlined code performance, and the potential environmental implications of refining programming languages.

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In today's episode, Charles Wood delves into the future of Ruby, with a keen focus on performance enhancements, parser modifications, and syntax updates. Our guest, Federico Iachetti, shares valuable insights into the potential integration of a JIT compiler and parser with his editor, shedding light on the technical advancements poised to shape the future of Ruby. Join them as they navigate the intricate world of programming languages and their impact on the development community.
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Charles Wood explores the resurgence of Ruby and Ruby on Rails in the web development community. Our featured speaker, Stephen Margheim, delves into the technical aspects that have contributed to the renewed interest in Ruby, including its simplicity, intuitive nature, and pragmatic approach. They discuss the practical applications of Ruby in web development, the emergence of new companies adopting Ruby on Rails, and the ongoing efforts to expand the ecosystem of tools and guides for advanced use cases with SQLite in web applications. Join them as they analyze the impact of Ruby's resurgence and its potential to shape the future of web development.
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In this episode, Charles Wood presents a thought-provoking interview with Kinsey Durham Grace. The conversation centers around the future of Ruby and the crucial need for the inclusivity of parents and caregivers within the Ruby community. Furthermore, Charles explores Kinsey's endeavors within the Ruby Central board, including efforts to support in-person Ruby meetups and secure funding from corporations. This episode provides valuable insights into the ever-evolving realm of Ruby and the profound impact of caregiving responsibilities on the tech industry. Join them as they navigate through the complexities of tech and family dynamics.
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In this episode, Charles Wood delves into the exciting world of Ruby on Rails with Amanda Perino, director of the Ruby on Rails Foundation. Charles and Amanda discuss the future of Ruby, the renewed energy and positivity in the Ruby and Rails community, the latest developments and frameworks in Rails, and the significance of events and community outreach in the technology space. With a focus on documentation, education, and marketing initiatives, Amanda shares her insights on the ever-evolving landscape of the Ruby on Rails community and provides valuable advice for current and aspiring developers. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the advancements in the Ruby on Rails community and the future of technology.
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Charles Wood takes an in-depth look at the future of Ruby's community, examining the recent revival of energy at conferences and the resurgence of local events. Chuck discusses the impactful contributions to the Ruby and Rails communities, as well as the initiatives of organizations like Ruby on Rails Foundation and Ruby Central. Tune in for insights from Ruby experts and compelling discussions on the evolving landscape of the Ruby community.

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In this episode, Charles Wood has the pleasure of interviewing Stefanni Brasil, a senior developer at Cloudbot and co-founder of Hexdevs. Stefanni shares insights on the future of Ruby, the evolving Ruby community, the energy surrounding Ruby, and the contributions she brings to the Ruby community. She also discussed the training resources available and the excitement surrounding the return of Ruby conferences. Join them as they dive into this engaging conversation about the world of Ruby development with Stefanni Brasil.
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In this episode, Charles Wood delves into the world of Ruby on Rails with our esteemed guest, Jason Charnes. The discussion centers on the resurgence of interest in Rails, its adaptability across diverse industries, and the notable developments within the Rails ecosystem. From examining the future of Ruby and Rails to the significant impact of community engagement, our speakers provide comprehensive insights into the ever-evolving landscape of web development. Join them for an illuminating conversation on the emphasis on simplicity in tech stacks, the trials and triumphs of book writing, and the pursuit of exquisitely designed HTML components for Rails.
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While Greg Molnar discusses a range of topics related to the future of Ruby and Rails, he primarily focuses on the critical importance of security in web application development. His insights into the Spectre scanner and its role in identifying vulnerabilities in Rails code shed light on the necessity for robust security measures in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem. Additionally, Greg's observations about the growth and potential of the Ruby community offer valuable perspectives on the trajectory of Ruby and Rails in the development landscape. Throughout the interview, Greg's expertise and deep understanding of security in the context of web applications provide thought-provoking insights for listeners.
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In this episode, Charles Wood delves into the evolving landscape of Ruby development with an esteemed guest, Elise Shaffer, the host of the Ruby on Rails podcast. Elise offers valuable insights into the future of Ruby, emphasizing the growing energy and enthusiasm within the community. They explore the latest developments in the Rails and Ruby ecosystem, including new features and tools, and discuss the potential for performance improvements in Ruby. Join them as they examine the versatility of Ruby beyond web development, its potential for rapid deployment, and the upcoming release of Rails 8, with a focus on its new features and tools. Additionally, they take a deep dive into the sources of information and the process for staying abreast of the latest Ruby developments.
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In this episode, Charles Wood has the privilege of speaking with Valentino Stoll, a seasoned developer at Doximity, as they explore the nuanced differences between Falcon and Puma ideologies. The conversation delves into Shopify's optimization for forking with Ruby, the introduction of the "with" feature in Ruby, and the potential competition with Python in the data science space. They also discuss upcoming enhancements to Ruby, the use of authentication in Rails, hardware, and IoT projects, and the vibrant creativity within the Ruby community.
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Charles Wood delves into the future of Ruby's media landscape and learning opportunities within the Ruby community. He shares insights and experiences from the evolution of Ruby-related content, including podcasts, video series, and learning resources. He explores the rich history of Ruby Media and gets a glimpse of what's to come, including new podcast series and learning opportunities aimed at those interested in building applications with Rails for software as a service. Stay tuned as Charles Wood takes you on a closer look at the vibrant and ever-expanding Ruby and Rails ecosystem.

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Marc-André Cournoyer is the founder and president and Code Monkey at Coded Inc. They explore the intricate details of Ruby and its integration with various technologies to create robust and secure solutions. They enlighten us with their expertise on event-driven frameworks and the importance of simplicity in software development. They also uncover the pioneering work of Shopify with the liquid templating language and the potential of leveraging Rust in combination with Ruby for enhanced safety and performance. Additionally, they delve into personal anecdotes and local business highlights, adding a human touch to the technical discussions.
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Charles Wood and Joe Masilotti delve into the intricate world of Ruby, static site generators, and mobile app development. Joe shares valuable insights into the future of Ruby, its role in Rails, and the revolutionary potential of Turbo Native for rendering Rails websites within native iOS and Android apps. They explore the challenges and prospects of Ruby in the mobile app space, shedding light on the intricacies of app development and the evolving landscape of static site generators. Whether you're an experienced developer or simply curious about the technological frontiers, this episode provides a deep dive into the cutting-edge world of Ruby and static site generation.
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In this episode, Charles explores the nuanced future of Ruby with the insightful Sebastian Wilgosz. They navigate the challenges faced by junior developers in a market dominated by demand for senior and mid-level talent, as well as the imperative to inspire the next generation with the merits of Ruby. The discussion also delves into the evolving landscape of JavaScript-free applications and the potential resurgence of back-end technologies. Join them as they dissect the complexities of Ruby's market position and the innovative strides made by the Hanami framework, offering a glimpse into the diverse potential of Ruby in non-web development domains.
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In this episode, Charles Wood engages in an insightful discussion with Rich Steinmetz, focusing on the future of Ruby and Rails development, as well as the evolving landscape of public APIs. Rich provides valuable insights into the upward trends in Ruby and Rails development, highlighting potential new directions and innovations in the field. They delve into the advancements in the Ruby language, performance optimizations, and the need for enhanced API development tools within the Ruby and Rails ecosystem. Additionally, Rich underscores the resurgence of community meetups and conferences, signifying a promising path ahead for the Ruby community. Stay tuned as they explore the dynamic world of Ruby and Rails development with Rich's in-depth perspectives.
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Today's episode delves into the intricate realm of WebAssembly with, Yuta Saito, a Ruby core committer. Yuta shares valuable insights into the Ruby WebAssembly (WASM) project, highlighting its potential to revolutionize the performance and versatility of the Ruby programming language. Join Charles and Yuta as they explore the technical intricacies and future implications of this ambitious endeavor, shedding light on the significant advancements and challenges facing the Ruby community.
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Amir Rajan is the CEO at DragonRuby LLP. In today's episode, Charles Wood have the privilege of speaking with Amir Rajan, the developer behind DragonRuby, a game engine that harnesses the power of Ruby code. They explore the unique and creative aspects of game development in Ruby, the future prospects of DragonRuby, and the potential impact of this innovative approach in the gaming industry. Join them as they delve into the intersection of creativity, technology, and programming with a focus on game development in this insightful conversation.
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Charles Wood and Elia Schito delve deep into the future of the Ruby programming language. In this insightful discussion, Elia Schito, an influential Italian developer known for his work on Opal, provides valuable insights into transpiling Ruby to JavaScript and the appeal of writing in Ruby. Join them as they explore the potential of "Rails plus" with a Ruby-based front-end, the balance between pragmatism and the allure of beautiful things in development, and the latest advancements in the Ruby and Rails community. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of Ruby and its relevance in individual app building and enterprise solutions.
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This is a special episode of Top End Devs, where Charles Wood delves into the thought-provoking insights shared at the Ruby Dev Summit. Today, he takes a deep dive into the future of Ruby development across various platforms. He provides a comprehensive overview of the summit, highlighting the evolution of Ruby beyond its traditional web ecosystem. From discussions on its potential in gaming, mobile development, web assembly, and desktop applications, this episode offers a profound exploration of the diverse and promising future of Ruby. Join him as he uncovers the evolving landscape and exciting opportunities that await Ruby developers.
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Charles Wood dives into the world of Ruby version managers. He explores the challenges of managing different versions of Ruby for various projects and discusses the evolution of tools that have made it easier to switch between Ruby versions. Whether you prefer to use Docker or manage Ruby versions directly on your machine, he shares insights and recommendations to streamline your development process. Plus, don't miss out on updates about the Ruby Dev Summit and how you can access insightful interviews from the Ruby and Rails communities.
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Charles Wood dives into a tool that can save you a lot of time and effort when working with Ruby projects. He talks about Pessimize, a gem that helps manage gem versions in a project to avoid compatibility issues. He discusses how Pessimize works to lock in specific gem versions and prevent unexpected updates that could break the code. Stay tuned to learn more about how Pessimize can streamline your development process and prevent dependency issues in your Ruby projects.
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Charles Wood dives into the performance attributes of JIT in the Ruby virtual machine, discussing its evolution from Ruby 3.0 to the latest features in Ruby 3.3. Explaining the process of how JIT enhances the speed of Ruby code execution, he also shares insights into the challenges and benefits of integrating JIT into development environments. If you're curious about the potential impact of JIT on your Ruby programs, this episode is a must-listen.
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Alec Larsen is a staff engineer at Procore. They dive into a rich discussion about the evolution of the Ruby on Rails framework and its integration with modern web development technologies. They explore topics such as view components, state management, and server-side responses, while also delving into the challenges and potential solutions in this rapidly evolving landscape. The conversation covers a wide range of themes, including meetups, deployment options, client-server coordination, and the latest in web development frameworks. Join them as they explore the exciting advancements and insightful perspectives in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem.
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Charles Wood dives into the vibrant Ruby community, upcoming conferences, and tips for anyone interested in speaking at these events. He talks about the resources available for finding conferences, the excitement of the community as events start to return, and the potential for individuals to share their knowledge by speaking at these gatherings. Stay tuned as he dives into the world of Ruby conferences and the opportunities they present.
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Ben Sheldon is a professional software developer and the author of GoodJob. They delve into the evolution of GoodJob, a background job library for Ruby on Rails, and its compatibility with Postgres. They also explore the challenges of choosing the right tools for background tasks and the potential for AI in job queuing. Stay tuned as they navigate through the nuances of database compatibility, job routing, and the importance of seeking help and support in the tech community.
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Charles Max Wood shares his experience using Kamal to deploy apps. He highlights the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of Kamal compared to other deployment options, such as Heroku. Charles delves into the technical aspects of Kamal's deployment process, including its integration with Docker, traffic load balancing, and the management of accessories like databases and search engines. He emphasizes the seamless experience and efficiency of deploying with Kamal, showcasing its potential to revolutionize the deployment landscape for Ruby developers.
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Charles Max Wood dives into the world of Ruby as we explore the future of the language and its exciting developments. From the Ruby Dev Summit to the potential of Ruby in AI and other emerging technologies, he takes you on a journey through the latest advancements and possibilities within the Ruby community. Join him as he discusses the potential for Ruby in AI, its role in web development, and the upcoming Ruby Dev Summit.
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John Nunemaker works at Box Out Sports and Fewer & Faster (creators of Flipper Cloud) as a programmer and owner. They do a deep dive into the intricate world of software development and feature flags. The conversation revolves around the challenges, strategies, and benefits of using feature flags, offering valuable insights gleaned from personal experiences. From effectively managing and removing feature flags to the development of a telemetry system in the cloud, this episode provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of software development and front-end technologies.
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Andrew Atkinson is a software engineer, PostgreSQL specialist, and author. They delve deep into the world of database management and development. They engage in an insightful discussion covering various aspects of Postgres and Ruby on Rails. They explore topics such as database scalability, cache management, and data partitioning strategies, providing valuable insights for developers looking to optimize their applications. Join them as they uncover the latest trends and best practices in the world of database development.
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Pete Matsyburka is a Ruby developer and the mind behind DocuSeal. They delve into the world of Ruby development, with a special focus on different open-source projects. Together, they uncover the journey of creating an open-source document signing tool and the challenges and triumphs of commercializing an open-source project. From parsing HTML tags to handling PDFs, the conversation delves into the technical aspects of the project and also touches on the broader themes of open-source development and the Ruby ecosystem.
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Alex Rudall is the creator of the ruby-openai gem. They explore the latest developments in the world of technology. They dive into the fascinating world of Ruby development and artificial intelligence. Join them as they delve into conversations about utilizing large language models for Rails apps, navigating the challenges and opportunities within the Ruby community, and the potential of Ruby in the context of AI and machine learning. From the renaming of Rails AI to the Peaceterms project to discussions about the future of Ruby and AI, this episode offers insights into the cutting-edge intersection of technology and programming.
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Jorge Manrubia is the lead programmer at 37signals. They delve into the world of Turbo 8, a front-end library aimed at enhancing user experience and response times on the web. They discuss the latest developments and challenges in creating a seamless web experience. From the evolution of Turbo to the use of WebSockets and the philosophical alignment with Basecamp's principles, they explore the cutting-edge technology and thought processes driving the web development industry. Join them as they uncover the innovative approaches and practical considerations that shape the future of web development.
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Daniel Doubrovkine is the principal engineer at Amazon Web Services. They dive deep into the world of APIs, frameworks, and open-source contributions. They discuss the pros and cons of using GraphQL and Grape for different client-side applications, the evolution of open-source involvement, and the challenges of contributing to well-established projects.
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Joe Masilotti is the Turbo Native guy. The conversation revolves around Turbo Native, iOS and Android app development, and the use of Rails to build mobile applications. They explore the advantages and challenges of Turbo Native, the limitations of other development options, and the exciting future developments in store for Rails developers. Join us as we unravel the fascinating world of mobile app development with a touch of Ruby magic.
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Links* Go Native on iOS & Android

Socials* Twitter: @joemasilotti * Joe Masilotti

Picks* Joe - Turbo Navigator * Valentino - ruby-openai | RubyGems.org

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Yaroslav Shmarov is a senior Ruby on Rails engineer. They explore all things Ruby on Rails and hot topics in the tech world. They delve into the intricacies of Hotwire, the latest server-side rendering technology, and its integration with Ruby on Rails. Moreover, they share their insights on Turbo, Stimulus, and Strata, discussing their use cases, advantages, and challenges. Join us as we discuss the potential impact of Hotwire on front-end development and the dynamic landscape of content creation in the tech industry.
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Links* SupeRails Blog * SupeRails - YouTube

Socials* Yaroslav Shmarov

Picks* Charles - First Rat * Dave - 80/20 * Valentino - Edge Impulse * Valentino - Particle Photon

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If you’re wondering how to make sense of all these frameworks, you’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, the Rogues dive DEEP into the pros and cons of Stimulus, Hotwire, Turbo, React, Rails, and more; why certain communities are divided amongst each other (and how to fix it); and what tools you NEED to try in 2022.

In This EpisodeThis tendency in the Rails community that reveals why users are slow to try Hotwire

What Charles learned from comparing React vs. Stimulus at his old job (and how Rails came to the rescue)

Why those in the Java community are seeing React as a “blackhole that’s sucking up everything” (and why some of the Rogues disagree)

Up and coming frameworks that you NEED to consider this year

This ONE separation in Ruby that’s creating division in its community (and how we can fix it)

Luke asks the REAL question: What can we do to reduce our JavaScript footprint?

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Picks* Charles- Vue component Stimulus post by Jared Reed * Charles- Okta * Charles- Gods Love Dinosaurs | Board Game | BoardGameGeek * Charles- King of Tokyo | Board Game | BoardGameGeek * Charles- “Let’s be understanding of each other. Reach out.” * John- Stimulus components * John- Cal.com | Open Scheduling Infrastructure * Luke- Luke’s very own Turbo protocol * Valentino- RubyExplorer * Valentino- Ruby Conf 2021 videos on YouTube

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Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the show to talk about Penetration Testing. He begins by explaining what it is, how beneficial it can be to the users, its process of securing applications, the actual testing process, and many more!

1. White box – consultant provided access to source code
2. Grey box – the company gives info to the consultant
3. Black box – nothing provided to the consultant

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Links* Secure Code Review for Rails Developers * Burp proxy * Nikto * Metasploit * Beef framework * Andrew Kane’s Rails Security * spektr: static-code analyser for Rails * Brakeman * Rails goat * Bearer

Socials* Greg Molnar * LinkedIn: Greg Molnar * Twitter: @gregmolnar

Picks* Greg - Yubikey * Valentino - MagmaChat * Valentino - OlympiaChat

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Kirill Kuznetsov is the Head of SRE at Evil Martians. Valentino and Kirill dive into the exciting world of Kubernetes and its role in simplifying deployment across multiple systems. They explore the various aspects of Kubernetes, from its unified API to its service discovery capabilities, and discuss how it streamlines the deployment process for applications. But that's not all - they also touch on the challenges startups face with their infrastructures and offer solutions for managing them effectively. Moreover, they also delve into other fascinating topics, such as the world of 3D printing and the opportunities it presents for both software and hardware engineering.

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Socials* LinkedIn: Kirill Kuznetsov

Picks* Valentino - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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Landon Gray is a Compassionate Consultant, an AI/ML Enthusiast, and a conference speaker. He joins the show to further talk about his conference topic, "AI in Ruby". He begins by explaining how he landed with the idea of using AI or ML in the native Ruby. Additionally, they dive into other Ruby projects that used AI or ML.

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Links* ankane.org * arbox/machine-learning-with-ruby * thedayisntgray/ForcastingTheFuture * yoshoku/rumale * mrkn/pycall.rb * SciRuby/daru * Hugging Face

Socials* LinkedIn: Landon Gray

Picks* Landon - Test Double * Valentino - ComMarker B4 20W Fiber Laser Engraver

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Garrett Dimon is a Ruby on Rails Developer. He joins the show to talk about his project, "Creating Custom Rails Generators". He begins by explaining what it is, how it works, its advantages, how it can benefit developers and many more! Additionally, he also dives into the process of building generators and his experience in doing so.

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Links* Creating Custom Rails Generators

Socials* GarrettDimon.com * LinkedIn: Garrett Dimon * GitHub: garrettdimon * Twitter: @garrettdimon

Picks* Charles - The Crew: Mission Deep Sea | Board Game * Garrett - Magic Maze

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Andrei Bondarev builds AI/ML-capable software products. He joins the show alongside Chuck to talk about Vector Search or Semantic Search. He begins by giving an overview of it, explaining its concept, its significance, how it can be used in the rails application, and many more.

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Links* langchainrb

Socials* GitHub: andreibondarev * Twitter: @rushing_andrei

Picks* Andrei - Home - The Battle of Polytopia * Andrei - Designing Data-Intensive Applications * Charles - Star Realms

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Jordan Hollinger is a Ruby developer for over 12 years now. He joins the show to talk about his gem, "occams-record". It is the missing high-efficiency query API for ActiveRecord. He begins by explaining his gem and why he created it.

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Links* jhollinger/occams-record * otr-activerecord: Use ActiveRecord outside of Rails! * json-emitter: Efficiently generating very large bits of JSON in Ruby * Rails 7 introduces range iteration for batches

Socials* Twitter: @jordanhollinger * jhollinger

Picks* Jordan - Julia Evan’s Mess with DNS * Jordan - Implement DNS in A Weekend * Valentino - Best Practices for Prompt Engineering

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Rich Steinmetz is a creator at RichStone.io and is a Tech Coach. He joins the show to talk about his article, "Testing Rails loggers with minitest". He begins by talking about loggers and different ways to test them. Chuck also shares his ways of testing loggers.

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Links* RichStone Input Output * Testing Rails loggers with minitest

Socials* Twitter: @RichStoneIO * LinkedIn: Rich Steinmetz

Picks* Charles - Smart Family Calendar * Charles - Nikon D7500 DSLR * Rich - Carcassonne | Board Game

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Ryan Ong is a software engineer at Buoy Software. He joins the show alongside Dave and Valentino to talk about emotional programming. He shares how he got into Ruby on Rails and dives into creating and monitoring code bases. They talk about handling their emotions when they are coding and how to minimize the stressors around. 

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Links

• ryanong/spy

Socials

• GitHub: ryanong

Picks

• Dave - GO WITH RUBY
• Valentino - Livebook's big launch week

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Weston Ganger is a Software Architect and an Expert in Ruby-on-Rails. He joins the show to discuss "rails\_i18n\_manager". He starts off by discussing his professional career and projects. He talks about translations, some of his approaches, and the challenges he encountered

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Links

• rails\_i18n\_manager

Socials

• Weston Ganger
• GitHub: westonganger

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Brad Gessler is an experienced co-founder with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He is also one of the authors of Fly.io. He talks about the "Phlex", its advantages, its impact, and how he uses it. 

On YouTube

Building Rails Application with Phlex - RUBY 595

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Links

• Component-Driven Development on Rails With Phlex
• Rails on Docker
• Fly.io.

Socials

• Brad Gessler
• LinkedIn: Brad Gessler
• Twitter: @bradgessler

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Host from the Adventures in ML podcast, Ben Wilson and Michael Berk join Dave for this week's crossover episode. They discuss applying machine learning, deep learning, and algorithm. They also dive into how artificial intelligence changes the future.

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Socials

• LinkedIn: Benjamin Wilson
•  LinkedIn: Michael Berk

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Victoria Melnikova is the Head of BizDev at Evil Martians. She joins the show to talk about, How to turn an open-source project into a profitable business. She begins the show by talking about Evil Martians and the services that they offer. She dives into commercial open-source. Moreover, she shares her perspective on how to grow an open-source project and how to monetize it.

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Links

• Dev Propulsion Labs — Ep. 1: Building communities around dev tools products
• How to turn an open-source project into a profitable business
• OKLCH Color Picker & Converter
• sidekiq/sidekiq
• Optimize images for web on the fly
• AnyCable
• Twitter: @sitnikcode
• LCH Color Picker & Converter
• Search Paul Graham essays with Siri — Building an embedding powered product in few lines of code

Socials

• LinkedIn: Victoria Melnikova

Picks

• Charles - Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig 
• Charles - Star Trek: Picard
• Charles - Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night (Official Music Video)
• Valentino - A no-go fantasy: writing Go in Ruby with Ruby Next
• Victoria - Running
• Victoria - The Bear (TV Series 2022

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Bruce A. Tate is a Founder at Groxio, Elixir Expert, and a Technical Author. He joins the show alongside Charles Max Wood to talk about his book, "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks". He also delves into some of the preparations and anticipations that come with reading the book. 

Links

• Seven Languages in Seven Weeks
• grox.io 

Socials

• LinkedIn: Bruce Tate
• Twitter: redrapids

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Dave and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about Deployment in Rails. Dave begins by explaining the app deployment process and talks about deploying apps with MRSK. They also talk about some of the deployment tools you can use and things to consider.

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Links

• GitHub: mrsked/mrsk
• Deploying with MRSK
• MRSK in Depth
• puma/puma-dev
• MRSK vs Fly.io

Picks

• Dave - Hugging Face 
• Valentino - Why LLaMa Is A Big Deal 

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Jason Weimann is a Developer and Instructor. He returns to the show with Chuck to talk about video game creation. He shares his experiences as a developer and dives into his courses wherein he gives beginners and aspiring developers a walk-through of the world of creating games. 

Links

• Game development courses & tutorials
• Programmer Course – game.courses

Socials

• Twitter: @jweimann

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Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the Rogues to talk about Server-Side Request Forgery in Rails. He begins by explaining what Server-Side Request Forgery is and its significance. They also discuss the state of security in Rails and provide their views on the best ways to secure your applications.

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Links

• Server-Side Request Forgery in Rails
• GitLab fixes serious SSRF flaw that exposed orgs’ internal servers | The Daily Swig
• GitHub - rubysec/bundler-audit: Patch-level verification for Bundler
• GitHub - presidentbeef/brakeman: A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications
• Spektr
•  Heartbleed - Wikipedia
• xkcd: Dependency
• Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick | Mitnick Security
• Rails SQL Injection examples 
• Securing Rails Applications — Ruby on Rails Guides
•  Burp Suite - Application Security Testing Software - PortSwigger
• Deploying with MRSK | Drifting Ruby

Promoted Links

• This Week in Rails
• The Rails Changelog
• Blob and File APIs
• DocsGPT and adopting OpenAI’s Chat Completions API

Socials

• Greg Molnar
• GitHub: gregmolnar
• Twitter: @GregMolnar

Picks

• Charles - The Crew
• Dave - MM11 Pro Switchable Mic Mute/Talk Professional Microphone Switch | Rolls Corporation - Real Sound
• Valentino - OpenAI’s new model – GPT-4 – GPT-4
• Valentino - This person gives GPT-4 $100 to see how much money it can make – https://twitter.com/jacksonfall/status/1636107218859745286

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Are you dissatisfied with your job? Sam Feeney helps organizations improve employee engagement, increase retention, and reinvent hiring while helping individuals (re)discover career satisfaction in their current roles. He joins the show alongside Chuck Wood to tackle altering the way you perceive your job and talk about Career satisfaction.

