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Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails) Show Notes * www.betterwithbecky.com * www.gram.betterwithbecky.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.
Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea
Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails Show Notes * https://judoscale.com/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/ * https://bsky.app/profile/adamlogic.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.
Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt
Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show Notes * letsjelly.com/rails * https://goodenough.us/ Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.
Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer
Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.
Episode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe Masilotti
Today's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the show to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps. Show Notes * Hotwire Native For Rails Developers (https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative/hotwire-native-for-rails-developers/) Joe Masilotti’s Website (https://masilotti.com/) * Hotwire Native For Rails Developers (https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative/hotwire-native-for-rails-developers/) Joe Masilotti’s Website (https://masilotti.com/) Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.
Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon
This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different ownership! Show Notes - p3.dev (op3.dev) - verygoodsoftware.company (verygoodsoftware.company) - flippercloud.io (flippercloud.io) - John's Website (johnnunemaker.com) - Garrett's Website (garrettdimon.com)
Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer
This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.
Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi
In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show to talk to us about how to thrive in tech with ADHD. Show Notes * https://ADHDftw.com/rubyonrails
Episode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina Nazarova
We all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt that excitement in the community. I’ve felt it at conferences and in my conversations with many of you. Today, Irina Nazarova joins us to talk about how we can better evangelize Rails Show Notes Neighbor gem https://github.com/ankane/neighbor Irina’s Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFYiyFQMU8 Rails stack from Evil Martians: https://evilmartians.com/rails-startup-stack (this includes Turbo Mount and other things Irina mentioned) Irina’s Meetups Blog Post https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/lets-have-more-tech-meetups-a-quick-start-guide-to-holding-your-own
Episode 526: Rails World with Robby Russell
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Episode 525: Catching Up With Ruby Central with Marty Haught
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Episode 524: Writing Code Using AI with Landon Gray
Large language models are everywhere now. They’re changing the way we work, from tools code completion tools like Copilot, to audio generation apps like Suno.ai. Apple recently announced huge updates with generative AI for all of their platforms. Adobe, Canva, and Google have all added AI to their products. It seems like every vendor is building these features. So how will this change the way we write and think about code. Landon Gray joins the show to tell us how AI will change software development. Show Notes https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedayisntgray/. https://gem-mice-15c.notion.site/Build-your-startup-prototype-in-less-than-3-hours-25de8fcd84dc44e8b3d0df0c4862a9de?pvs=74
Episode 523: Welcome Back, Nick Schwaderer
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Episode 522: Mentoring Junior Devs with Adam Cuppy
A recent focus of many in the community has been expanding the community. We all love Rails and want to create the best community possible. Part of this focus has to include early career devs. We need to expose them to Rails and mentor them into the senior developers and tech leaders we need in the future. Adam Cuppy joins the show today to teach how to be better mentors. Show Notes Mentorship In Three Acts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDX5WH1uLz8 Chapter One: https://www.chapterone.org/ Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcuppy/
Episode 521: Euruko with Muhamed Isabegovic
EuRuKo (European Ruby Konferenz) is the largest and longest running annual Ruby conference in Europe, since 2003, that brings you all the good news about Ruby and its friends. Every year it takes place in a different European city, the location being chosen by participants. Today's guest is Muhamed Isabegovic, who has taken over organizing Euruko this year. Show Notes * Euruko - https://2024.euruko.org/