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Episode 381: Life Stories and Some Of Our Favorite Things (Brittany & Jemma)
Jemma is going to be joining Shopify as a member of the Core Foundations team! She and Brittany discuss the interview process from Jemma's perspective. They then talk through their favorite developer tools, what they would improve and what sponsorship means for this show and WNB.rb. Show Notes & Links: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) Episode 365 - I Believe in the Rails Magic with Brittany & Nick (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/365) Tmux - GitHub (https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki) Oh My Zsh - a delightful & open source framework for Zsh (https://ohmyz.sh/) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb?lang=en) Contact WNB.rb for Sponsoring at womennonbinary.rb@gmail.com Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).
Episode 380: Equity for Developers with Aaron Kahn
Returning from Episode 343, Aaron Kahn is a Certified Financial Planner at Wealth Management Strategies, Inc. Brittany and Brian invited Aaron back on to the show to break down equity for developers: why they should care, equity terminology and guidance for when their employer is sold and they have vested stock. Show Notes & Links: Episode 343: Finance for Software Developers with Aaron Kahn (https://5by5.tv/rubyonrails/343) 83(b) Election (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/83b-election.asp) An Introduction to Incentive Stock Options (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/12/introduction-incentive-stock-options.asp) Non-Qualified Stock Option (NSO) (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nso.asp) The Importance of Diversification (https://www.investopedia.com/investing/importance-diversification/) Satisficing (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/satisficing.asp) Aaron Kahn on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-kahn-7104a615/) Aaron's Website (https://www.mywealthmgmt.com/) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).
Episode 379: MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x The Ruby on Rails Podcast)
The episode you wanted and deserved! Brittany teams up with her favorite Ruby podcast hosts: Chris Oliver, Jason Charnes, Andrew Mason, Chris Toomey, Steph Viccari and Jason Swett in an epic crossover to discuss the origins of their shows, experiences as hosts, why podcasting is so important in keeping the Ruby community thriving and their shows' legacies. Show Notes & Links: Remote Ruby (https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/) The Bike Shed (https://www.bikeshed.fm/) Rails with Jason (https://www.codewithjason.com/rails-with-jason-podcast/) Chris Oliver (@excid3) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/excid3) Jason Charnes (@jmcharnes) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/jmcharnes) Andrew Mason (@andrewmcodes) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/andrewmcodes) Chris Toomey (@christoomey) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/christoomey) Steph Viccari (@SViccari) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/SViccari) Jason Swett (@JasonSwett) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JasonSwett) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 378: A Functional Mental Model for Integrations with Joël Quenneville
Joël Quenneville is a consulting developer with thoughtbot. Joël wrote a recent article on the thoughtbot blog which explored how OOP, TDD, and functional programming ideas can all be used as lenses to help us gain a better understanding of our problem and potential solutions. Brittany and Joël discussed how these concepts can directly apply to implementing third party integrations. Show Notes & Links: Testing Objects with a Functional Mindset (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/functional-viewpoints-on-testing-objectoriented-code) Simplifying Tests by Extracting Side-Effects (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/simplify-tests-by-extracting-side-effects) Building Reusable Object-Oriented Systems: Composition (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/reusable-oo-composition) Joël on Twitter (@joelquen) (https://twitter.com/joelquen) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 377: The Ruby Super Team (Brittany and Nick)
Nick's debut as a co-host on The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Nick tells Brittany about the ambitious project he and his Hack Day team took on at Shopify. Brittany updates Nick on her trip to Denver to meet the team at TextUs and how her junior team members are doing a month in. They wrap up by reflecting on how much hiring has changed since they discussed it in depth last spring. Show Notes & Links: kddnewton/regular_expression (https://github.com/kddnewton/regular_expression) Viking Code School: Become a Web Developer (https://www.vikingcodeschool.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 376: Technically Speaking (Brittany and Jemma)
Jemma's debut as a co-host on The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Brittany and Jemma discuss WNB.rb's upcoming Fireside Chats about Technical Speaking and how Jemma is approaching the event as a moderator. Brittany shares her experience onboarding three (!) new Junior developers at TextUs and they both discuss how the approach writing and submitting talks. Lastly, they talk about setting engineering cultures within teams. Show Notes & Links: Register for Fireside Chats about Technical Speaking (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wnbrb-fireside-chat-about-technical-speaking-tickets-155709113149) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 375: A Technical CTO with Frank Lamantia
Brittany and Brian are joined with Frank Lamantia, CTO for Bold Penguin. His background is in software engineering; he likes to call himself a recovering Java developer. He runs product management, software engineering, cloud & site-reliability engineering, information security, and internal IT. The trio discuss the recent Bold Penguin feature on the Stack Overflow Podcast and Bold Penguin's hiring practices. Show Notes & Links: Bold Penguin (https://www.boldpenguin.com/) Stack Overflow Podcast | Podcast 338: Why is it so hard to find Ruby developers? (https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/05/14/podcast-338-why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-ruby-developers/) Frank Lamantia | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-lamantia/) Contact Brian Mariani at Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 374: Spearheading Static Site Generators with Ruby (Bridgetown) with Jared White
Jared White is passionate about rolling back some of the complexity of the modern web and finding simpler paths forward using easy-to-understand tools and, of course, Ruby. He and Brittany discuss the origins and goals of Bridgetown, a Webpack-aware, Ruby-powered static site generator for the modern Jamstack era. Show Notes & Links: Bridgetown (https://www.bridgetownrb.com/) Bridgetown on Github (https://github.com/bridgetownrb/bridgetown) Jared White (@jaredcwhite) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite?lang=en) Jared's Personal Site (https://jaredwhite.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.