On YouTube

How Do You Stop Hating Your Job? - BONUS

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• LinkedIn: Sam Feeney

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Alex Evanczuk is a Software Engineer at Gusto. He joins the show alongside Chuck and Valentino to discuss, "A How-to Guide to Ruby Packs, Gusto’s Gem Ecosystem for Modularizing Ruby Applications". He begins by explaining what Ruby Packs, Gems, and Modularization are and how it impacts Ruby applications. 

On YouTube

Ruby Packs, Gems and Modularization with Alex Evanczuk - RUBY 589

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Links

• A How-to Guide to Ruby Packs, Gusto’s Gem Ecosystem for Modularizing Ruby Applications
• GitHub - Shopify/packwerk: Good things come in small packages.
• rubyatscale
• GitHub - rubyatscale/packs-rails

Socials

• LinkedIn Alex Evanczuk
• GitHub: alexevanczuk

Picks

• Alex - Gardening Podcast | Organic Gardener
• Alex - The Mandalorian (TV Series 2019
• Chuck - The Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Chuck - PipelinePRO
• Chuck - 1923 (TV series)
• Valentino - The 30th Anniversary of Ruby - YouTube
• 
  

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Jeremy Smith is a Designer & Rails Developer and Mark Locklear is a Web Developer at the eXtension Foundation. They join the show alongside Chuck to talk about the Blue Ridge Ruby Conference. They go into detail about their conference-attending experiences and what motivated them to plan their own event. Additionally, they talk about their preparations for making the event successful (finding a venue, looking for speakers and sponsors, and others)

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Links

• Blue Ridge Ruby

Socials

• Mark Locklear
• Twitter: @jeremysmithco
• Twitter: @marklocklear

Picks

• Chuck - Ark Nova
• Chuck - 75 Hard
• Chuck - 1923 (TV Series 2022–2023)
• Chuck - Everything Is Figureoutable 
• Chuck - The Power of One More
• Jeremy - How I Use RSS To “Rewild” My Attention | by Clive Thompson
• Jeremy - Good Services
• Mark - Logitech H820e Wireless Headset 
• Mark - Introducing ChatGPT

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Jean Boussier is a Staff Engineer on Shopify's Ruby and Rails infrastructure team. He joins the show to talk about pitchfork. He begins by defining the pitchfork and describing how the application concept works. Moreover, he explains the reason why he wrote it and tackles some of its useful features. 

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Educational Links

• GitHub - Shopify/pitchfork
• To Thread or Not to Thread: An In-Depth Look at Ruby’s Execution Models
• Heap Profiler: Measure memory allocations and retentions of a Ruby code snippet
• Rails’ eager\_load\_namespaces
• The Deadline pattern
• Circuit Breakers in Ruby with Semian
• Performance tuning Falcon 
• Ruby’s New GVL Instrumentation API 

Socials

• Jean Boussier (@byroot@ruby.social) - Ruby.social
• GitHub : byroot
• Twitter: @\_byroot

Promoted Links

• Valentino’s Working On: Docs GPT

Picks

• Chuck - Sushi Go Party! 
• Chuck - Riverside.fm
• Jean - Ruby 3.2.0 Released
• Valentino - watchmeforever - Twitch
• Valentino - ivoanjo/gvl-tracing

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Dave and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about important points to remember in web hosting. Dave begins by discussing ways to prevent security breaches in your system or data and prevent any ransomware attacks. He shares his own experience on how he maintains his website and the resources he is currently using. 

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Links

• Drifting Ruby
• DHH: We’re Leaving the Cloud 
•  ProxMox: An open-source virtualization platform
• AMD Risen 9 7950X 
• GPU computing with NVIDIA’s CUDA cores
• CERN’s LHC@Home volunteer computing platform
• COVID-19 HPC Consortium

Picks

• Dave - SteamDeck 
• Valentino - Flipper Zero

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Brett Chalupa is a hobbyist game maker, creative dabbler, and professional software developer. He joins the show alongside the Rogues to talk about creating video games. He dives into how he got started with DragonRuby, the games he created, and his experience as a game developer. Moreover, he talks about his book, " Building Games with DragonRuby".

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Links

• Building Games with DragonRuby
• mruby
• Simple DirectMedia Layer
• OpenGameArt
• Smaug
• GitHub - DragonRidersUnite/scale: Framework with conventions and utils for DragonRuby Game Toolkit
• DragonRuby Game Toolkit
• Exquisite corpse - Wikipedia
• Brett Chalupa - itch.io
• Brett Chalupa
• Brett Chalupa - Mastodon
• Brett Codes - YouTube
• Twitter: @brett\_codes
• DocsGPT

Picks

• Chuck - Karma
• Chuck - 1923 (TV Series 2022–2023) - IMDb
• Chuck - The Mistborn Saga
• Brett - How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
• Brett - Murder on the Orient Express
• Brett - Save 60% on Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight on Steam
• Valentino -  Amazing AI — Sindre Sorhus
• Valentino - Why Props Matter - YouTube

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Chuck and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to discuss Ruby 3.2. Valentino takes the lead as he talks about its exciting new features and performance improvements. They also share their insights and opinions about Ruby 3.2 and if these features help optimize web application performance.

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Links

• Ruby 3.2.0 Released
• Ruby Weekly
• What's new in Ruby 3.2's IRB?
• huginn/huginn
• Year in Review 2022: Tenderlove's Ruby and Rails Reflections and Predictions
• THE BENCHMARK SETUP
• Benchmarking Ruby 3.2 with YJIT
• 💎 Ruby 3.2.0 Is From Another Dimension
• YJIT: Building a New JIT Compiler for CRuby
• It is not what you expect, but it is what you want
• kateinoigakukun/wasi-vfs
• Feature #18585 
• Module: RubyLsp::Requests

Picks

• Charles - Midjourney
• Charles - Introducing ChatGPT
• Charles - Sleeping Queens
• Charles - Log in to Xero Accounting Software
• Valentino -  Resemble.ai’s Alexa Skill Template

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Jimmy Koppel is the founder of Mirdin. He also has a Ph. D. in programming languages from MIT. He joins the show alongside Chuck to talk about "Linguistic Antipatterns". It is a persistently bad practice in the name and documentation which could make it more difficult to understand programs. He begins by sharing some of its examples, how to identify them, and how to avoid them. 

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Links

• Advanced Software Design Web Course - Mirdin
• Dropbox - rubocop.md - Simplify your life
• two Ruby case studies
• Linguistic Antipatterns
• Mirdin
• Jimmy Koppel
• Twitter: @jimmykoppel

Picks

• Charles - Forbidden Sky
• Jimmy - Tigris & Euphrates
• Jimmy - Might and Magic series - MobyGames

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Zachary Schroeder returns to the show to talk about the latest trends and frameworks in the community. Chuck starts off by sharing his own experience of staying on top of his podcast and current projects. They also discuss the significance of working on "side projects" in their field. Additionally, they discuss their perspective on using social media platforms in connecting with people.

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Links

• Framework reimagined for the edge! - Qwik
• HTML Over The Wire | Hotwire
• GitHub - arbox/machine-learning-with-ruby
• GitHub - arbox/data-science-with-ruby
• Please follow: Top End Devs in Tiktok
• GitHub: robobluebird

Picks

• Charles - UNO ALL WILD
• Charles - Total Life Freedom
• Charles - DigitalOcean
• Zachary - Microserfs
• Zachary - Macbat 64

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Elia Schito works at Nebulab. He is a Ruby enthusiast and move to a more supporting role for Opal development, mainly reviewing and merging PRs, handling releases, and so on. He returns to the show to talk about Opal and its new features. It is a Ruby to JavaScript source-to-source compiler. They also talk about the difference between Opal and ruby-wasm. Additionally, they discuss the e-commerce platform, "Solidus".

Features recently added to Opal

• freezing
• parallel compilation
• async/await support
• native promises
• io (gets/puts)
• bundle size reduction
• readability of compiled JS
• ruby 3.2 support (coming around Christmas 2022)
• binding.irb

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Links

• Opal 💎
• GitHub - joeldrapper/phlex
• Try Opal: Browser compiler and REPL
• WebAssembly and advanced regular expressions with Opal
• TryRuby/try\_ruby.js.rb at master · ruby/TryRuby · GitHub
• Phlex
• Solidus
• GitHub - opal/paggio: Ruby, HTML and CSS at war
• Opal Blog 
• TryRuby playground
• Elia Schito 
• Twitter: @elia
• - Top End Devs
• Ruby Delights Built Into The Language
• GitHub - nebulab/rails\_console\_toolkit: Configurable Rails Console Helpers

Picks

• Charles - The Game | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
• Charles - TriDot: Home
• Charles - 1923 (TV Series 2022–2023) - IMDb
• Elia - Code I like (I): Domain-driven boldness
• Elia - The waning days of DEI's dominance
• Elia - nd podcast Archives - New Discourses
• Valentino - Ruby Delights Built Into The Language
• Valentino - Shopify’s latest thread on performance metrics from their Ruby 3.2 efforts

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Hilary Stohs-Krause is the Co-Owner and VP at Ten Forward Consulting. Having already spoken at the RubyConf mini last November 2022 about "Salary Transparency", she returns to the show to further talk about it. She explains how they were able to implement it in their company and why it is important. Moreover, she shares their company's process on how to decide on their employees' salaries. 

Sponsors

• Chuck's Resume Template
• Developer Book Club
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• RubyConf Mini
• - Top End Devs
• Ten Forward Consulting
• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub - reenhanced/gitreflow
• Twitter: @hilarysk
• LinkedIn: Hilary Stohs-Krause

Picks

• Charles - Antidote
• Charles - World Cup Soccer
• Charles - Meetup - We are what we do
• Hilary - Greg - Plant Identifier & Care
• John - Pixel 7
• Valentino - How a strategically designed data platform elevates product outcomes

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Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author, and publisher. He also co-authored the best-selling and seminal book, "The Pragmatic Programmer". He joins the show to discuss the important things that software developers should know in this generation. He talks about some of the things that have evolved since he started. 

Important Points

• Reliable CI/CD Pipeline
• Effective low-friction collaboration
•  Free flow of information
• Constant Learning / Skills improvement
• a. Read more technical books
• b. Read more fiction
• Think about how we build software
• a. Software that is replaceable and deposable

Sponsors

• Chuck's Resume Template
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• Toolshed Technologies
• The Pragmatic Programmer
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• LinkedIn: Andy Hunt
• Twittter: @PragmaticAndy

Picks

• Andy - Linear – A better way to build products
• Charles - Camel Up
• Dave - Tiltaing Camera Cage

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Gavin Morrice is a Senior Ruby Engineer at Cookpad. It is a food tech company and the largest online recipe platform. He joins the Rogues to tackle his article, "How we improved our Rails app’s performance with Conditional Get Requests". He explains the idea of their article, what led them to develop their technique, and the way that this technique improves the user's experience.

Sponsors

• AppSignal
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• How we improved our Rails app’s performance with Conditional Get Requests
• HTTP conditional requests - HTTP | MDN
• ETag
• Rails’s etag method
• Rails Etag validators concept
• Cookpad - Make everyday cooking fun!
• GitHub: Bodacious
• LinkedIn: Gavin Morrice
• Twitter: @MorriceGavin
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Picks

• Charles - Meadow | Board Game - BoardGameGeek
• Charles - Yellowstone - TV Series | Paramount Network
• Charles - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 
• Gavin - Comté
• Gavin - Amsterdam (2022) - IMDb
• Gavin - Sushi and Beyond
• John - Home | RubyConf 2022
• John - Pixel 7 Pro

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Returning guest, Trae Robrock is the founder of greenbits.com but eventually sold the company. In addition, he experimented with various technologies such as node.js, lambda, python, etc. before returning to Rails. He also got into real estate and started a new tech company in the real estate space called," https://comfort.ly". Trae joins the show with John and Valentino to discuss his experience and challenges encountered in developing the applications. Moreover, they also tackle some of the tools and software that he used to maintain the apps. 

Sponsors

• AppSignal
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• trobrock
• Twitter: @trobrock

Picks

• John - RubyConf 2022: Home
• John - RubyConf Mini
• Trae - Never Split the Difference
• Valentino - Galactic Unicorn 

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Kinsey Durham Grace is an Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer at GitHub. She is also a lecturer at RailsBridge where they run a workshop to teach scholars to write code. She joins the show with John and Valentino to about a variety of topics mostly focused on DevOps and Mentoring. She shares her experience in teaching scholars in the Ruby Community. Additionally, she talks about her career transition from Go to Ruby. 

Sponsors

• AppSignal
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• Kinsey Durham Grace
• GitHub: kinseydurhamgrace
• Twitter: @KinseyAnnDurham

Picks

• John - Rented office spaces
• Kinsey - Ruby Central
• Kinsey - BridgeFoundry 
• Valentino - Mexico City Rails Meet-up Reboot

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Kevin Newton works at Shopify. He is specifically assigned to the Ruby and Rails Infrastructure Team. He returns to the show to talk about building Parsers in Ruby since he is working full-time on a new Ruby parser called "Prettier Ruby Plugin”. Prettier works with the majority of editors and support different languages. He shares his journey on how he was able to create it. He also talks about "exreg", which is a Ruby regular expression engine that he created. About this Episode* All about Parser * How Parser applies to Ruby * Advantages of using Parser * Ways to write Parsers * All about exreg

Sponsors* AppSignal * Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links prettier/plugin-ruby* * GitHub - ruby-syntax-tree/syntax_tree: A fast Ruby parser and formatter * GitHub - kddnewton/exreg: A Ruby regular expression engine * Twitter: @kddnewton * GitHub: kddnewton * Kevin Newton

Picks* Dave - Blackmagic Design * Dave - LEGO® Bonsai Tree | Official LEGO® Shop US * Dave - WebAssembly * Kevin - Just for Fun. No, Really. * Luke - Order Starlink * Luke - The Grug Brained Developer * Luke - Emmet — the essential toolkit for web-developers * Luke - AArch64 Bitmask Immediates * Valentino - Design Kit

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Jesse Spevack currently works at Stripe and specializes in Ruby on Rails. He talks about his success story of shifting careers from being an Educator to a Software Engineer. Jesse returns to show to share his humble beginnings when he started out his first job in the Tech world. About this Episode* Changing Careers * Experience working in Stripe * Transitioning from working in an office to working remotely * "Hello Turing World Podcast"

Sponsors* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links* Turing School * Todo Or Die – Write TODOs in code that ensure you actually do them * Hello Turing World Podcast * TRICKS Contest * Written Meanderings * GitHub: jesse-spevack * Twitter: @PlanetEfficacy

Picks* Jesse - The Dream Machine * Valentino- The Cyclic Nature Of In-House Tooling

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Masafumi Okura is a freelance software developer focusing on Ruby on Rails. He joined RubyKaigi 2022 as a helper staff and the chief organizer at Kaigi on Rails 2022 which took place last October. He joins the Rogues to share his experiences and some pointers on arranging a successful Conference amidst the pandemic. Topics discussed* How Technology took part in creating a virtual event * Recruiting and Inviting speakers for the conference * Approaches used to make the process smooth and hassle-free for the speakers joining the event * Obstacles experienced in organizing the event and how to overcome each one.

Sponsors* Chuck's Resume Template * Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin * Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links mrubykaigi 2022 * SpatialChat * Fukuoka.rb * ruby-jp.slack.com * okuramasafumi/gem_to_mgem* * GitHub - okuramasafumi/reversible * GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim * GitHub: okuramasafumi

Picks* Charles - Irish Gauge * Charles - Ruby Remote Conference * Charles - I Don't Want to Kill You * John - GitHub - rootstrap/yaaf * John - Leather Coasters * Masafumi - Fukuoka mruby Kaigi 2022 EN * Masafumi - GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim * Valentino - LunarVim

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In this all-panelist episode, Chuck, Dave, and Valentino give insights on how to choose your career path, how to kickstart your career, how to take control, and how to advance in your profession. They also share their experiences and some advice on what qualities you should possess in order to become successful
Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Picks* Charles - Irish Gauge | Board Game - BoardGameGeek * Charles - I Am Not a Serial Killer * Dave - Drifting Ruby: Modern Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web * Valentino - Codewars | Discord * Valentino - The reverse job board for Rails developers

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The Rogues discuss Turbo and Hotwire with Alexandre Ruban, who created a course on Hotwire and Turbo for Rails at Hotrails.dev. The dive into its origins with TurboLinks and then discuss the various options and tools that come with Hotwire development in Rails and compare it to other front-end frameworks and solutions they've used.

Links:* Hotrails.dev * Hotwire * React * Bootstrap * Tailwind * Alexandre's Twitter

Picks:Dave* DaisyUI

Valentino* Neo4J * Ruby Kaigi

Chuck* Irish Gauge * Kajabi * Chuck's Coaching Offerings * Dev Book Club

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In recent news, Heroku announced they will eliminate free plans and shut down all free data services. With that said, today on the show, the panel discusses tools to substitute this platform and other possible workaround options.In this episode…* The Huroku platform * Render (tool) * Digital Ocean (tool) * Fly.io (tool) * Words of caution and possible issues * Rails templates and docker deployment files * Setting up options at home * AWS App Runner vs AWS Elastic Beanstalk * OpenShift containerization software

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Heroku's Next Chapter

Picks* Charles – Velcro table ties for cables * Charles – Coaching * Charles - Top End Devs Conferences * Charles- NCIS (Official Site) Watch on CBS * Dave- Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for Mac * Dave- Lighting With Grids | What They Do And How To Use Them * John- Best standing desk for home office and WFH 2022 * John- 3-1/8 Inch (80mm) Zinc Alloy Desk Grommets and Cable Ties Kit Red Bronze Cable Hole Cover Cord Organizer for Computer Desk Cabinet (1pcs Desk Grommets + 3pcs Reusable Ties)

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Import maps is the new feature in Rails 7 that allows us to forego Node.js and tools like Webpack, plus it prevents the need for bundling. Today on the show, Valentino interviews Paweł Dąbrowski to share his insights about import maps in Rails 7.In this episode…* Mortal Kombat coding * Mastering CSV in Ruby (book) * CSV features * What are Import maps in Rails 7 and how do you get started * Rails app generator and Rails formation * How to handle upgrades * New Rails features

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Boss Vs Motivator - Sharebold * Mastering CSV in Ruby * Twitter: @longliveruby

Picks* Paweł- Heroku's Next Chapter * Valentino- GitHub - ankane/sidekick: The simple way to automate tasks * Valentino- 6 Types Of Hot Tubs To Warm You Up Any Time Of The Year

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Import maps is the new feature in Rails 7 that allows us to forego Node.js and tools like Webpack, plus it prevents the need for bundling. Today on the show, Valentino interviews Paweł Dąbrowski to share his insights about import maps in Rails 7.In this episode…* Mortal Kombat coding * Mastering CSV in Ruby (book) * CSV features * What are Import maps in Rails 7 and how do you get started * Rails app generator and Rails formation * How to handle upgrades * New Rails features

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Boss Vs Motivator - Sharebold * Mastering CSV in Ruby * Twitter: @longliveruby

Picks* Paweł- Heroku's Next Chapter * Valentino- GitHub - ankane/sidekick: The simple way to automate tasks * Valentino- 6 Types Of Hot Tubs To Warm You Up Any Time Of The Year

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Post pandemic, remote work is here to stay. Today on the show, the panel and Jake Yesbeck share their insights about remote work for developers and the latest developments for the 2022 workforce and beyond.

In this episode…* The transition to remote * Being intentional about career growth * Book clubs * Separating work from life * Changes post pandemic * Connecting in public channels * How do you measure productivity? * Interviews / interviewing remotely

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Twitter: @jakeyesbeck

Picks* Charles- Diablo Immortal * Charles – Rails Remote Conference * Dave- dbx 286s * Dave – Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Studio Headphones * Jake- Headache & Pain Relief | TYLENOL® * Jake- What is Ruby on Rails? * John- Terraria * John – DIY fix your own stuff * Valentino- Audio Formatter * Valentino- Z Stick

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Post pandemic, remote work is here to stay. Today on the show, the panel and Jake Yesbeck share their insights about remote work for developers and the latest developments for the 2022 workforce and beyond.

In this episode…* The transition to remote * Being intentional about career growth * Book clubs * Separating work from life * Changes post pandemic * Connecting in public channels * How do you measure productivity? * Interviews / interviewing remotely

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Twitter: @jakeyesbeck

Picks* Charles- Diablo Immortal * Charles – Rails Remote Conference * Dave- dbx 286s * Dave – Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Studio Headphones * Jake- Headache & Pain Relief | TYLENOL® * Jake- What is Ruby on Rails? * John- Terraria * John – DIY fix your own stuff * Valentino- Audio Formatter * Valentino- Z Stick

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For years, the Rails community has been clamoring for Active Deployment, a magical out-of-the-box mechanism for deploying applications. Today on the show, Cameron Dutro shares how you can deploy Rails apps on Kubernetes with Kuby. De-stress your deployments today with these simple strategies.In this episode…* Active deployments for Rails apps * Docker containers and Kubernetes * Controlling your environment * Flexible without vendor lock in * Building images with Kuby * Plug in providers * Why Kubernetes for your apps * Multinode set ups with Kuby * Deploying Kuby

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* RailsConf 2022 - Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps by Cameron Dutro - YouTube * getkuby * GitHub: camertron * Twitter: @camertron * LinkedIn: Cameron Dutro

Picks* Cameron- GitHub - ViewComponent/view_component: A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. * Cameron- AirPods * Charles- Quiddler * Charles– Top End Devs Meetups * Charles– Rails Remote Conference * Charles- Watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Season 1 Streaming Online | Peacock * Valentino- byebug/GUIDE.md at master · deivid-rodriguez/byebug * Valentino- Keychron | Wireless Mechanical Keyboards for Mac, Windows and Phones

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For years, the Rails community has been clamoring for Active Deployment, a magical out-of-the-box mechanism for deploying applications. Today on the show, Cameron Dutro shares how you can deploy Rails apps on Kubernetes with Kuby. De-stress your deployments today with these simple strategies.In this episode…* Active deployments for Rails apps * Docker containers and Kubernetes * Controlling your environment * Flexible without vendor lock in * Building images with Kuby * Plug in providers * Why Kubernetes for your apps * Multinode set ups with Kuby * Deploying Kuby

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* RailsConf 2022 - Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps by Cameron Dutro - YouTube * getkuby * GitHub: camertron * Twitter: @camertron * LinkedIn: Cameron Dutro

Picks* Cameron- GitHub - ViewComponent/view_component: A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. * Cameron- AirPods * Charles- Quiddler * Charles– Top End Devs Meetups * Charles– Rails Remote Conference * Charles- Watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Season 1 Streaming Online | Peacock * Valentino- byebug/GUIDE.md at master · deivid-rodriguez/byebug * Valentino- Keychron | Wireless Mechanical Keyboards for Mac, Windows and Phones

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Ben Taylor joins the show today to share his recent developments about integrating Ruby snippets within a browser in less than a day. The panel asks about his process and what he did to make this a quick and successful strategy. Learn about this new process and what you can do today to make this happen!

In this episode…* Merging WASI based WebAssembly support * The functions to run ruby snippets in your browser * Programming education and WebAssembly tooling * The WebAssembly package manager * Web browser use cases * Optimization and garbage collection in binary * Accounting for Ruby gems * Security for WebAssembly * Safari integration and WebAssembly * Running the same binary on both client side and server-side

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Runno * How I got Ruby snippets to run browser side in less than a day * Ben Taylor * Twitter: @taybenlor

Picks* Ben- Anathem * Charles- Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit * Charles- Rails Remote Conference * Charles- Nauvoo, IL City Information | Beautiful Nauvoo * Charles – Innova OBD2 Code Reader * Charles – 200W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter 4 USB Ports Charger Adapter Car Plug * Dave- Touchstone Home Products Electric Fireplaces, TV Lifts, and Cabinets

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Ben Taylor joins the show today to share his recent developments about integrating Ruby snippets within a browser in less than a day. The panel asks about his process and what he did to make this a quick and successful strategy. Learn about this new process and what you can do today to make this happen!

In this episode…* Merging WASI based WebAssembly support * The functions to run ruby snippets in your browser * Programming education and WebAssembly tooling * The WebAssembly package manager * Web browser use cases * Optimization and garbage collection in binary * Accounting for Ruby gems * Security for WebAssembly * Safari integration and WebAssembly * Running the same binary on both client side and server-side

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Runno * How I got Ruby snippets to run browser side in less than a day * Ben Taylor * Twitter: @taybenlor

Picks* Ben- Anathem * Charles- Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit * Charles- Rails Remote Conference * Charles- Nauvoo, IL City Information | Beautiful Nauvoo * Charles – Innova OBD2 Code Reader * Charles – 200W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter 4 USB Ports Charger Adapter Car Plug * Dave- Touchstone Home Products Electric Fireplaces, TV Lifts, and Cabinets

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Adam Gordon Bell is back on the show again! Today he shares his views on language tooling, new articles he has recently written, documentation for Ruby, software consulting, and insights into other programming topics.In this episode…* What is language tooling? * How can tooling be improved? * Code linting * Documentations for Ruby * An unfixable programming language * Staff vs line engineers * Software consulting * Why open source?

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* The Other Kind of Staff Software Engineer * Green Vs. Brown Programming Languages * The History and Mystery Of Eliza With Jeff Shrager - CoRecursive Podcast * The Slow March Of Progress in Program Language Tooling * earthly.dev * Twitter: @adamgordonbell

Picks* Adam- Peloton® | The Peloton Tread, Everything You Need For a Total Body Workout * Luke- Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ * Luke- The History and Mystery Of Eliza - CoRecursive Podcast

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Wearable technology, Web 3.0, augmented reality, and other emerging technologies are poised for shifting the future for DevOps. Today on the show, the panel discusses how the future of Ruby can adapt to make these changes a reality.

In this episode…* Wearable tech * Virtual reality * Web 3.0 * Blockchains * Non-fungible tokens * React native * Dragon ruby and rails * The future for Ruby

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Picks* Charles- Antidote * Charles- - Top End Devs * Charles- Ready Player One: A Novel * Dave- Black Shark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard LED Backlit Wired Keyboard with Blue Switches, Fully Programmable, Anti-Ghosting 104 Keys for Desktop PC, Sixgill K2 * Dave- Beat the Parents * John- Ruby Weekly * John- Salsas | Herdez * Luke- RailsConf 2022 - The pitfalls of realtime-ification by Vladimir Dementyev * Luke- Agile Web Development with Rails 7

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Today on the show, Máximo Mussini shares how your front-end framework can benefit from integrating rails models and routes concurrently. Topics they discuss today include everything from complex structures with serializers to generating JS from rails routes.

