
The Ruby on Rails Podcast
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Episode 404: 404: Developer Not Found (Brittany + Jemma)
After a campy true crime start, Brittany and Jemma recap Brittany's first full marathon, Brittany's promotion to Engineering Manager and Jemma brings up the exciting news of YJIT porting to Rust. They wrap up by discussing the tracks for the Railsconf 2022 CFP. Start applying! Show Notes & Links: Feature #18481: Porting YJIT to Rust (request for feedback) (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18481) Railsconf 2022 CFP (https://cfp.rubycentral.org/events/railsconf-2022) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 403: Unlocking More Plasma Supply with Damian Galarza
Damian Galarza is the VP of Engineering at Buoy Software. Buoy is building software for good — connected intelligence that unlocks more plasma supply. Brittany, Brian and Damian discuss scaling engineering culture and reflect on technical decisions in a post Rails 7 world. Show Notes & Links: Buoy Software (https://www.buoysoftware.com/) Damian Galarza (@dgalarza) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/dgalarza) Buoy Software on Github (https://github.com/BuoySoftware) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 402: UX Hot Takes with Pancakes (Nikki LeServe)
What is an Engineering Lead without her UX Designer? Nikki "Pancakes" LeServe, Senior UX Designer at Textus, joined Brittany to discuss her UX origin story and to respond to Brittany's controversial UX theories. Should design by committee die? Should Bootstrap ever be used? Should some stuff be designed to be difficult to use? Tune in. Show Notes & Links: How to Get to Senior | HexDevs | 10% Discount (https://academy.hexdevs.com/?coupon=RUBY-ON-RAILS-PODCAST) How to avoid ‘design by committee’ and why you should at all costs (https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-avoid-design-by-committee-and-why-you-should-at-all-costs-8e8ce78c1058) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 401: From Frontend to Fullstack with Shameel Abdullah
Shameel Abdullah is a Senior Developer at Shopify. Starting his career with frontend development, he has transitioned to a fullstack developer, working with Rails across multiple startups. He, Nick and Brittany chat about GraphQL and frontend opinions. Show Notes & Links: Sin City Ruby (https://www.sincityruby.com/) Get Your Conference Proposal Accepted - Schneems (https://schneems.com/blogs/2016-04-07-conference-proposal) Gusto/apollo-federation-ruby - GitHub (https://github.com/Gusto/apollo-federation-ruby) meeoh - GitHub (https://github.com/meeoh) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 400: Nothing But Gold Stars All The Way with Collin Jilbert
Joining Brittany to celebrate episode 400(!), Collin Jilbert is a Ruby on Rails Developer at GoRails. They discuss why he committed to Rails so early in his career, his various ambitious projects (Ruby Radar, fleur de ruby), his love of the community and what his new role will entail. Show Notes & Links: fleur de ruby (@fleurderuby) (https://twitter.com/fleur_de_ruby) Ruby Radar (https://rubyradar.dev/?via=twitter-profile-webview) GoRails (https://gorails.com/) Jumpstart Pro (https://jumpstartrails.com/) pay-rails/pay: Payments for Ruby on Rails apps - GitHub (https://github.com/pay-rails/pay) Collin (@collin_jilbert) (https://twitter.com/collin_jilbert) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. JetBrains RubyMine (https://jb.gg/rubyonrailspodcast) RubyMine is an intelligent cross-platform IDE for Ruby and Rails developers. Head over to jb.gg/RubyOnRailsPodcast (https://jb.gg/rubyonrailspodcast) for a 20% discount on a JetBrains IDE of your choosing and a chance to win a one-year personal subscription. This offer will be valid for one month following the release of this episode.

