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Episode 341: 342: [Maintainable] Brittany Martin: How to Quit Your Job and Leave Your Code in Good Hands
Brittany guested on the Maintainable Podcast. Robby and her discuss the mistakes that developers make when discussing technical debt with stakeholders and why it is important to write automated tests against a live/production API. Links for this episode:Maintainable Podcast Planet Argon: Design & Development with Ruby on RailsEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerBrought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout APM a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.
Episode 340: 341: Fearless Principles with Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor is currently a Principal Software Engineer at TextUs. He has been a software engineer for 15 years but it is his first ever podcast appearance! He and Brittany dig into what being a principal means (key: confidence) and discuss some spooky Rails horror stories. Links for this episode:TextUsBoulder Ruby Group (Boulder, CO) | MeetupDonutJT (@thetizzo) | TwitterHiding Ruby 2.7 Deprecation Warnings in Rails 6 | Andrew Mason Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.
Episode 339: 340: dry-rb, ROM.rb & “My Time with Rails is Up” with Piotr Solnica
Ruby is more than Rails. Brittany welcomed Piotr Solnica, Senior Ruby Backend Engineer at Castle.io and creator of ROM.rb and dry-rb core team member to the show to discuss his new job, OSS contributions and why he left Rails. Links for this episode:Castle.io - Castle - Security Automationsolnic.codes / Blog / My time with Rails is upHanami | The web, with simplicitydry-rbROM.rbHanami 2.0 - Trellodry-rb/dry-transaction: Business transaction DSL - GitHubData Mapper Pattern - WikipediaPiotr Solnica (@_solnic_) | Twittersolnic (Piotr Solnica) · GitHubEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.
Episode 338: 339: kuby & Rails Deployments with Cameron Dutro
Cameron Dutro believes we need Active Deployment like we have Active Record and Active Storage. That's what kuby is - an easy way to deploy your Ruby on Rails application without getting your dev-ops black belt first. Links for this episode:Quip @ Salesforcefluther.comgetkuby / kuby-core: A convention over configuration approach for deploying Rails apps.Ruby Rogues: Rails Needs Active Deployment with Stefan Wintermeyerkirillian / shiplane: Convert your development docker-compose yaml filescamertron (Cameron Dutro) · GitHubCameron on Twitter (@camertron)Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.
Episode 337: 338: Learn Someday & Tech for Good with Rachel Green
Rachel Green is a web developer based in Houston, Texas with experience in building B2B, e-commerce, and enterprise applications. She is an admin for the Ruby on Rails Slack group and is also involved with civic engagement and advocacy efforts and is passionate about the potential for tech to do good for others. Links for this episode:Webmaster - WikipediaChaiOne | Powering Industrial DigitializationRuby on Rails Link - A Slack CommunityEBWikiRachel Green on LinkedInEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 336: 337: Chipping Away at a Monolith with Tori Huang
Tori Huang, software engineer at Gusto, and her team recently embarked on a journey toward unbundling part of Gusto’s monolithic Ruby on Rails app. She and Brittany discuss knowing when to uncouple a service and how to identify orphan code. Links for this episode:GustoRoR 322: Rails CI Pipeline Performance with Kelly SuttonChipping Away at a Monolith - Gusto Engineeringyak shaving - Urban Dictionaryunused-code / unused | A tool to identify potentially unused code. Tori Huang – MediumTori Huang - Senior Software Engineer - Gusto | LinkedInEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 335: 336: Brittany Has A New Job(!) && Co-Host Catchup
It's been hinted around but Brittany has a new job! She is the new Backend Engineering Lead at TextUs. She invites Nick back to the show to pepper her with questions about switching, remote work and a new codebase. In turn, Brittany asks Nick for an update on Past Rubies. Links for this episode:TextUsJobs at TextUsChef: Enabling the Coded Enterprise through Infrastructure dry-rbFull Stack Ruby on Rails Developer – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust#NoRuKo Videos99 Bottles of OOP by Sandi MetzPast RubiesPast Rubies: Language Trends on GitHub [2015]Past Rubies: Slashdot Interview with DHH [2006]Schwad4HD14 (@Schwad4HD14) · TwitterEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 334: 335: AllTrails is All Rails with James Graham
As the leader of the AllTrails Engineering team, James Graham and his team are responsible for expanding AllTrails beyond a functional tool to a fun and personalized, trail discovery experience all supported by highly scalable web services -- including Ruby on Rails. Links for this episode:AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking & CampingAbout RailsCasts - RailsCasts | Ryan BatesThe Bakery Model for Building Container Imagestaskrabbit/makara: A Read-Write Proxy for ConnectionsAllTrails CareersAnsible Tower | Ansible.comEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Datadog Do you have an app in production that is slower than you like? Is its performance all over the place (sometimes fast, sometimes slow)? Do you know why? With Datadog, you will. You can troubleshoot your app's performance with Datadog's end-to-end tracing and in one click correlate those Ruby traces with related logs and metrics. Use their detailed flame graphs to identify bottlenecks and latency in that app of yours. Start tracking the performance of your apps with a free trial at datadog.com/rubyrailspodcast. If you sign up for a trial and install the agent, Datadog will send you a free t-shirt!