In this episode…* Advantages of serializers * Contact serializers * Parse float and typescripts * Complex structures with serializers * Path helpers in JS * Generating JS from rails routes * Typed interface files configurations * Types and Ruby

Sponsors* Avo * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Top End Devs

Links* Generating TypeScript interfaces from Ruby serializers 2 * Generating JS functions to make request from Rails routes 2 * GitHub: ElMassimo * Twitter: @MaximoMussini

Picks* Charles- Orbis * Charles – Top End Devs Meetups * Charles – Rails Remote Conference * John- Simple Task Management Software for Businesses of All Sizes * John- VALORANT: Riot Games' competitive 5v5 character-based tactical shooter * Luke- Introduction * Luke- Decameron | work by Boccaccio * Máximo- Recording Your Terminal to SVG | platformOS Docs * Máximo- Inertia.js - The Modern Monolith * Valentino- Co-ops: On Sparking Innovation at Doximity * Valentino- Ruby Evolution * Valentino- why the lucky stiff - Wikipedia

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Imagine a tool that lets you write templates that can generate code, but also parse that code back into the initial variables. Depending on how flexible your templates are, it can even parse code that has been modified by hand after generation. Today on the show, the panel interviews Lucas Luitjes, creator of Monocle, the tool that allows for this kind of integration.

In this episode…

1. What is bidirectional code generation
2. Visual rails editor prototype
3. How does the program work, step by step
4. Parsing results from snippets
5. Multi-node placeholders
6. Utilizing the erb2builder library
7. Ruby security features

Connect with Lucas via email: lucas@snootysoftware.com

Sponsors* Avo * Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Lucas Luitjes * Luitjes IT | Monocle: bidirectional code generation * Twitter: lucasluitjes

Picks* Charles- Just One | Board Game - BoardGameGeek * Charles- 1883 (TV Series 2021–2022) - IMDb * Charles- Top End Devs Conferences

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Vendor lock-in refers to a situation whereby the cost of switching to a different vendor or platform is so high that you are essentially stuck with the original platform. Today on the show, Charles and Dave share personal stories of how they were forced to continue using a specific platform and what they did to rectify the various scenarios, plus they provide their insights on workaround strategies and how to prevent this from happening in the first place.In this episode…* Designing your API to be more agnostic to the vendor * Changing environment variables * Creating a rails applications with variables in mind * How to avoid doing things manually vs. the risk of staying with the current platform * Using rails credentials that can be shared for all connections within an infrastructure * The risks of putting all your eggs in one software application basket

Sponsors* Avo * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Top End Devs

Picks Charles- Dice Forge * Charles- - Top End Devs * Charles- 1883 - Yellowstone Prequel (Official Site) Watch on Paramount+* * Dave - Hair weaving and spending time with family

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How do you manage your actual rails environment configurations? When you create a new rails application, do you utilize the provided development, test, and production environments, or deviate? Today on the show, Dave and Valentino share their best practices on how they manage their environment variables and workflows within their rails environments.

In this episode…* Staging environments * QA environments * Replicating data and sampling strategies * Local environment testing * Creating Ruby objects * Internal API and servers vs. cloud data apps

Sponsors* Avo * Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Picks* Dave- RESCUE Outdoor Reusable Fly Trap FTR-SF4 * Dave- Glide Gear TMP 100 - Shoot Smartphone/ DSLR Camera to Prompt Tablet/ Smartphone Teleprompter * Valentino- rubyatscale * Valentino- Cloudflare's wall of lava lamps used to generate randomness for cryptographic key generation

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Today on the show, Charles shares about his current projects and inner workings related to managing files and text on his various podcast portals. The panel discusses their history with legacy platforms, their personal tool preferences, and the pros and cons of ActiveStorage and ActionText.

In this episode…

1. Paperclip, Attachment_Fu, CarrierWave, ConfiguringFog and other legacy tools
2. FTP for file storage
3. CDN support and preferences
4. Digital ocean servers
5. Trix compared to other rich text editors

Sponsors* Avo * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Top End Devs

Links* Add markdown support or state that it will not be added · Issue #626 · basecamp/trix * Active Storage Overview - Ruby on Rails Guides

Picks* Charles- Marvel Legendary Dark City Board Game * Charles- Vistaprint US Online Printing: Business Cards, Signage & More * John- Glen Scotia 15 Year Old Scotch Whisky : The Whisky Exchange * John- Drag and Drop File Uploads with Dropzone and StimulusReflex * Valentino- Creating Excellent Developer User Experiences with Github Actions * Valentino- Useful utilities and toys over DNS * Valentino- doitlive - doitlive 4.2.1 documentation

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Today Charles talks with Adrian Marin, a developer and founder of Avo, a Ruby on Rails admin framework.  Coming with 10 years of developer experience, we discuss how Avo sets itself apart from other typical systems by allowing you to step out of the limitations of DSL and write custom code to meet the needs of each customer.  We discuss the three main parts of this fully tested framework, and talk about how you can kick the tires before diving in.  With such a wide range of companies successfully utilizing Avo, it’s something definitely worth checking out!

Links* Avo Admin for Rails * Join the Avo Discord Server! * GitHub - avo-hq/avo: Configuration-based, no-maintenance, extendable Ruby on Rails admin * Twitter: @avo_hq * GitHub: adrianthedev * ADRIAN MARIN

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Wouldn't it be great if ActiveRecord didn't make you think about eager loading and it just did the "right" thing by default? Lazy loading is extremely helpful when the list of associations to load is determined dynamically. Today on the show, Charles and Luke interview Evgeniy Demin, Principal Engineer at Toptal. They discuss how you can speed up your processes by lazy loading your N+1 queries, plus various tools to optimize your workflows.

In this episode…

1. N+1 queries and cases
2. ActiveRecord methodology
3. Developing new features quickly
4. Various tools and ideas
5. The fulfill method
6. Alternative stacks
7. Ruby Tik-Tok

Sponsors* Avo * Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* LinkedIn: Evgeniy Demin * GitHub - djezzzl/n1_loader: Loader to solve N+1 issues for good. Highly recommended for GraphQL API. * GitHub - DmitryTsepelev/ar_lazy_preload: Lazy loading associations for the ActiveRecord models * GitHub - salsify/goldiloader: Just the right amount of Rails eager loading * N+1 problem will never be an issue with N1Loader gem * Enhanced ActiveRecord preloading

Picks* Charles- PODFEST EXPO | Where Your Voice Matters * Charles- Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game - Guardians of the Galaxy * Charles- Vistaprint US Online Printing: Business Cards, Signage & More * Charles- Products * Charles - Winco Foods * Evgeniy - Toptal * Evgeniy - Telltale Games * Luke- Watch The Lincoln Lawyer | Netflix Official Site

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In recent years, researchers have explored component-based synthesis, which aims to automatically construct programs that operate by composing calls to existing APIs. However, prior work has not considered efficient synthesis of methods with side effects that update a database. Today on the show, Sankha Guria shares about his research in this area, introducing a new approach to type and effect-guided synthesis tools for Ruby.

In this episode…

1. What is program synthesis?
2. Lambda functions
3. Generating in Ruby
4. Assistive code generation
5. Benchmarking your code
6. Various tools
7. Co-pilot vs. pilot
8. Scratch software for kids
9. Applying program synthesis to web assemblies
10. How to use program synthesis to generates tests

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* UMD Department of Computer Science * RbSyn: Type- and Effect-Guided Program Synthesis * GitHub - ngsankha/rbsyn: Program synthesis for Ruby * ruby-rogues.md · GitHub * Rosette: About * Twitter: @ngsankha * Sankha Narayan Guria

Picks* Luke- A better zip bomb * Luke- Shawn Hymel – Tiny ML * Sankha- Scythe * Valentino - Stripe

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How do you develop remotely in new ecosystems such as when you are on vacation, in a coffee shop, or traveling for business? The panel today discusses various strategies on how to manage these environments to achieve the most efficient outcomes.

In this episode…1. Visual Studio Code and remote SSH extensions 2. VPN tunnel networks 3. Distractions, comfort 4. Internet issues 5. Time zone challenges 6. Squid proxies 7. Personalized keyboards and monitors 8. Smart suitcases

Sponsors* Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links* Conferences | Top End Devs * Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined * LogMeIn Remote Access | Secure Remote Software * AirPods Pro

Picks* Charles - Unlock! * Charles- Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Welcome to Fireside! * Charles- Conferences | Top End Devs * Dave- ZenScreen MB14AC｜Monitors｜ASUS Global * Dave - Meshilicious (mesh case) * Luke- GitHub - evrencoskun/TableView * Luke- GitHub - jeremyevans/rodauth * John- Anker PowerCore III Elite 25600 mah 87W USB-C PD Portable Charger Black A1291H11-1 - Best Buy * John- Railsconf 2022

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Unfinished technology, unfinished products, unfinished gems, unfinished concepts, unfinished code, unfinished libraries, and more.  In software development, everyone has those projects that never get finished or ever get started.  Luke and Valentino banter about the various aspects of unfinished business, specifically technology ideas – from creating to implementing to fixing to scrapping.

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Picks* Luke- GitHub - scenic-views/scenic: Versioned database views for Rails * Valentino- Yamauchi No.10 Family Office * Valentino-Elixir's Creator José Valim on the Development of a New Language - Semaphore

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Making his second appearance on the podcast, Maciej Mensfeld joins the show to share his latest developments with his Kafka and Karafka integrations and libraries. He shares his framework for Kafka 2.0, his personal approach to Rails, and how to integrate Kafka and Karafka most effectively. The panel also discusses regulation and security risks with open-source libraries for developers.

About this Episode…1. What is Kafka and Karafka and how are they used?
2. The Rails mindset with Kafka and Karafka vs. batches
3. What is making Karafka faster?
4. Open-source libraries and regulation and security risks

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Links* Apache Kafka * GitHub - karafka/karafka: Framework for Apache Kafka based Ruby and Rails applications development. * Closer to Code * Mitigate Open Source Supply Chain Risks * GitHub:Maciej Mensfeld

Picks* Charles- Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game * Charles- FTP and SSH online - upload, edit, copy, move, rename & more * Charles - domainagents.com * Dave- Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable (3 m) * John- Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | Aberlour * John- OS 10 - Wikipedia * Maciej- 100 W 1.5 Ohms Resistors * Valentino- Lint Filenames - GitHub Marketplace * Valentino- GitHub - domialex/Sidekick: A Path of Exile helper * Valentino- Scoped gems proposal by mullermp · Pull Request #40 · rubygems/rfcs

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John Epperson and Luke Stutters discuss developer tools - whether those are the IDEs or Text Editors we use, the gems/libraries we include in our projects, or the OS we make use of. We talk about How we decide to replace our tools, and we talk about a number of tools that we use, the ones that we like and the ones that we wish had better replacements. Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks John- Turbo, the speed of a single-page web application without having to write any JavaScript (https://turbo.hotwired.dev/) John- Use Stimulus in your Ruby on Rails app (https://github.com/hotwired/stimulus-rails) John- Ever:J Clothing line (https://www.evesandgray.co.uk/2020/04/17/everj-clothing-modern-mens-outerwear-for-the-spring/) Luke - 2022 State of Software Engineers (https://hired.com/2022-state-of-software-engineers/) Luke- GitHub - ankane/pgsync (https://github.com/ankane/pgsync) Luke- Panels and System Monitoring - Victron Energy (https://www.victronenergy.com/panel-systems-remote-monitoring)

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A 10x developer is defined as a professional who is 10 times more productive than other developers with an equal level of expertise in the field. Accordingly, a 10x developer would be able to complete 10 times more tasks and writes 10 times better code than any other competent member of their team working in the same conditions. Does a 10x developer exist, or is this a myth? Today on the show, Charles and Valentino parse out this philosophy by comparing a 1x developer vs. a 10x developer. In this episode… What do you expect out of a programmer? Increasing work output on a team The ego of a programmer Being a team player Sustaining a steady pace toward a common goal The time to fix things is now Focusing on your team and output Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links 1x Programming (https://tim.mcnamara.nz/post/667318290442600448/1x-programming) Picks Charles - Game pigeon (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamepigeon/id1124197642) Charles - Signs on the Cheap (https://www.signsonthecheap.com/) Charles - Make.com (https://www.make.com/en) Charles - Podio (https://podio.com/) Charles - Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Valentino - Ninja Keys Library (https://github.com/ssleptsov/ninja-keys) Valentino - Httpstat.us (http://httpstat.us/) Valentino - Rust and Ruby Integration (https://github.com/Shopify/yjit)

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Andy Maleh joins the show today to share his opensource desktop development library app for Ruby, Glimmer. Enjoy hearing about why and how Andy created Glimmer, specific applications for implementation, comparison to other apps, DSL framework, using widgets within Glimmer, feature additives, testing, and various compatibilities. In this episode… What is Glimmer and how does it work The story on why Andy built Glimmer The DSL framework Using widgets in Glimmer Distribution for Glimmer Missing features in Glimmer Compatibility with RubyMotion How to test with Glimmer Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links Code Master Blog: Glimmer (https://andymaleh.blogspot.com/search/label/Glimmer) Glimmer DSL for SWT Video Tutorial 1 - Hello, World! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi5phsSdNAA&list=PLSN9HhZ_0-n741vRa_dL-M81cLbqD_kem) GitHub: AndyObtiva/glimmer (https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer) Picks Charles- Pandemic Iberia (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198928/pandemic-iberia) Charles- Podio (https://www.podio.com/) Charles- Make.com (https://www.make.com/en) Charles- GlobiMail (https://podio.com/extensions/3) Charles- RightSignature (https://rightsignature.com/) Charles- TopEndDevs | Conferences (https://topenddevs.com/conferences) Dave- StickerMule (https://www.stickermule.com/) John- Avocados (https://californiaavocado.com/) John- GitHub: ankane/pretender (https://github.com/ankane/pretender) Luke- PwnFunction - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/PwnFunction) Special Guest: Andy Maleh.

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Is it a class? Is it a hash? No, it's Ruby Struct! Brooke Kuhlmann joins the Rogues to explore this often-overlooked object. We extend simple structs with refinements, use pattern matching to compress complex logic and close the door on OpenStructs. Brooke talks about the challenges and rewards of introducing busy teams to advanced techiques, software craftsmanship and the transformational philosophy of alchemists.io (https://www.alchemists.io/). Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links Ruby Refinements | Alchemists (https://www.alchemists.io/articles/ruby_refinements/) Refinements | Alchemists (https://www.alchemists.io/projects/refinements/) Class: Pathname (Ruby 2.6.3) (https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.6.3/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/Pathname.html) dry-rb - dry-monads v1.3 - Introduction (https://dry-rb.org/gems/dry-monads/1.3/) What's New in Python 2.6 (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-343-the-with-statement) GitHub - troessner/reek (https://github.com/troessner/reek) Software Craftsmanship and Code Retreats with Corey Haines (https://hanselminutes.com/308/software-craftsmanship-and-code-retreats-with-corey-haines) Master the Object Oriented Mindset in Ruby and Rails - avdi.codes (https://avdi.codes/moom/) Picks Brooke- Polished Ruby Programming (https://www.amazon.com/Polished-Ruby-Programming-maintainable-high-performance-ebook/dp/B093TH9P7C) Brooke- Everdell (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell) Luke- WarnerBros.co.uk | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Movies (https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/fantastic-beasts-secrets-dumbledore) Luke- Ruby Pattern Matching by Brooke Kuhlmann of the Alchemists Collective - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CvJYyWNEc) Valentino- GitHub - thisredone/rb (https://github.com/thisredone/rb) Valentino- What About A Plain Text Web - Earthly Blog (https://earthly.dev/blog/text-mode/) Valentino- A morse themed arcade rhythm game (https://twitter.com/perbyhring/status/1508716634382512137) Special Guest: Brooke Kuhlmann.

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It's not every day that you learn a new approach to error handling for Ruby. Today Abiodun Olowode shares her insights with railway oriented programming (ROP), a functional programming technique that allows sequential execution of functions, not necessarily synchronous. The key concept is that each function can only accept and return Container of either Success or Failure. They also dive into the topic of dry monads, the gems that helps you achieve railway oriented programming in that it helps bind your methods together and give you a success or failure result. In this Episode… What is railway oriented programming (ROP) Examples of ROP and dry monads Limitations of dry monads How to test your configurations Dry schema implications What is the developer culture like in Nigeria, Africa? Links Railway Oriented Programming In Rails Using Dry-Monads - Honeybadger Developer Blog (https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/railway-programming-dry-monads/) Picks Abiodun- Bridgerton (https://www.netflix.com/title/80232398) Charles- Scythe: Invaders from Afar (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199727/scythe-invaders-afar) Charles- Hover.com (https://www.hover.com/) Charles- Podio.com (https://podio.com/) Luke- A new bootable USB solution Luke- Front end load library (https://pqina.nl/filepond/) Special Guest: Abiodun Olowode .

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GraphQL is a flexible, strongly-typed query language. It's useful because it gives front-end developers the ability to query the database without many changes to the back-end. In this episode, David Sanchez explains how to design and build GraphQL APIs in Rails. In this Episode… What is GraphQL and how do you get started with it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of GraphQL? What is REST and how do you integrate in your workflow? Common misconceptions with GraphQL What is GraphiQL and how does it differ from GraphQL? How to use max_depth in your queries. Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links GraphQL APIs in Rails (https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/graphql-apis-for-rails/) Codeando (https://codeando.dev/) Twitter: David Sanchez ( @SanchezDav90 ) (https://twitter.com/SanchezDav90) Picks David- GraphQL APIs in Rails (https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/graphql-apis-for-rails/) Luke- Build something new and fun at your local MakerSpaces (https://makerspaces.make.co/) Valentino- RubyConf 2021 video favorites playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbHJudTY1K0f0oMhWtY-UyzOb7tUlaHps) Valentino- A Wordle alternative called Hurdle (https://www.arkadium.com/games/hurdle/) Special Guest: David Sanchez.

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Anton Ivanopoulos joins the show today to share his approach with using Isolator and Sidekiq to ensure simple, efficient background jobs for Ruby. Discover how Isolator and Sidekiq integrate and how you can have more reliable message processing, group jobs into a set to follow their progress, and ultimately stop worrying about queues and focus on your app. Anton shares his story how he moved from delayed jobs to Sidekiq and why he replaced his backend and why Sidekiq is more effective in the long run. In this Episode… What is Isolator and how does it integrate with Sidekiq? A new way to catch the errors and add confidence and reliability message processing. How to build good habits, moving deploys from being atomic things to things where there is continuous deployment for efficient background jobs. Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links Do you want to take your career to the next level? Access a free coaching session with Charles Max Wood today (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Listen to these podcasts, ad free, with Top End Devs Premium! (https://topenddevs.com/premium) Delivering Video with Less than 1s Latency with CacheFly (https://www.cachefly.com/) Picks Anton – Spirit Island Board Game (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island) Charles – The Lost Ruins Of Arnak Board Game (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312484/lost-ruins-arnak) Charles – Rails Remote Conf (http://railsremoteconf.com/) John – GitHub: importmap-rails (https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails) John – Turbo (https://codecurious.dev/introduction-to-hotwire-and-turbo/) John – Stimulus (https://dev.to/bhumi/stimulus-rails-7-tutorial-5a6a) Valentino – Julia Evans (https://twitter.com/b0rk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Special Guest: Anton Ivanopoulos.

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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) creator of Ruby on Rails joins the Rogues to discuss the successor to the asset pipeline and webpacker that's coming in the next version of Ruby on Rails. He talks through the differences between the asset pipeline, webpacker, and propshaft and talks about the reasons you may or may not want to use each solution. Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) (https://dhh.dk/) David Heinemeier Hansson (https://world.hey.com/dhh) Picks Charles- Dice Forge | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194594/dice-forge) Charles- BoardGameGeek – Gaming Unplugged Since 2000 (https://boardgamegeek.com/) Charles- railsremoteconf.com is coming soon (http://railsremoteconf.com/) Dave- Drifting Ruby: Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web Developers (https://www.driftingruby.com/) David- Social Warming - Oneworld Publications (https://oneworld-publications.com/social-warming.html) David- Mailbrew - Your personal email digest (https://mailbrew.com/) John- CoffeeScript (https://coffeescript.org/) John- GitHub: importmap-rails (https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails) John- 15 Year Old Whisky (https://www.glenscotia.com/products/15-year-old-single-malt-scotch-whisky) Luke- Rework: Build Half a Product, Not a Half-Assed Project (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-half-a-product-not-a-half-assed-project/id1264193508?i=1000551891446) Valentino- Women Streamers, Programmers and Game Developers Valentino- PacketAI: World's first Autonomous Monitoring Solution (https://packetai.co/) Special Guest: David Heinemeier Hansson.

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Ever feel like your code isn’t “Stylish” enough? Us too. In this episode, the Rogues sit down Benito Sandoval, the author of the Ruby tool Styler that’ll help you customize your UI and keep things running smoothly. “My goal was to create something that allowed you to compose classes and use them in your templates.” - Benito Sandoval In This Episode 1) How to STOP relying on the tail-end and customize your UI using Styler 2) Why Styler is an excellent solution compared to defining classes yourself 3) The TRUTH about partials and when to/not to use them Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links Styler, a tool to compose css classes with ruby (https://bhserna.com/styler-a-tool-to-compose-css-classes-with-ruby.html) The source code of the tool (https://github.com/bhserna/styler/) A little post that introduces a list of examples with styler and tachyons (https://bhserna.com/styler-tachyons-examples.html) The actual list of examples with styler and tachyons (https://styler-tachyons-examples.bhserna.com/) The code of the list of examples that also uses styler (https://github.com/bhserna/styler_tachyons_examples) Picks Benito- Utopia (https://www.utopiainc.com/) Benito- Action Scopes in Rails Charles- Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253664/taco-cat-goat-cheese-pizza) Charles- Death on the Nile (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7657566/) Charles- topenddevs.com (https://topenddevs.com/) for upcoming meetups! Luke- Ruby Conf 2013 - REPL driven development with Pry by Conrad Irwin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9j_Mf91M0I) Luke- Blynk IoT platform (https://blynk.io/) Valentino- Taking our Ruby & Kafka stack to the next level (https://technology.doximity.com/articles/taking-our-ruby-kafka-stack-to-the-next-level) Valentino- Ruby Together (https://rubytogether.org/) Special Guest: Benito Serna.

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If you’re a solo developer who’s making the switch to a company, this episode is for you. Today, the Ruby Rogues discuss how to navigate the red tape and stand out at your new job. In This Episode 1) How adapt your home processes to a company WITHOUT reinventing everything 2) Why you NEED to master the art of “code review” (and no, software can’t do it for you!) 3) The TRUTH about gems (and why the issue isn’t black and white) Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Charles- Dice Forge | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194594/dice-forge) Charles- Mergify (https://mergify.com/) Dave- Plausible (https://plausible.io/data-policy) Dave- Take ownership for your actions, especially with kids John- Home - Docker (https://www.docker.com/) John- Glen Scotia | Campeltown Whisky (https://www.glenscotia.com/) Valentino- GitHub: reenhanced/gitreflow (https://github.com/reenhanced/gitreflow) Valentino- danger.systems (https://danger.systems/) Valentino- Avdi Grimm - No Code - Southeast Ruby 2017 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI0ss02leo)

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Before you jump into legacy codebases and controllers, you need some info. In this episode, John sits down with Petr Hlavicka, a Rails developer who’s passionate about simplifying this section of Rails and helping people along the way. “I want to make everything easier for me and my colleagues. I want it to be easily understandable even for juniors. And just because you do things differently doesn’t mean it’s wrong.” - Petr Hlavicka In This Episode 1) What you NEED to know about legacy codebase projects before you jump in 2) Petr’s go-to tactics for separating business logic from controllers (without going insane) 3) How you can leverage articles and feedback to simplify complex issues and make your life easier Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links GitHub: Petr Hlavicka ( CiTroNaK ) (https://github.com/CiTroNaK) Picks John- Beginner Drone John- Counterweights for Boom mic stands Petr- Phone gimbals Petr- Tabletop RPGs Special Guest: Petr Hlavicka.

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If you think all audits suck, think again. In this episode, the Rogues sit down with Jeremy Smith, a developer and writer who’s ready to show us the RIGHT way to implement audit logs in Rails. “I want to be cautious about how much I bring into a code base. As gems grow, they accumulate more functionality.” - Jeremy Smith In This Episode 1) Why you NEED audit logs in Rails this year (and how to keep your clients happy with them) 2) Jeremy’s recommendation for top-notch audit gems 3) The answer to “Build it or Buy it?” to keep your code (and your business) tidy Check out Jeremy’s work: Audit Logging in Rails 2 Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coachong | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Charles- 7 Wonders Duel | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel) Charles- Encanto | Disney Movies (https://movies.disney.com/encanto) Charles- Airmeet (https://www.airmeet.com/) Jeremy- The Trusted Advisor (https://amzn.to/36bciBy) Jeremy- Brian Lovin (https://brianlovin.com/) Jeremy- How I Built a Date Picker - Decoding (https://decoding.io/2022/01/how-i-built-a-date-picker/) Luke- Clean Agile by Robert C. Martin | Audiobook | Audible.com (https://www.audible.com/pd/Clean-Agile-Audiobook/B08X7D3YFR?source_code=GO1DH13310082090OZ&ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&ds_rl=1260658&gclid=CjwKCAiA4KaRBhBdEiwAZi1zzkl2upvhlcZS1ckhZThjcKCZ8M5puFXiMbcekIKA8foM8xkVCqRUxhoChZ8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) Luke- Effective Testing with RSpec 3 (https://amzn.to/3Kz8b0P) Valentino- Github Codespaces is Great, but Mutagen is Better (https://technology.doximity.com/articles/github-codespaces-is-great-but-mutagen-is-better) Valentino- Light up your WFH meetings with HomeKit (https://technology.doximity.com/articles/light-up-your-wfh-meetings-with-homekit) Special Guest: Jeremy Smith.