Episode 399: New Year's Resolutions & Mediocrity with Brittany and Jemma
Will Ruby 3.1 drop on Christmas (spoiler: it did!)? Jemma and Brittany catch up with the changes from this past year, talk about some resolutions they are planning for 2022 and whether the pursuit for mediocrity should be one of them. Oh yes, they also touch on the release of Rails 7. Show Notes & Links: Ruby 3.1.0 Released (https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/12/25/ruby-3-1-0-released/) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb) In Praise of Mediocrity (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/in-praise-of-mediocrity.html) Rails 7.0: Fulfilling a vision (https://rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-7-fulfilling-a-vision) Sponsored By: Hook Relay (https://www.hookrelay.dev/) Hook Relay is a service that makes sending and receiving webhooks reliable, secure, and transparent—automatically. Sign up now, and you can start receiving webhooks from integrations like GitHub, etc., even before you have an app to receive them. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 398: Audiophile: The Meta Episode with Paul Bahr
It's a The Ruby on Rails Podcast x Remote Ruby collab! Brittany is joined with Jason Charnes and Andrew Mason so they can interview the editor of their shows, Paul Bahr, on how he got into podcast editing and the tools you need to get started. Find out the answers to fascinating questions such as: what is everyone's filler word? Is there really room for more podcasts? Are Ruby podcasts a great palate cleanser after editing true crime? A fun episode to record, we hope you enjoy listening. Show Notes & Links: Paul Bahr on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbahr/) Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Descript (https://www.descript.com/) How to Start a Podcast: Step by Step (https://www.buzzsprout.com/how-to-make-a-podcast?gclid=Cj0KCQiAnuGNBhCPARIsACbnLzqK-q3veNwWoyEC5ah5QXmMsp2hmKNIrDKL8ZVhQEVepDe2gUaBjaAaAqxqEALw_wcB) Best Day/Time to Publish Your Podcast (https://www.megaphone.fm/resources/what-time-should-you-publish-your-podcast) Paul’s Favorite $100 Mics: Rode NT-USB-Mini USB Microphone with Detachable Magnetic Stand (https://www.amazon.com/Rode-NT-USB-Mini-Microphone-Detachable-Headphone/dp/B084P1CXFD/ref=sxin_14_ac_d_bv?ac_md=0-0-QmVzdCBWYWx1ZQ%3D%3D-ac_d_bv_bv_bv&cv_ct_cx=rode+nt+usb+mic&keywords=rode+nt+usb+mic&pd_rd_i=B084P1CXFD&pd_rd_r=05767698-3673-4cdb-a720-e11aa7c865c1&pd_rd_w=TkBCM&pd_rd_wg=8cTBM&pf_rd_p=148e9898-1bed-4a70-9840-46f32e4185bd&pf_rd_r=SESWYERNH7GKHBKV7TE7&psc=1&qid=1639497572&sr=1-1-f4ff053e-b1e8-4d31-8f95-56d755c862ba) Blue Yeti USB Mic (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Blackout/dp/B00N1YPXW2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=XB5Y9JX4CS4I&keywords=blue%2Byeti%2Busb%2Bmic&qid=1639497630&s=musical-instruments&sprefix=blue%2Byeti%2Cmi%2C177&sr=1-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFaTUxaODNITERLVzUmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMjU0NTUyMTM1U05DTVRLN1BTJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyNDkxMzlNWVhNRDVLSUk4Nlomd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl&th=1) Paul’s Favorite Online Recording Platforms: Riverside (https://riverside.fm/) Zencastr (https://zencastr.com/) Zoom (https://zoom.us/) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 397: Game Development in Ruby (Super Bombinhas) with Victor David Santos
Victor David Santos is a fullstack Engineer at Tremendous and the creator of the Ruby platformer, Super Bombinhas. Victor joined Brittany to share insights on game development in Ruby, how to publish a game to Steam and how generous the gaming community can be. Show Notes & Links: Tremendous (https://www.tremendous.com/) The Ocra Gem (https://github.com/larsch/ocra) The Gosu Library (https://github.com/gosu/gosu) The MiniGL Library (https://github.com/victords/minigl) MiniGL Tutorials (https://www.devsv.com.br/ruby/minigl/2019/05/27/developing-games-with-ruby-and-minigl-part-1.html) Super Bombinhas on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553840/Super_Bombinhas/) victords / super-bombinhas (https://github.com/victords/super-bombinhas) Victor's Itch Page (https://victords.itch.io/) Victor on Github (https://github.com/victords) Victor David Santos (@VictorDS92) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/victords92) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 396: Advice My Uncle Told Me with Zachery Hostens
Zachery Hostens is a Senior Rails Engineer at TextUs. He is a self taught techie to his core, who tries to have his hands in all the cookie jars. He and Brittany discuss what it was like working as Wells Fargo as a Rails engineer, how he landed at TextUs and some strategies on finding the hidden Rails developers out there. Show Notes & Links: Zachery Hostens on Github (https://github.com/zacheryph) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 395: The Holiday Gift Guide Episode (Brittany & Nick)
It's that magical time of the year again. Brittany and Nick catch up on Nick's experience at Rubyconf then dive into their holiday gift picks for 2021. Do you agree? Have more picks? Tweet to @brittjmartin and @Schwad4HD14 with your thoughts. Brittany's Picks Code & Supply Coding Pennants (https://codeandsupply.storenvy.com/collections/1392656-coding-pennants) Jumpstart Pro (https://jumpstartrails.com/pricing?ck_subscriber_id=361084039) Chill Pill V4 (https://www.etsy.com/listing/793151627/chill-pill-v4?ref=shop_home_feat_4&pro=1) LL Bean Tech Tote (https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/111891) Monolisa Font (https://www.monolisa.dev/) Scribd (https://www.scribd.com/g/6oin5k) Nick's Picks SKÅDIS (IKEA) (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/skadis-pegboard-white-10321618/) Wired Magazine Subscription (https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe) Ergodox EZ (https://ergodox-ez.com/) Tailwind UI Components (https://tailwindui.com/pricing) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 394: Rubyconf 2021 Recap: Live + Virtual (Brittany & Jemma)
Brittany and Jemma record right after Rubyconf 2021 so they could share their experiences and favorite talks both in-person and virtual. Oh, also, this is now a running podcast. Show Notes & Links: Rubyconf 2021 (https://rubyconf.org/) Introducing: MemoWise (https://medium.com/building-panorama-education/introducing-memowise-51a5f0523489) Talks Discussed: Achieving fast method metaprogramming: lessons from MemoWise by Jemma Issroff, Jacob Evelyn (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1215) Minimize Your Circus Factor: Building Resilient Teams by Mercedes Bernard (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1173) Managing Up: Strategies for Leveling Up by Mina Slater (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1174) On Being an Early Career Dev in Your 30s by Ben Greenbug (https://rubyconf.org/program/sessions#session-1159) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Atlantis Technology (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers) Atlantis is looking for great engineers! Why work at Atlantis? You'll work with great people. You’ll work on projects that change the world. No matter where you are in your career, they’re prepared to help you advance it. Find out more here (https://www.atlantistech.com/careers).

