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Making Magic with ImageMagick
[00:03:38] Jason tells us about an interesting project he’s been working on this week with a Mockup Generator, and he’s on the Ruby side of it now. He tells us how he’s rendering the images on top of each other with a React component called Design.[00:09:29] Andrew asks Jason what happens if you have a P and G layer on top of a JPEG. Chris wonders if Jason is doing the commands with image processing, MiniMagick, or RMagick, and if he’s doing all of them once or two at a time. Jason mentions looking into Cloudinary and Andrew gives a shout out to Cloudinary. [00:14:22] Find out what ImageMagick is and how magical it is. [00:15:56] Jason talks about hoping to put this project out soon, moving it off Webpacker to esbuild and Chris explains us how easy it was for him with Jumpstart to move everything over in an hour from Webpacker, to esbuild, and the CSS bundling.[00:25:41] The guys chat about the good laugh they had on Twitter about Rails 7. Andrew tells us he started the upgrade and he had a turbo links thing going on. Jason tells us they haven’t used Turbolinks at Podia but they’re trying Turbo in certain parts of the app. [00:27:50] Chris asks Jason with the upgrade process and Turbo trying to take over all your forms and links if he’s doing that piecemeal. Jason explains what Andrea came up with for them, and Andrew comments that is going to solve all his problems. ☺[00:31:06] Andrew announces he’s been trying to get Konnor on this show for a while to talk about mru.js, so this is his invitation to come on! [00:35:00] We’re taking the back roads to the end with the guys chatting about Mailchimp being sold for $12 billion to Intuit, hope that MicroConf happens next year, and why Jason thinks he lives in St. Louis, which has to do with him being on Reddit. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterRubyConf 2021ImageMagickRMagick-GitHubImageProcessing-GitHubCloudinaryThe Ruby on Rails Podcast-Episode 368: Frontend Bundlers & Snowpack with Konnor RogersTweet by Chris Oliver to Andrew and Jason about the upgradeMicroConf
Red Pill-Blue Pill and CSS Bundling
[00:03:19] Jason tells us about a side project he’s working on which is mostly JavaScript, but he’s also using ImageMagick.[00:04:46] Andrew gets off topic and asks the guys if they saw the trailer for The Matrix 4 and he reveals a fun fact about the website. Chris asks the guys if they’ve watched any of the CSS bundling stuff that’s going on and he fills us in on what’s going on. [00:11:33] We find out what happened when Jason decides he wants to figure out the config file for esbuild and we learn what DHH’s response was on the PR when Jason opened it the next day. [00:17:05] The guys chat about RubyConf and whether or not it will happen in-person. Andrew talks about a meetup he went to recently and he brings up an old Bike Shed episode and he shares a story from it about “The Nodder.” [00:21:43] Chris announces he’s doing an online talk for Sardines.rb you can check out.[00:25:37] Speaking of new Ruby stuff, Chris asks the guys if they’ve tried the newDebugger and the guys chat more about it.[00:30:00] Andrew and Chris talk about what bothers them about error messages and Andrew and Chris discuss using Pry. [00:35:51] Andrew asks Chris if there’s anything with Stripe invoices that Pay can do. Also, Chris explains one of the big changes he did in v3. [00:43:37] Chris tells us he upgraded his very old Stripe code from GoRails to Stripe Checkout which is amazing, and he tells us a cool thing you can do with StripeCheckout.[00:48:39] Andrew lets us know about an app called RDM he uses to automatically resize his whole computer screen.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterImageMagickThe Matrix 4 TrailerRubyConf 2021 DenverPry-GitHubSardines.rb with Chris OliverPay-GitHubStripe CheckoutRDM-GitHub
Once you get it working, it works!