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Not a fan of typical Ruby? We got you. In this episode, the Rogues talk with Bruno Sutic, an Async Ruby developer who will convince you why Async Ruby is a fantastic and stable alternative. “Async Ruby was invited to Ruby’s standard library, so it’ll enjoy the support of Ruby.” - Bruno Sutic In This Episode 1) What you NEED to know about Async Ruby if you’re new to it 2) Why Async Ruby is SUPER promising for 2022 and beyond 3) The ONE thing Ruby’s creator regrets (and what it reveals about Ruby!) Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Bruno- RSS Charles- Wavelength | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength) Charles- Upcoming workshops at topenddevs.com (https://topenddevs.com)! John- A’bunadh Scotch Whisky John- RailsBump (https://railsbump.org/) Valentino- SmarTek-Home (https://smartek-home.com/) Valentino- Timescale: Time-series data simplified (https://www.timescale.com/) Valentino- Brad Frost A/B Bird Feeder Special Guest: Bruno Sutic.

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Interested in state machines? We’re not sure you should be…but it depends. In this episode, the Rogues discuss the merits of state machines and how to know if you actually need one…or if you just need to do some soul searching. They lay out the KEY to organizing your code, how automobile analogies will help you simplify your situation, and what to know about callbacks, records, and controllers this year. In This Episode 1) Why you probably don’t need a state machine (with SOME exceptions) 2) How remembering “the car and its oil level” keeps you from overcomplicating your situation 3) The BEST tools for organizing your code and reducing headaches 4) Do’s and don’ts of callbacks, records, and controllers in 2022 (hint: go slow and steady!) Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Charles- Calico | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283155/calico) (Great to play with your kiddos!) Charles- Invest time and money in your local economy Dave- Airthings CO2 (https://www.airthings.com/en/business/co2-alert) Dave- AlgenAir (https://algenair.com/) Luke- MacBook M1 Luke- Wire touch turn off hack Luke- Uninstall Polkit Luke- Join your local professional developers’ society! (ACM in the States) Valentino- 99 Bottles of OOP - 2nd Edition (https://sandimetz.com/99bottles) Valentino- ELEGOO Saturn MSLA 3D Printer (https://www.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-saturn-4k-mono-lcd-3d-printer) Valentino- GitLab V2.35 (https://gitlab.com/0xck/trex-core/-/tags/v2.35)

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Rails 7 is HERE and we’re pumped. In this episode, the Ruby Rogues discuss all things migration, including the BEST method for a safe move, why you NEED to learn about “Turbo Frames” to streamline your Rails 7 experience, and everything you need to know about gems to help you stay on track. In This Episode 1) The CORRECT way to migrate to Rails 7 (and the best tools to get the job done) 2) Why learning “Turbo Frames” will make your Rails 7 experience WAY easier 3) The BIGGEST perks of Rails 7 (and why you’ll feel inspired using them!) 4) How to get your gems up and running in Rails 7 WITHOUT slowing you down Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Dave- Right Angle USB-C extension adaptor Dave- ASUS 14in USB-C powered monitor John- Rails Dev John- Amazon for building your own PC John- PCPartPicker (https://pcpartpicker.com/) Luke- Cruiser 3D Printer Luke- Tinkercad | Create 3D digital designs with online CAD (https://www.tinkercad.com/) Valentino- Developer Conference Agenda 2022 Valentino- 12x6 LCD Panel

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If you feel like Ruby could use a makeover, you’re not alone. In this episode, the Rogues sit down with Kevin Newton, a Ruby aficionado who’s got some exciting news about Ruby in 2022. They talk about how “prettier Ruby” will make you pivot in your approach, how YJIT is going to make Ruby “crazy fast” this year, and the GIANT reason why rewriting in C is becoming less common than in Ruby. “There’s always gonna be the purist in the back of your head…and then you have your deadline. Just write the dang parser!” - Kevin Newton In This Episode 1) Why Kevin’s “prettier Ruby” will change how you use the language (and how to integrate it this year 2) The BIG differences between hand rolled dissent over parse generators (and why there’s NO single answer!) 3) How YJIT is going to make Ruby “crazy fast” as it gets smoothed out 4) The BIG reason why more and more programmers are going to rewrite things IN Ruby and not C (we’re surprised too!) Sponsors Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links GitHub: Kevin Newton ( kddnewton ) (https://github.com/kddnewton) Picks Dave- DEWALT Multi-Tool (https://amzn.to/3oBW1Ma) Dave- Hotwire: HTML Over The Wire (https://hotwired.dev/) John- Myths and Legends Podcast (https://www.mythpodcast.com/) John- 16 Year Old Scotch Whisky Double cask - Aberlour (https://www.aberlour.com/en/our-whisky/16-year-old-scotch-whisky/) Luke- REMOTE RUBY: David Heinemeier Hansson on Rails 7.0, Hotwire, and the future of Rails (https://share.transistor.fm/s/06cd24ea) Luke- RubyConf 2021 - Vertical Assignment in Ruby by Kevin Kuchta (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_uVTd25LI) Kevin- Ruby implementation in C++ YouTube videos Kevin- Idiosyncratic Ruby (https://idiosyncratic-ruby.com/) Valentino- GitHub : wordle (https://github.com/JonathanWThom/wordle) Valentino- Table Tennis on Oculus (https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/1995434190525828/) Special Guest: Kevin Newton.

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If you’re looking for a job that WANTS you to succeed, we’ve got a great option for you. In this bonus episode of Ruby Rogues, Charles sits down with Valentino and Sarah Reid to discuss their awesome experience working at Doximity. They talk about the REAL reason people will stay or leave a job, how Doximity eliminates burnout, and why you ABSOLUTELY should apply to Doximity this year. “As a software developer, you’re always learning. You gotta have a culture that has enough psychological safety to ask ‘stupid’ questions.” - Sarah Reid Find their jobs here: https://workat.doximity.com/ In This Episode What you should look for in a remote job in 2022 The REAL reason people either stay or leave a job after a few years Interested in Doximity? Here’s why you SHOULD apply this year (especially if you want to work remote!) How Doximity eliminates burnout and keeps everyone in sync (and why other companies don’t!) Special Guest: Sarah Reid.

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You keep hearing the phrase “Top End Dev”, but in the real competitive world, what does it take to be the best of the best? In this episode, the Rogues get real and lay it all out, including the real way to test your chops in the marketplace, the big “C” to break out of your comfort zone, and why joining the top 5% comes down to THIS step. In This Episode Why becoming Top End comes down to THIS approach (hint-hint: don’t cram the night before!) Want to test your chops? Darren says that doing THIS is the REAL test of your skills How to leverage the big “C”s to break out of your comfort zone (and no, none of them stand for “code”!) Feedback and failure are crucial, but there’s an art to them—keep THESE points in mind and get better faster Sponsors Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Picks Charles- Pandemic: The Cure | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150658/pandemic-cure) Charles- New developments at Top End Devs! Darren- Freelance writing for complicated topics (check out his Twitter: @BroemmerThe for more info) Darren- The Animator’s Survival Kit (http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/) Luke- Nori Keyboard Luke- Crafting Interpreters (https://amzn.to/3APcvFD) Valentino- Rethinking Computer Science Education (https://medium.com/@chancancode/rethinking-computer-science-education-319a60709b30) Valentino- Rwag Automated API Documentation talk by Sarah Reid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cNkomQt54)

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Well, comments may not be satanic, but they CAN be a nuisance if not used carefully. In this episode, the Ruby Rogues sit down with Matheus Richard to discuss why he isn’t a fan of comments. They unpack the WHY behind “use code, not comments”, tools to help you sort through variables and avoid “shotgun surgery”, and an alternative to magic numbers, TODOs, and notes. “Use code, not comments.” - Matheus Richard In This Episode To code or comment? Matheus breaks down HOW to know which will be best Matheus and Luke debate on how helpful comments REALLY are (and why one may not prepare you for the other) The team talks tools to determine what will help you sort through variables and avoid “shotgun surgery” Hate magic numbers, TODOs, and notes? Matheus offers a solution to your woes (hint-hint: stop procrastinating) Sponsors Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Picks Charles- Forbidden Island | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island) Charles- Forbidden Desert | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136063/forbidden-desert) Charles- DigitalOcean® App Platform (https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwj9k4Lgw8_1AhXCZIsKHcy7AFwYABAAGgJ0bQ&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAASE-RoktjGx2ei7-W8nYC5k8vguhw&sig=AOD64_2_k5lz-4Eb2GcYEsqbZ052QnvGUg&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjT2Pvfw8_1AhUSL6YKHTqKDQ8Q0Qx6BAgCEAE) Charles- Podcast bootcamp is coming back! Email at chuck@topenddevs.com Luke- The History of Philosophy (https://amzn.to/3ICzUN7) Luke- “What is a Monad?” Matheus- Rectangle for MacOS (https://rectangleapp.com/) Matheus- Crafting Interpreters (https://craftinginterpreters.com/) Special Guest: Matheus Richard.

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If you’re wondering how to make sense of all these frameworks, you’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, the Rogues dive DEEP into the pros and cons of Stimulus, Hotwire, Turbo, React, Rails, and more; why certain communities are divided amongst each other (and how to fix it); and what tools you NEED to try in 2022. In This Episode This tendency in the Rails community that reveals why users are slow to try Hotwire What Charles learned from comparing React vs. Stimulus at his old job (and how Rails came to the rescue) Why those in the Java community are seeing React as a “blackhole that’s sucking up everything” (and why some of the Rogues disagree) Up and coming frameworks that you NEED to consider this year This ONE separation in Ruby that’s creating division in its community (and how we can fix it) Luke asks the REAL question: What can we do to reduce our JavaScript footprint? Sponsors Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Picks Charles- Vue component Stimulus post by Jared Reed Charles- Okta (https://www.okta.com/) Charles- Gods Love Dinosaurs | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316622/gods-love-dinosaurs) Charles- King of Tokyo | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo) Charles- “Let’s be understanding of each other. Reach out.” John- Stimulus components (https://stimulus-components.netlify.app/) John- Cal.com | Open Scheduling Infrastructure (https://cal.com/) Luke- Luke’s very own Turbo protocol Valentino- RubyExplorer (https://www.rubyexplorer.xyz/) Valentino- Ruby Conf 2021 videos on YouTube

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Ready to COMMAND your command line? Then listen up! In this episode, the Ruby Rogues sit down with Adam Gordon Bell, a software developer and host of the CoRecursive podcast. The guys discuss the tools that every developer MUST know in 2022, what users of Jekyll and Ruby can expect this year, and why Adam believes that JQ will save you hours from Google and Stack Overflow. “I remember when I used to chase the “shiny new thing”, but now, I want to find the tools that last.” - Adam Gordon Bell In This Episode The tools that every developer MUST know in 2022 What Adam learned from chasing the “shiny new thing” (and how you can avoid making the same mistake) What people using Jekyll and Ruby can expect this year (spoiler: Elixir may make an appearance) Why Adam believes JQ will save programmers from digging through Google and Stack Overflow The “Grammarly for markdown files” that’ll help you speed up your flow and keep things neat and tidy Sponsors Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/) Coaching | Top End Devs (https://topenddevs.com/coaching) Links CoRecursive Podcast - The Stories Behind The Code (https://corecursive.com/) The Original Remote Developer With Paul Lutus (https://corecursive.com/remote-developer/) Understanding AWK (https://earthly.dev/blog/awk-examples/) 6 Command Line Tools for Productive Programmers (https://earthly.dev/blog/command-line-tools/) An Introduction to JQ (https://earthly.dev/blog/jq-select/) Picks Adam- GitHub: auchenberg/volkswagen (https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen) Charles- Family Business | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170/family-business) Charles- The Expanse (https://amzn.to/3nii36b) Charles- Text Charles! (801) 877-3787 Dave- 6ft Butcher Block Dave- Grommet Hole USB Hub (https://amzn.to/338N2uk) Luke- The Art of UNIX Programming (https://amzn.to/33wpgIQ) Luke- Having a good chair Valentino- mess with dns! (https://messwithdns.net/) Valentino- Wizard Zines (https://wizardzines.com/) Valentino- Evil Martians (https://evilmartians.com/) Valentino- Thanos JS (https://thanosjs.org/) Special Guest: Adam Gordon Bell.

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With all this hype around Rails 7, how do you ACTUALLY use it? And is it better than its predecessors? In this episode, the Ruby Rogues sit down with Stefan Wienert, a software developer whose passion for Ruby and technical expertise speak for themselves. The group talks about how to avoid headaches in these new systems, the BEST way to encrypt your data, and plenty of details for navigating Ruby on Rails like you’ve always wanted to. “You can jump in and fix it right away. It’s very dangerous and very powerful, so it’s great that they have this kind of gem. I’m really excited to about it.” - Stefan In This Episode: Stefan’s perspective on cssbundling and jsbundling vs. webpacker Why importmaps is a viable alternative to the bundling combinations Have headaches with sprockets? Stefan tells you why The reason nodes may not be necessary in the future…if you do THIS correctly How you can implement AR encryption and keep your backups safe forever Sponsors Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial (https://raygun.com/platform/apm?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=rubyrogues&utm_campaign=devchat&utm_content=apm) Roundtable Picks: Darren’s Godot Free and Open Source game engine https://godotengine.org/ Valetino’s Reddit article “The Time is Right for Hotwire” Architecture Decision Records Chuck’s Marvel Legendary board game (https://amzn.to/3JFieSt) Dotcom Secrets (https://amzn.to/3eQBqyn) Expert Secrets (https://amzn.to/3zsYDQA) Traffic Secrets (https://amzn.to/3eNNi4p) Think and Grow Rich (https://amzn.to/31umkf4) Stefan’s trestle admin interface (https://github.com/TrestleAdmin/trestle) like ActiveAdmin, but less dependencies, lot of features, couple of relevant plugins (TinyMCE, JSONEditor, Sidekiq Dashboard), BS4 based theme i18n-tasks - Gem (https://github.com/glebm/i18n-tasks) & cli for managing your config/locales/*.yml - Auto Sort, Auto “Route” keys, sync between locales, find unused, find untranslated, auto translate via Google Translate API Connect with Stefan: Github: zealot128 (Stefan Wienert) · GitHub Twitter @stefanwienert Special Guest: Stefan Wienert.

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If you’re on the search for a robust, lightning-fast solution in your programming language, listen up. The roundtable sits down with Máximo Mussini, a software developer who’s passionate about integrating Ruby and Vte.js together to create something that’s both razor-sharp and freakishly easy to use. The lads discuss how powerful http2 is becoming, the easiest way to slash loading times and be more strategic with your page building, and why you NEED Vite.js’s incredible integration tools to stop playing around and get your pages up and soaring. “This set of new tools brings an on-demand mentality, which has a lot of benefits.” - Máximo Mussini In This Episode: How http2 is changing the game with Javascript How Vite.js and Ruby are slashing reload times and keeping programmers in their flow Why you need Vite’s incredible integration capabilities to include any packages or files you can imagine The #1 benefit of Vite.js that’s changing how programmers are able to code, integrate packages, and get their applications up and running Roundtable Picks! Máximo’s: GitHub - ElMassimo/jumpstart-vite: ⚡️ Jumpstart a new Rails app with Vite.js + Turbo + Stimulus, and more https://chat.vitejs.dev/ 1 John’s Pathfinder: Wrath of The Righteous - https://wrath.owlcatgames.com/ Pick: StimulusJS - https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/ Valentino’s ES modules: A cartoon deep-dive – ES modules: A cartoon deep-dive - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog  Women on Rails Newsletter – https://womenonrails.substack.com/ Rails 7 adds inorderof to queries – Rails 7 adds ActiveRecord::QueryMethods#inorderof to return query results in a particular sequence | Saeloun Blog  Monads explained with cats – https://twitter.com/TartanLlama/status/1460608706048106501 Luke’s BCS and Chartered Engineer status https://www.bcs.org/ Rage clicks - what do they tell you about user behavior? - Understand your customers | Mi Special Guest: Máximo Mussini .

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Mani has summarized hundreds of business books that outline how to build, grow, and operate a business and he shares his expertise with Chuck and the listeners in this special episode.

Chuck and Mani discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They talk about their businesses on a regular basis and Chuck's been getting a lot of requests for entrepreneurship help.

He and Mani talk about the 3 primary things that add momentum to your business and help you keep the momentum up when setbacks come your way.

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Special Guest: Mani Vaya.

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Ivo Anjo joins the Rogues to discuss Ractors in Ruby and how they can be used. They're not actors as they appear in other languages. They communicate via message passing.

Ivo clarifies several things about Ractors and what their powerful features and the understanding of what they do and how they work.

Panel * John Epperson * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Ivo Anjo

Sponsors * Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links * Ruby Ractor Experiments: Safe async communication - ivo's awfully random tech blog * Unsafe Concurrent Ruby Patterns * JRuby in production applications 1 * subscribe to my newsletter! * Ivo Anjo.me * Twitter: Ivo Anjo ( @KnuX )

Picks * Ivo- Ruby Hacking Guide * Ivo- Lone Echo II: Journey In Zero Gravity With Rift S | Oculus * John- bullet | RubyGems.org | your community gem host * John- RubyConf 2021 * Valentino- Creating a UDP server with Ruby Ractors

Special Guest: Ivo Anjo.

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This week the Rogues talk to Felipe Vogel about how he's using Bridgetown and pros of using it over Jekyll.

Bridgetown is a modernized blogging and static site generator platform forked from Jekyll to provide updated capabilities and a webpack based JavaScript asset pipeline for more modern applications.

It also expands up on the work done on JAMstack applications to provide Rubyists with a stable launchpad for their applications.

For more on Bridgetown, listen to the November 2021 update and AMA by Bridgetown creator Jared White

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Felipe Vogel

Sponsors * Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links * Build a blog with Bridgetown * Build a blog with Bridgetown - New Update * github.com/fpsvogel/learn-ruby-and-cs 1 * The Era of Bridgetown v1 Has Begun. Welcome to the “Pearl” * My first Rails app, Plain Reading * Ruby for the self-taught developer * Felipe Vogel: Rubyist in Training * GitHub: Felipe Vogelf ( psvoge ) * Twitter: Felipe Vogel ( @fpsvogel )

Picks * Charles- Xero * Charles- Author | Top End Devs * Darren- RUBY ON RAILS DEVELOPER Demographics And Statistics In The US * Felipe- Bridgetown Fundraising * Valentino- letter_opener_web

Special Guest: Felipe Vogel.

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Samuel Cochran, creator and maintainer of MailCatcher joins the Rogues to discuss how he pulled EventMachine together with Ruby to build out MailCatcher.

He goes into the maintenance and contributions that have come in over the years. He dives into changes that are being made and the stability of the project.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Samuel Cochran

Sponsors * Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links * mailcatcher * Buildkite * async gem * rails 6.1’s new multi-database gear * pgbouncer * Horizontal sharding schema management * Avoiding integer overflows with zero downtime * Rails · Ruby on Rails * GitHub: Samuel Cochran ( sj26 ) * Twitter: Samuel Cochran ( @sj26 )

Picks * Charles- Author | Top End Devs * Charles- Shadow Hunters | Board Game | BoardGameGeek * Charles- Dune * Darren- EngineYard – PaaS Platform as a Service | PaaS Solution * John- Face Masks * John- Laundry Detergent Sheets * Samuel- async gem * Valentino- GitHub-Shopify/toxiproxy

Special Guest: Samuel Cochran.

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Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.

He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state.

He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects.

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Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal.

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Sebastian Wilgosz joins the Rogues to discuss Hanami, a web framework for Rubyists. He discusses how it works and how it differs from other Ruby based web frameworks.

He also discusses what's coming down the pipe and how to get started.

Check out his website at https://hanamimastery.com

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer

Guest * Sebastian Wilgosz

Sponsors * Top End Devs * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links * Hanami * Sebastian Wilgosz * Twitter: Sebastian Wilgosz ( @sebwilgosz ) * Twitter: Hanami Mastery ( @HanamiMastery )

Picks * Charles- Viscounts of The West Kingdom * Charles- Author | Top End Devs * Darren- Developing Games With Ruby * Darren- DragonRuby | DragonRuby * Sebastian- Polished Ruby Programming

Special Guest: Sebastian Wilgosz.

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Vlado Cingel recounts his story where he needed common table expressions within SQL for a project he was working on and wrote a patch to AREL and ActiveRecord which he submitted to the Rails Core. Since it hasn't been accepted, he's supporting it as a gem.

Vlado explains what Common Table Expressions (CTEs) are, how they work, and where they're used.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Vlado Cingel

Sponsors * Top End Devs * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Coaching | Top End Devs

Links * GitHub | vlado/activerecord-cte * Organising complex SQL queries in Rails * GitHub: Vlado Cingel ( vlado )

Picks * John- Digital Storm: Custom Gaming Computers & Gaming PCs * Luke- Pitch Perfect * Valentino- Ruby Together * Valentino- Ruby Central * Valentino- The Ruby VM a speedrun - Penelope Phippen * Vlado- The Wood Whisperer Guild - Online Woodworking School * Vlado- Polished Ruby Programming

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Vlado Cingel.

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Kingsley Chijioke wrote an article breaking down the way that Ruby finds methods and determines which version of a method to run. The Rogues approach the internals of Ruby and discuss the implications of how this comes together and where the listeners may have seen this and point out any gotchas that arise.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Kingsley Chijioke

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv

Links * Understanding Ruby Method Lookup * Twitter: Obinwanne ( @kinsomicrote )

Picks * Charles- Coaching | Top End Devs * Charles- The Laws of Wealth * Darren- Masters of Doom * Darren- How this art school from 1919 has influenced Ruby on Rails? * Dave- OctoPrint * Dave- Ruby on Rails 7.0 * Kingsley- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering * Luke- GitHub | sferik/active_emoji * Luke- GitHub | tom-lord/regexp-examples * Valentino- Polyphony

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
• DevChat.tv | Facebook
• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Kingsley Chijioke.

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Ulysse Buonomo ran into an issue in the application he works on where the Heroku applications were taking up more and more memory. He began tracking down memory growth in the applications to keep the applications fast and keep the bills small.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Ulysse Buonomo

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Level Up | Devchat.tv

Links * Tracking a Ruby memory leak in 2021 * My developer's notes * Klaxit Tech Blog - Medium * GitHub: Ulysse Buonomo ( BuonOmo )

Picks * Charles- Caliban's War * Charles- Lost Ruins of Arnak * Charles- Steampunk Rally * Charles- Coaching | Top End Devs * Darren- Watch Squid Game | Netflix Official Site * Darren- Camaleon CMS * John- Calendly * John- GeyserMC * Luke- Ulysse 31 * Luke- Pitch Perfect * Luke- SINATRA::COOKIES * Ulysse- * Valentino- GitHub | amatsuda/routes_lazy_routes * Valentino- New tool: an nginx playground * Valentino- Multiplayer/Chat | Minecraft wiki

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
• DevChat.tv | Facebook
• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Ulysse Buonomo.

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Jorge Manrubia is a Security developer at BaseCamp. He discusses the encryption features added in Ruby on Rails and explains where they fit into the ecosystem for Hey.com.

The panel jumps in to help discover how to help raise the privacy bar for your Ruby on Rails applications to protect personal and private information.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Jorge Manrubia

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv

Links * GitHub | attr-encrypted/attr_encrypted * Things to consider before using attr_encrypted * OpenSSL::Cipher * GitHub | chaps-io/public_activity * Jorge Manrubia * Jorge Manrubia * GitHub: Jorge Manrubia ( jorgemanrubia ) * Twitter: Jorge Manrubia ( @jorgemanru )

Picks * Darren- More Ruby Magic * Darren- Java Creator James Gosling Interview * John- Calendly * John- GitHub | chaps-io/public_activity * Jorge- GitHub | whitequark/parser * Valentino- MJML, a parser, and a template engine for Ruby - Isabelle Lafont * Valentino- If you maintain open source software as part of a team, we'd like to give you free @tuple for life! * Valentino- GitHub | codenamev/.pryrc

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Jorge Manrubia.

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Riaz Virani joins the Rogues to discuss how to thrive at your first Dev Job. He has five main ideas that when applied will help you as a new developer fit in and learn quickly on a development team.

The Rogues chime in with their experiences. They also discuss how not-so-new developers can apply these ideas either as mentors or as learners themselves.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Riaz Virani

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * Level Up | Devchat.tv

Links * Five Tips for Success: How To Thrive At Your First Dev Job * RiazV.me * Twitter: Riaz Virani ( @ViraniRiaz )

Picks * Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io * Charles- Tribe of Millionaires * Dave- Recut * John- GitHub | pboling/csv_pirate * John- GitHub | tilo/smarter_csv * Luke- Class: Hash ( Ruby 3.0.2 ) * Luke- INVINCIBLE * Riaz- Jon Bellion * Riaz- The Motivation Myth * Valentino- Ruby Garbage Collection in Under Two Hours * Valentino- Design Patterns * Valentino- Ruby Pixel Art / Punk Art Programming Challenge

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
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Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Riaz Virani.

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Jeremy Evans joins the Rogues to discuss the way he builds Ruby programs and the practices he put into his latest book "Polished Ruby Programming."

The Rogues dive into Jeremy's opinions. They push back on some, applaud others, and ask deeper questions about the rest. Join this deep dive by experienced developers into the how and why of organizing Ruby in deeply practiced ways.

Polished Ruby Programming giveaway: https://forms.gle/VURNitd9LCwMG9Sz9

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Jeremy Evans

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * code.jeremyevans.net * GitHub: Jeremy Evans ( jeremyevans ) * Twitter: Jeremy Evans ( jeremyevans0 )

Picks * Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io * Charles- How to Make Sh*t Happen * Charles- The Road Back to You * Darren- Scrivener * Darren- GitHub | dbroemme/ruby-wads * Dave- OctoPrint * Dave- Shuffle * Jeremy- Vultr: An OpenBSD-friendly cloud server provider * Jeremy- SendGrid: Send 100 emails/day for free * Jeremy- Running My Own Email Server * John- GitHub | kschiess/parslet * John- GOgroove BassPULSE 2.1 Computer Speakers * Luke- code.jeremyevans.net - Presentations * Luke- Polished Ruby Programming Book Review * Luke- GitHub | jeremyevans/ruby-refrigerator * Valentino- Ruby Kaigi Takeout 2021

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Contact Charles:

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Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Jeremy Evans.

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Cameron Dutro joins the Rogues to discuss RUX, a system for managing your View Components in Rails in a similar way to how React uses JSX to manage its Component views.