Episode 393: The Rubyconf 2021 Live Podcast Panel
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).

Episode 392: I'm Actually Totally Happy (Brittany & Brian)
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).

Episode 391: Announcing Mocktail with Justin Searls
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).

Episode 390: Code Quality with Ernesto Tagwerker
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).

Episode 389: Dev Ops Lead with Jason Taylor
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).

Episode 388: Ruby is Still a Diamond with Emma Hyde
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).

Episode 387: From Architect to VP of Engineering with Bruno Miranda
Bruno Miranda is responsible for leading Doximity’s engineering teams across the areas of data, mobile, infrastructure, and web engineering. Bruno architected the earliest versions of the company’s core software platform and lead efforts to build out a highly resilient technology stack. Brian and Brittany inquire what the responsibilities of a VP of Engineering are, the proper way to onboard a new engineer and how to approach building distributed engineering teams. Rails can scale. Show Notes & Links: Doximity, Inc. - GitHub (https://github.com/doximity) Work @ Doximity (https://workat.doximity.com/) Bruno's Personal Site (https://brunomiranda.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.

Episode 386: Marginally Wiser (Product Management) with Danny Issroff
It's a family affair! Danny Issroff, Jemma's older brother, visited the show to discuss all things product management. Jemma and Brittany quizzed him about how developers can understand product, advice for aspiring PMs and why developers are a precious resource. Show Notes & Links: Special Discount for Ruby Garbage Collection in Under Two Hours (jemma.dev/book/therubyonrailspodcast) Contact Jemma to talk to Danny (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff) 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.

