The Ruby on Rails Podcast

After diving into CrossFit and their favorite comfort foods, Nick and Brittany talk all things conferences: RubyKaigi 2022, Rails SaaS and Rubyconf 2022. Nick ends the episode by sharing some cool Rails upgrade tooling he is working on. Show Notes & Links: CrossFit (https://www.crossfit.com/) RubyKaigi 2022 (https://rubykaigi.org/2022/) Rails SaaS Conference (https://railssaas.com/) Rubyconf 2022 (https://rubyconf.org/) Rubyconf Mini 2022 (https://www.rubyconfmini.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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

Brittany returns to the the Rubber Duck Dev Show! In this episode, Chris and Creston discuss the different viewpoints and objectives for engineering managers vs. product managers with Brittany Martin & Josh Gaastra. Show Notes & Links: Rubber Duck Dev Show | Wednesdays at 8p EST (https://www.rubberduckdevshow.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). Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Mirror Placement are the Ruby on Rails & JavaScript recruiters. They are actively engaged with a wide and deep network of Rails, JavaScript, and Full-Stack Open Source engineers and tech leaders we love, with relationships cultivated over 15 years. Contact Brian, co-host of this podcast, here (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/contact).

Joel Schlundt is the CTO of TextUs and Brittany's boss. After diving into two origin stories, the pair discuss the Senior Backend Engineer role they are hiring for, applications they never want to build again and the importance of off-sites for remote teams. They cap the conversation off with a horror story. Announcements The Ruby on Rails Podcast Store (https://the-ruby-on-rails-podcast.myspreadshop.com/all?listModeOverride=DESIGN) Fun original designs like “Tell Me Your Developer Origin Story”, “Ruby is Badass”, “Ruby on Tails” and “the Established in Rails” series in shirts, hoodies, magnets, stickers and bandanas. Net proceeds of store purchases benefit Steptember, to raise funds for research and innovation for cerebral palsy. From Wednesday, September 14th through Saturday, September 17th 2022, all customers get free standard shipping on all orders. This does include international standard shipping. Shop here (https://the-ruby-on-rails-podcast.myspreadshop.com/all?listModeOverride=DESIGN). Show Notes & Links: Senior Software Engineer, Backend @ TextUs (https://boards.greenhouse.io/textus/jobs/4645583004) 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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

Jemma, one of the co-organizers of RubyConf Mini, chats with Brittany on why she decided to organize RubyConf Mini (November 15 - November 17, 2022 in Providence, Rhode Island). The two co-hosts discuss CFPs, organizing challenges and more importantly, who should consider attending RubyConf Mini. They also celebrate Jemma getting her Japanese visa for RubyKaigi 2022. Show Notes & Links: RubyConf Mini (https://www.rubyconfmini.com/) RubyKaigi 2022 (https://rubykaigi.org/2022/) 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). 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).

The tech industry is in unprecedented times with the amount of layoffs happening. Brittany and Brian share their personal layoff stories and offer some advice to laid off employees, retained employees and companies. While empathizing with the shock layoffs cause, the duo offer some silver linings. Show Notes & Links: Tech Layoffs In 2022: The U.S. Companies That Have Cut Jobs (https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs-2022/) Layoffs.fyi Tracker (http://layoffs.fyi/) 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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

Brittany welcomes John Crepezzi, founder of All Aboard Bootcamp, on to the show. After geeking out over John's storied career path through Ruby (including the ISMs at Genius) the two dive into why and how John created a free Ruby/Rails/JS bootcamp for under-represented groups. Show Notes & Links: GitHub - ice-cube-ruby/ice_cube: Ruby Date Recurrence Library (https://github.com/ice-cube-ruby/ice_cube) The Genius ISM’s (https://www.dugcampbell.com/the-genius-isms/) All Aboard Bootcamp (https://allaboardbootcamp.com/) John's Twitch Stream (https://www.twitch.tv/seejohnrun) John Crepezzi (@seejohnrun) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/seejohnrun?lang=en) 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). Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Mirror Placement are the Ruby on Rails & JavaScript recruiters. They are actively engaged with a wide and deep network of Rails, JavaScript, and Full-Stack Open Source engineers and tech leaders we love, with relationships cultivated over 15 years. Contact Brian, co-host of this podcast, here (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/contact).