He discusses how it works, how it goes together, and what inspired it.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Cameron Dutro

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * GitHub | camertron/rux * Primer Design System * ViewComponent * GitHub | opal/opal * Matestack * Reimagined Rails views using Matestack with Jonas Jabari * Ruby 2.5 allows creating structs with keyword arguments * GitHub: Cameron Dutro ( camertron ) * Twitter: Кэмерон Дутро ( @camertron )

Picks * Cameron- GitHub | camertron/erb2rux * Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io * Charles- JavaScript Picks * Charles- Ready Player Two * Charles- Masters of Doom * Charles- Top End Devs * Darren- Is Ruby Dead * Darren- 16 New ML Gems for Ruby * Luke- GitHub | jeremyevans/sequel_postgresql_triggers * Luke- DEF CON 29 - James Kettle - HTTP2: The Sequel is Always Worse * Luke- The Wire * Valentino- Flux * Valentino- Add strict_loading mode to optionally prevent lazy loading

Contact Charles:

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Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Cameron Dutro .

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Huzefa Biyawarwala joins the Rogues to discuss developer tooling around Docker and how it's used with Ruby and Rails. The Rogues join in and discuss the ways they've used Docker in their own setups and how they deploy apps using Docker and how Docker is used on their own development environment.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Huzefa Biyawarwala

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * Rails On Docker Simplified * Dokku * Ruby - Docker Hub * Codacy * huzefabiyawar/rails-docker:rails-project * GitHub | huzefahuzu/rails-sidekiq * LinkedIn: Huzefa Biyawarwala * Twitter: Huzefa Biyawar ( @huzub )

Picks * Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io * Charles- The Sword of Shannara * Charles- Ready Player One * Huzefa- Dokku * John- Minecraft * Luke- ELF64 hello world * Valentino- Move over Rake, Thor is the new king * Valentino- GitHub | avmnu-sng/rspec-tracer * Valentino- Nushell * Valentino- RubyKaigi Takeout 2021

Contact Charles:

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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Huzefa Biyawarwala.

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Michael Orr joins the Rogues to discuss how to move applications into Docker for development and production environments in Kubernetes. He walks the panel through the process of orchestrating a Rails setup in Kubernetes that you can run in the cloud.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Michael Orr

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * Containerizing Ruby on Rails Applications * Open Tracing * Twitter: Michael Orr ( @imightbeinatree )

Picks * Charles- Rocket Fuel * Charles- $100M Offers * Charles- The Chosen * Charles- Top End Devs * Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io * Darren- 10 Things in Engineering We Don't Spend Enough Time On * Luke- Handle request abortion * Luke- Mastering Roda * Luke- Moving your PINDA probe on your Prusa printer * Michael- Create Recording Rules in Prometheus * Valentino- Adafruit Gemma M0 * Valentino- Conductive Thread * Valentino- What is a Reed Switch and How Does it Work?

Contact Charles:

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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Michael Orr.

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Maxwell Anselm discusses the options that he's found to build multi-platform mobile applications. The panel chimes in on different options.

Maxwell also goes into how he uses Ruby in non-Ruby codebases.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Maxwell Anselm

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * The Definitive Guide to RUBY's C API * Kotlin for Cross-Platform Mobile Development * Flutter * Shardbox * RubyMotion * Life in the slow lane * GitHub: Max ( silverhammermba )

Picks * Darren- Gosu * Dave- TKD Breakable Boards * Dave- 12v USB Fan Cable * John- GitHub | svenfuchs/gem-release * John- fastlane * Luke- Linux Fun * Luke- LRUG August 2021 * Maxwell- ffi | RubyGems

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Special Guest: Maxwell Anselm.

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Dave Kimura, John Epperson, Luke Stutters, Darren Broemmer, and Valentino Stoll talk about their experiences in setting up a maintainable development environment and discuss considerations when deploying to production.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * PodcastBootcamp.io

Links * GitHub | rails/importmap-rails * Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development * GitHub | kirillian/shiplane * Ruby on Rails Screencasts * bin/functions

Picks * Darren- Debunking the infamous “Only two hard problems in Computer Science” * Dave- Drifting Ruby * Dave- 3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen * John- GitHub | kirillian/shiplane * John- Homemade Pool Covers * Luke- Ruby's Hidden Gems: Delegator and Forwardable * Luke- mix-fgpa * Luke- Donald Knuth’s MIX computer implemented in iCE40HX8K-EVB

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Contact John:

• Rock Agile Consulting
• GitHub: John Epperson ( kirillian )
• LinkedIn: John Epperson

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

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Alex Dunae joins the Rogues to discuss his experience introducing types into an existing codebase using the Sorbet gem and how it saved him and his company time, money, and effort.

The conversation covers libraries and tools for working with types in Ruby.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Alex Dunae

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Level Up | Devchat.tv

Links * GitHub | Shopify/tapioca * GitHub | chanzuckerberg/sorbet-rails * Sorbet Journey, Part 1: Why Add Types to a Rails App * Sorbet Journey, Part 2: Adding Sorbet to an Existing Ruby Gem * Sorbet Journey, Part 3: A Typical Day Adding Sorbet to a Rails App * Sorbet Journey, Part 4: Sorbet Stability * GORUCO 2017: How to Load 1m Lines of Ruby in 5s by Andrew Metcalf * Sorbet Compiler: An experimental, ahead-of-time compiler for Ruby * Join Sorbet on Slack * Twitter: Alex D ( @MrMrBug )

Picks * Alex- The Architecture of Open Source Applications * Alex- Sonic Pi * Alex- HealthFit * Charles- Xero * Charles- Level Up | Devchat.tv * Luke- Alan Kay - Quora * Valentino- GitHub | tenderlove/analog-terminal-bell * Valentino- OSH Park * Valentino- Strange request: What is the loudest clicky keyboard? * Valentino- IBM Beamspring Sound

Contact Charles:

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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Alex Dunae .

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Hans Schnedlitz joins the Rogues to discuss how you can use ActionCable to get feedback on ongoing tasks in the commandline by connecting to a websocket.

His solution is written entirely in Ruby and provides some interesting options for people building CLI's for their applications.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Hans Schnedlitz

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Real-Time Command Line Applications with Action Cable and Thor * OptionParser * GitHub | ManageIQ/optimist * GitHub | rails/thor * Rails Application Templates * GitHub | rails/rails * GitHub | RailsApps/rails-composer * TTY * GitHub | junegunn/fzf * Hans-Jörg Schnedlitz * GitHub: Hans-Jörg Schnedlitz ( hschne ) * Twitter: Hans Schnedlitz ( @hschnedlitz )

Picks * Charles- Kajabi * Charles- Devchat.tv/levelup * Hans- GitHub | hschne/rails-mini-profiler * Hans- Project Hail Mary * Luke- CLI OAuth in Ruby * Luke- A Rubyist's Walk Along the C-side (Part 6): Classes & Object Oriented Programming * Luke- Raspberry Pi Touch Display * Valentino- Destroy All Software * Valentino- David Dollar | Developer Experience Design

Contact Charles:

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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Luke:

• GitHub: Luke Stutters ( lukestuts )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Hans Schnedlitz.

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Takashi Kokubun joins the Rogues to dive into Just in Time compiling, Ruby 3.0 and all the goodness that comes with it.

He explains how it relates not only to Ruby performance, but Rails performance and what it means to different kinds of loads that come across the Ruby virtual machine.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Takashi Kokubun

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Ruby 3 JIT can make Rails faster * Keynote - RubyKaigi 2015 * GitHub | Shopify/yjit * GitHub | vnmakarov/mir * GitHub | k0kubun/railsbench * GitHub | discourse/discourse * A Simpler Rails Benchmark, Puma and Concurrency * GitHub: Takashi Kokubun ( k0kubun ) * Twitter: k0kubun ( @k0kubun )

Picks * Darren- The Ruby Terminal Apps Toolkit * Takashi- GeForce RTX 3060 Family * Valentino- mruby * Valentino- Enhance colored inspect output #159 * Valentino- Implement pry-like ls command #203 * Valentino- Add pry-like show_source command #219

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

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Milap Neupane joins the Rogues to talk about how to know how robust your Rails apps are.

Sometimes you forget to optimize database queries or network calls for performance during development, which impact the load that the application can support and when its performance begins to degrade.

Milap breaks down how to determine where these moments occur and what to do to get better performance from your applications.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Milap Neupane

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Load Test Your Rails Apps with Apache JMeter * Building, Testing and Deploying AWS Lambda Functions in Ruby * Apache JMeter™ * Milap Neupane Blog * LinkedIn: milap neupane * Twitter: Milap Neupane ( @_milap )

Picks * John- Which test framework should I learn, RSpec or Minitest? * John- Monoprice * Luke- Apache Web Server Hardening and Security Guide * Luke- Agile is Dead • Pragmatic Dave Thomas • GOTO 2015 * Milap- Gophercises * Milap- lofi.cafe * Valentino- Effective Data Synchronization between Rails Microservices - Austin Story * Valentino- GitHub | amancevice/yake * Valentino- Asynchronous Background Processing for Ruby or Rails using AWS Lambda Extensions.

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Milap Neupane .

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Fabio Perrella joins the Rogues to discuss debugging Ruby programs and how to find problems across your code and your dependencies.

The panel shares their stories and experience to dive into debugging tools and techniques they've used that have worked out well in the apps they maintain.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Valentino Stoll

Guest * Fabio Perrella

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Ideas by WeTransfer * IAM roles for Amazon EC2 * The Curious Case of the Bad Clone * GitHub | deivid-rodriguez/pry-byebug * Ruby Jard * Trailer.app * GitHub | mperham/connection_pool * Highlights from Git 2.29 * GitHub | grodowski/undercover * Fabio Perrella's Blog * Twitter: fabio perrella ( @fabioperrella )

Picks * Darren- Ted Lasso — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ * Fabio- GitHub | WeTransfer/wt_activerecord_index_spy * Fabio- Debugging Series 2021 Articles * Fabio- fitbit + vitality * John- Ruby Radar * John- Ruby Weekly * John- GitHub | TaKO8Ki/frum * Luke- code.jeremyevans.net * Luke- Cryptocurrency Payments * Luke- Amazon Basics Line-Interactive * Valentino- Home Assistant

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Valentino:

• Doximity Technology Blog
• Work @ Doximity
• GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )
• Twitter: V ( @thecodenamev )

Special Guest: Fabio Perrella.

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Jeremy Evans, author of the Roda framework, joins the Rogues to talk about how to use Roda to build Ruby web applications.

Roda is a super lightweight framework that adds features through plugins to give you the power you need when you need it to build your applications. This allows you to bring in only what you need in order to get fast and easy to maintain code.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Jeremy Evans

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * GitHub | jeremyevans/roda * Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit * GitHub | jeremyevans/roda-sequel-stack * GitHub | jeremyevans/r10k * GitHub | shrinerb/shrine * code.jeremyevans.net * GitHub : Jeremy Evans ( jeremyevans ) * Twitter: Jeremy Evans ( @jeremyevans0 )

Picks * Charles- Sea Lion Fins * Charles- Atlas Shrugged * Charles- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry * Dave- DeWalt Heat Gun 20v * Dave- Creality | CR-10 Smart * Jeremy- Xanadu Next * Luke- A Rubyist's Walk Along the C-side * Luke- The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition

Contact Charles:

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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Jeremy Evans.

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Jason Dinsmore went spelunking through the changelogs for Rails and pulled out the latest features for the most popular Ruby web development framework.

Jason and the Rogues go through the changes and discuss the upcoming changes in Rails 7.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Jason Dinsmore

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * What's Cooking in Rails 7? * GitHub | attr-encrypted/attr_encrypted * Rails 7 will introduce invert_where method, but it's dangerous * Twitter: Jason Dinsmore ( @dinjas )

Picks * Charles- Atlas Shrugged * Darren- Emojicrytion * Dave- CalDigit Element Hub * Dave- CalDigit Connect 10G * Jason- GitHub | mbj/mutant * Jason- Remote Development using SSH * Jason- hint.io * John- Katherine of Sky - YouTube * John- GitHub | attr-encrypted/attr_encrypted * John- Cliffhangers work * Luke- Factorio * Luke- Conventional Commits

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
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• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Jason Dinsmore.

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The Ruby fiber scheduler is a powerful new feature in Ruby that we brought Wander Hillen along to discuss with us. Ruby fibers are a way of managing threading and concurrency within Ruby.

This episode explains uses that can come from the fiber scheduler and what it offers in doing work outside the main process to increase efficiency.

Panel * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Wander Hillen

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Ruby 3.0 and the new FiberScheduler interface * Pre-emptive fiber-based concurrency in MRI Ruby * Light-weight scheduler for improved concurrency * Efficient IO with io_uring * The blog of wjwh - Home

Picks * Darren- AWS App Runner * John- CarbotAnimations - YouTube * Luke- Managing Windows windows within mruby Part 2: Creating a window from mruby * Wander- arduino-copilot: Arduino programming in haskell using the Copilot stream DSL

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Special Guest: Wander Hillen.

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Jake Yesbeck joins the Rogues this week to talk about how to handle models and data migrations in your Ruby on Rails applications. He and the Rogues discuss the pros and cons of including models in your Rails migrations and the strategies for migrating data as part of migrating your database structure.

The panel then dives into Jake’s year of contributing to open source each day. What he learned and what he gained from making a contribution every day of an entire year to open source.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Darren Broemmer * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Jake Yesbeck

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * A Successful Year of Commits * Why You Should Avoid Models in Rails Migrations * GitHub: Jake Yesbeck ( yez ) * Twitter: Jake Yesbeck ( @jakeyesbeck )

Picks * Charles- Who Not How * Charles- OnceHub * Charles- Zapier * Charles- Discourse * Charles- Monday.com * Charles- Riverside.fm * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * Darren- CodeTour * Jake- Nomad * John- Everhour * John- Dark Chocolate Oreos * Luke- Managing Windows windows within mruby Part 2: Creating a window from mruby * Luke- GitHub | atitan/MFRC522_Ruby

Contact Charles:

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Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Special Guest: Jake Yesbeck .

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Masafumi Okura is the organizer of Kaigi on Rails and the author of the Alba--a JSON serializer library. The Rogues dive in and get the details on Kaigi on Rails and discuss how to serialize data into JSON within your application.

They also discuss why we need another JSON serializer library and which options Alba offers.

Panel * Dave Kimura * Darren Broemmer * Luke Stutters

Guest * Masafumi Okura

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Ruby Galaxy v0.1 Okura Masafumi - Kaigi on Rails - YouTube * okuramasafumi.com * CFApp * GitHub | procore/blueprinter * GitHub | okuramasafumi/alba * Exploring de-serialization issues in Ruby projects * GitHub | amatsuda/jb * Twitter: Kaigi on Rails ( @kaigionrails ) * Twitter: OKURA Masafumi ( @okuramasafumi )

Picks * Darren- GitHub | adomokos/light-service * Dave- AirTag - Apple * Luke- rdm6300 | RubyGems.org * Masafumi - esa * Masafumi- GitHub | mruby/mruby

Contact Darren:

• Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Masafumi Okura .

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Christian Clausen is the author of the book Five Lines of Code in the Manning Early Access Program. He advocates for a rule based refactoring system. One of the rules he uses is refactoring your methods to be five lines of code.

Listen in to hear him explain why five lines of code matters and how to get there.

Panel * John Epperson

Guest * Christian Clausen

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers * Christian Clausen - Medium * Twitter: Christian Clausen ( @thedrlambda ) * GitHub: Christian Clausen ( thedrlambda )

Picks * Christian- Embracing Imperfection * John- Fiber Gummy

Special Guest: Christian Clausen.

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Dave Kimura and Luke Stutters talk with Mark Hutter about Active Storage and his experience building a large image driven application. We talk about some of the issues and workarounds when implementing Active Storage.

Panel * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Mark Hutter

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * The Speedshop Ruby on Rails Performance Blog * Active storage add proxying - GitHub * Ruby on Rails Screencasts * GitHub | rubyjs/mini_racer * Mark Hutter | Lead Engineer * GitHub: Mark Hutter ( mrkhutter ) * Twitter: Mark Hutter ( @mrkhutter )

Picks * Dave- Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E * Dave- NexDock * Dave- Episode #256 CDN on Active Storage Uploads * Luke- StutsBlog - Technical Blog * Luke- GitHub | rails/execjs * Mark- MH40 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones * Mark- solnic.codes

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Mark Hutter.

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Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.

First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.

Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.

Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator.

Panel * Charles Max Wood

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Chuck, Luke, and Dave are joined by Eric Berry for a roundtable chat and celebration of 500 episodes and 10 years of Ruby Rogues. They start out discussing where each of them are at these days. Then talk about their favorite episodes of the show. They talk about what they see for the future of Ruby and then discuss the future of the show and where they go from here.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Eric Berry

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * RR 428: Arming the Rebels with Rails 6 Featuring David Heinemeier Hansson | Devchat.tv * RR 324: Developer Horror Stories | Devchat.tv * Bug #15732 - Ruby master

Picks * Charles- Who Not How * Charles- Focus Blocks * Dave- Fertilizer for your garden * Eric- Gitcoin * Luke- Devchat.tv

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
• DevChat.tv | Facebook
• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Eric Berry.

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Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome.

This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Ariel Juodziukynas joins the Rogues to talk about how to upgrade your Ruby on Rails application from Sprockets to Webpacker.

Sprockets was introduced in Rails 3.1 to help you manage your static assets including JavaScript. Webpack came along to help manage JavaScript and eventually other assets later on and was adopted into Rails in version 5 and is now the preferred way to manage JavaScript assets in Ruby on Rails applications.

Ariel has written a guide on how to move from Sprockets to Webpacker and discussed with the Rogues the pros, cons, and pitfalls of such a move in your applications.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Ariel Juodziukynas

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Goodbye Dependabot Preview, hello Dependabot! * How to Migrate your JavaScript from Sprockets to Webpacker * Webpack VS Sprockets * GitHub | fastruby/next_rails * Phoenix.LiveView * Twitter: Ariel Juodziukynas ( @arieljuod )

Picks * Ariel- GitHub | arielj/rails-new-app * John- RailsBump * John- Gas Powered Weed Whackers for Medium/Large Sized Yards * Luke- All Ruby Books @ Planet Ruby * Luke- The Rising Storm of Ethics in Open Source - Coraline Ada Ehmke

Special Guest: Ariel Juodziukynas.

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Mason McLead from software.com shows us the editor-integrated suite of tools that help you become a better developer. We find out what music makes you code better (and worse), how data reveals the habits of the world's top coders and why Saturday is code day.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Mason McLead

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Software Top 40 * Software.com * LinkedIn- Mason Mclead

Picks * Charles- Fanatical Prospecting * Charles- Who Not How * Charles- Monday.com * Charles- Zapier * Dave- J-B Weld * Luke- Rubyist * Mason- Materialize * Mason- Darn Tough Vermont

Contact Charles:

• Devchat.tv
• DevChat.tv | Facebook
• Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv )

Contact Dave:

• Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Twitter: Dave Kimura ( @kobaltz )
• GitHub: David Kimura ( kobaltz )

Special Guest: Mason Mclead.

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Claus Lensbøl is a Danish Devops engineer who built a UDP server using Ractors--a new feature in Ruby 3.0. Ractors is a method of getting concurrency in Ruby. It's what threads should have been to give us the ability to use multiple cores with one Ruby program without forking into multiple processes.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson

Guest * Claus Lensbøl

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Timeout: Ruby’s Most Dangerous API * Creating a UDP server with Ruby Ractors * Claus Lensbøl - Telecommunication Software Engineer * Twitter: Claus Lensbøl ( @lensboel )

Picks * Charles- Ruby Rogues | Devchat.tv * Charles- Who Not How * Charles- Xero Accounting Software * Charles- Checking in on people * Claus- Help new people get into the community * John- Google Pixel Phone * John- OREO Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Special Guest: Claus Lensbøl.

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Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.

So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.

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• Charles Max Wood

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We test our Rails Controllers, Models, Helpers, and Services. But, why don't we test our views? Nikola Đuza has started testing his and explains how he does it and what he's learned about the process. He also explains what confidence it's added for him when writing his Rails code.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Nikola Đuza

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Why Write Rails View Tests * Pragmatic Pineapple * Twitter: Nikola Đuza ( @nikolalsvk ) * GitHub: Nikola Đuza ( nikolalsvk )

Picks * Charles- Get outside * Charles- Go to a farm * Charles- Go to nature * Charles- Devchat.tv/Premium * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * Charles- She's in Tech | Devchat.tv * Dave- Apple TV * Dave- Parachute Toy * Luke- Tonysa RJ45 Screw Terminal Adaptor, DVR Ethernet Connector * Luke- RFID & NFC Human Chip implants * Nikola- iMac - Apple

Special Guest: Nikola Đuza.

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Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.

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• Charles Max Wood

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We talk with Julian about a few projects, including Stimulus, Stimulus Reflex, and SPAs and how they fit into our modern tech stacks.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Julian Rubisch

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Links * Ruby on Rails Drag and Drop Uploads with Active Storage, Stimulus.js and Dropzone.js * GitHub | stimulus-use/stimulus-use * StimulusReflex * CableReady * GitHub | julianrubisch/futurism * GitHub: Julian Rubisch * Twitter: Julian Rubisch ( @julian_rubisch )

Picks * Charles- Golf * Charles- Riverside.fm * Charles- monday.com * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * John- Ruby on Rails Drag and Drop Uploads with Active Storage, Stimulus.js and Dropzone.js * John- Stimulus * John- DEKUYPER HOT DAMN! 100 PROOF * Julian- What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub * Luke- Julian Rubisch on Apple Music * Luke- GitHub | hexdigest/ruby-nfc

Special Guest: Julian Rubisch.

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Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Dave Kimura, Luke Stutters, and John Epperson talk with John Nunemaker about Rails Authorization. John dives into the Pundit and how he had created a wrapper around the authorization to provide meaningful messages to his application layer.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * John Nunemaker

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Rails: How to Reduce Friction at the Authorization Layer * GitHub | palkan/action_policy * FlipperCloud * Multiple Resources with Devise

Picks * Dave- Docker Desktop for Mac [Apple Silicon] * Dave- Apple Mac M1 * John E.- Archer C7 | AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router * John N.- GitHub: Andrew Kane ( ankane ) * John N.- GitHub | ankane/pghero * Luke- $60 for an 800GB PCIe SSD, and it'll last forever???- YouTube * Luke- Fans * Luke- GitHub | picoruby/picoruby

Special Guest: John Nunemaker.

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Charles Max Wood discusses several opportunities that came his way early in his podcasting career and other opportunities that have come to other people after only a couple of podcast episodes. He explains why that happens and how you can use this to create more influence as a developer.

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• Charles Max Wood

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What do Rubyists need to know beyond the language fundamentals? What things about the language and its tooling will best serve developers working on projects in Ruby to help them navigate the code and avoid pitfalls that crop up in their apps. Luke, John, and Chuck walk through the ideas in within Ruby and the libraries and tools that ever Rubyist needs to understand in order to excel in their jobs.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator

Picks * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * Charles- The Courier (2020) * Charles- No Safe Spaces (2019) * John- Trailblazer * John- Find yourself a local butcher * Luke- Getting free stuff * Luke- Deleting your data * Luke- Putting resistors in computer fans

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Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Darren Broemmer joins the Rogues to discuss how Ruby on Rails enables a microservices architecture and when it's appropriate to approach your system's architecture with microservices. Chuck and Dave lend their experience and expertise in pointing out some of the challenges with microservices and the power of Rails in enabling the Majestic Monolith. Tradeoffs are discussed and approaches are considered for when parts of an application may make a good candidate for a microservice.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura

Guest * Darren Broemmer

Sponsors * Dev Influencers Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Twitter: Darren Broemmer ( @DarrenBroemmer ) * GitHub: Darren Broemmer ( dbroemme )

Picks * Charles- ClickUp | One app to replace them all * Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv * Darren- Paas Platform as a Service | Pass Solution - EngineYard * Darren- AppLand * Dave- Pactool Gecko Gauge * Dave- drifting COBOL

Special Guest: Darren Broemmer.

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Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Valentino Stoll takes us on a tour of the "gems" of features built into the core Ruby language. We explore tips and tricks for using irb that can also improve your Rails console.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Valentino Stoll

Sponsors * Dev Heroes Accelerator

Links * Dependency on mimemagic 0.3.x no longer valid * Add this .irbrc file and your Rails console will show a colorized banner with the environment | Twitter * GitHub | pry/pry * Ruby Jard * Tree-sitter * GitHub | ruby/ruby * GitHub | ruby/reline * GitHub | tree-sitter/tree-sitter * GitHub | bcicen/ctop * codenamev * Twitter: Valentino Stoll ( @thecodenamev ) * GitHub: Valentino Stoll ( codenamev )

Picks * Charles- SodaStream Aqua Fizz Sparkling Water Maker Bundle * Charles- Soda Stream Flavor Syrups * Charles- Teachable * Charles- ThriveCart * John- Char-Broil: 6-Burner Cart Style Gas Grill, Stainless/Black * Luke- Dependency on mimemagic 0.3.x no longer valid * Valentino- GitHub | reenhanced/gitreflow * Valentino- Bitbar * Valentino- Twilio * Valentino- Twilio Powered Minecraft Server on AWS

Special Guest: Valentino Stoll.

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Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster.

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• Charles Max Wood

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Dave, John, and Luke get together to finish the discussion leading up to the Ruby 3.0 release. They talk about the different features and concerns that come with upgrading and/or using Ruby 3.0 and how it differs from Ruby 2.7.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Dev Heroes Accelerator

Links * Ruby | dockerhub * Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development | Evil Martians * Background Job Processing Using Ractor (Ruby 3) by André Guimarães Sakata * Parallelism in Ruby with Ractors by Lorenzo Barasti * How Fast are Ractors? by Noah Gibbs * Samuel Williams' Scalable Concurrency for Ruby 3 talk for RubyKaigi 2020 * An Array of Possibilities: A Guide to Ruby Pattern Matching

Picks * Dave- Hotwire * Dave- Angle Grinder * John- GitHub | minimul/qbo_api * John- GitHub | ruckus/quickbooks-ruby * Luke- Creel: Godbolt Compiler Explorer Adventures * Luke- Creel: Branchless Programming * Luke- Intel - From Inventors of the CPU to Laughing Stock [Part 2] * Luke- Starving Threads In Ruby by Piotr Jatkowski

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Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It's easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren't roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points in his career and how podcasting and connecting with the programming communities helped him get past that.

Panel

• Charles Max Wood

Sponsors

• Dev Heroes Accelerator
• Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

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Paweł Dąbrowski wrote a Deep Dive into Webpacker on his blog. He joins the Rogues to help the understand more of the ins and outs of Webpack and Webpacker for Ruby on Rails developers.