[00:03:52] Jason fills us in on how he’s building a pretty heavy JavaScript tool, using Vite, and a problem he had. [00:11:04] We learn about some PR’s Jason around Webpacker on the GoRails discord that had a solution for Jason’s problem. [00:13:50] Chris talks about “esbuild for Rails” and other approaches that are coming out right now with DHH’s latest stuff is fascinating. He also talks about Babel being a nightmare and being able to do the Importmap Rails for Turbo and Stimulus that have hardly any dependencies is fantastic. [00:16:59] Chris wonders if the guys think it makes sense that esbuild Rails spits out the final file in the asset pipeline and an esbuild folder under assets, because those should be just .JS files, and if that’s just going to be serving up basically Sprockets. [00:21:54] Tailwind CSS Rails gem is explained by Chris as to why it was written, and Andrew brings up about how Docker is going to start charging. [00:23:28] Chris goes into how classes are finally being fully supported which makes a big difference for organizing stuff and how it makes us appreciate what we’ve got with bundler and how good it’s organized. Find out what he says about gems too.[00:25:15] Andrew asks the guys if they have set who their GitHub repos will be given to in the event of their untimely demise.[00:25:50] Jason is looking through the esbuild source code and tells us there’s not much, which is super nice, and Andrew shares his BOLD advice. [00:27:25] The topic discussed here is putting Tailwind into esbuild and what to do, and Chris announces that Sass is being removed from Rails 7.[00:30:22] Andrew asks the guys how they felt when Sass was removed since they are “old” and wrote more Sass than Andrew ever did. [00:34:05] Listen to the end if you’re in need for some good babble and laughs with the guys! ☺Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterVite-GitHubImportmap for Rails-GitHubesbuild for Rails-GitHubSprockets-GitHubTailwind CSS for Rails-GitHub
Moving From Consulting To Products With Andrew Sabetta
[00:03:15] Andrew introduces himself, what he does, and more about the businesses that he started.[00:09:48] Chris asks Andrew what took him from PHP to Ruby.[00:12:22] Find out about the project Andrew did with Rails.[00:14:28] The conversation turns to talking about going from consulting, into wanting to build a product, and the transition being a hard decision. [00:16:48] Jason tells us about his issue with being idea driven. He’s excited about building, the marketing stuff he’s not good at, and he’s okay with talking to people but he doesn’t want to. He also mentions a great book to read called, The Mom Test. [00:20:48] Andrew tells us his first experience of chasing an idea of building a product outside of consulting. Chris tells us about an e-book to check out from Rob Walling called, Start Marketing: The Day You Start Coding (and other essays), and what he did to find his product market fit especially doing Go Rails and Ruby on Rails screencasts. Chris talks about investing in “marketing” and interacting on Twitter. He mentions to follow Daniel Vassallo.[00:30:39] Chris asks Andrew where he feels he’s at in this process.[00:34:28] One of the things that scares Andrew is support on things and he asks Chris if he ever looked at outsourcing support for his products or if he has any issues keeping up with support requests, and of course Chris has so much to share about this. [00:40:49] Jason and Andrew chat about their experiences doing products with a partner to help with contributing and marketing and if it worked out or not. Chris mentions selling to print shops as a good place to start. [00:52:05] Chris talks about an old blog post he did when he was debating on the idea of starting Go Rails and why he posted a survey on his site.[00:56:17] Chris and Andrew share some great business advice on what’s most important to them which isn’t always the money, but the satisfaction in the end. [01:00:30] Find out about Chris and Andrew’s thoughts on product ideas.[01:06:39] Andrew tells us about the different networking groups he was in coming from his last business, and Chris talks about networking local and online. [01:12:21] Find out where you can follow Andrew on the internet. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Andrew SabettaSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterSabetta Consulting, LLCAndrew Sabetta WebsiteThe Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob FitzpatrickStart Marketing: The Day You Start Coding (and other essays) by Rob WallingDaniel Vassallo TwitterGo Rails-Courses with Chris OliverGo Rails
Kasper Timm Hansen from the Rails Core Team