Mina Slater is a developer on Mission Control, thoughtbot's DevOps and SRE team and serves as a Scholarship program organizer with Ruby Central. Mina details why it is humbling to embrace the cloud and what SRE means. She and Brittany then share their hot takes consulting versus working on a product team. Show Notes & Links: thoughtbot Mission Control (https://thoughtbot.com/mission-control) Site Reliability Engineering: Google (https://sre.google/) Mina Slater (@minar528) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/minar528) 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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

After congratulating Jemma on her talk acceptance to RubyKaigi, the duo discuss how to handle when a co-worker is departing. From handling communication to acknowledging the importance of the departing, it's a topic that should resonate with many developers. They wrap up exclaiming over first #rubyfriend. Show Notes & Links: RubyKaigi 2022 (https://rubykaigi.org/2022/) Hire Me: I'm Excellent at Quitting by Brittany Martin - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0yGI7sKgI) first #rubyfriend (https://firstrubyfriend.org/) 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). 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).

Brittany guested on the Rubber Duck Dev Show, a livestream with two Rubyists (Chris & Creston) who chat live about all the aspects of development. They talk over the origins of how Brittany became the host of The Ruby on Rails Podcast and their thoughts and struggles on project management. Show Notes & Links: Rubber Duck Dev Show | Wednesdays at 8p EST (https://www.rubberduckdevshow.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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

Irina Nazarova is the CEO of Evil Martians, a consulting company known as authors of PostCSS, AnyCable, imgproxy, and many blog posts and tutorials. She and Brittany discuss both her developer and CEO origin stories, sustainable opensource, leading really talented developers and Google Apps Script. Show Notes & Links: Evil Martians (https://evilmartians.com/) whitequark/parser: A Ruby parser. - GitHub (https://github.com/whitequark/parser) All of the Evil Martians's Open Source Libraries (https://github.com/evilmartians) Google Apps Script (https://developers.google.com/apps-script) Irina Nazarova (@inazarova) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/inazarova) Support Ukraine: Nova Ukraine (https://novaukraine.org/) Razom for Ukraine (https://www.razomforukraine.org/) 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). Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Mirror Placement are the Ruby on Rails & JavaScript recruiters. They are actively engaged with a wide and deep network of Rails, JavaScript, and Full-Stack Open Source engineers and tech leaders we love, with relationships cultivated over 15 years. Contact Brian, co-host of this podcast, here (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/contact).

Nick is officially an influencer! After Nick accidentally launched a co-host of Rubyists learning Japanese (including Brittany!), the duo chat about learning styles and recommended podcasts. Oh, and upgrade your Rails applications, listeners! Show Notes & Links: Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com/) akr / all-ruby (https://github.com/akr/all-ruby) Leetcode (https://leetcode.com/) Naming Things (https://www.namingthings.org/) Rubber Duck Dev Show (https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/) Rails Versions 7.0.3.1, 6.1.6.1, 6.0.5.1, and 5.2.8.1 have been released! (https://rubyonrails.org/2022/7/12/Rails-Versions-7-0-3-1-6-1-6-1-6-0-5-1-and-5-2-8-1-have-been-released) 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. AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast).

Making her podcast debut, Julie J is a junior engineer at Codecademy from Skillsoft. Julie answers Brittany's questions about how she learned to code, her role at Codecademy and her involvement in the Neurodivergent ERG at Codecademy. Then, Julie reveals her plans for a new podcast in the Ruby community! Show Notes & Links: Codecademy (https://www.codecademy.com) Code in Place (https://codeinplace.stanford.edu/) All Aboard Bootcamp (https://allaboardbootcamp.com/) Julie (@codewithjulie) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/codewithjulie) Ruby for All (@rubyforall) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/rubyforall) Sponsored By: AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast). 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).