He and the Rogues break down how to manage your JavaScript assets, how Webpacker thinks about them, and how to pull together a cohesive strategy for how to make JavaScript work in your Rails application.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Paweł Dąbrowski

Sponsors * Forest Admin * Dev Heroes Accelerator

Links * GitHub | kirillian/shiplane

Picks * Charles- 16th Wedding Anniversary * Charles- Gmelius * Charles- Upper Deck Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game * Charles- Logitech ERGO K860 Wireless Split Keyboard * John- Baby Delight Snuggle Nest Dream Portable Infant Sleeper * Luke- Waveshare * Paweł- Rails 6 and Stimulus.js - a quick launch

Special Guest: Paweł Dąbrowski.

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In this episode, John, Luke, and Chuck begin the discussion on Ruby 3.0's release by discussing the differences and enhancements in Ruby 2.7 over version 2.6. Luke leads the charge in providing a list of the differences and the Rogues debate the merits of the various changes in the last minor release of Ruby 2 before releasing Ruby 3.0.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Dev Heroes Accelerator * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Picks * Charles- Wrist Brace * Charles- Logitech ERGO K860 Wireless Split Keyboard * John- Having someone to help you take care of a baby * John- S'well Stainless Steel Roamer Bottle-64 Fl Oz * Luke- Paramore Hard Times 1 Hour Loop * Luke- macOS Big Sur

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Dave, Luke, and Chuck dive into their development setups. They talk through the different Operating Systems, IDEs, text editors, command lines, desks, chairs, etc. we all use to build our Ruby and Rails applications.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Forest Admin * Dev Heroes Accelerator

Links * Empowering App Development for Developers | Docker * Improving Putty settings on Windows * Settings Sync in Visual Studio Code * GitHub | bcicen/ctop * Oh My Zsh + PowerLevel10k = 😎 terminal * Dell 32 Curved Gaming Monitor * Dell UltraSharp 32 4K USB-C Monitor * Logitech ERGO K860 Wireless Split Keyboard * Noblechairs * Autonomous desk * Progressive Web Applications by Dave Kimura

Picks * Charles- Dev Heroes Accelerator | Devchat.tv * Charles- Personal Retreat * Charles- Rush Limbaugh * Dave- BackBlaze * Luke-Progressive Web Applications * Luke- GitHub | minimal-xyz/minimal-pwa

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This is a repeat episode of Ruby Rogues. Here's the original link https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/131-rr-how-to-learn/

Sponsors

• Dev Heroes Accelerator
• Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

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John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.

Special Guest: John-Daniel Trask.

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John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.

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Chuck has been fighting an authorization system in an application he's building in his spare time. John, Dave, and Chuck dive into the current authorization gems and talk about their strengths and weaknesses and discuss how and when to use or build alternatives to them.

Panel * Charles Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Sponsors * Next Level Mastermind * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Dynamic Role Management | Drifting Ruby * GitHub- varvet/pundit

Picks * Charles- Blackout Curtains * Charles- Devchat.tv | The Dev Rev * Dave- Sleep * Dave- Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web Developers | Drifting Ruby * John- Logitech C920x Pro HD Webcam

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The Rogues dive into who are top 5% developers, what they're doing and how to recognize them. They start out discussing how mid-level developers can move up and how developers can grow in more ways that technical skills.

Panel * Charles Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Sponsors * Linode * Next Level Mastermind

Links * Devchat.tv | Dev Rev

Picks * Charles- The 360 Leader: Developing your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell * Charles- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell * Charles- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller * Dave- Ruby on Rails Link * Dave- Track Lights * John- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss * John- How to write an effective developer resume: Advice from a hiring manager * John- Yoichi Single Malt Whisky

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We discuss the value of bootcamps and whether new developers should consider them. We also touch a little bit on related topics like interviewing.

Panel * Charles Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Next Level Mastermind * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * The Eccentricities of Hammer and Nail by Suz Hinton

Picks * Charles- Next Level Mastermind * Charles- The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan * Charles- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell * John- Nikka Yoichi Single Malt * John- Logitech | C920 HD PRO WEBCAM * Luke- GitHub | awesome-print * Luke- Apache CloudStack™

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Today’s guest is David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and co founder and CTO at Basecamp. This episode is focused on the release of Rails 6. David talks about the process of getting from Rails 5 to Rails 6 and some of the new features and frameworks in Rails 6. David describes some of the new features as ‘magical, which some people don’t like. He believes that the ‘magical’ element is a good thing because it reduces the learning curve for newcomers, so you can less time studying and more time being productive. This is important because it allows people from other platforms to jump on. Rails 6 will provide users with more frameworks so that they do not have to build all of their own solutions to common problems. David delves into how Ruby goes against the grain by providing tools and how that coincides with their philosophy. He talks about the process for deciding which problems the core team is going to tackle, how they come out of Basecamp, and Basecamp’s methodology in terms of what tools they decide to build. The panel discusses how deviating from the Rails core is almost an antipattern and how having the tools provided for them has improved their experience with Rails.

David talks about some more upcoming frontend products and more on the process of updating Basecamp. He talks about his belief that most companies should not be inspired by how the big tech companies structure their internal teams. The conversation turns to how Shopify and Github are now running Rails 6 and how they have influenced the feature that have been added to Ruby. David believes that it’s important to focus on how to make a framework that solves problems for people but also focuses on real world results and businesses. Ruby wants to continue to “arm the rebels” by enabling small independent software makers to continue to challenge the industry giants. The show finishes with David giving some advice to new Rails programmers.

Panel * David Kimura * Andrew Mason * Nate Hopkins * Charles Max Wood

Guest * David Heinemeier Hansson

Sponsors * Linode * Next Level Mastermind

Links * Action Text * Action Mailbox * Stimulus.js * Turbolinks * Haml * JBuilder * Follow David Heinemeier Hansson on Twitter @dhh, dhh.dk and Rework.fm

Picks * Andrew- How to Say It * Andrew- Rework episode * Nate- Stimulus Reflex * Charles- Atomic Habits * Charles- Ed Mylet show * Charles- The MFCEO with Andy Frisella * David Kimura- Swing set kit * David Kimura- Rails 6 * David Kimura- His daughter Ruby * David Heinemeier Hansson- To Have or To Be * David Heinemeier Hansson- Shape Up book * David Heinemeier Hansson- Rails 6

Special Guest: David Heinemeier Hansson.

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Richard Feldman - author of Elm in Action - joins the Rogues to discuss the advantages of Functional Programming and using Elm. Elm is a programming language that is a functional programming language built for the front-end that compiles to JavaScript. Due to its set of enforced assumptions, it leads to clean code and powerful programming constructs.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Richard Feldman

Sponsors * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Vue.js * GitHub- NoRedInk/elm-rails * ELM Homepage * Discourse ELM * ELM Slack * Built with Elm

Picks * John- GitHub: spree/spree * John- GitHub: solidusio/solidus * John- Merlin Series (The Lost Years by T.A.) * Luke- PQINA | Designs and Builds Performant, Responsive, and Highly Polished Web Components * Richard- TV series: Battlestar Galactica * Richard- Frontend Masters * Richard- Barbell medicine

Special Guest: Richard Feldman.

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Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to walk him through the 6 pillars of success that lead to meeting your goals.

Mani has read thousands of books on success, setting and achieving goals, and personal growth and has distilled these 6 principles from the books and then figured out how to put them into practice.

He and Chuck walk through the principles and strategies that create success and allow you to set goals that will bring you the things you want during the next year or so.

Listen to this episode to learn how to crush your biggest goals in 2021.

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Onboarding and leveling up Junior developers can be tricky. Emily Giurleo joins the Rogues to discuss the process for creating autonomous, competent developers when you hire someone who doesn't have as much experience. She walks us through setting expectations for the new hire, giving feedback, and assessing their performance.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Emily Giurleo

Sponsors * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Links * Glue — Talk by Tanya Reilly

Picks * Luke- My Mum, Happy Birthday! * Luke- Kubernetes Native, High Performance Object Storage * John- Factorio * John- Know your own plumbing installation so you can replace parts yourself * Emily- Political Involvement: Phone Banking * Emily- Organizing and Volunteering for Democratic Political campaigns

Special Guest: Emily Giurleo.

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Hilary Stohs-Krause addresses the things that we have strong emotional reactions to as developers that maybe we shouldn't worry about them. She also leads a discussion with the panel around when fear is a good thing.

Panels * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Hilary Stohs-Krause

Sponsors * Audible.com

Links * Cognitive behavioral therapy * Win–stay, lose–switch

Picks * John - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * John- AppleCare Service * John -Bitwarden * Luke - Star Trek: Picard * Luke- CAT GAMES - STRING STRING THING (FOR CATS ONLY) * Dave - Homebridge * Dave- Rails Store * Hilary -GitHub * Hillary- Star Trek: The Next Generation

Special Guest: Hilary Stohs-Krause.

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Paul Zaich from Checkr tells us about a critical outage that occurred, what caused it and how they tracked down and fixed the issue. The conversation ranges through troubleshooting complex systems, building team culture, blameless post-mortems, and monitoring the right things to make sure your applications don't fail or alert you when they do.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Paul Zaich

Links * Paul's Twitter * Paul's LinkedIn

Picks * Blood Pressure Monitor - Dave * eft - Luke * Ruby one-liners cookbook - Paul * Podcast Growth Summit - Chuck * Most Valuable Dev - Chuck * Most Valuable Dev Summit - Chuck * Mushroom Wars - Chuck * Gmelius - Chuck

Special Guest: Paul Zaich.

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Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.

He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state.

He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects.

The trick? Deep Work!

Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal.

Other developers call it "Flow" or "the Zone."

Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.

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Jesse Spevack tells us about a conference topic he gave where big mistakes were made at his company. Having lived through the choices that they made, we chat about the lessons learned.

Links * https://railsconf.com/2020/video/jesse-spevack-mistakes-were-made * https://akka.io/ * https://love.devchat.tv/you-dont-know-js-yet-challenge40653095 * https://www.driftingruby.com/learning_paths/stimulus-js * https://rails-hosting.com/2020/#javascript-rails * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrqIgMxLKkw

Picks Luke

Amerliorated Windows 10

John -

• Among Us

Dave -

• Bamboo Flooring
• Elgato Key Light

Jesse -

• RubyConf 2019 - Keynote: Lucky You by Sandi Metz
• ErgoDox Moonlander
• The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness Book 2)

Special Guest: Jesse Spevack.

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2,049 members of the Rails community from 92 countries kindly contributed their thoughts on tools, frameworks, and workflows in their day to day development lives. From these responses we hope to get an understanding of where Rails stands as a framework in 2020.

Sponsors * Audible.com * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood

Links * rails-hosting.com/2020

Picks Chuck:

• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7932486-the-wheel-of-time-series-by-robert-jordan
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software

John Epperson:

• news.ycombinator.com
• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended

Dave Kimura::

• Rode NTG5
• Philips Hue
• Elgato Streamdeck

Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Chelsea Troy teaches us to hone our debugging skills to a razor-sharp edge. We learn how to actively improve debugging skills, train troubleshooting instincts and practical strategies for tackling brain-bending bugs.

Sponsors * Audible.com * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * CacheFly

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Chelsea Troy

Links * https://chelseatroy.com/2020/01/13/a-framework-for-debugging/

Picks Luke Stutters:

• https://rclone.org/

John Epperson:

• Large Mouse Pads
• The Coding Den – A place where people ask and answer questions about coding, etc.

Charles Wood::

• Logi wireless mouse
• he Wheel of Time
• https://mostvaluable.dev

Chelsea Troy:

• The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux
• http://rubyconf.org/

Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

Special Guest: Chelsea Troy.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Eric Hayes joins us with the story of his journey into the dark, undocumented depths of Arel, ActiveRecord’s private API. We learn why writing custom SQL queries in 2020 can make sense and how to unlock the more powerful features of modern databases without resorting to SQL strings. Eric tells us how he manages the potential pitfalls of using Arel and achieves massive performance wins for difficult queries on large databases.

Sponsors * Audible.com * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Eric Hayes

Links * https://devhints.io/arel nice little cheat sheet * https://astexplorer.net/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_pattern * https://twitter.com/ehayes

Picks Luke Stutters:

• https://www.amazon.com/Micsig-DP10013-Differential-Attenuation-Tektronix/dp/B074K4XPW3

Chuck:

• http://podcastplaybook.co/
• mostvaluable.dev
• Amazon: Lightbringer Series
• Neewer 2 Packs Dimmable Bi-Color 480 LED with U Bracket Professional Video Light for Studio, YouTube Outdoor Video Photography Lighting Kit, Durable Metal Frame,3200-5600K, CRI 96

John Epperson:

• Buckeyeballs

Dave Kimura::

• https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/stream-deck
• https://www.philips-hue.com/en-us

Eric Hayes:

• https://www.playgoodsudoku.com/
• https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/

Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

Special Guest: Eric Hayes.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Joe Santos Garcia from CodingPhase joins the panel to talk about how to successfully get into coding and grow into a coding career. He talks about growing his YouTube channel, membership site, and deciding where you want to land in your career.

Sponsors * Audible.com * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Joe Santos Garcia

Links * https://driftingruby.com * https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/grow-shopify-micro-saas-to-25k-mrr-in-14-months

Picks Luke Stutters:

• Ubiquiti products
• Piotr Solnica Youtube Channel

Charles Max Wood:

• https://thedevrev.com/
• https://devchat.tv/mvp
• Smoking Meat because “you”

John Epperson:

• Don’t Call It That: A Naming Workbook

Dave Kimura::

• https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/stream-deck

Joe Santos Garcia:

• https://levels.io/
• https://www.codingphase.com/

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Special Guest: Joe Santos Garcia.

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React on Rails version 12 brings major improvements for hot reloading and bundle splitting. Justin Gordon talks about creating a great developer experience with React and Rails, the best way to manage your webpack configuration, simplify server and client-side rendering and avoid shaving those yaks!

Sponsors * Audible.com * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * CacheFly

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Justin Gordon

Links * https://www.shakacode.com/react-on-rails-pro/ * RailsConf 2020 CE – Webpacker, It-Just-Works, But How? by Justin Gordon * https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails * https://github.com/reactjs/react-rails

Picks Luke Stutters:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53835079
• https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/improving-putty-settings-windows/

John Epperson:

• StimulusJS
• MaCallan 15-Year-Old Double Cask

Chuck::

• Super Mario Odyssey
• podcastplaybook.co

Justin Gordon:

• Wing Foiling
• Dr. Matthew Walker on Sleep for Enhancing Learning, Creativity, Immunity, and Glymphatic System
• Vacation Rentals
• React on Rails Pro

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Special Guest: Justin Gordon.

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Different doesn’t need to be worse. Dmitry Tsepelev tells us how to make the most of using GraphQL with Rails, the advantages over REST-based API queries and best practices for security and schemas.

Sponsors * Audible.com * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood * Luke Stutters

Guest * Dmitry Tsepelev

Links * https://github.com/anycable/anycable * https://graphql-ruby.org/ * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/persisted-queries-in-graphql-slim-down-apollo-requests-to-your-ruby-application * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-1-from-zero-to-the-first-query * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-2-updating-the-data * https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/graphql-on-rails-3-on-the-way-to-perfectionGraphql-ruby benchmark * https://gist.github.com/DmitryTsepelev/36e290cf64b4ec0b18294d0a57fb26ff * Saint P Rubyconf 2019 * https://github.com/DmitryTsepelev/ar_lazy_preload * https://github.com/DmitryTsepelev/graphql-ruby-persisted_queries

Picks Luke Stutters:

• https://blog.phusion.nl/2018/11/28/stopping-slow-client-dos-attacks-with-puma-on-passenger-6/

Chuck:

• The Black Prism

John Epperson:

• https://www.stickermule.com/

Dave Kimura::

• StarTech.com Under Desk CPU Mount – Adjustable – Heavy-Duty Computer Tower Mount – 360° Swivel – Computer Mounting Bracket
• https://noctua.at/

Dmitry Tsepelev:

• https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, guest Jonathan Reinink joins the Rogues to talk about what Inertia.js is and why Rails developers would want to use it.

Sponsors * Audible.com * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * CacheFly

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Jonathan Reinink

Links * https://inertiajs.com * https://reinink.ca/articles/introducing-inertia-js * https://reinink.ca/articles/getting-started-with-inertia-js * https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/66 * https://www.fullstackradio.com/episodes/127

Picks Luke Stutters:

• The Kubernetes Book

John Epperson:

• https://github.com/brunofacca/active-record-query-trace
• https://github.com/nesquena/query_reviewer
• How to Prune Tomatoes for Maximum Yield and Plant Health

Jonathan Reinink:

• https://tailwindcss.com/
• https://eloquent-course.reinink.ca/
• NanoBeam

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, we talk with Ufuk about how Shopify made the transition to using Sorbet and about the benefits they felt they received from implementing it. Ufuk also reveals a little bit about how Shopify transitioned to fully remote and about how that will be the default moving forward.

Sponsors * Audible.com * Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Ufuk Kayserilioglu

Picks Luke Stutters:

• https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf

John Epperson:

• Walmart Grocery Pickup

Dave Kimura::

• https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thin+Clients
• Apple ARM MacMini

Ufuk Kayserilioglu:

• TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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Special Guest: Ufuk Kayserilioglu.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists discuss the progress, problems, and strategies for implementing JIT in Ruby for the Ruby 3×3 goal all while being humbled a bit as Takashi improves our understanding around the subject.

Sponsors * Audible.com * CacheFly

Panel * John Epperson * Matt Smith * Luke Stutters

Guest * Takashi Kokubun

Links * https://github.com/mame/optcarrot * medium.com/@k0kubun/jit-development-progress-at-ruby-2-7 * Koichi Sasada

Picks Luke Stutters:

• The World of Transcendental Programming (Amazon.co.jp Kindle)

Matt Smith:

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

John Epperson:

• GoJS

Takashi Kokubun:

• Animal Crossing

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, we talk to James Dabbs as we explore a number of subjects and topics around refactoring

Sponsor * CacheFly

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Matt Smith * Luke Stutters

Guest * James Dabbs

Links * https://github.com/github/scientist

Picks John Epperson:

• Refactoring Cheatseets

James Dabbs:

• Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!
• A tour of Unison

Luke Stutters:

• Meet Author R.A. Salvatore

Dave Kimura::

• Video Chat with WebRTC
• DEWALT 20V MAX XR Hammer Drill

Matt Smith:

• Mostly Adequate Guide

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Special Guest: James Dabbs.

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Tricia Ball talks to the Rogues about diversity in tech. We discuss the declining numbers of women in tech (and the rest of STEM) since the 1980s, reasons why women are leaving mid-career and how we can help reverse this trend. Tricia gives practical actions that can be taken to improve company culture, recruitment and retention of under-represented groups.

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Panel * Charles Max Wood * Luke Stutters * John Epperson

Special Guest * Tricia Ball

Links * Women in Tech Report * Laughter in the Male Dominated Room * The Culture of Sexism at Riot Games

Picks Luke * Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell * DragonRuby * Dragon Ruby episode with Lori Olson

John * Marco Rogers talk from RailsConf 2017 * Project Farm YouTube channel

Chuck * The 12 Week Year (book) * The Obstacle is the Way (book)

Tricia * Simone Giertz' Youtube channel

Special Guest: Tricia Ball.

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Kyle d'Oliveira (Clio) shares his survival tips for dealing with tens of thousands of commits, massive migrations and the very limits of databases. We discuss the lessons learned from Rails megaprojects and how to use these tips in your own projects to reduce technical debt and tools to keep your monolith majestic when the code won't stop coming.

Panel * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters * Matt Smith

Guest * Kyle d'Oliveira

Sponsors * Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout

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Links * GitHub's Online Schema Migrations for MySQL * Gh-ost benchmark against pt-online-schema-change performance

Picks Matt Smith:

• Danger JS

Luke Stutters:

• From jQuery to ES6 | Drifting Ruby

Dave Kimura:

• Titan Security Key
• Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi

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Special Guest: Kyle d'Oliveira.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues guest, Dylan Andrews (GoNoodle) shares his journey from pro-drummer to junior developer to successful senior software engineer. Dylan and the rogues talk about on-boarding junior developers and building up confidence.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Matt Smith * Luke Stutters

Guest * Dylan Andrews

Sponsors * Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout

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Picks Dylan Andrews:

• Follow Dylan on Twitter > @dylan1andrews, Blog
• Amazon Redshift

Charles Max Wood:

• Podcast PLaybook

Luke Stutters:

• Writing an Ajax long polling server in Ruby, Part 1

John Epperson:

• Sublime Merge - Git Client, done Sublime

Matt Smith:

• Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers

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Special Guest: Dylan Andrews.

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As the world becomes more security conscious, we need to think about the ways we allow people to authenticate to our applications. WebAuthn is a standard that allows you to accept biometric, device based, and other types of authentication as a second or first factor. Gonzalo and Braulio have published a gem that allows you to add webauthn to your Ruby applications and have joined the Rogues to talk through the implications of using it in your applications.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Matt Smith

Guests * Gonzalo Rodriguez * Braulio Martinez

Sponsors * Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout

Rails Remote Conf 2020

Links * FIDO Alliance - Open Authentication Standards More Secure than Passwords * eremyevans/rodauth: Ruby's Most Advanced Authentication Framework * Rodauth's demo site ported to Rails, showing Rodauth/Rails integration * Bart de Water

Picks Gonzalo Rodriguez:

• Follow Gonzalo > Github,Cedarcode
• GitHub Desktop

Braulio Martinez:

• Follow Braulio > Github, Cedarcode
• ProForm Treadmills

Charles Max Wood:

• Rails Remote Conf 2020
• Codineer
• Podsurge

Dave Kimura:

• Carbon | Create and share beautiful images of your source code
• Rubidium

John Epperson:

• S'well

Matt Smith:

• YubiKey 5 | strong authentication for secure login

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Special Guests: Braulio Martinez and Gonzalo Rodriguez.

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John Beatty joins the Rogues to talk about building Progressive Web Applications on Ruby on Rails. He walks the Rogues through the ins and outs of building a PWA and what it’s like adding the features you need to get a PWA set up on Rails. It turns out to be surprisingly straightforward and yet has a ton of potential.

Panel * John Epperson * Matt Smith * Charles Max Wood

Guest * John Beatty

Sponsors * Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout

Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links * johnbeatty/hnpwa-app: An implementation of the Hacker News PWA with Rails + Stimulus

Picks John Beatty:

• Follow John on Twitter @jpbeatty , Blog
• RailsConf 2020

John Epperson:

• phrasing
• simple_form

Charles Max Wood:

• Traffic Secrets
• One Funnel Away
• DotCom Secrets
• Expert Secrets

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Special Guest: John Beatty.

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Join the 30-DAY CHALLENGE: "You Don't Know JS Yet" In this episode of Ruby Rogues, James Thompson, a Software Architect at Mavenlink, delves into how to address errors in a service-based system and how to prioritize what errors to fix. He goes into how to recognize the errors when they are creeping in and so much more.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Matt Smith * Luke Stutters

Guest * James Thompson

Sponsors * Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout

Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links * Bugsnag * OpenTelemetry * Application Monitoring and Error Tracking Software | Sentry * SignalFx * smartinez87/exception_notification: Exception Notifier Plugin for Rails * Errbit

Picks James Thompson:

• Follow James on Twitter @plainprogrammer, Website
• The Annotated American Gods

Luke Stutters:

• raggi/async_sinatra

Dave Kimura:

• Rubidium
• Slim Gemfile for increased application maintainability

John Epperson:

• Sharing puzzles with your friends so you can do puzzles during the current stay-at-home era

Matt Smith:

• Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code

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Special Guest: James Thompson.

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Lee Richmond is one of the primary developers behind the Graphiti library for Ruby. Lee describes Graphiti as the spiritual successor to ActiveResource. It provides a convenient way to provide an API that understands the object graph in your application without needing to resort to GraphQL.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters * Matt Smith

Guest * Lee Richmond

Sponsors * Resolve Digital

Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links * Nested Forms from Scratch with StimulusJS | Drifting Ruby

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Devchat.tv Remote Conferences

Dave Kimura:

• Lens - The Kubernetes IDE
• Backblaze B2

John Epperson:

• kschiess/parslet: A small PEG based parser library

Luke Stutters:

• Ruby 2.7.1
• Rails Remote Conf

Matt Smith:

• Pass: The Standard Unix Password Manager

Lee Richmond:

• Follow Lee on Twitter @@richmolj, Graphiti.dev, email:richmolj@gmail.com
• Prisma - Database tools for modern application development

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Joel Hawksley is an engineer at Github who works on some of their Rails architecture. He is one of the authors of the view_component gem. He walks the Rogues through the genesis of the project and the pros and cons of using a library like view_component and how it adds testability and easy management to Rails views.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * Luke Stutters

Guest * Joel Hawksley

Sponsors * Resolve Digital

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Links * View Components for Bootstrap * Rails PR for template annotations * Rails PR for render_in * RNR 161: LightOS and the Light Phone with Hugh Francis

Picks Joel Hawksley:

• Joel's Website
• Visionect

Charles Max Wood:

• Devchat.tv Remote Conferences
• remoteconferenceplaybook.com
• Devchat.tv Remote meetups
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Dave Kimura:

• Arduino

Luke Stutters:

• electric-io

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Dee Dee Lavinder talks with the Rogues about how we can create space for introverts to participate in discussions, thereby getting their input in situations where we otherwise would not. She provides some tips for extroverts to invite the input, Luke brings his patented sarcasm to the table, we discuss some pitfalls and Dee really brings some fantastic advice to the table for those trying to moderate discussions as well as for those of us having small discussions with our colleagues.

Panel * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * DeeDee Lavinder

Sponsors * Resolve Digital * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"

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Links * Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking: Susan Cain

Picks John Epperson:

• Harry Dresden Files
• Making Gumbo at home #totally-worth

Luke Stutters:

• Missing 411: The Hunted

DeeDee Lavinder:

• Follow DeeDee on Twitter > @ddlavinder, Github
• Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters | Basecamp
• Sing, Unburied, Sing - National Book Foundation

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Special Guest: DeeDee Lavinder.