Episode 385: Minimal Flame Wars (Prettier, Parsing and Regex) with Kevin Newton
Kevin Newton is a staff engineer at Shopify on the Ruby and Rails infrastructure team. He’s working on improving the speed and efficiency of CRuby. The trio (Kevin, Nick and Brittany) discuss RubyKaiji talks, Kevin's work on the Prettier plug-in for Ruby and RegularExpression, the Shopify HackDays project Kevin and Nick worked on. Show Notes & Links: RegularExpression (https://github.com/kddnewton/regular_expression) Prettier Plugin for Ruby (https://github.com/prettier/plugin-ruby) Parsing Ruby (https://github.com/kddnewton/parsing-ruby) yjit (https://github.com/Shopify/yjit) Ruby Hacking Guide (https://ruby-hacking-guide.github.io/) Prettier Printer (https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/prettier/prettier.pdf) Prettier Print Module in Ruby Core (https://github.com/ruby/prettyprint) An Introduction to Speculative Optimization in V8 (https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8) Kevin Newton (@kddnewton) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/kddnewton?lang=en) Kevin Newton on Github (https://github.com/kddnewton) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 384: The TextUs Junior Trio with Saundra Catalina, Jeff Golden and Luke Mason
Brittany has been talking about them for weeks and they are here: the newly minted junior developers of TextUs. Tune into to listen to Saundra Catalina, Jeff Golden and Luke Mason share why they learned to code, how they chose their programs, how they tackled finding their first role, their thoughts on mentorship and of course, any advice they have for the junior listeners out there. Show Notes & Links: Turing School (https://turing.edu/) Flatiron School (https://flatironschool.com/) Saundra on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/saundra-catalina/) Jeff on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gjeffgolden/) Luke on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukejmason/) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 383: Aim for Good (GoodJob) with Ben Sheldon
Ben Sheldon is the Director of Engineering Operations at Code for America and the author of the GoodJob gem. He fields all of Brittany's questions about why GoodJob was created, how it leverages Active Job, why a dev team would select it and what the life of an open source maintainer currently looks like. Show Notes & Links: Code for America (https://www.codeforamerica.org/) bensheldon/good_job - GitHub (https://github.com/bensheldon/good_job) RailsConf 2015 Keynote (“Rails is my prepper backpack”) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc) Stephen Baker’s “History of RSpec” (https://www.stevenrbaker.com/tech/history-of-rspec.html) Ben's Blog (http://Island94.org) Ben Sheldon (@bensheldon) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/bensheldon?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 382: Code::Anth with Gui Heurich
After participating in his study, Brittany interviewed Gui Heurich. Gui is a Brazilian anthropologist and programmer, currently researching the Ruby language and its community in an ambitious projected named Code::Anth. He lives in England, where he works as a Ruby backend developer at Farmdrop and also as an Associate Researcher at University College London. Show Notes & Links: Code::Anth (http://code-anth.xyz/) Gui Heurich (@anthrolanguage) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/anthrolanguage?lang=en) Email Gui at [email protected] Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 381: Life Stories and Some Of Our Favorite Things (Brittany & Jemma)
Jemma is going to be joining Shopify as a member of the Core Foundations team! She and Brittany discuss the interview process from Jemma's perspective. They then talk through their favorite developer tools, what they would improve and what sponsorship means for this show and WNB.rb. Show Notes & Links: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) Episode 365 - I Believe in the Rails Magic with Brittany & Nick (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/365) Tmux - GitHub (https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki) Oh My Zsh - a delightful & open source framework for Zsh (https://ohmyz.sh/) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb?lang=en) Contact WNB.rb for Sponsoring at [email protected] Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 380: Equity for Developers with Aaron Kahn
Returning from Episode 343, Aaron Kahn is a Certified Financial Planner at Wealth Management Strategies, Inc. Brittany and Brian invited Aaron back on to the show to break down equity for developers: why they should care, equity terminology and guidance for when their employer is sold and they have vested stock. Show Notes & Links: Episode 343: Finance for Software Developers with Aaron Kahn (https://5by5.tv/rubyonrails/343) 83(b) Election (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/83b-election.asp) An Introduction to Incentive Stock Options (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/12/introduction-incentive-stock-options.asp) Non-Qualified Stock Option (NSO) (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nso.asp) The Importance of Diversification (https://www.investopedia.com/investing/importance-diversification/) Satisficing (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/satisficing.asp) Aaron Kahn on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-kahn-7104a615/) Aaron's Website (https://www.mywealthmgmt.com/) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution. Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 379: MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x The Ruby on Rails Podcast)