[00:00:43] Jason and Chris chat about stripe-ruby-mock and Paddle. [00:03:23] Kasper tells about himself, what he’s doing now, and how he got into the Rails and Ruby stuff. [00:13:51] Chris asks Kasper if he has any thoughts on the depth that he has to put into thinking about every one of the PR’s which has to be quite a lot.[00:15:06] Chris brings up Active Storage as an interesting example that was a basecamp use case that was extracted, and Kasper shares some thoughts on this too. [00:17:12] Something Chris brings up is Kasper’s been doing some pull request reviews and stuff publicly on Twitter, and he brings up a thread he noticed there is very close attention to detail in naming things, and he wonders if Kasper puts a lot of thought into shaping of how it reads and guides you in the right direction to think about features and stuff. [00:23:09] Chris brings up something that caught his eye recently when he designed Pay to add payment details, and he noticed Active Storage took a different approach with migrations and he explains.[00:27:03] Kasper explains more of what he focuses on with the naming thing and how it’s not so much about the “problem solving” aspect of it but more of the “problem sizing” of it. [00:29:03] Find out if Kasper’s done much on the mobile side of Hotwire and fiddled with iOS or Android, and he tells us what he’s been doing besides pull requests on Twitter.[00:40:30] Chris shares a story when he had a very clear moment in college knowing he was going to do Rails forever. [00:43:38] Kasper talks about commits and mentions somebody should make a “commit farming bot” which sounds perfect for Andrew! ☺ Also, if you’re new to Rails and you’re reading the docs and they don’t make sense or they’re not working, find out why you should dive in.[00:47:52] Find out where you can follow Kasper online. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Kasper Timm HansenSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterKasper Timm Hansen TwitterKasper Timm Hansen GitHubstripe-ruby-mock-GitHubKasper's PR ReviewsFeature Flags & Rollout Review
Code Metrics with Kevin Murphy
[00:03:15] We start with Andrew telling us he’s not a fan of code coverage metric and talks about a gem everyone uses called SimpleCov and what it does. Kevin dives into code coverage and why he doesn’t believe it’s a holistic measure and how code coverage can lie to you. [00:05:40] Find out why Kevin love tests, and he explains some other downsides of focusing on code coverage and brings up Coveralls and when is it too much.[00:08:55] Andrew asks Kevin if there are some metrics that are good to track to provide value for your team. [00:15:59] Chris and Kevin chat about tools and Andrew mentions Attractor, from Julian Rubisch and possibly RubyCritic.[00:17:33] Andrew wonders how important is it that your code base is super dry, and Kevin expresses his opinion on this. He mentions Sandi Metz talking about “duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction.” [00:23:24] Andrew and Kevin discuss the topic of “rules” and why Andrew doesn’t like that term for programming things. [00:25:49] The topic of performance is discussed and how it goes back to what is the business value of it. Kevin talks about the tricky things of performance as well. [00:32:00] Kevin shares some other things when it comes to measuring “good code.”[00:33:38] Andrew, Chris, and Jason share the metrics they like, they share examples, and they talk about using SimpleCov.[00:42:14] Find out where you can follow Kevin online, and if you need a speaker at your next virtual regional meetup, go ahead and reach out to him. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Kevin MurphySponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar TwitterKevin Murphy WebsiteKevin Murphy RailsConf/RubyConf talksKevin Murphy TwitterThe Gnar CompanySimpleCovCoverallsAttractor-GitHubRubyCriticSandi Metz Blog-“The Wrong Abstraction”
Pay V3 & Coding without Resposibilities
[00:02:51] Chris tells us about taking on the task of refactoring Pay. [00:03:48] Find out about the first open source project Chris did in programming called “Keryx,” and how this refactoring he’s doing brought him back those days of reminding him how he needs to go make these changes and wondering how he’s going to do them.[00:07:20] Chris takes us through what happened for his first couple of attempts in the refactoring of Pay and the challenges he encountered and announces that Pay 3 is around the corner. ☺[00:14:06] Chris explains the problems he was trying to solve with Pay.[00:19:20] The guys reminisce and share stories about college life, long nights just hacking on something, and building projects for fun.