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Dave Aronson joins the Rogues to talk about Mutation Testing in Ruby. The conversation starts with a discussion of what mutation testing is. They discuss the benefits and approaches before diving into implementation details.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Dave Aronson

Sponsors * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "AISPRINGBOARD"

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Links * seattlerb/heckle * dgollahon/mutest * mbj/mutant: Mutation testing for Ruby - Semantic code coverage

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• The Iron Druid Chronicles
• Flip Timer & stopwatch on the App Store
• RockAuto
• Car-Part.com

Dave Kimura:

• Dewalt Cut Out Tool

John Epperson:

• Air Compressor for dusting

Luke Stutters:

• iKKEGOL USB Single Foot Switch Control

Dave Aronson:

• Follow Dave on Twitter > @DaveAronson, Codosaurus, LinkedIn
• Flaviar - referral code
• joe's ancient orange mead
• Toastmasters

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Special Guest: Dave Aronson.

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Ivan Nemytchenko is a freelancer. He's a speaker and conference organizer. Ivan spoke at RailsConf about abstract Object Oriented programming ideas and how they can be expressed with pictures. The discussion goes into learning processes and how to create visual representations that help people understand Ruby, Rails, or other concepts.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Ivan Nemytchenko

Sponsors * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"

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Links * Chernoff Faces * dmikhr/DudeGL - "Anthropomorphic UML": visualization of code and OOP concepts in a form of human body. * dmikhr/Dudity - Analyze Rails code with stick dudes * dmikhr/DudesHub - Visualize code diffs in GitHub

Picks Dave Kimura:

• Drifting Ruby - Discount Code - learnfromhome
• troessner/reek: Code smell detector for Ruby
• Kubernetes

John Epperson:

• Pushups and Situps at home instead of working out
• Get a new Weed Whacker head

Luke Stutters:

• Linode

Ivan Nemytchenko:

• Follow Ivan on Twitter > @inem, Github, Website
• Visual Studio Code Remote Development

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Special Guest: Ivan Nemytchenko.

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Dave has been upgrading some of his Rails apps. Chuck has gone through several upgrades in his past work and is working on some apps that need the upgrade. Listen to 2 veteran Rails developers talk through the issues of upgrade from different versions of Rails to the latest version.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura

Sponsors * Resolve Digital * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "AISPRINGBOARD"

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Links * RailsDiff * js2coffee 2.0 — convert JavaScript to CoffeeScript * app/assets/config/manifest.js

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant
• RRU 104: How to Start a Side Hustle as a Programmer with Mani Vaya
• Devchat.tv Remote Conferences
• Devchat.tv Remote meetups

Dave Kimura:

• Drifting Ruby - Discount Code: learnfromhome

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Sean Marcia organizes Ruby For Good—an organization for building technology to solve the world's problems and an in person meetup held online this year. Sean talks about founding Ruby For Good and some of the projects it has been responsible for creating. Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Guest * Sean Marcia

Sponsors * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"

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Links * Ruby for Good - Making the world gooder * Code for America * The Code for America Brigade Network

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Ruby by the Bay / Ruby for Good
• Ruby Virtual Meetup - April 20 at 4pm MDT
• Ruby Virtual Meetup - Europe/Africa/Middle East - April 23 at 9am MDT

John Epperson:

• Disney+
• Ruby Meetup: Online

Luke Stutters:

• GitHub - larsch/ocra: One-Click Ruby Application Builder

Sean Marcia:

• Follow Sean on Twitter > @seanmarcia, Github
• Flour Water Salt Yeast

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Special Guest: Sean Marcia.

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! This episode is a roundup discussion about what the podcast hosts have going on these days. John talks about going freelance working on Ruby, Rails, and React Native. John and Chuck riff on the pros and cons of React Native. Luke then jumps in and talks about a crash-and-burn he ran into with building reports. John sympathizes based on his past experiences. The rest of the show comprises the panel filling in with what they're working on or learning.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * John Epperson * Luke Stutters

Sponsors * Springboard | $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "AISPRINGBOARD"

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____________________________________________________________ Links * fastlane * Swagger * About Swagger Specification * JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 * GatsbyJS * Gridsome

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Journal Notebooks

John Epperson:

• The Freelancers' Show

Luke Stutters:

• Ruby Object Mapper
• Object-Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Daniel Colson, from Thoughtbot and maintainer of Factory Bot, joins Dave Kimura, Luke Sutters, Tom Rossi, and John Epperson and discuss the transition from a Music career to a development career. We also dive into Factory Bot and its use cases.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Tom Rossi * Luke Stutters

Guest * Daniel Colson

Sponsors * Resolve Digital

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____________________________________________________________ Links * Doctrine | Ruby on Rails * Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software * working together · thoughtbot/guides * inclusive meetings · thoughtbot/guides * How to Get Better at Pair Programming

Picks Dave Kimura:

• Action Text
• Hand Sanitizer and Washing Hands (Properly)

John Epperson:

• Plantronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth Headset

Luke Stutters:

• Boom3D, best Volume booster & equalizer for Mac and Windows

Daniel Colson:

• Follow Daniel on Twitter > @dodecadaniel
• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
• Viola Da Gamba
• Ruby on Rails

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Special Guest: Daniel Colson.

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JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now!

We talk with Vladimir Dementyev about Ruby Next, its use cases and why you might want to get features from newer versions of Ruby in your current version

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Tom Rossi

Guest * Vladimir Dementyev

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____________________________________________________________ Picks Dave Kimura:

• brew install ctop
• Illustration Gallery by ManyPixels | Open-Source Editable Illustrations

John Epperson:

• Powerball

Tom Rossi:

• Treadmill

Vladimir Dementyev:

• Follow Vladimir on Twitter > @palkan_tula, Github
• Numi. Beautiful calculator app for Mac.

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Special Guest: Vladimir Dementyev.

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Chris O’Sullivan joins the Rogues to talk about the people who influenced Ruby and how it’s shaped the community and technology we have today.

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Guest * Chris O'Sullivan

Sponsors * Resolve Digital

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____________________________________________________________ Links * 209 JSJ TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg * “DHH's whoops video” * Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book * Jim Weirich * ruby/rake: A make-like build utility for Ruby. * Quick Interview with Martin Sadler of WorkingWithRails.com * miloops (Emilio Tagua * RailsConf 2008 - O'Reilly Conferences, May 29 - June 01, 2008, Portland, Oregon * why the lucky stiff * why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby * Zed Shaw * https://gilesbowkett.com * Object Property Value Shorthand in JavaScript with ES6 * Parentheses in Ruby | Why, Dave, Why * Seattle.rb style no longer valid when curly braces are used * PeepCode - @peepcode * Gregg Pollack - @greggpollack * Jamis Buck - @jamis

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Wavelength
• The Expanse
• The Man In the High Castle

Dave Kimura:

• Amazon.com : Sulcabrush Handle : Toothbrushes : Beauty

John Epperson:

• GitHub - stimulusjs/stimulus: A modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have

Chris O'Sullivan:

• Follow Chris on Twitter @thechrisoshow, Website, email: chris@lexoo.co.uk
• Codenames | Board Game
• Wavelength | Board Game

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Special Guest: Chris O'Sullivan.

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David Kimura and John Epperson talk with Ian Norris on his experiences with Pair Programming. We discuss misconceptions, when pair programming works and when it doesn’t, remote paring and different types of pair programming.

Panel: * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Guest: * Ian Norris

Sponsors: * Resolve Digital

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____________________________________________________________ Links: * Ruby by the Bay / Ruby for Good - Making the world gooder * RubyConf 2019 - Lightning Talks - Ian Norris * BackerKit

Picks: Dave Kimura:

• Visual Studio Live Share
• Easiest wall FIX EVER

John Epperson:

• Jim Butcher's Codex Alera Series
• Paper Towel Rolls - makes great toys for your kids

Ian Norris:

• Follow Ian on Twitter > @TheProphetBrtha, Github, Blog
• On Pair Programming

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Special Guest: Ian Norris.

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Colin Fulton has written a Ruby implementation in assembly for the Apple II. He's also got a fondness for the impossible and impractical applications of software. He walks through how he approached writing a somewhat limited version of Ruby for a old and limited machine. He also talks through other ways to explore the limits of Ruby and other programming languages.

Panel: * Charles Max Wood * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Guest: * Colin Fulton

Sponsors: * Resolve Digital

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____________________________________________________________ Links: * Ruby on the Apple * That Works?! Quines and Other Delightfully Useless Programs

Picks: Charles Max Wood:

• New Devchat.tv Podcast - Clean Coders
• Star Trek: Picard

Dave Kimura:

• Guillotine Paper Cutter

John Epperson:

• Clint's Salsa - Medium Mexican
• React Native Hot Reloading

Colin Fulton:

• Follow Colin on Twitter - @PeterQuines, GitHub, email: justcolin@gmail.com
• PORTER-CABLE Heat Gun

Special Guest: Colin Fulton.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Zachary and the panelists speak about doing small projects. They cover half-done projects, when is a project really “done” and staying focused. An unfinished project is not a failure and making a small project helps to make a complete project.

Panel * Dave Kimura * John Epperson

Guest * Zachary Schroeder

Sponsors * Resolve Digital * RedisGreen

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____________________________________________________________ Links * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taYx6Dy6dwI * https://github.com/robobluebird/ruby-lofi * Ruby | Gosu * Ruby2d

Picks Dave Kimura:

• Noble Chair Epic
• Dewalt Trim Router

John Epperson:

• Lagavulin 16 Year Old Scotch Whisky
• Office Chair

Zachary Schroeder:

• Zachary's Github
• Riding a Bike
• The Thermals - Live on KEXP

Special Guest: Zachary Schroeder.

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Jon Druse is a developer from Tennessee and has been using Rails for 15 years. He starts the show by sharing some of the background behind his RailsConf talk “How To Lose 50 Milion Records in 5 Minutes” and the various mistakes that were made that lead to such a dramatic loss. The loss of these records lead the company to refactor and rewrite the entire app in MongoDB. Jon talks about the decision to use Mongo. One of the main points of his talk was that their mistake was discovered because they were trying to figure out wy Elastic Search was getting slow. He counsels listeners to avoid working your way into a poor status quo and accepting it rather than doing something to fix it. If this happens, it can lead to the sudden failure of your app. In the talk, he mentions ‘landmines’, which are things in your app you don’t want to touch and you don’t deal with it until later. In his company, they left these landmines alone and then did something they thought was unrelated, and everything blew up. He stresses the importance of looking for landmines in the parts of your app that you’re uncomfortable with. He talks about the importance of doing code reviews, and to not keep doing things the same way they’ve always been done if there is a better way to do things. He also believes that there should not be a stigma about talking about mistakes and the importance of learning from each other. He talks about specific things that his company has done to change and improve. The panel discusses the idea of process theater and when refactoring and remaking your entire app is the appropriate solution.

Panelists * Dave Kimura * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood

Guests * Jon Druse

Sponsors * RedisGreen

____________________________ > "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links * How To Lose 50 Million Records in 5 Minutes * Elastic Search * MongoDB * PostgreSQL * wrstudios.com/jobs

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Garage Ceiling Storage

John Epperson:

• Discard
• Glengoyne Cask Strength Scotch

Dave Kimura:

• Adhesive Cable Clips
• Dewalt Pull Saw

Jon Druse:

• Keychron mechanical keyboard
• Bullet journaling
• Follow Jon on Github

Special Guest: Jon Druse.

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Bob Quillin and Karthik Gaekwad are on the Oracle developer relations team. Karthik has been on Ruby Rogues previously, and he explains how he went from the Kubernetes team to developer relations. They begin the show by explaining what Kafka is, the leading open-source event streaming platform that Oracle is compatible with. It allows cloud developers to build, publish, and subscribe models for streams of records in addition to many other functions. Systems that used to take a long time to make have become very small and simple with Kafka. Kafka stands out from other message queueing systems because of its robust nature and scalability.

Bob goes into more depth about the evolution of Kafka and the panel discusses some different use cases, concluding that Kafka works best for projects with a large amount of data coming in and for making real-time decisions. Bob and Karthik talk about other things Kafka can do beyond the message queue, such as building streams from specific patterns. They talk about when you should consider moving over to Kafka. Karthik talks about how to get started with Kafka. One of the best ways to do this is to set up a service with Oracle and to just play around with it, which won’t cost you much if you aren’t pushing a lot of data through it. Bob and Karthik talk about some of the features offered by Oracle and Kafka. While the offerings are somewhat vanilla, you get the advantage of it being an open-source driven service on top of a cloud that’s highly secure, available, and built to last. The panel discusses security within Kafka. They talk briefly about the framework Karafka and tools and resources available through Oracle for Kafka. The show concludes with the panel talking about compatibility between Kafka and Docker.

Panelists * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood

Guests * Bob Quillin * Karthik Gaekwad

Sponsors * Cloud 66 - Pain-Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

____________________________ > "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links * RR 397: Oracle with Karthik Gaekwad * RR 402: Kafka and Karafka with Maciej Menfeld * Kafka * Redis * Amazon SQS * Sidekick * Resque * RabbitMQ * Zookeeper * Karafka

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Discord
• HubSpot

John Epperson:

• Aberlour A'Bunadh
• The Witcher

Bob Quillin:

• Balcones Distillery
• Milam and Greene Whiskeys
• The Overstory

Karthik Gaekwad:

• Follow Karthik on LinkedIn, Github, and Twitter

Special Guests: Bob Quillin and Karthik Gaekwad.

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Today the panel is talking about their development environments and preferences. Most of them run on Macs, but they talk about other operating systems. They discuss some of the pros and cons of using Apple products. While Apple has conveniences to help you restore data, many of them have had issues with cabling and the fact that Macs are not easily extendable. They agree that the speed at which a development environment gets up and running is less about the hardware and more about how the environment is set up.

The conversation turns to which development platforms they are running. They discuss the value of Docker as a development environment. The panel compares the features of database management systems such as MySQL, MariaDB, and Postgress. David feels that getting up and running in an environment is the most important thing, but the panel challenges him to consider the maintenance required in some environments. The Ruby experts discuss the merits of using RVM and what they like about it, testing libraries they are using, and how they feel about certain gems. The tradeoffs between security and ease of use are discussed. They conclude the show by talking about the benefits of mechanical keyboards and duo vs. single monitor setups.

Panelists * David Kimura * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

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Picks David Kimura:

• DeWalt Laser Distance Measurer
• Melamine boards

Charles Max Wood:

• OBS
• The Man in the High Castle

John Epperson:

• Monopress cable
• Glengoyne Cask Strength, Monoprice

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Mithun leads development relations at HERE Technologies which specializes in building location services and location platforms. A lot of location is so seamlessly integrated we don’t even have to think about it, but it’s quite complex. He talks about how location services work, such as a ride-sharing app. He talks about some of the tools and data available from HERE Technologies for people who want to use location services. The panel discusses when to use services from companies like HERE and when you should try to do it on your own. Mithun talks about other ways HERE’s services can be utilized. The panel discusses how companies can get mapping so wrong, and Mithun talks about some of the complexities involved in mapping. David Kimura talks about some of his experiences with creating a location app, and the panel talks about the unlimited applications of location services.

Mithun talks about how location services are tested and how they are impacting the public sector and the future of mobility. Mobility is the overarching term for all of location services, such as public transportation, traffic, etc. This is changing a lot in many places, but especially in places like Dubai where self-driving cars are becoming more and more common. The panel discusses how to think about location services as a developer. Mithun talks about how to move from web to mobile development. The panelists discuss the issue of privacy and location services. Mithun talks about how HERE Technologies protects individual data and privacy.

Panelists * David Kimura * John Epperson * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Mithun T Dhar

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit

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Picks David Kimura:

• Google Remote Desktop
• Hatchbox3d

Charles Max Wood:

• Letters from Whitechapel

John Epperson:

• Never Split the Difference
• Kilkerran Scotch

Mithun Dhar:

• The Culture Code
• Follow Mithun on Twitter and LinkedIn

Special Guest: Mithun Dhar.

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Brittany Martin, Lead Web Developer at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust joins the panel today to talk about her talk "Rails Against The Machine". She has given this talk at Southeast Ruby, Rubyconf MY and Ruby on Ice.

Brittany Martin works for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the nonprofit’s Lead Web Developer, where she is part of the team that develops, supports and maintains the Trust’s ticketing and festival web applications. She is a certified AWS Developer and the host of the 5by5 Ruby on Rails podcast. Under her alter-ego, Norma Skates, Brittany officiates roller derby for the Little Steel Derby Girls.

Her talk's elevator pitch is as follows: "What should a development team do when a few bad users threaten their application? Online businesses are plagued with trolls and bots. Learn how your team can leverage features from RoR and AWS to monitor and (secretly) segment bad actors using automation and behavioral triggers."

Brittany and the panel address questions such as "When is it better to block a user instead of incorporating them into your app?" and "How do you know the difference between a security threat or something trying to game the system?"

Panelists * Dave Kimura

Andrew Mason * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Brittany Martin

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code "devchat" for $100 credit * RedisGreen * Adventures in DevOps Podcast * CacheFly

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____________________________________________________________ Links * Brittany's Talk * Podcast Brittany Hosts * https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin * https://www.instagram.com/wonderwomaninthemaking/ * https://brittanymartin.dev * https://github.com/wonderwoman13

Picks Andrew Mason

• http://expo.stimulusreflex.com/

Dave Kimura

• Stay secure with CyberGhost VPN Free Proxy
• https://github.com/danmayer/coverband

Charles Max Wood

• https://devchat.tv/events/

Brittany Martin

• KBDfans – KBDfans Mechanical Keyboards Store
• http://rubyconf.org/
• CrossFit Games: The Open

Special Guest: Brittany Martin.

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Sven Akerman Jr. is the chief architect at Outlook Insight. Today he and the panel are talking about the process behind development, specifically how Sven helped improve the software development process at his previous employer. When he started, they had a formal Scrum/Agile process for the first 5 years, but recognized gaps using key performance indicators like turnaround time. So the company implemented the single piece flow method, which ensures that all developers are focused on one thing from start to finish before moving on. As a company, they have a maximum of 2 products in play at a time, with two in focus. Some of the benefits of single piece flow are that it reduces context switching and increases group knowledge and involvement.

Sven talks about how the method was implemented in the company, and admits that it takes a really efficient delivery pipeline to move things this quickly. For those that don’t have much to do with a project, the ‘bored void’ was filled with a list of other important things to work on, finding ways to make their own improvements in an area, and automation. Sven found that the method scales well and works both in an office or remote. One of the biggest drawbacks of this method was the psychological barrier among the workers, as it was hard to get people to change the way things “have always been done”. He notes that conversations in meetings shifted from ‘me’ to ‘us’ since people were more aware of others’ work. This shift occurred naturally with the enforcement of the constraints, though it took a couple of months. Sven talks about more ways he saw things change. Charles and David discuss things about this method that interest them, such as shipping things quicker. They talk about possible difficulties with technical debt, which Sven found actually decreased over time. In order to get started with the single piece flow method, it is important to first understand where you’re at and the size and capabilities of your team before moving forward.

Panelists * David Kumura * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Sven Akerman Jr.

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * RedisGreen

Links * Outlook Insight * Scrum * Agile development * Kubernetes

Picks David Kimura:

• NGINX Reverse Proxy
• DeWalt Ceramic Rapid Heat Full Size Glue Gun

Charles Max Wood:

• Discourse

Sven Akerman Jr.:

• Getting off of hardware
• Follow Sven on LinkedIn @svenakermanjr or outlookinsight.com

Special Guest: Sven Akerman Jr.

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In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Charles Max Wood interviews speakers at GitLab Commit 2019. Eddie Zaneski from Digital Ocean talks about "Creating a CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Kubernetes in 20 minutes", Shamiq Islam from Coinbase talks about "Closing the SDLC Loop- Automating Security" and Jasmine James, from Delta Airlines, discusses " How Delta Became Cloud Native-Avoiding the Vendor Lock".

Eddie, Shamiq, and Jasmine give the 5 min "elevator pitch" for the talks they gave at the conference.

In his talk, Eddie deploys a fake startup going through the whole pipeline: building the application, containerizing an application and shipping it off to Kubernetes.

Shamiq, talks about how the conventional approach to security is to consider it at the very end after all developer has wrapped up their work and why that should change.

Jasmine explains more in-depth what it means for a big corporation like Delta to be in a Vendor Lock.

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

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____________________________________________________________ Links * Creating a CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Kubernetes in 20 minutes by Eddie Zaneski * Hacktoberfest presented by DigitalOcean and DEV * Commit Brooklyn 2019: Closing the SDLC Loop - A Security Panel by Shamiq Islam * Commit Brooklyn 2019: How Delta Became Truly Cloud Native - Avoiding the Vendor-Lock by Jasmine James

Special Guests: Eddie Zaneski , Jasmine James, and Shamiq Islam.

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Alessandro Desantis is the director of Nebulab and is currently working on Solidus. After talking a little bit about how Nebulab got started, he describes what Solidus is. Solidus is a free, open source eCommerce platform built in Ruby on Rails that gives you complete control over your store. Three things that set it apart from other eCommerce platforms are that it is governed by a single company and that the focus is on quality and backwards compatibility. One of their biggest goals is to make Solidus streamlined, and Alessandro talks about how they handle it with the complex business logic involved in eCommerce. He talks more about the governance of Solidus and the different teams involved.

Alessandro admits that Solidus has fewer features than some of its competitors, but this makes it very powerful and customizable. It can be tacked onto any Rails engine and you can pick and choose the things you want. Solidus was made with fewer features because of the unique nature of each eCommerce store. The creators noticed that when people create their stores, they had to adapt their business to suit the eCommerce software they used because the software was not as customizable. Solidus wanted to avoid that, so they provide the foundation and people can customize it. To customize Solidus, the documentation is available on the Solidus website, but the company encourages experimentation.

Alessandro regrets that people think eCommerce companies are not technology companies, and so they tend to delegate it to someone else. He and Charles talk about some of the technical aspects of Solidus and what the future holds. In the future, the company plans to emphasize communication and the presentation of Solidus as a tool to help people make the right choice for their business, as well as streamlining the onboarding experience. To contribute to Solidus, you can contribute to the core itself or any of the extensions. There is also an active Slack community where you can ask for the best place to help. The show concludes with Alessandro talking about some of the other projects he’s working on.

Panelists * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Alessandro Desantis

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

Links * Solidus * Nebulab * Shopify * Backbone * Solidus Slack community * Follow Alessandro on Medium and Alessandro.codes

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• A Christmas Story

Alessandro Desantis:

• London, UK
• Elixir
• Phoenix

Special Guest: Alessandro Desantis.

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Today the panel discusses the difference between Swagger and Open API with Josh Ponelat. Josh details the difference between the two. Swagger is a set of protocols around describing restful APIs. Swagger was taken over by a company called SmartBear, who donated the donated the specification to the Open Linux Foundation, and that became the Open API. Swagger is the tooling surrounding these specifications. Open API is a standardized way to describe a restful API in a YAML file. Once you’ve got a YAML file to describe your API, you can use tooling like Swagger to leverage that and take it to the next level. Using the Open API process is useful for situations where you already have an API in place, but want to codify and document it so that it’s controlled. Then going forward, you won’t introduce contradictions and it remains consistent because it’s documented in a YAML file. The process leaves room for enhancement in the future as well.

Josh talks about some of the benefits of standardizing your API and some of the use cases besides tooling. A standardized API can help show developers how to use your API, SDKs, and service stubs by knowing your API is consistent in style. This makes it easier to find breaking changes and more. Josh talks more about Swagger, a finite set of tooling around Open API, most of which are open source. He talks about other tools that test APIs and do linting on YAML files. Some of the companies that use Open API include Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Josh talks about how Amazon implements Open API.

Josh talks about the book he’s writing, Designing APIs with Swagger and Open API. The book goes over describing APIs today, how to design APIs without writing code first, and how to get the most out of the system. The show concludes with Josh talking about the power of consistency and writing things down on paper. He discusses where implications that the standardization of APIs has on the text industry.

Panelists * Dan Shappir * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Joshua S. Ponelat

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

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"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!

____________________________________________________________ Links * Josh's Twitter * Swagger * Open API * Difference Between Swagger and Open API * GraphQL * Designing APIs with Swagger and Open API

Picks Dan Shappir

• Saga of Pliocene Exile

Charles Max Wood

• DevChat.tv Merchandise
• BusyCal

Josh Ponelat

• AsciiDoc
• FASD tool

Special Guest: Josh Ponelat.

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Andrew Glass is a Brooklyn based Rubyist operating a small independent devshop called Bang Equals. He has held many ‘enrichment jobs’, including being a ball person at US Open for 5 years, traveling for judging Guinness World Record attempts, and will be a balloon holder in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. Today the panel is discussing his about his 2018 RailsConf talk, Human Powered Rails: Automated Crowdsourcing In Your Ruby on Rails App. In his talk, he shows the audience how to use Amazon Mechanical Turk. Amazon Mechanical Turk lets you post tasks, set a price point, and then people can go and complete the task. This is often done with tasks that can’t be done with machine learning and to train machine learning algorithms. In his talk he goes into What it is, how it’s used, and how we can use Ruby to automate the process. In his apps, he uses it for lead generation, qualification, enrichment, and some video and photo tagging. More specific uses include recording items from a picture of a shopping list, identifying specific things in a video, categorizing businesses and items, sentiment analysis of text or image. Overall, Mechanical Turk is used for things that machine learning can’t handle yet. The panel discusses some different uses for crowdsourcing and how to submit something to Mechanical Turk. There are multiple ways to ensure accuracy in your surveys, including setting up multiple stages to your task, having more than one person complete your task, and creating a qualified worker pool based on tests to determine their aptitude and skill.

The panel discusses some of the controversy surrounding Mechanical Turk, citing an article in the New York Times (see links). The big issue is wages and worker rights. Wages can be very low, and it is ripe for abuse by companies as they could easily refuse all work and withhold pay. It is also important for the companies to give an accurate time estimate for the task and a reasonable reimbursement. Mechanical Turk attracts a variety of people, from people that do it for fun to people to actually do it for a living, so it is vital that companies use the tool responsibly.

Andrew talks more about how his app works. His apps are built on RTurk, Turkee, and Mechanical Turk, and he talks about how they work. The tricky part is figuring out the logic for what answers they will accept. Andrew talks about how to get started with Mechanical Turk and how to validate the work you get back. To ensure you get accurate information, he suggest that you make it happy for your users, make the UX simple and usable, and use a lot of formatting in your forms so that you get good information in. They preface their results with an accuracy score to help determine what is true. Andrew talks about where he wants to go from he. His Turking days are behind him, but his days of coordinating the efforts of many using software show promise.