The episode you wanted and deserved! Brittany teams up with her favorite Ruby podcast hosts: Chris Oliver, Jason Charnes, Andrew Mason, Chris Toomey, Steph Viccari and Jason Swett in an epic crossover to discuss the origins of their shows, experiences as hosts, why podcasting is so important in keeping the Ruby community thriving and their shows' legacies. Show Notes & Links: Remote Ruby (https://remoteruby.transistor.fm/) The Bike Shed (https://www.bikeshed.fm/) Rails with Jason (https://www.codewithjason.com/rails-with-jason-podcast/) Chris Oliver (@excid3) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/excid3) Jason Charnes (@jmcharnes) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/jmcharnes) Andrew Mason (@andrewmcodes) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/andrewmcodes) Chris Toomey (@christoomey) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/christoomey) Steph Viccari (@SViccari) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/SViccari) Jason Swett (@JasonSwett) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JasonSwett) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 378: A Functional Mental Model for Integrations with Joël Quenneville
Joël Quenneville is a consulting developer with thoughtbot. Joël wrote a recent article on the thoughtbot blog which explored how OOP, TDD, and functional programming ideas can all be used as lenses to help us gain a better understanding of our problem and potential solutions. Brittany and Joël discussed how these concepts can directly apply to implementing third party integrations. Show Notes & Links: Testing Objects with a Functional Mindset (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/functional-viewpoints-on-testing-objectoriented-code) Simplifying Tests by Extracting Side-Effects (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/simplify-tests-by-extracting-side-effects) Building Reusable Object-Oriented Systems: Composition (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/reusable-oo-composition) Joël on Twitter (@joelquen) (https://twitter.com/joelquen) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 377: The Ruby Super Team (Brittany and Nick)
Nick's debut as a co-host on The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Nick tells Brittany about the ambitious project he and his Hack Day team took on at Shopify. Brittany updates Nick on her trip to Denver to meet the team at TextUs and how her junior team members are doing a month in. They wrap up by reflecting on how much hiring has changed since they discussed it in depth last spring. Show Notes & Links: kddnewton/regular_expression (https://github.com/kddnewton/regular_expression) Viking Code School: Become a Web Developer (https://www.vikingcodeschool.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 376: Technically Speaking (Brittany and Jemma)
Jemma's debut as a co-host on The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Brittany and Jemma discuss WNB.rb's upcoming Fireside Chats about Technical Speaking and how Jemma is approaching the event as a moderator. Brittany shares her experience onboarding three (!) new Junior developers at TextUs and they both discuss how the approach writing and submitting talks. Lastly, they talk about setting engineering cultures within teams. Show Notes & Links: Register for Fireside Chats about Technical Speaking (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wnbrb-fireside-chat-about-technical-speaking-tickets-155709113149) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 375: A Technical CTO with Frank Lamantia
Brittany and Brian are joined with Frank Lamantia, CTO for Bold Penguin. His background is in software engineering; he likes to call himself a recovering Java developer. He runs product management, software engineering, cloud & site-reliability engineering, information security, and internal IT. The trio discuss the recent Bold Penguin feature on the Stack Overflow Podcast and Bold Penguin's hiring practices. Show Notes & Links: Bold Penguin (https://www.boldpenguin.com/) Stack Overflow Podcast | Podcast 338: Why is it so hard to find Ruby developers? (https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/05/14/podcast-338-why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-ruby-developers/) Frank Lamantia | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-lamantia/) Contact Brian Mariani at Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 374: Spearheading Static Site Generators with Ruby (Bridgetown) with Jared White
Jared White is passionate about rolling back some of the complexity of the modern web and finding simpler paths forward using easy-to-understand tools and, of course, Ruby. He and Brittany discuss the origins and goals of Bridgetown, a Webpack-aware, Ruby-powered static site generator for the modern Jamstack era. Show Notes & Links: Bridgetown (https://www.bridgetownrb.com/) Bridgetown on Github (https://github.com/bridgetownrb/bridgetown) Jared White (@jaredcwhite) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite?lang=en) Jared's Personal Site (https://jaredwhite.com/) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Episode 373: WNB.rb: Creating A Community with Jemma Issroff, Emily Giurleo and Sylwia Vargas
It’s no secret that Brittany admires WNB.rb, a community and monthly Ruby meetup for women and non-binary folks. She welcomed the three organizers: Jemma Issroff, Emily Giurleo and Sylwia Vargas to discuss the origins and future initiatives of WNB.rb. Show Notes & Links: WNB.rb on Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wnbrb-32770260241) WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/wnb_rb?lang=en) Jemma Issroff (@JemmaIssroff) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JemmaIssroff) Emily Giurleo (@EmilyGiurleo) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/EmilyGiurleo) Sylwia Vargas (@SylwiaVargas) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/SylwiaVargas) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 372: The Debut of The Ruby on Rails Podcast
It is the debut of The Ruby on Rails Podcast! Brittany and Mirror Placement have partnered on the next iteration of the podcast, with Brian Mariani joining as a regular co-host. They discuss the exciting changes coming and then dive into the current world of Ruby recruiting and hiring. Show Notes & Links: Mirror Placement (https://www.mirrorplacement.com) Sponsored By: Scout APM (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails) Try their error monitoring and APM free for 14-days, no credit card needed! And as an added bonus for Ruby on Rails listeners: Scout will donate $5 to the open-source project of your choice when you deploy. Learn more at http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails (http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails).