[00:25:27] Chris and Andrew bring up going to college for CS and getting to a point where they felt that they didn’t like programming anymore. Andrew mentions how he was not into Java and how Ruby brought a spark in him, and Chris mentions he hated doing Visual Basic. [00:31:11] Listen to a story from Chris about when he started programming and learning to do graphics for video games.[00:33:54] Masters of Doom book is explained by Chris, which is about the story of John Carmack and John Romero, who are referred to as the Lennon and McCartney of video games. Andrew and Chris talk about their video games days when they were in high school and college. [00:39:15 Andrew shares the one thing that really helped him out when he was college and the nostalgia hits both Andrew and Chris just talking about it. Panelists:Chris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar TwitterPayKeryxMasters of Doom: How Two Guys Created and Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner
MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x Ruby on Rails Podcast)
[00:01:02] Chris, Jason, and Andrew tell us the story behind Remote Ruby and how it started. [00:03:42] Jason Swett tells us the origin of where Rails with Jason came from. [00:04:42] Chris Toomey and Stephanie share the story behind The Bike Shed. [00:07:10] Brittany tells us her story behind The Ruby on Rails podcast. [00:08:07] We find out how Remote Ruby and The Bike Shed are put together and planned out week to week. [00:10:50] Jason Swett and Brittany tell us how they select guests for their podcasts. [00:12:20] Brittany is curious to know if any of the panelists could host the podcast they are currently hosting now if they weren’t actively working in Ruby.[00:16:00] Brittany wonders if Steph has ever had a client from thoughtbot say, Hey, were you talking about me, whenever she’s talking about her current client on the podcast.[00:16:44] Andrew fills us in on how things have changed for him since he’s not working at CodeFund which was an open source thing and people could see what he was actively working on. Now he’s working for a company where it’s closed source and you might not be able to reveal as much as much what he’s working on at any given time.[00:19:32] The topic we discuss here is if there is a way to market the podcasts so that other developers will listen to it, and if there’s a way we can make our podcasts accessible to the general software community as opposed to just Ruby.[00:22:23] The panelists share their views on if there is room for more Ruby on Rails Podcasts outside of the ones that are on this episode today. [00:25:15] Brittany is curious and wonders if anyone ever had the funny experience of realizing that you’re not just podcasting into the ether and what you’re saying and doing matters. [00:28:15] The conversation shifts to legacies which is a good one! We find out if anybody puts any thought into the legacy of their podcast, whether or not they will stay with it to the end, if they will eventually pass it off, and whether or not they think about it’s their responsibility to the community to make sure that it keeps going. [00:32:54] We wrap up this fantastic mega episode with everyone telling us where you can listen to their podcast and where you can follow them online.Host:Brittany MartinPanelists:Chris OliverJason CharnesAndrew MasonStephanie ViccariChris ToomeyJason SwettSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Brittany Martin TwitterThe Ruby on Rails PodcastJason Charnes TwitterAndrew Mason TwitterChris Oliver TwitterGo RailsGo Rails TwitterRemote RubyRemote Ruby Twitter Chris Toomey TwitterStephanie Viccari TwitterThe Bike Shed PodcastThe Bike Shed Podcast TwitterJason Swett WebsiteThe Rails with Jason PodcastUpload-Amazon Prime
Now We're A Webpacker Podcast
[00:01:42] Last week the guys discussed using Inertia, and Jason tell us he’s been doing more Inertia and messing with forms, “axios” is explained, and using validation. [00:10:18] Jason talks about showing some people what he’s been doing with Inertia and someone asked him how he was going to handle flash. Jason tells us what he did, and Andrew shares some thoughts on this.[00:12:27] At Podia, Jason said they have a MutationObserver and what it does. Andrew tells us about the Shop Talk Show Podcast- Episode 471, where Dave Rupert talked about how a MutationObserver can lead to a memory leak. [00:14:45] We find out that Jason decided to bite the bullet and keep going with Inertia on an app, wanting to use Tailwind UI and all that, what Webpacker 5 has, what it does, and Andrew explains why they had to add that.