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Episode 176: 176: Rails Rumble 2014 Solo Winner - Flora Saramago (Pack Pal)
Flora Saramago joins Sean Devine to talk about winning the solo award in the 2014 Rails Rumble for Pack Pal. Links for this episode:packpal.coPack Pal's Rails Rumble entryflorasaramago.comCodeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website.
Episode 175: 175: Carlos Souza from Code School
Carlos Souza from Code School joins Sean Devine to discuss programming education, the open source software community, and Code School's courses and screencasts. Links for this episode:Code School@caikeCodeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.
Episode 174: 174: Introduction to Ninefold for Rails Hosting
Sean talks with Brittany and Risa from Ninefold's customer support team about his experience using Ninefold on a new application. Links for this episode:ninefold.comNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Mandrill: The fastest way to deliver email. Use offer code 5BY5 for 50,000 free emails per month for six months.
Episode 173: 173: Rails Rumble 2014 Entries
Sean Devine reviews the 2014 Rails Rumble entries, points out some highlights, and reveals who he would pick as the winner. Links for this episode:Rails Rumble EntriesNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website.
Episode 172: 172: Nick Mango - heyswell.com and Rails Rumble countdown
Nick Mango joins Sean Devine to talk about Swell, his new service that let's you know instantly when something exciting is happening on your website. Also, they share some final thoughts about the upcoming Rails Rumble. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.
Episode 171: 171: Tales of My Solo Hackathon Entry
Sean Devine recorded his first solo podcast to talk about his first solo hackathon entry. This episode is chock full of advice about how to compete in a hackathon, especially if you're on a small/solo team and/or are old. Links for this episode:Salesforce $1 Million Hackathoncallforpractice.comTwilioRails Rumble 2014Ninefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Mandrill: The fastest way to deliver email. Use offer code 5BY5 for 50,000 free emails per month for six months. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.
Episode 170: 170: Reid Carlberg - Salesforce $1 Million Hackathon @ Dreamforce 2014
Reid Carlberg joins Sean Devine to preview another! October hackathon - the Salesforce $1 Million Hackathon at Dreamforce 2014 in San Francisco, CA from October 10th - 12th. Since one of the categories is Heroku, Rails developers are a great match for the event. Links for this episode:SALESFORCE $1 MILLION HACKATHON@reidcarlbergheroku.com
Episode 169: 169: CallerKey - 2013 Rails Rumble Winner
Imran Raja and Shah Sikder, two of the three team members that built Caller Key - the winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble, join Sean Devine to discuss their victory. Links for this episode:CallerKey Rails Rumble Entry Pagecallerkey.comtwilio.comimranraja.comKujuNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. SmartThings: Control your home using your smartphone…from anywhere. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple.
Episode 168: 168: Josh Owens - 2007 Rails Rumble Winner; Bonus Meteor Intro
Josh Owens, Meteor developer and former winner of the Rails Rumble, talks to Sean Devine about the entry that won and some others that didn't. He also gives an overview of the basics of Meteor because Sean knows nothing. Links for this episode:@joshowensMeteorrailsrumble.comSquarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. SOLARO is your online study guide, covering English, Math, and Science from 3rd to 12th grade and available 24/7. Pricing is $29.95/per month or $199.95/ per year, but 5by5 listeners get a special deal. Enter GEM at checkout to get 50% off for the entire life of your SOLARO subscription.
Episode 167: 167: Kelli Shaver - 2013 Rails Rumble Solo Winner
Kelli Shaver, winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble solo division, joins Sean Devine to talk about her many Rails Rumble entries and last year's VICTORY. Links for this episode:Itemize - Rails Rumble winning entrygithub.com/kellishaver@kellishaverkellishaver.comNitch PodcastStickyAlbumsrailsrumble.comCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
Episode 166: 166: Tom & Nick Mango - Rails Rumble 2014 Preview
Tom & Nick Mango - organizers of the Rails Rumble - join Sean Devine to preview the this year's competition. This is the first in a series of episodes about the Rails Rumble (a 48 hour application development competition in October). If you've participated in the past or are thinking about participating this year, you should definitely listen to this episode. Links for this episode:railsrumble.com@tsmango@Alternate1985Earmarkd - Sean's 2012 EntryKayla's Tour - Sean's 2013 EntryCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website.
Episode 165: 165: James Chevalier - citystrides.com
Jim Chevalier, creator of citystrides.com, joins Sean Devine in person! to talk about the creation of his great run-every-street-in-my-city website. Links for this episode:@jameschevaliercitystrides.comk-d tree Wikipedia entrykdtree Ruby gem GitHub repositoryPostGIS - Spatial and Geographic objects for PostgreSQLRunKeeperCityStrides map of Jim and Sean's runMailChimp.com means easy email newsletters. MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It's like your own personal publishing platform. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
Episode 164: 164: Jim Remsik - Madison+ Ruby
Jim Remsik, organizer of Madison+ Ruby, joins Sean Devine to talk about the history of the Madison+ Ruby conference and what to expect at the event this weekend. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
Episode 163: 163: Justin Weiss - justinweiss.com
Justin Weiss (@justinweiss) joins Sean Devine to talk about his Rails-focused blog at http://www.justinweiss.com and his upcoming book. Links for this episode:justinweiss.comjustinweiss.com weekly newslettergithub.com/justinweiss@justinweissA Guide to Choosing the Best Gems for Your Ruby ProjectSearch and Filter Rails Models Without Bloating Your Controllerseanwes podcastbeeminder.comDon’t Fave This Post: How to REALLY Launch in 2014rubyflow.comRaygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.
Episode 162: 162: Olga Raskina - Operations Research PhD
Olga Raskina joins Sean Devine to discuss her journey from secondary school in Soviet Russia to her undergraduate degree at Moscow State University to her PhD at Columbia University in NYC to her professional career in Operations Research and programming. They discuss formal vs informal education and the upside of each approach along with lots of related topics. Links for this episode:Madison+ Ruby@jremsikjr@MadisonRubyAdorable.ioSquarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.