Panelists * Dave Kimura * Charles Max Wood

Guest * Andrew Glass

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

Links * Human Powered Rails: Automated Crowdsourcing In Your RoR App by Andrew Glass * Amazon Mechanical Turk * AWS Transcribe * I Found Work on an Amazon Website. I Made 97 Cents an Hour. * RTurk * Turkee * AWS SDK Turk

Picks Dave Kimura:

• HatchBox

Charles Max Wood:

• The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job
• White Christmas

Andrew Glass:

• Foragoodstrftime.com
• Follow Andrew @andrewglass1 on Twitter and Instagram and andyglass.co

Special Guest: Andrew Glass.

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Today Charles and Dave are discussing deviating from the Rails core. Dave doesn’t care for JavaScript frameworks or microservices as he believes that they add too much complexity. These things may become necessary when your project gets massive, but otherwise we shouldn’t jump to these as a first option. If you don’t need the frontend powerhouse features, you may want to see how far you can get with Rails and a minimal frontend. React may not always be the solution that you need. They discuss jQuery versus Stimulus. They both prefer jQuery over Stimulus as they find it less invasive and clunky, and it’s easier to drop things in.

Dave talks about his experience with ElasticSearch and how he simplified it. They discuss using MongoDB and Mongoid. They agree that although these are not Ruby specific, they can help. Dave, however, has not found a need for them, while Charles has found that it gave him more advantages in his schema. He talks about some other advantages of MongoDB. Dave and Charles discuss the default testing library for Rails, MiniTest. Dave prefers RSpec, but he still uses Mini test because it’s included in the rails core. He has found that RSpec benefits him, while Mini Test benefits his application, so he sticks to what’s included. He believes that sticking close to the core and counting on the widely used things keeping up to speed makes maintaining on the application easier, and things are less likely to break. They turn to discussing when it is appropriate to deviate. Again, Dave believes that small applications without a massive amount of traffic don’t need to deviate, but adds that unique situations require unique solutions. It’s important to Consider if the solution will box you into an infrastructure provider or long term maintenance on something you don’t usnderstand. They agree that the goal is to introduce the least amount of technical debt as possible.

Panelists * Dave Kimura * Charles Max Wood

Sponsors * Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

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_______________________________________________________ Links * Backbone * React * Vue * Stimulus * jQuery * Mongoid * MongoDB * Elastic Search * Squel.js * JSON * RSpec

Picks Dave Kimura:

• Nextcloud
• DGI Osmo 3

Charles Max Wood:

• The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job
• Buymeacoffee.com
• It’s A Wonderful Life
• Mr. Kreuger’s Christmas

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Khash and Kasia work for Cloud 66, a company started in 2012 with a goal to make Rails deployment simple and infrastructure easy to understand for application developers. As the company has moved towards containerization, they have integrated with Kubernetes. Khash talks about what distinguishes Cloud 66 from other platform as a service companies and why the company was started. He begins by talking about the structure of Heroku, how they own the entire stack down to the server, and how they are bound to a data center. Cloud 66 differs because they decided to break that unit economy from a data center to a server, so they don’t own the entire stack. Instead, they deploy what looks like an experience from Heroku onto your own server so you can go anywhere you want to go. They talk to the public API of those cloud providers within the data center that you choose that your account is in, and then provision, deploy, and maintain your application the way that you used to with Heroku, on that data center.

Khash talks about how Kubernetes fits into the Cloud 66 model. Cloud 66 was started with Rails, but they wanted to make it generic and available on any framework, and decided this was best accomplished through containerization. They originally had their own containerization service, but then moved over to Kubernetes. Their Kubernetes for Rails product makes deployment of a Rails application onto Kubernetes extremely simple. The panel discusses the different ways that people get to containerization, and situations where containerization is not the correct solution. They also discuss situations where a containerization service like Kubernetes is useful. Containerization can help a lot with distinguishing and establishing boundaries within a team. Kubernetes can help create uniform servers because you can tell it what you want and it will help you get there, including notifying you when things don’t align. Kubernetes is also excellent at dealing with microservices, if you have a need for a repeatable environment, and provisioning the infrastructure for commits. Khash notes that since moving to a unified infrastructure powered by Kubernetes, upgrades in Cloud 66 take significantly less time and talks about how things have been streamlined.

In the past, David has seen some issues with autoscaling in Kubernetes clusters, and Khash talks about how those things have been addressed and how to approach scaling in general. The first two things you need to define with scaling problems is how much is needed and what is ‘normal’ for your product. It is also important to consider if you need to scale up or scale down, as sometimes scaling down can hold more benefits. Khash has noticed that one thing that’s missing in the market is that as Rails developers they’re all about finding the best tools and getting the job done, while this approach is lacking in Kubernetes. He closes the show by talking about how Cloud 66 is trying to address what a Kubernetes deployment means for a Rails stack.

Panelists * Andrew Mason * David Kimura

With special guests: Khash Sajadi and Kasia Hoffman

Sponsors * Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments | Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & $100 of free credits with promo code RubyRogues-19 * RedisGreen

"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $1.

Links

• Heroku
• Kubernetes
• Node.js
• Azure
• AWS
• Cloud 66

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Picks Andrew Mason:

• Rubocop linter action

David Kimura:

• Sam’s Club Southern Style Chicken Bites
• Cuisinart Air Fryer
• Kubernetic (in beta)

Khash Sajadi:

• Follow Khash on Twitter @khash

Kasia Hoffman:

• Noticent

Special Guests: Kasia Hoffman and Khash Sajadi.

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Michael Herold is married to an economist and is a staff engineer at Flywheel where he writes Ruby programs to support PHP programs. He gave a talk at RailsConf 2018 about how to price a product. The frame for the problem is whenever you have a business idea, you eventually have to decide how to price it, and the pricing area is ripe for inefficiency on both customer and business ends. In his talk, he gave a simple framework based on the field of market research that helps give you an idea of what to price your product or service at called the Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter, which is based off of talking with your customers about how they would value your product. He explains the difference between consumer surplus and producer surplus.

The panel discusses other ways of determining pricing, such as basing your price off the price of a similar product. They discuss the pros and cons of different complex pricing they’ve seen. While complex pricing can be a turn off for many customers, it can also weed out less serious customers, and so it can be a good thing. Michael talks about what the Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter actually looks like and how it works. It is based off a 4 question survey where customers are what price is too cheap, what price is a good deal, what price is getting expensive, and what price is too expensive. The answers are charted and you look for intersections in the curves (inflection curves) and it gives you an understanding of how people feel about the price of the product.

Determining pricing gets more complicated on a global scale, and the panelists discuss methods to handle it, such as giving discounts and adjusting prices by country. They discuss the importance of choosing the right price for your service, and a price that is too low can be as bad as over pricing. Michael talks about how his company determined their pricing using the Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter and some of the difficulties they encountered. In the future, he wants to make a tool for how to figure out prices so that people don’t have to build their own pricing model. They conclude by discussing the merits of having a sale on your product.

Panelists * Charles Max Wood * Andrew Mason * David Kimura

With special guest: Michael Herold

Sponsors * Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan * Cloud 66 - Pain Free Rails Deployments Try Cloud 66 Rails for FREE & get $66 free credits with promo code RubyRogues * JavaScript Jabber

Links

• Michael Herold RailsConf 2018
• Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter
• Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter graph
• Consumer surplus
• Producer surplus
• Twople
• Meetspace
• How Users Picked Our Pricing

Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter

Picks Charles Max Wood:

• Finding human connection
• Disconnect from technology when you need to

David Kimura:

• Yarn upgrade-interactive
• Lego 4x4

Michael Herold:

• Hiking
• Crinkle book from Jellycat
• Philipe Fatio blog post
• The Egg by Andy Weir

Follow Michael @mherold on Twitter and Github @michaelherold and michaeljherold.com

Special Guest: Michael Herold.

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Graham Conzett has been a developer for 12 years. He has worked with Ruby and Rails for half of that, and currently works for a company that does large format touchscreens. Graham gave a talk at RailsConf 2018 called “Old School JavaScript and Rails” where he talks about the experience of JavaScript fatigue. The world of JavaScript changes very quickly, and sometimes it feels like there’s a new framework every week. Because there is no clear winner among these frameworks, many Rails developers feel compelled to reach for something like React. However, there are many strategies for doing JavaScript in Ruby and in Rails that existed before these frameworks, so you can accomplish what you want to get done without bringing one in. Remember that all of them can coexist side by side, so you don’t have to pick one strategy. The panel discusses the effect that adopting a new technology can have on the team, such as the learning curve and hiring people that specialize in it.

To illustrate this, Graham talks about the company he works for. Their app is a 90% is a Rails app, and one component has a lot of React. He talks about how they came up with that strategy and how they have kept React isolated to that page. It’s crept into some other little places, but there is a document in the team charter that defines where and why they use certain things, and that has kept it limited.

Graham talks about the tradeoffs between choosing to stay in Rails or introduce React. If you bring in React, you have to bring in a different testing framework. React also has a bigger learning curve than standard HTML or CSS. There are far less conventions around React than Rails, so you have to spend time coming to a consensus as a team. Webpacker helps with this to a degree, but it also pulls in a bunch of third party plugins, so Rails is no longer writing the rules and you may have to debug random plugins.

If you want to avoid adding a framework like React, consider using ujs, or Unobtrusive JavaScript. These are JavaScript ‘helpers’ included in the Rails bundle that you can add to various buttons that help you decorate and enhance. You don’t have to change much of your HTML frontend code but it makes it more interactive. Graham talks about he uses them and why he likes them. The panel compares using ujs to other strategies like using Stimulus or ‘sprinkles’ of JavaScript. For small JS sprinkles, Graham advises to keep that focused on a single HTML element and bound to a single event handler. Ujs works best when you piggyback off of that Rails/Rest related stuff, and Stimulus is more about manipulating parts on the page that don’t have a need for asynchronous request. You can really use ujs everywhere, so the three techniques are not mutually exclusive.

Graham gives advice to developers considering pulling in a frontend framework. He says to start with minimal JS and then talk to your team about when it feels right to do it, because that’s a tricky conversation to know what your expectations are and problems you’re trying to solve. Sometimes things will force the issue and make you want to explore using frontend frameworks. When it’s a time saver, it makes your team scale better, or when you have something you just can’t do without it, then that might be the right time to use React.

The show concludes with the panel discussing their experiences with different compiling languages like TypeScript. They talk about what influences the tools people choose. They agree that the most important thing is getting working code out there, it doesn’t really matter how it’s written, but to only pull things in when you know you need it.

Panelists * Charles Max Wood * Andrew Mason * David Kimura * Nate Hopkins

With special guest: Graham Conzett

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• Old School JavaScript and Rails at RailsConf 2018
• React
• React Native
• React Native Web
• Jest
• Capybara
• Webpacker
• Rails-ujs
• Turbolinks
• Stimulus
• Stimulus Reflex
• Babel
• TypeScript
• Actionview components
• Angular

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Ross Kaffenberger is a software engineer at Stitch Fix and has been developing web applications for the past 12 years, mostly in Ruby and JavaScript. Today he and the panel are discussing how to survive Webpack. When many folks first encounter Webpack, they feel confused, overwhelmed, and don’t know how to get it to do what you want it to. In the latest version they tried to introduce some more sane default settings, but it is still a major change in technology. Ross talks about how his company transitioned Rails 5 to Rails 6 with the new Webpacker. His company chose to take an iterative approach and slowly migrated to Webpacker. His app was very JS heavy with a large number of libraries, many of which were not very Webpack friendly. They chose to separate out the vendor libraries into a separate bundle, that way they could contain each deploy. They still had to add some configuration, especially to make things available on global scope.As they started moving jQuery plugins over, sometimes the functionality would disappear, and Ross talks about how they figured out their mistakes. It was difficult for them to get out of their Sprockets mindset and into the new mindset of Webpack, which requires different techniques. There are also things that Webpack can do to keep you out of that situation Ross gives some strategy advice for someone who is in a position to update from Sprockets to Webpack. It’s important to consider your app size, your comfort level with Webpack, your team dynamic, and your timeframe. Ross recommends the iterative approach that they took, which took longer, but allowed them to learn as they went. Ross talks about the changes that happened in the switch from Webpack 3 to Webpack 4, and some of the contributions they made. He talks about some of his preferred Webpack configs and plugins. They discuss some of the drawbacks of Webpack, particularly the plethora of plugins that can make it seem daunting. One of the big gotchas with Webpack is the location of your source code. When you install Webpack for the first time, create a JS folder under App, it will place a ‘application.js’ file in another file called ‘Packs”. The idea of that pack file (application.js file under Packs) is that it’s the entry point for all of the JS that you’re going to add to your Webpack build. But if you add additional files to that Pack folder, Webpacker will instruct Webpack to treat each of those files as a separate entry point in a dependency graph. Make sure that only files that are intended to be the entry points for your Webpack builds are in that packs folder. It is also important to understand how you’re using global scope inside your JavaScript modules in your build. There’s a way to allow Webpack to inspect each of the files for a certain variable, such as a dollar sign. If he could go back and do it again, Ross would not split his code manually, but instead Embrace the notion that Webpack understands how to do code splitting for you, as long as instruct it to do it the right way. Ultimately, it took Ross’ company 3 rather tedious months to transition to Webpack. It could’ve gone faster if they’d known more about Webpack to begin with. The panel discusses whether it was worth it to switch to Webpack. Transitioning to Webpack has changed their team dynamic and their day to day coding and debugging. One nice feature of Webpack is the source maps that aid in debugging. There are still areas for improvement, but now that it’s set up most folks on the team don’t think about it. Overall, the development experience has improved, and he thinks it was worth it, but it’s not for everybody. Panelists

• Dave Kimura
• Andrew Mason
• Nate Hopkins
• Charles Max Wood

With special guest: Ross Kaffenberger

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• Webpack
• Webpacker
• Sprockets
• Knockout.js
• CKEditor
• Chosen
• Webpack Bundle Analyzer
• Manifest.json
• Module shimming
• SplitChunksPlugin
• Vue

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John Epperson has been doing ruby for 12 years and is a friend of Andrew Mason. He got into Docker a couple years ago and felt like something was missing, so he wrote Shiplane. He liked Docker because it was a promise that he could delegate a lot of the manual devops work to something else, and that something else was able to automate all of it. What he noticed was if you have a Docker thing in development and want to transfer it into production, there was no clear path to get a Docker item from development to production. The process wasn’t truly automated, so he created ShipLane in an attempt to automate it.

ShipLane solves this problem by assuming that you have a box out there, whether it’s a VM or an actual physical box, and you have SSH access to it. It logs in, it makes sure you have Docker installed, and gives you the ability to actually take your development docker compose, and convert it to a productionized version. It also hooks in to Capistrano and replaces that with ShipLane commands. Right now ShipLane is using Docker Raw and creates a network for your stuff to work within, deploys your containers, and then your service is up and running. There are different tools you can use to run Docker in production, but John didn’t want to run containers by using Docker Run with a bunch of stuff after it, didn’t want to maintain a custom script, so he automated it. John is currently working on a version that will translate your Docker Compose files into Kubernetes YAML files.

There’s a lot of choices to be made in Rails, none of which are wrong, but one choice begets many more, and there’s so many to make and so many consequences it’s difficult to know your path, and ShipLane provides clearer a path. John talks about how to get started with ShipLane. First, you need to gem install ShipLane and Capestrano, put it in your bundle file, and require it in Capestrano (there’s a generator). It has Capestrano listed as a dependency requirement. Andrew has used ShipLane and found it very quick and effective, only took them about 30 minutes. John asks for feedback from users on ShipLane, since many people are using it but no one has given any.

John talks about the versatility of ShipLane as a general solution. He addresses some concerns that people have about putting stuff into containers, and assures them that ShipLane is intended to work right out of the box. It is important that when containerizing services available on the platform of our choice to step back and question if you creating this infrastructure correctly. They discuss some methods for deciding what goes into containers.

The panel discusses some of the advantages of Docker, particularly deployment time. Everything is already bundled, the assets are precompiled, so it cuts your deployments down a lot. They talk about different frameworks for Ruby that they like for their scaling abilities, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Elastic Beanstalk. While Elastic Beanstalk is not one of the primary targets of ShipLane, it is designed as a generalized path to go from development to production, so it shouldn’t matter what your production target is in the end. If you’re gonna pick a provider that isn’t one of the big 3, then ShipLane is a great option

If you’re picking a SASS provider, there’s always a possibility that it isn’t compatible with the generalized version, but if we’re targeting Kubernetes it should generally work.

The panel discusses the general advice not to use Docker in development and whether or not it has merit. John finds that flips back and forth between projects, and those projects all have different dependencies, so Docker makes it easier to switch between projects because he doesn’t have to think about the dependencies. They talk about how John manages his Docker /compose version with these various projects. They all agree that Kubernetes should not be run locally.

Finally they discuss whether tools like ShipLane are the next step with Docker. They believe that containerization is here to stay, but the only thing that might remotely threaten Docker is going back to bare metal development or going serverless. They discuss whether going serverless kills Docker. Ultimately, the most important thing is that the problem gets solved.

Panelists * Charles Max Wood * Andrew Mason * David Kimura

With special guest: John Epperson

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• ShipLane
• Mountain West Ruby 2016 - Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle by Brandon Hays
• Docker
• Capistrano
• Docker Swarm
• Kubernetes
• Docker Compose
• Chef
• Puppet
• Digital Ocean
• Postgress
• Sinatra
• Elastic Beanstalk

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• Glenscotia 15 year scotch
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Mike Schutte is a fronted developer at TED conferences and was trained in code school at Turing in Colorado. He likes the idea of code as a communication tool, and in 2018 he gave a talk at RailsConf called Stop Testing. Start Storytelling.

Today the panel is discussing what Mike means by storytelling in testing. In order to combat the hesitancy to start testing, Mike believes that changing your mindset to think away from the implementation details while deploying these tests can help them be more efficient. In short, if the test isn’t readable by a non-developer, then it’s not telling a story, it’s just writing code. The test is almost the first point of contact away from the source code, so if that’s unwieldy in a test it will be hard to use elsewhere in the application. We have an intuition for stories, so use tests in order to communicate the intent of what the application should do under certain conditions. If it’s hard to set that up in a succinct way then maybe it should be written differently.

This view is backed up by other experts as well. Sandi Metz and Noel Rappin talk about it in Tech Done Right episode 69. They say if your test isn’t easy to write and you’re having to create tons and tons of objects, then the system or the class your trying to test is too interconnected, so you might want to break that up into more separated concerns so each of your tests can be focused on what you’re actually trying to test. If you follow these principles, your testing will be a lot easier even if there are more classes and modules to test. David applies this approach to an online shopping cart and how to break it up. The idea is to abstract it away from the big picture, in this case the grand total, and breaking it down into smaller stories or things.

Mike shares methods to put this approach into practice and how to test. He finds that reading the code as if you were reading a section in a novel rather than code helps him sketch out what he needs to test. The panelists discuss different methods for testing, emphasizing keeping the models or classes you write very simple, minimizing the amount of full on feature specs. If you take time to think about the mindset and the process you use to write a test, the tools you use becomes interchangeable in a lot of ways.

Andrew brings up a trend that he’s noticed of tools coming out that are taking mini tests or rspec and trying to morph it to the programmer’s preferences. Tools like this end up with a lot of weird syntax that is hard to maintain. The panelists acknowledge the challenges that stem from using a custom VIM, and believe that having an agnostic approach makes it easier to jump into different systems. Your focus shouldn’t be your developer preferences or what you’re used to, rather it should be your happiness when you have to update. They agree that because it’s easy to understand, it’s telling a story the reader can understand, which makes it easier to maintain in the long run.

The Ruby Rogues panel talk about different methods for testing, particularly if they’ve ever tested JavaScript code in a Rails app. They talk about some of their preferred tools to test their code, such as StoryBook. Mike talks about what StoryBook is and what it’s like to use it. David talks about his experience using Cucumber, why his team used it, and how it works. The show concludes with Mike sharing some of the benefits he has found from using typed languages like TypeScript and the panel talking about their experience playing around with Actionview components.

Panelists * Andrew Mason * David Kimura

With special guest: Mike Schutte

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• Stop Teaching. Start Storytelling (RailsConf 2018)
• Tech Done Right episode 69
• Law of Demeter
• Grumpy Old Man
• RSpec
• MaxiTest
• Minitest Spec
• Thoughtbot
• Jest
• Stimulus
• Webpacker
• StoryBook
• Cucumber
• TypeScript
• Actionview component

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Todd Kaufman is one of the cofounders of Test Double, a software development consultancy that was started 8 years ago. Todd talks about how he got started with Test Double and how it grew. He and Justin started Test Double because he felt that a lot of consultancies didn’t align with what they thought was important. Most consultancies then didn’t focus on good software development practices, and instead focused solely on the process. They decided that they would put the developers first and foremost so they could solve hard problems.

Charles talks about his experience with a consultancy, where he was fired after his project finished, and asks how Test Double does things differently. Todd talks about the importance of financial stability in a consultancy, and one way that Test Double accomplishes this is by being a completely remote company to cut out the cost of having an office,Todd shares their approach to the projects they take on. Their contracts are open ended and they tend to work with clients for a longer duration.

They discuss the differences in knowledge that comes from working with a product company versus a consultancy. A product company will typically give you depth, while a consultancy will give you variety. When deciding which you want to work for, you need to know if you want a steady approach to software development or do you want the challenge change up from time to time.

Todd delves deeper into their policy of not doing fixed bids and how they uphold that policy when negotiating with companies. Test Double’s unique approach is to engender trust where if the client feels that they are not getting the results they want, they can terminate the contract and ask them to leave. This in turn makes the fixed scope go away. Their only requirement is that the client gives them a weeks notice before termination. When taking on a project, Test Double strives to quickly integrate with an existing team, help them, and leave them in a better place than we found them. They can help with testing, learning languages, meeting deadlines, and communication.

The panel discusses some of the gotchas of building up a consulting company. Todd says that you always need someone looking for ne prospects and jobs, keep a consistent level of sales activity, and address issues in real time. He talks about what the company does to generate awareness, such as conference presentations, the website and blogs, networking, and how the company is organized to help manage sales.

Todd and the panel discuss Test Double’s process for growing and shrinking the company ahd what drives their decisions. Test Double’s priority is to make sure that the size of the compan does not affect the work experience. He talks about their four step hiring process and their trend of hiring experienced programmers. The panel agrees that there is a commitment to hiring junior programmers. Though Test Double does not typically hire junior programmers, they help companies that do. Todd has found that there are companies that want to hire juniors, but they have no experience leveling them up, so his consultancy helps clients develop mentorship practices.

Todd talks about some mistakes made and lessons learned in starting his company. One of his primary regrets is not focusing on diversity and inclusivity enough during the early days of the company. Their goal stated as a company is to improve the industry, and be an example for teams to follow on how to build healthy teams, but much of their early members were fairly homogenous. Todd believes that variety in a company leads to better problem identification and solutions. The panel discusses how to really identify diversity of background, because sometimes it can be proxied by diversity of physical appearance, but sometimes it can’t.It’s important to identify people that truly are diverse, and not just say ‘we want more women’ or ‘we want more people of color’. They discuss ways to increase diversity in hiring. Todd talks about what it was like to make the first hire for Test Double.

Todd shares how he decided what Test Double’s values and mission is. They had to consider why they were putting so much energy into building Test Double, and it was because they wanted to help fix the industry and improve the way the world builds software. He talks about how he implements it within his company, especially since they do not have a physical office. One of Todd’s visions for the software industry is that software isn’t viewed as manufacturing and getting the commodity purchasing out of software development. He also hopes to help create more sustainable code and to fix the problems that caused unsustainable code, whether in the code or the team.

Test Double doesn’t focus solely on code, but also on the work environment of the company. They do that by trying to act as an extension of their existing team. Todd talks about what it’s like running a primarily remote company and how it affects their clients. He talks about how the company builds camaraderie between its employees, including an automated tool to pair you up with somebody to have ‘coffee time’ with once a week. He talks about the tools they use, like Zoom and Slack, and the different leadership roles within Test Double. Listeners are encouraged to go to Test Double’s website to learn more about what they’re working on.

Panelists * Charles Max Wood * David Kimura * Nate Hopkins * Andrew Mason

With special guest: Todd Kaufman

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Episode Summary Today’s guest Elia Schito has been a Ruby developer for 12+ years and works for Nebulab. During his career he looked for Ruby to JavaScript translators and found Opal.

The panel discusses where Opal belongs within an app and when the compilation into JavaScript occurs. The main reason a person would want to use Opal is to avoid writing in JavaScript.

Elia talks about the benefits of using Opal. One is that productivity is better in a language like Ruby. Also, if you’re working on a project that needs to get done quickly, it makes sense to use Opal so that your speed is not hindered. Elia talks about testing Opal with things like WebPacker and Hyperstack, and explains what Hyperstack is.

Opal recently released a newer, bigger version, and Elia talks about the features of the new release. He details what kind of JavaScript it produces and how to hook it into your CICD, how to run it locally, and overall how to use the compiler.

He talks about how to debug in Opal. He notes that during the development cycle in Opal, you can refresh your page and it will compile the Ruby code into JS, so if there are any errors you will see it immediately. Opal is compatible with other tools to check your code.

In the future, Elia wants to increase the coverage of the core and standard library, and believes that Opal is a great way to increase your skills in Ruby and JavaScript. He talks about the general reception of Opal among users. Opal is a perfect fit for smaller teams or older fullstack developers, especially if you don’t have a frontend team

Elia notes that Opal, much like anything else, is a matter of preference, and relates it to the past reliance on CoffeeScript. For developers who refuse to write in JavaScript, Opal is an excellent option. He talks about the speed of compiling ruby to JavaScript in Opal and how it supports keeping current with Rails versions and other frameworks.

The panel asks if the Opal community made any inroads with DHH for making it part of the Rails stack proper and whether Opal wants to be integrated with Rails. Elia talks about some of Opal’s contributions to the Ruby Community.

Elia talks about what generally happens if you choose to use Opal in a project. Opal is small, but you will have to make some tradeoffs. You have to call your standard library from Opal, but there are many ways to overcome that. The show concludes with Elia calling on the community to help him resurrect the Volt framework.

Panelists * Andrew Mason * David Kimura * Nate Hopkins

With special guest: Elia Schito

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