The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Hosted by Brittany Martin and Brian Mariani. Produced by Mirror Placement. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

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Episode 407: Get to Senior with Stefanni Brasil and Thiago Araujo (hexdevs)

March 02, 2022 35:43 85.73 MB Downloads: 0

Stefanni Brasil and Thiago Araujo, the duo behind hevdevs, join Brittany to discuss their new course launch "Get to Senior", sharing your career goals with your manager and how to feel like a promotion was deserved. Show Notes & Links: Get to Senior Crash Course (https://www.hexdevs.com/senior-crash-course/) Get to Senior (https://academy.hexdevs.com/view/courses/get-to-senior) hexdevs Interview with Brittany Martin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRxjC02nO8) Buy Get to Senior (10% off) (https://academy.hexdevs.com/) Stefanni Brasil (@stefannibrasil) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/stefannibrasil) Thiago Araujo (@thdaraujo) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/thdaraujo) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 406: Default to Action with Tanner Johnson and Nick Gervasi

February 23, 2022 32:08 61.72 MB Downloads: 0

Tanner Johnson, Engineer, and Nick Gervasi, CTO, of Flowdash join Brittany to talk about why they chose Rails, how customers deploy their app on premise and the design of their internal users dashboard. They wrap up discussing the perks and challenges of all engineers being involved in growth, sales, and marketing at Flowdash. Show Notes & Links: Flowdash (https://flowdash.com/) Flowdash on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRJMTIpHkOrbSAaWwl9Ilfg/videos) How we automated new user insights — in 10 minutes | Flowdash (https://flowdash.com/blog/customer-insights) Tanner Johnson on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tannerljohnson/) Nick Gervasi on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-gervasi/) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 405: Dev Rel and Second Career Developers with Ben Greenberg

February 16, 2022 38:32 74.01 MB Downloads: 0

Ben Greenberg is a second career developer who previously spent a decade in the fields of adult education, community organizing, and non-profit management. He works as a lead developer relations engineer at New Relic by day and is building hirethePIVOT, a reverse job board for career changers, at night. Show Notes & Links: On Being an Early Career Dev in Your 30s by Ben Greenberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YhBMu43Lm4) hirethePIVOT (https://hirethepivot.com/) Hummus on Rails (https://www.getrevue.co/profile/hummusonrails) Ben Greenberg (@RabbiGreenberg) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/RabbiGreenberg) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 404: 404: Developer Not Found with Brittany and Jemma

February 09, 2022 30:30 58.59 MB Downloads: 0

After a campy true crime start, Brittany and Jemma recap Brittany's first full marathon, Brittany's promotion to Engineering Manager and Jemma brings up the exciting news of YJIT porting to Rust. They wrap up by discussing the tracks for the Railsconf 2022 CFP. Start applying! Show Notes & Links: Feature #18481: Porting YJIT to Rust (request for feedback) (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18481) Railsconf 2022 CFP (https://cfp.rubycentral.org/events/railsconf-2022) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 403: Unlocking More Plasma Supply with Damian Galarza

February 02, 2022 24:00 46.09 MB Downloads: 0

Damian Galarza is the VP of Engineering at Buoy Software. Buoy is building software for good — connected intelligence that unlocks more plasma supply. Brittany, Brian and Damian discuss scaling engineering culture and reflect on technical decisions in a post Rails 7 world. Show Notes & Links: Buoy Software (https://www.buoysoftware.com/) Damian Galarza (@dgalarza) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/dgalarza) Buoy Software on Github (https://github.com/BuoySoftware) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 402: UX Hot Takes with Pancakes (Nikki LeServe)

January 26, 2022 25:12 48.4 MB Downloads: 0

What is an Engineering Lead without her UX Designer? Nikki "Pancakes" LeServe, Senior UX Designer at Textus, joined Brittany to discuss her UX origin story and to respond to Brittany's controversial UX theories. Should design by committee die? Should Bootstrap ever be used? Should some stuff be designed to be difficult to use? Tune in. Show Notes & Links: How to Get to Senior | HexDevs | 10% Discount (https://academy.hexdevs.com/?coupon=RUBY-ON-RAILS-PODCAST) How to avoid ‘design by committee’ and why you should at all costs (https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-avoid-design-by-committee-and-why-you-should-at-all-costs-8e8ce78c1058) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 401: From Frontend to Fullstack with Shameel Abdullah

January 19, 2022 28:49 55.33 MB Downloads: 0

Shameel Abdullah is a Senior Developer at Shopify. Starting his career with frontend development, he has transitioned to a fullstack developer, working with Rails across multiple startups. He, Nick and Brittany chat about GraphQL and frontend opinions. Show Notes & Links: Sin City Ruby (https://www.sincityruby.com/) Get Your Conference Proposal Accepted - Schneems (https://schneems.com/blogs/2016-04-07-conference-proposal) Gusto/apollo-federation-ruby - GitHub (https://github.com/Gusto/apollo-federation-ruby) meeoh - GitHub (https://github.com/meeoh) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 400: Nothing But Gold Stars All The Way with Collin Jilbert