Moderated By: Brittany Martin, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin) Panelists: Aaron Francis, Framework Friends (https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis) Andy Croll, Chats in the Cupboard (https://twitter.com/andycroll) Brian Mariani, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Drew Bragg, Coding Coders (https://twitter.com/DRBragg) Jason Charnes, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/jmcharnes) Jemma Issroff, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff) Show Notes & Links: Framework Friends (https://www.frameworkfriends.com/) Code and the Coding Coders who Code it (https://podcast.drbragg.dev/) Chats in the Cupboard (https://chatsinthecupboard.com/) Remote Ruby (https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/) 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).

Enchanté. Aurelie Verrot is a developer originally from France who now lives in California. She is Software Engineer at Zendesk, working in the i18n team. She answers all of Brittany's questions about working at Zendesk, translating the beloved Women On Rails newsletter and VirtualCoffee.io. Show Notes & Links: General Assembly (https://generalassemb.ly) Zendesk (https://www.zendesk.com/) Women On Rails Newsletter (https://womenonrails.substack.com/) VirtualCoffee.io (https://virtualcoffee.io/) Hacktoberfest (https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) Aurelie Verrot (@LiliVerrot) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/liliverrot) 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).

Brittany and Nick took a foray into handheld console gaming before celebrating Nick's new role at Shopify on the Ruby/Rails Infra team. They chatted about their favorite parts of Railsconf including Nick's Ruby Archaeology talk and Shopify's Railsconf Afterparty Twitter Space. Also, Past Rubies is back! Show Notes & Links: Unofficial RailsConf Afterparty today on Twitter Spaces | Shopify (https://twitter.com/ShopifyEng/status/1529182404060950528) Euruko 2022 CFP (https://2022.euruko.org/cfp/) RubyKaigi 2022 CFP (https://cfp.rubykaigi.org/events/2022) Ruby Weekly Issue 606 | Panel Feature (https://rubyweekly.com/issues/606) Past Rubies Subscription Signup (http://pastrubies.live/) 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).

Brittany had questions about how to contribute to Ruby but luckily, Jemma was here to explain the process and explain her most recent proposal: Object shapes for Ruby. Object shapes are a technique for representing properties of an object. The two then debate reaching sustainable open source software. Show Notes & Links: Feature #18776: Object Shapes (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18776) Stripe Press — Working in Public (https://press.stripe.com/working-in-public) GitHub user sends notification to 400k users (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31627061) Open Source is Not About You by Richard Hickey (https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9) 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).

David Hill is a Staff Software Engineer with CareRev. He just gave his first ever conference presentation at RailsConf 2022, titled “React-ing to Hotwire”. He is thinking about starting a podcast (yes!) so he asks Brittany her thoughts on co-hosts and topics. Show Notes & Links: React-ing to Hotwire | Railsconf 2022 (https://railsconf.org/program/sessions#session-1303) The Rails SaaS Conference (https://railssaas.com/) Framework Friends (https://www.frameworkfriends.com/) Code and the Coding Coders who Code it (https://podcast.drbragg.dev/) Railsconf Guide (https://railsconf.org/scholarships) David Hill on Twitter (@DavidEsmale) (https://twitter.com/DavidEsmale) Sponsored By: AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast). 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.

Live from Portland, OR is the Ruby Podcast Panel recording from Railsconf 2022! The panelists discuss why they are loyal to podcasting, the state of the Ruby and Rails communities, opening doors for juniors into our industry and themes they noted from the conference. Moderated By: Jemma Issroff, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff) Panelists: Brittany Martin, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin) Nick Schwaderer, The Ruby on Rails Podcast (https://twitter.com/schwad_rb) Andrew Mason, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/andrewmcodes) Jason Charnes, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/jmcharnes) Chris Oliver, Remote Ruby (https://twitter.com/excid3) Andrew Culver, Framework Friends (https://twitter.com/andrewculver) Colleen Schnettler, Software Social Podcast (https://twitter.com/leenyburger) Robby Russell, Maintainable Podcast (https://twitter.com/robbyrussell) 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).

Brian is back with his insights on how the Rails hiring market is fairing, the differences between JS and Rails recruiting, whether avoiding whiteboarding is a good sign and how companies can effectively evaluate potential developers. Show Notes & Links: Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) poteto / hiring-without-whiteboards (https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards) 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).