Episode 371: The Railsconf 2021 Story with Marty Haught and Evan Phoenix
<p>Marty Haught and Evan Phoenix, Directors of Ruby Central, guested on the show to explain Ruby Central's place in our community, how Railsconf 2021 came together and what we can expect from the upcoming Rubyconf 2021 as a dual virtual and in-person conference.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.rubycentral.org" class="link" target="_blank">Ruby Central</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://railsconf.org" class="link" target="_blank">RailsConf 2021</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://rubyconf.org" class="link" target="_blank">RubyConf 2021 | Denver &amp; Virtual November 8-10!</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/05/14/podcast-338-why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-ruby-developers/" class="link" target="_blank">Stack Overflow Podcast | Podcast 338: Why is it so hard to find Ruby developers</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mghaught?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Marty Haught (@mghaught) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/evanphx?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Mx. Evan Phoenix (@evanphx) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/rubyconf?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">RubyConf (@rubyconf) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/railsconf?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">RailsConf (@railsconf) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul>

Episode 370: From 2 to 15 Engineers with Zach Stradling
<p>Zach Stradling was the first Software Engineer on the original Trainual team. He joins Brittany to discuss how he grew an engineering team from 2 to 15 (spoiler: they are hiring!), how to define engineering culture and their use of service objects.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://trainual.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Trainual | All-In-One Training &amp; Knowledge Platform</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://trainual.com/engineers" class="link" target="_blank">Engineering Careers @ Trainual </a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj9zs_x38vwAhXZVs0KHfJ-A5IQFjATegQIAhAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fslack.com%2Fapps%2FA11MJ51SR-donut&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-MgiUTWsRdIAEoqkB9vql" class="link" target="_blank">Donut | Slack App Directory</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharystradling/" class="link" target="_blank">Zach Stradling on LinkedIn </a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/zachstradling" class="link" target="_blank">Zach Stradling (@zachstradling) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul>