Episode 333: 334: Simple Lovable Complete with Michael Springer
The announcer of the podcast, Michael Springer guested on the show. Michael is a software engineer at JazzHR and he spends his free time tinkering on hobbyist projects ranging from writing chat bots to building plastic robots. Links for this episode:JazzHRIntroduction to FDM 3D printing | 3D HubsMakerbot Thingiverseestruyf / unicorn-busy-serverpuppeteer / puppeteerMichael's Personal SiteI hate MVPs. So do your customers. Make it SLC instead. by Jason Cohensprngr (Michael Springer) · GitHubEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 332: 333: Logic That Serverless Logic with Ken Collins
Ken Collins is an AWS Serverless Hero & Principal Engineer at Custom Ink where he focuses on growing their DevOps culture within the Ecommerce teams. With a love for the Ruby programming language and serverless, Ken continues his open source Rails career by focusing on solutions that leverage AWS Lambda with Rails using a gem called Lamby. Links for this episode:Ken Collins | AWS Serverless Herocustomink / lambyAtomic Design | Brad FrostKen Collins (@metaskills) · TwitterCustom Ink Technology (@CustomInkTech) | TwitterKen Collins on DEV.toKen Collins (@metaskills) · GithubEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 331: 332: 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey with Robby Russell
Robby is the creator of Oh My Z-Shell, host of the Maintainable Software Podcast, and CEO of Planet Argon. On his second appearance, he and Brittany review the results of the 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey. Links for this episode:2020 Ruby on Rails Community SurveyMaintainable Podcast Planet Argon: Design & Development with Ruby on RailsEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: FusionAuth FusionAuth provides authentication, authorization, and user management for any app. It’s a complete identity and access management tool that saves your team time and resources. For a limited time, they’re offering Ruby on Rails listeners 25% off using promo code RUBY. Visit fusionauth.io/podcast to learn more.
Episode 330: 330: Oh My Zsh & Maintainable Rails with Robby Russell
Making his first appearance since 2018, Robby Russell is back on the show. Robby is the creator of Oh My Z-Shell, host of the Maintainable Software Podcast, and CEO of Planet Argon, a software consultancy that improves existing Ruby on Rails applications and makes them more maintainable. Links for this episode:Oh My Zsh - a delightful & open source framework for ZshPlanet Argon: Design & Development with Ruby on RailsCD Baby: Digital Music Distribution - Sell & Promote Your MusicDerek SiversMaintainable Podcast Maintainable Rails Email Course - Planet ArgonLegacy Code Rocks Podcast Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerBrought to you by: Portway This episode is brought to you by Portway, a new markdown notes app developed by BonkeyBong, a small, indie development shop based in Portland, OR. Sign up for a free 30-day trial – no credit card required – by visiting getportway.com/ror. Datadog Do you have an app in production that is slower than you like? Is its performance all over the place (sometimes fast, sometimes slow)? Do you know why? Start tracking the performance of your apps with a free trial at datadog.com/rubyrailspodcast. If you sign up for a trial and install the agent, Datadog will send you a free t-shirt!
Episode 329: 329: All My Best Programming Tips with Jason Swett
Jason Swett is a developer, speaker, author and the host of The Rails with Jason podcast. He and Brittany discussed bringing diversity into the podcasting space and some of his favorite tips from his blog post, "All my best programming tips". Links for this episode:The Rails with Jason PodcastAll my best programming tips | Jason's BlogCode with JasonEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer
Episode 328: 328: rails new cool_app --minimal with Haroon Ahmed
This week, Brittany is joined by Haroon Ahmed, a programmer from Coventry, UK. He is a Hacker, Rubyist, and open source contributor. They discuss his latest contribution to Rails (--minimal) and how OS can open up career opportunities for developers. Links for this episode:rails/rails | rails new cool_app --minimal #39282CodeTriage: Get Started Contributing to Open Source ProjectsFortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 - Splash Down - Epic Gameshahmed (Haroon Ahmed) · GitHubharoon (@iamharoon9) | TwitterHaroon's Personal SiteEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerBrought to you by: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN makes sure your ISP can’t see what sites you visit. Instead, your internet connection is rerouted through ExpressVPN’s secure servers. Each ExpressVPN server has an IP Address that’s shared among thousands of users.That means everything you do is anonymized and can’t be traced back to you. Protect your online activity today. Visit https://www.expressvpn.com/ruby and you can get an extra three months FREE on a one-year package.
Episode 327: 327: JetBrains & RubyMine with Natalie Kudanova
Natalie Kudanova is a product marketing manager for JetBrains RubyMine, an IDE for Ruby and Rails developers. She helps the RubyMine team understand the needs of their users. In this short episode, she and Brittany discuss the best way to reach Ruby developers and IDE innovations. Links for this episode:JetBrains RubyMine: The Ruby on Rails IDE by JetBrainsJetBrains RubyMine (@rubymine) | TwitterNatu (@NatuNuarat) | TwitterEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Datadog Do you have an app in production that is slower than you like? Is its performance all over the place (sometimes fast, sometimes slow)? Do you know why? With Datadog, you will. You can troubleshoot your app's performance with Datadog's end-to-end tracing and in one click correlate those Ruby traces with related logs and metrics. Use their detailed flame graphs to identify bottlenecks and latency in that app of yours. Start tracking the performance of your apps with a free trial at datadog.com/rubyrailspodcast. If you sign up for a trial and install the agent, Datadog will send you a free t-shirt!