Andrea Fomera is a Senior Software Developer at Podia who finds enjoyment in updating dependencies and crafting high quality, robust and maintainable code. She and Brittany flash forward to Railsconf Day 2 to discuss Andrea's talk, goals for the conference and an epic quest to find the best donut in Portland. Show Notes & Links: Andrea's Personal Site (https://afomera.dev) Andrea Fomera (@afomera) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/afomera) Learn Hotwire by Building a Forum (https://store.afomera.dev/learn-hotwire) Podia (https://www.podia.com/) WNB.rb (https://www.wnb-rb.dev/) Sponsored By: AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast). 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.

Fresh off of treading water in a sweatsuit for a swim test, Brittany called up Jemma to do a live brainstorm for the Railsconf 2022 Podcast Panel. After discussing Jemma's team trip to London for Shopify, they go over the panel participants, moderation strategies and potential topics. Show Notes & Links: Railsconf 2022 COVID Policy (https://railsconf.com/covid) Ruby Podcast @ Railsconf 2022 on Day 1 (https://railsconf.com/schedule) Remote Ruby (https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/) Framework Friends (https://www.frameworkfriends.com/) Maintainable (https://www.maintainable.fm/) Software Social (https://softwaresocial.dev/) WNB.rb (https://www.wnb-rb.dev/) 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).

Steve Lynch is an Engineering Manager at Root Insurance, working with a full-stack team on a Rails and React stack. Brittany invited Steve on to the show to discuss Engineering Management and his Rubyconf talk, "I Read It But Don't Get It, or How to Tackle Technical Texts" so she could tackle some texts on her bookshelf. Show Notes & Links: Voulez-Vous with Zach and Steve (https://voulezvouscast.tumblr.com/) I Read It But Don't Get It, or How to Tackle Technical Texts by Steve Lynch | Rubyconf 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnB74T9saN4) Ruby Under a Microscope (https://patshaughnessy.net/ruby-under-a-microscope) Episode 414: The RoR Podcast x Coders Coders Crossover Event with Drew Bragg (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/414) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger is exception, uptime, and cron monitoring, all in one place — and easily installed in your web app. Deploy with confidence and be your team's devops hero. They now have status pages and can monitor SSL certs. They just shipped an update that can help communicate outages to your customers: public status pages with custom domains and branding. Learn more at https://www.honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/). Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Mirror Placement are the Ruby on Rails & JavaScript recruiters. They are actively engaged with a wide and deep network of Rails, JavaScript, and Full-Stack Open Source engineers and tech leaders we love, with relationships cultivated over 15 years. Contact Brian, co-host of this podcast, here (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/contact).

Andrew Strovers is a Senior Software Engineer out of Omaha, Nebraska. Being that he has serious opinions on trust and communication in the workplace, he was the perfect guest to discuss retros: how to reward vulnerability, adjust to the remote components and incorporate fun. Show Notes & Links: UpDog (https://updogchallenge.com/) Nathan Knisley on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanknisley/) Andrew Strovers on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adstrovers/) 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. mailtrap.io (https://bit.ly/3L52GI0) mailtrap.io (https://bit.ly/3L52GI0) is an online tool for safe email testing in dev and staging environments. Set up in less than 5 minutes to assess the deliverability of an email and share results with team members, check if there are any mistakes with the HTML and CSS validation. Send Emails and monitor their performance with the new Sending Solution. Explore these and many other functions of Mailtrap. Get started for free at mailtrap.io (https://bit.ly/3L52GI0).

Brittany interviews Drew Bragg, the Staff Engineer at Within3 and the host of the new Code and the Coding Coders who Code it podcast about his origin, his love of the Ruby community and their experience at Sin City Ruby. The pair then switch host seats and Drew interviews Brittany about her love of burpees, what she is working on, her blockers and what she currently finds interesting. Show Notes & Links: With3 (https://within3.com/) Code and the Coding Coders who Code it Podcast (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjviPuTopn3AhXkT98KHakMBNwQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzsprout.com%2F1927628&usg=AOvVaw2rx5vPOPVNs7WZfQ4dLXqO) Remote Ruby | Its Always Sinny In Las Vegas aka Sin City Ruby (https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/174) TextUs Careers (https://textus.com/jobs/) Framework Friends Podcast (https://www.frameworkfriends.com/) Drew Bragg (@DRBragg) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/DRBragg) Brittany Martin (@BrittJMartin) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/brittjmartin) 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).