[00:20:24] Jason tells us about how Webpacker 6 seems less in your face, like verbose as Webpacker 5, and he asks Andrew if that makes sense and if he’s wrong about that. Andrew explains that they took away a lot of the magic, and the magic is what made it work out of the box for an average use case, and it’s really easy to understand now.[00:25:20] Jason pulls up the docs, he sees react is supported, you need to add relevant packages, so he added Babel preset react, but it didn’t configure anything. He asks Andrew if Babel just knows and Andrew helps him out. [00:28:37] Jason brings up Webpacker and mentions Andrew’s “7 Part Series” on Webpacker 6, and he asks him some questions about it.[00:31:32] Andrew informs us that RubyGems has a Guides tab and he explains what it does.[00:34:18] Andrew talks about a Tweet he got regarding a repo he made back in 2018, which had Rails 6, React, Webpacker, and Tailwind. Also, he highly recommends reading through some of the Webpack docs to help you understand Webpack since it can be super frustrating. [00:43:20] Andrew has a really serious and bold statement he makes that he just had to get out of his system! ☺Panelists:Jason CharnesAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar TwitterAxios-GitHubShop Talk Show Podcast-Episode 471-Perf as a job, Riverside vs Streamyard, Frontend Being Consumed, and How Much to Bill ClientsMutationObserver opportunity for memory leak #482-GitHubTailwindcss-Enabling JIT modeWebpacker 6: Upgrade Guide-Andrew Mason Webpacker-GitHubWebpacker React-GitHubRubyGems GuidesTo Pineapple or To Not: A Pizza Debate (Spizzico Italian Kitchen)
Learning in Public | Alpine & Inertia
[00:00:42] Andrew gives us an update if he finished his JavaScript framework he was working on, and he tells us why he chooses to use Alpine over Stimulus. [00:03:45] Find out about a method that Bridgetown has called jsonify and what it does. [00:04:55] Jason tells us since he’s been low key back in action this week and he’s been trying out Inertia.js. The creator of Inertia, Jonathan Reinink was on a previous episode that you should listen to. Also, Jason talks about how he likes using Tailwind.[00:06:06] Learn more about a JavaScript package called Headless UI that Tailwind has and what Inertia does. Andrew brings up an episode of The Bike Shed podcast called “All Things Inertia” that’s worth a listen, where Jonathan explains Inertia, the integrations with Rails, and how and why you would use it with Rails.[00:08:48] Jason talks about something else that’s appealing to him about Inertia. He also tells us about working with data, making a project model, and how things started to get really cool using Pagy and its Metadata mode. [00:13:04] Andrew shares something he sees people missing the point about in View Component. He also goes in depth about a great component library from Seek-oss called, “Braid Design System.”[00:18:58] Jason tells us his struggles with components and how having the React pre-built it’s like a lesson in how to structure things. [00:22:09] Andrew gives a shout-out to ADHD, our constant friend and protector of all things happy, and goes into having a weird perfectionism around things he built. Jason chimes in and talks about having the same issue. They also talk about their ADHD meds they’re taking and how it’s changed their lives. [00:27:41] Andrew shares one of the best things he’s ever done for his ADHD, which was getting an ADHD coach he met on Twitter, Dusty Chipura, and how helpful she was.[00:29:04] We have a Ruby announcement! Check out the article linked below! Panelists:Jason CharnesAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar TwitterHeadless UIAlpine.js-GitHubInertia.jsInertia.js Rails AdapterRemote Ruby Podcast-Joined by Jonathan Reinink, Creator of Inertia.js-Episode 66The Bike Shed Podcast Episode 291: All Things Inertia.js with Jonathan ReininkPagy Metadata Extra-GitHubSEEK-OSS Braid Design SystemRemote Ruby Podcast Episode 97: Joined by Adam Wathan: TailwindCSS, Tailwind UI, and ActionView ComponentsDusty Chipura Twitter“Adding support for cross-cluster associations to Rails 7” by Eileen M. Uchitelle (The GitHub Blog)
Collin Jilbert: Bootcamps, Ruby Radar, and finding a job as a Junior Rails Developer