Episode 373: WNB.rb: Creating A Community with Jemma Issroff, Emily Giurleo and Sylwia Vargas
It’s no secret that Brittany admires WNB.rb, a community and monthly Ruby meetup for women and non-binary folks. She welcomed the three organizers: Jemma Issroff, Emily Giurleo and Sylwia Vargas to discuss the origins and future initiatives of WNB.rb. Show Notes & Links: WNB.rb on Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wnbrb-32770260241) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb?lang=en) Jemma Issroff (@JemmaIssroff) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff) Emily Giurleo (@EmilyGiurleo) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/EmilyGiurleo) Sylwia Vargas (@SylwiaVargas) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/SylwiaVargas) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).
Episode 372: The Debut of The Ruby on Rails Podcast
It is the debut of The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Brittany and Mirror Placement have partnered on the next iteration of the podcast, with Brian Mariani joining as a regular co-host. They discuss the exciting changes coming and then dive into the current world of Ruby recruiting and hiring. Show Notes & Links: Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).
Episode 371: The Railsconf 2021 Story with Marty Haught and Evan Phoenix
Marty Haught and Evan Phoenix, Directors of Ruby Central, guested on the show to explain Ruby Central's place in our community, how Railsconf 2021 came together and what we can expect from the upcoming Rubyconf 2021 as a dual virtual and in-person conference. Links for this episode:Ruby CentralRailsConf 2021RubyConf 2021 | Denver & Virtual November 8-10!Stack Overflow Podcast | Podcast 338: Why is it so hard to find Ruby developersMarty Haught (@mghaught) | TwitterMx. Evan Phoenix (@evanphx) | TwitterRubyConf (@rubyconf) | TwitterRailsConf (@railsconf) | TwitterEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 370: From 2 to 15 Engineers with Zach Stradling
Zach Stradling was the first Software Engineer on the original Trainual team. He joins Brittany to discuss how he grew an engineering team from 2 to 15 (spoiler: they are hiring!), how to define engineering culture and their use of service objects. Links for this episode:Trainual | All-In-One Training & Knowledge PlatformEngineering Careers @ Trainual Donut | Slack App DirectoryZach Stradling on LinkedIn Zach Stradling (@zachstradling) | TwitterEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode 369: Samvera with Lea Ann Bradford
Lea Ann Bradford is a senior software developer for Notch8, an agency that leverages the Samvera open source community. Lea Ann tells her story of learning to code after being a stay at home mom and she educates Brittany on all things Samvera. Links for this episode:Notch8 - Ruby on Rails Web Application Developers Samvera - Open-source digital repository software productSamvera Community · GitHubsamvera/hyrax: Hyrax is a Ruby on Rails EngineWNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | TwitterLea Ann Bradford (@LeaABradford) | TwitterEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Raygun Save time, money, and sanity by visiting Raygun.com/ruby and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.
Episode 368: Frontend Bundlers & Snowpacker with Konnor Rogers
Konnor Rogers is a software developer for Veue Inc. He is also the creator of Snowpacker, and he has a deep love for open source. He breaks down Frontend bundlers for Brittany and the up and coming vite_ruby. Links for this episode:Veue Live StreamingThe Odin Project: Your Career in Web Development Starts HereParamagicDev (Konnor Rogers) · GitHubSource-to-source compiler - WikipediaWebpacker is the new default in Rails 6 | Saeloun BlogThe Asset Pipeline — Ruby on Rails GuidesAndrew Mason (@andrewmcodes) · TwitterElMassimo/vite_ruby: Vite.js in Ruby - GitHubParamagicDev/snowpacker: A gem to help use Rails with Snowpack - GitHubtestdouble / standard - GithubEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit. If you visit https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY right now, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show and protect yourself at https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY.
Episode 367: Inclusivity and Partner Support with Tay DeHerrera
Tay DeHerrera is a Backend Software Engineer at TextUs. Tay and Brittany discuss getting involved in other initiatives at work and the importance of supporting (and sometimes humoring) a significant other who also writes software. Links for this episode:Turing School Of Software And DesignTextUsWNB.rb (@wnb_rb) on Twittertayjames (Tay James) · GitHubTay DeHerrera on LinkedInEpisode Introduction and Outro by Michael SpringerEpisode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeodBrought to you by: Raygun Save time, money, and sanity by visiting Raygun.com/ruby and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.