Joe Masilotti is an independent developer who specializes in Ruby on Rails, iOS, and automated testing. He helps clients port their Rails apps to iOS with Turbo Native. Brittany and Brian talk with Joe about building railsdevs in public, the challenges he has faced and the technical decisions he is proud of. They wrap up by discussing Joe's upcoming "Porting your Rails app to iOS with Turbo Native" workshop he has been inspired to do. Show Notes & Links: railsdevs - The reverse job board for Ruby on Rails developers (https://railsdevs.com/) railsdevs on Github (https://github.com/joemasilotti/railsdevs.com) Joe Masilotti (@joemasilotti) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/joemasilotti) Hotwire dev newsletter (https://masilotti.com/hotwire/) Joe's tweet about Porting your Rails app to iOS with Turbo Native workshop (https://twitter.com/joemasilotti/status/1507100497286610953) 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).

Emily is guesting as co-host this week with Jemma and Brittany! The trio celebrate Emily's new role at Shopify and discuss taking breaks between roles. Emily and Brittany just wrapped up reviewing CFPs for Railsconf so Jemma asks them about the patterns they observed. They wrap up by talking about their (not) green thumbs and home desk setups. Show Notes & Links: Sorbet · A static type checker for Ruby (https://sorbet.org/) Jemma's Tweet to Ruby Central (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff/status/1499096595282870273) 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).

Brittany and Nick gush about their long awaited reunion at Sin City Ruby in Las Vegas. They talk about talk prep, hype music, and even costume changes. After discussing how to pull off a company onsite and remote whiteboarding, they wrap by sharing their thoughts on "No Railsconf". Show Notes & Links: Sin City Ruby (https://www.sincityruby.com/) Miro (https://miro.com/) Figjam (https://www.figma.com/figjam/) Code and the Coding Coders who Code it (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1927628) 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).

Ufuk is the Engineering Manager of the Ruby Infrastructure team (Jemma's team!) at Shopify. After transitioning his career from physics to software development, Ufuk has had the fortune of working with lots of interesting technologies at various levels of the stack. He, Jemma and Brittany chat about management philosophies, why he remains excited about Ruby and what is the ideal role for Shopify in the larger Ruby ecosystem. Show Notes & Links: Shopify / maintenance_tasks (https://github.com/Shopify/maintenance_tasks/) Shopify / yjit (https://github.com/Shopify/yjit) Sorbet (https://sorbet.org/) Ufuk Kayserilioglu (@paracycle) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/paracycle) 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).

Jennifer Konikowski had been doing mostly Rails since 2012, though is currently taking a detour and working in Go at Splice. She and Brittany talk about what lead her to Pittsburgh, her fitness journey and tips. Show Notes & Links: Splice (https://splice.com/) Jaybird (https://www.jaybirdsport.com/) PowerBlock Adjustable Dumbbells (https://powerblock.com/) The Peloton App (https://www.onepeloton.com/app) Strava (https://www.strava.com/) TrainingPeaks | Reclaim Your Race Day (https://www.trainingpeaks.com/) Strong - Workout Tracker & Gym Log (https://www.strong.app/) Workout of the Day | Concept2 Rowing Machines (https://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/wod) Jennifer Konikowski (@jenkoni) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/jenkoni) Jennifer’s Website (https://www.jenniferkonikowski.com/) 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).