[00:01:46] Collin gives us his background and getting into the programming world. [00:03:24] Collin fills us in on why he decided to do a part-time Bootcamp instead of a full-time one, and Chris wonders if the slower pace helped him retain knowledge.[00:06:28] Find out about the kind of projects Collin did at the Bootcamp.[00:08:21] Andrew ask Collin for his opinion on why they hit Sinatra before Rails.[00:11:06] Chris wonders how the support was set up when Collin walked into some problem that he couldn’t solve and who helped him out.[00:15:27] Collin gives us his thoughts on going full-time versus part-time, and if either one is harder. [00:23:54] Andrew and Collin discuss working on furthering your education, doing side projects, and how continuing to work after work is not good. Also, Collin tells us if he would recommend people do a Bootcamp.[00:26:42] When Bootcamp is nearing the end, Collin talks about how they connect you with a career coach to help you get a job. Also, finding a Junior Rails job is so rare to find now and he tells us how he approached it. [00:30:14] Andrew asks Collin if people should still be learning Ruby in Bootcamps.[00:31:01] Andrew brings up one of their objectives for starting Ruby Radar.[00:34:09] Collin shares some great advice to Ruby Junior Developers since he is one and has a job as one. He gives a shout-out to “Ruby for Good” since they were super helpful to him. Chris and Andrew have a few pieces of advice they share as well.[00:40:14] Find out where you can follow Collin on the Interwebs.[00:40:52] We end with Andrew and Collin talking about Ruby Radar, and Collin announces if you have anything to share about yourself to drop them a blurb because they want to do some Junior Spotlight stuff. Panelists:Chris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Collin JilbertSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar TwitterRuby for GoodCollin Jilbert TwitterIMPACTThe 4 Best Ruby on Rails Bootcamps of 2021
How Chris and Andrew Became 10X Black Hats
[00:00:51] Chris gives a shout-out to Adam McCrea, the Developer behind the RailsAutoscale for Heroku, and how he grew the product over the course of three years andhad $300,000 in annual revenue. He was recently talking about it on an episode of“Startups For the Rest of Us.”[00:02:21] The guys talk about feeling burnt out, Chris going on vacation in two weeks,Andrew needing a massage or float therapy, and good books to read.[00:08:48] Andrew tells us he is slowly working his way through meta programmingRuby and starting to read how to take smarter notes.[00:11:12] The topic here is about taking good notes. Learn about a cool app thatAndrew likes to use for quick capture called Draft. He also tells us about his Obsidiandatabase you can check out on notes.andrewm.codes. Chris tells us about writing blogposts and using Notational Velocity that stores and retrieves notes.[00:23:10] Andrew and Chris talk about integrations being the key to the game,especially as no code gets more popular, and coming up with product ideas using no-code apps, and they mention using Zapier, IFTTT, and Automate.[00:26:28] Chris tells us one of his long-term goals for Jumpstart which has to do withhaving the ability to send and receive web hooks with Zapier. He mentions to hit him upif you are using Jumpstart Pro and want to integrate with Zapier.[00:29:12] Andrew asks Chris if he saw the Tweet from Patrick Collison from Stripeabout 170% faster Ruby.[00:35:38] Chris dates himself and has stories to tell that start off with flash drives beingpopular and a portable apps community he was into. Andrew tells us he somehowfigured out the WIFI password every year in high school and got caught. Chris andAndrew share more “high school hacker” stories and expose themselves as 10X BlackHats! ☺Panelists:Chris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar TwitterWhat is Floatation Therapy? Here’s what to expect.Startups For the Rest of Us-Episode 556-Zero to $26k MRR as the Solo Founder of Rails AutoscaleHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieHow Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture by Edward Allen and David SwobodaDraftsnotes.andrewm.codes-Andrew Mason’s random ideas, highlights, notes, and moreObsidianNotational VelocityZapierIFTTTAutomatePatrick Collison Tweet
Read the Logs & Version Your Gems
[00:00:15] Since Jason’s been gone a few weeks, the guys have a chat to catch up. Jason tells us how it’s been going at home since the arrival of his baby daughter, Chris gives us an update of what’s going on with his new house, and Andrew tells us he’s been busy with his website and doing upgrades. [00:07:19] Andrew informs us how he regrets making all those GitHub actions a while ago, and he explains why.[00:09:02] Andrew talks about Adam Wathan and what he’s been tweeting about with GitHub issues, and Andrew tells us about how he created a specific issue template.[00:10:50] Chris tells us about an interesting idea Adam had as a follow up tweet. [00:14:15] Hear a hot tip from Andrew if you are leaving an issue.[00:15:28] Jason talks about how he’s been itching to do some stuff so he thought he would upgrade dependencies just to feel alive. ☺ He tells us about working on HopeGrid, using NextRails, and he asks the guys if they version their gems. [00:20:04] Chris shares a story when he had his first Rails job, and a project he worked on that needed the latest version of a gem. [00:22:30] Chris asks Jason about his test suite and if he was confident in his upgrade. Jason tells us some issues he ran in to. Chris teases that there could be a potential “Mega Episode” coming up! Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar Twitter Adam Wathan TweetsNext Rails-GitHub