January 12, 2022 25:57 49.83 MB Downloads: 0

Joining Brittany to celebrate episode 400(!), Collin Jilbert is a Ruby on Rails Developer at GoRails. They discuss why he committed to Rails so early in his career, his various ambitious projects (Ruby Radar, fleur de ruby), his love of the community and what his new role will entail. Show Notes & Links: fleur de ruby (@fleurderuby) (https://twitter.com/fleur_de_ruby) Ruby Radar (https://rubyradar.dev/?via=twitter-profile-webview) GoRails (https://gorails.com/) Jumpstart Pro (https://jumpstartrails.com/) pay-rails/pay: Payments for Ruby on Rails apps - GitHub (https://github.com/pay-rails/pay) Collin (@collin_jilbert) (https://twitter.com/collin_jilbert) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. JetBrains RubyMine (https://jb.gg/rubyonrailspodcast) RubyMine is an intelligent cross-platform IDE for Ruby and Rails developers. Head over to jb.gg/RubyOnRailsPodcast (https://jb.gg/rubyonrailspodcast) for a 20% discount on a JetBrains IDE of your choosing and a chance to win a one-year personal subscription. This offer will be valid for one month following the release of this episode.

Episode 399: New Year's Resolutions & Mediocrity with Brittany and Jemma

January 05, 2022 30:40 58.88 MB Downloads: 0

Will Ruby 3.1 drop on Christmas (spoiler: it did!)? Jemma and Brittany catch up with the changes from this past year, talk about some resolutions they are planning for 2022 and whether the pursuit for mediocrity should be one of them. Oh yes, they also touch on the release of Rails 7. Show Notes & Links: Ruby 3.1.0 Released (https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/12/25/ruby-3-1-0-released/) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb) In Praise of Mediocrity (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/in-praise-of-mediocrity.html) Rails 7.0: Fulfilling a vision (https://rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-7-fulfilling-a-vision) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. 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 398: Audiophile: The Meta Episode with Paul Bahr

December 29, 2021 31:38 60.73 MB Downloads: 0

It's a The Ruby on Rails Podcast x Remote Ruby collab! Brittany is joined with Jason Charnes and Andrew Mason so they can interview the editor of their shows, Paul Bahr, on how he got into podcast editing and the tools you need to get started. Find out the answers to fascinating questions such as: what is everyone's filler word? Is there really room for more podcasts? Are Ruby podcasts a great palate cleanser after editing true crime? A fun episode to record, we hope you enjoy listening. Show Notes & Links: Paul Bahr on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbahr/) Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Descript (https://www.descript.com/) How to Start a Podcast: Step by Step (https://www.buzzsprout.com/how-to-make-a-podcast?gclid=Cj0KCQiAnuGNBhCPARIsACbnLzqK-q3veNwWoyEC5ah5QXmMsp2hmKNIrDKL8ZVhQEVepDe2gUaBjaAaAqxqEALw_wcB) Best Day/Time to Publish Your Podcast (https://www.megaphone.fm/resources/what-time-should-you-publish-your-podcast) Paul’s Favorite $100 Mics: Rode NT-USB-Mini USB Microphone with Detachable Magnetic Stand (https://www.amazon.com/Rode-NT-USB-Mini-Microphone-Detachable-Headphone/dp/B084P1CXFD/ref=sxin_14_ac_d_bv?ac_md=0-0-QmVzdCBWYWx1ZQ%3D%3D-ac_d_bv_bv_bv&cv_ct_cx=rode+nt+usb+mic&keywords=rode+nt+usb+mic&pd_rd_i=B084P1CXFD&pd_rd_r=05767698-3673-4cdb-a720-e11aa7c865c1&pd_rd_w=TkBCM&pd_rd_wg=8cTBM&pf_rd_p=148e9898-1bed-4a70-9840-46f32e4185bd&pf_rd_r=SESWYERNH7GKHBKV7TE7&psc=1&qid=1639497572&sr=1-1-f4ff053e-b1e8-4d31-8f95-56d755c862ba) Blue Yeti USB Mic (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Blackout/dp/B00N1YPXW2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=XB5Y9JX4CS4I&keywords=blue%2Byeti%2Busb%2Bmic&qid=1639497630&s=musical-instruments&sprefix=blue%2Byeti%2Cmi%2C177&sr=1-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFaTUxaODNITERLVzUmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMjU0NTUyMTM1U05DTVRLN1BTJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyNDkxMzlNWVhNRDVLSUk4Nlomd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl&th=1) Paul’s Favorite Online Recording Platforms: Riverside (https://riverside.fm/) Zencastr (https://zencastr.com/) Zoom (https://zoom.us/) 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. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 397: Game Development in Ruby (Super Bombinhas) with Victor David Santos