Returning after seven years and back by popular demand, Mike Coutermarsh is a software engineer at PlanetScale, where he’s building a serverless relational database. After catching up and sharing their adoration of Flash, Brittany and Mike nerd out on home fitness: equipment, routines and goals. Show Notes & Links: 202: Behind the Scenes at Product Hunt with Mike Coutermarsh (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/202) PlanetScale - The Database for Developers (https://planetscale.com) GitHub - vitessio/vitess (https://github.com/vitessio/vitess) CrossFit Games: The Open (https://games.crossfit.com/) Rogue Stock Bot - Real Time Restock Alerts - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKESbsFiiqw) Brianna Lamb - Functional Bodybuilding (https://functional-bodybuilding.com/brianna/) TrueCoach: #1 Personal Trainer Software (https://truecoach.co/) WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach (https://www.whoop.com/) ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool (https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/ConnectionPool.html) Mike Coutermarsh (@mscccc) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/mscccc) 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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

No holiday break on the recruiting front! Brittany and Brian catch up on the Rails recruiting trends. They discuss how companies need to up the ante now that so many are remote first, how interviews should be structured and whether it is worth getting in the door, if it is not for the role you want. Show Notes & Links: Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Rubyconf 2021 Job Fair (https://rubyconf.org) 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).

Justin Searls helped start Test Double—a software agency of experienced developers who work with clients to build great software together, as a team. He gave Brittany the scoop on Mocktail, an opinionated alternative to minitest's mocks, rr, mocha, and rspec-mocks. As a bonus: he offers his insights and advice on being a confident speaker. Show Notes & Links: testdouble/mocktail (https://github.com/testdouble/mocktail) Test Double | An Agency Improving the World's Software (https://testdouble.com/) Mockito framework site (https://site.mockito.org/) Jim Weirich's Tweet (https://twitter.com/jimweirich/status/77124604602228737) searls/gimme (https://github.com/searls/gimme) jimweirich/flexmock (https://github.com/jimweirich/flexmock) Please don't mock me - Justin Searls - JSConf US 2018 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sKpJwq6lY) VCR - GitHub (https://github.com/vcr/vcr) How to Make a Gem of a Gem (https://blog.testdouble.com/talks/2021-11-10-how-to-make-a-gem-of-a-gem/) Justin Searls (@searls) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/searls) 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).

Ernesto Tagwerker is the Founder of OmbuLabs, the Ruby on Rails development shop behind FastRuby.io. He comes back to the podcast to talk about code quality: what it is, what it is perceived to be and what its like to maintain a few Ruby code quality gems, including ruby-critic and skunk. Show Notes & Links: OmbuLabs :: The Lean Software Boutique (https://www.ombulabs.com/) FastRuby.io (https://www.fastruby.io/) 309: Upgrading Rails & Skunk for Scoring with Ernesto Tagwerker (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/309) rails_stats (https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats) rubycritic (https://github.com/whitesmith/rubycritic) skunk (https://github.com/fastruby/skunk) metric_fu (https://github.com/metricfu/metric_fu) Eight Dimensions of Quality (https://www.toolshero.com/quality-management/eight-dimensions-of-quality/) The Code Quality Challenge - Tuple.app (https://tuple.app/code-quality-challenge) 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).

Jason Taylor returns! Together, Brittany and Jason discuss his recent promotion to Dev Ops Lead at TextUs, how fluent in the stack you need to be to make operational decisions and the Rubyconf sessions they are excited to attend. Show Notes & Links: OpenTelemetry (https://opentelemetry.io/) Rubyconf Program (http://rubyconf.org/program) Careers at TextUs (https://textus.com/jobs/) JT (@thetizzo) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/thetizzo?lang=en) 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).

After Emma's blog post, "Ruby is Still a Diamond", took the software engineering world by storm, Brittany and Jemma invited Emma on to the show (her podcast debut!) to ruminate why she continues to be excited about Ruby, why you should invest the effort into upgrading to Ruby 3.0, the differences between parallelism & concurrency and an introduction to Ractors. Show Notes & Links: Ruby is Still a Diamond by Emma Hyde (https://medium.com/retention-science/ruby-is-still-a-diamond-b789d2661266) Dockwa (https://dockwa.com/) Retention Science (https://www.retentionscience.com/) Emma Hyde on Medium (https://medium.com/@emmajhyde) Emma Hyde (@emmahyde) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/emmahyde?lang=en) 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).