Rails Jobs: How to Win Friends and Influence People
[00:02:00] Chris and Andrew reminisce about Wii Fit, Dungeons & Dragons, and card games, which we learn Andrew became a cheater in card games. [00:04:57] Andrew gives two shout-outs, Jason Swett had his hundredth podcast of “Rails with Jason” this week, and Brittany Martin moved her Ruby on Rails podcast. [00:07:50] Andrew shares some interesting information he learned about companies moving away from whiteboard interviews and now doing pairing interviews, and Chris talks about how important it is to make interviewing fair to the Junior Developers.[00:14:32] We find out from Andrew that Brittany is hiring right now and to find out more you should listen to her podcast (linked below), and Chris and Andrew chat about how recruiters could be quite helpful in finding a job. [00:21:56] Andrew shares a bunch of notes he took from Brittany’s podcast which could help you in your job search. [00:29:10] The guys touch on the topic of mentorship, and Chris mentions a great book to read called, Mastery, which is about mentorship.[00:31:55] Andrew and Chris share their thoughts on the importance of first impressions and how you have to do what works for you. They talk about going to conferences, meeting people at them, and Chris tells us how he met Jason for the first time.[00:42:15] Being ambitious is a hot topic here and we find out about some Ruby projects out there that offer “office hours” where they pair with you on a project with a Senior Programmer, such as Nate Berkopec, who will work with you on Rails and Ruby for free! Andrew names a few of the Ruby projects such as Puma, Hanami, and Ruby for Good that offer this. [00:44:06] Chris tells a story about when he was interviewing developers at LaunchCode and finding the right person for the job.[00:46:57] We end with a quick tip from Andrew which is to start reading Ruby and he explains what you need to do. Also, Chris shares a few bits of advice on finding a job.Panelists:Chris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby RadarRuby Radar Twitter The Debut of The Ruby on Rails Podcast-Episode 372 with Brittany Martin and Brian MarianiThe Rails with Jason PodcastMastery by Robert GreeneRuby For GoodHanamiPumaLaunchCodeNate Berkopec Twitter
Kubernetes, JSX for Ruby, and more with Cameron Dutro
[00:03:38] Cameron fills us in on a project he’s working on called Kuby, and how he got started on it. [00:10:07] Cameron walks us through setting Kuby up for the first time.[00:13:33] Chris wonders how Kuby works with databases. Cameron tells us about another really cool project called KubeDB. [00:15:38] We learn how different things work in Kubernetes, such as SSH, Cron, and running Migrations.[00:19:21] Cameron talks about Kubernetes having its own Cron job system, and Chris tells us he can’t wait to dig into this project since he knows more about it now! [00:21:56] Chris wonders if Cameron has any future plans on features and other things that he wants to add. [00:26:54] If you stopped your database stuff, Chris wonders if KubeDB stores that in a volume somewhere so that if you turned off Kubernetes for a day or five minutes to upgrade, that you still get to keep your databases, and Cameron gives us the run down. [00:29:18] Learn more about another project from Cameron called Rux, which is like a JSX for Ruby. Andrew also mentions his other project called Scuttle to check out.[00:32:07] Andrew shares his thoughts on what’s really cool about Rux, and Cameron goes more in depth about the difference between the template.[00:41:09] Cameron tells us his vision for Rux and why people should use this.[00:47:14] Find out why Chris said the “import thing” is very interesting that Cameron was talking about.[00:51:01] Andrew tells us you can all of this stuff with Bridgetown because that’s where he’s been doing it, and he gives them a shout out because there was just a big new release. Also, find out where you can follow Cameron online.Panelists:Chris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Cameron DutroSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar Cameron Dutro GitHubCameron Dutro TwitterKubyKubeDBRux-GitHubViewComponent-GitHubScuttle