December 22, 2021 25:23 48.75 MB Downloads: 0

Victor David Santos is a fullstack Engineer at Tremendous and the creator of the Ruby platformer, Super Bombinhas. Victor joined Brittany to share insights on game development in Ruby, how to publish a game to Steam and how generous the gaming community can be. Show Notes & Links: Tremendous (https://www.tremendous.com/) The Ocra Gem (https://github.com/larsch/ocra) The Gosu Library (https://github.com/gosu/gosu) The MiniGL Library (https://github.com/victords/minigl) MiniGL Tutorials (https://www.devsv.com.br/ruby/minigl/2019/05/27/developing-games-with-ruby-and-minigl-part-1.html) Super Bombinhas on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553840/Super_Bombinhas/) victords / super-bombinhas (https://github.com/victords/super-bombinhas) Victor's Itch Page (https://victords.itch.io/) Victor on Github (https://github.com/victords) Victor David Santos (@VictorDS92) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/victords92) 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 396: Advice My Uncle Told Me with Zachery Hostens

December 15, 2021 25:34 49.1 MB Downloads: 0

Zachery Hostens is a Senior Rails Engineer at TextUs. He is a self taught techie to his core, who tries to have his hands in all the cookie jars. He and Brittany discuss what it was like working as Wells Fargo as a Rails engineer, how he landed at TextUs and some strategies on finding the hidden Rails developers out there. Show Notes & Links: Zachery Hostens on Github (https://github.com/zacheryph) 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. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 395: The Holiday Gift Guide Episode (Brittany & Nick)

December 08, 2021 30:35 73.42 MB Downloads: 0

It's that magical time of the year again. Brittany and Nick catch up on Nick's experience at Rubyconf then dive into their holiday gift picks for 2021. Do you agree? Have more picks? Tweet to @brittjmartin and @Schwad4HD14 with your thoughts. Brittany's Picks Code & Supply Coding Pennants (https://codeandsupply.storenvy.com/collections/1392656-coding-pennants) Jumpstart Pro (https://jumpstartrails.com/pricing?ck_subscriber_id=361084039) Chill Pill V4 (https://www.etsy.com/listing/793151627/chill-pill-v4?ref=shop_home_feat_4&pro=1) LL Bean Tech Tote (https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/111891) Monolisa Font (https://www.monolisa.dev/) Scribd (https://www.scribd.com/g/6oin5k) Nick's Picks SKÅDIS (IKEA) (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/skadis-pegboard-white-10321618/) Wired Magazine Subscription (https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe) Ergodox EZ (https://ergodox-ez.com/) Tailwind UI Components (https://tailwindui.com/pricing) 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 394: Rubyconf 2021 Recap: Live + Virtual (Brittany & Jemma)

December 01, 2021 30:16 72.66 MB Downloads: 0

Brittany and Jemma record right after Rubyconf 2021 so they could share their experiences and favorite talks both in-person and virtual. Oh, also, this is now a running podcast. Show Notes & Links: Rubyconf 2021 (https://rubyconf.org/) Introducing: MemoWise (https://medium.com/building-panorama-education/introducing-memowise-51a5f0523489) Talks Discussed: Achieving fast method metaprogramming: lessons from MemoWise by Jemma Issroff, Jacob Evelyn (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1215) Minimize Your Circus Factor: Building Resilient Teams by Mercedes Bernard (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1173) Managing Up: Strategies for Leveling Up by Mina Slater (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1174) On Being an Early Career Dev in Your 30s by Ben Greenbug (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1159) 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. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 393: The Rubyconf 2021 Live Podcast Panel

November 24, 2021 51:17 98.48 MB Downloads: 0

Recorded live from Rubyconf 2021 in Denver, CO with an audience! Panelists from The Ruby on Rails Podcast, Code with Jason and Remote Ruby gathered to chat about why they were excited to attend Rubyconf, favorite episodes and to field listener questions. Moderated By: Jemma Issroff, The Ruby on Rails Podcast () Panelists: Andrew Mason, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/andrewmcodes) Jason Charnes, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/jmcharnes) Jason Swett, Code with Jason (https://twitter.com/JasonSwett) Emily Giurleo, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/EmilyGiurleo) Nick Schwaderer, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/Schwad4HD14) Show Notes & Links: Rubyconf 2021 (https://rubyconf.org/) WNB.rb (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb) Ruby5: A Twice-Weekly 5 Minute Ruby News Podcast (http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby5-ruby-news-podcast-2441.html) Ruby Weekly (https://rubyweekly.com/?m) 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).