Episode 369: Samvera with Lea Ann Bradford
<p>Lea Ann Bradford is a senior software developer for Notch8, an agency that leverages the Samvera open source community. Lea Ann tells her story of learning to code after being a stay at home mom and she educates Brittany on all things Samvera.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.notch8.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Notch8 - Ruby on Rails Web Application Developers </a><br /></li><li><a href="https://samvera.org/" class="link" target="_blank">Samvera - Open-source digital repository software product</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/samvera" class="link" target="_blank">Samvera Community · GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/samvera/hyrax" class="link" target="_blank">samvera/hyrax: Hyrax is a Ruby on Rails Engine</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/wnb_rb?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/leaabradford?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Lea Ann Bradford (@LeaABradford) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 368: Frontend Bundlers & Snowpacker with Konnor Rogers
<p>Konnor Rogers is a software developer for Veue Inc. He is also the creator of Snowpacker, and he has a deep love for open source. He breaks down Frontend bundlers for Brittany and the up and coming vite_ruby.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.veuelive.com" class="link" target="_blank">Veue Live Streaming</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.theodinproject.com/" class="link" target="_blank">The Odin Project: Your Career in Web Development Starts Here</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ParamagicDev" class="link" target="_blank">ParamagicDev (Konnor Rogers) · GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler" class="link" target="_blank">Source-to-source compiler - Wikipedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://blog.saeloun.com/2020/01/15/rails-6-adds-webpacker-as-default-js-compiler.html" class="link" target="_blank">Webpacker is the new default in Rails 6 | Saeloun Blog</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html" class="link" target="_blank">The Asset Pipeline — Ruby on Rails Guides</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/andrewmcodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" class="link" target="_blank">Andrew Mason (@andrewmcodes) · Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ElMassimo/vite_ruby" class="link" target="_blank">ElMassimo/vite_ruby: Vite.js in Ruby - GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ParamagicDev/snowpacker" class="link" target="_blank">ParamagicDev/snowpacker: A gem to help use Rails with Snowpack - GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/testdouble/standard" class="link" target="_blank">testdouble / standard - Github</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>ExpressVPN</strong></p> <p>ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit.</p> <p>If you visit <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a> right now, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show and protect yourself at <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a>.</p>

Episode 367: Inclusivity and Partner Support with Tay DeHerrera
<p>Tay DeHerrera is a Backend Software Engineer at TextUs. Tay and Brittany discuss getting involved in other initiatives at work and the importance of supporting (and sometimes humoring) a significant other who also writes software.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://turing.edu" class="link" target="_blank">Turing School Of Software And Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://textus.com" class="link" target="_blank">TextUs</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/wnb_rb" class="link" target="_blank">WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/tayjames" class="link" target="_blank">tayjames (Tay James) · GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tay-deherrera/" class="link" target="_blank">Tay DeHerrera on LinkedIn</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 366: Zapped with Purpose with Amy Nadboralski (Powder)
<p>Amy Nadboralski (aka Powder) is a (trans) woman that enjoys programming, video games, and tinkering with electronics. She is currently working primarily with the Ruby programming language as a principal software engineer at Vibes; a mobile engagement platform that helps companies create meaningful connections with their customers.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daiane-souzas" class="link" target="_blank"> Daiane Souza on LinkedIn</a><br /></li><li><a href="[email protected]" class="link" target="_blank">Email Daiane Souza at [email protected]</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/daiaventureira" class="link" target="_blank">Daiane Souza on Github (@daiaventureira)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.vibes.com/platform/" class="link" target="_blank">Mobile Engagement Platform - Vibes</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://usehelix.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Helix: Native Ruby Extensions Without Fear</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/danielpclark/rutie" class="link" target="_blank">danielpclark/rutie: “The Tie Between Ruby and Rust.” - GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ffi/ffi" class="link" target="_blank">ffi/ffi: Ruby FFI - GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/whimsical_amy" class="link" target="_blank">Amy (@whimsical_amy) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p>

Episode 365: I Believe in the Rails Magic with Brittany & Nick
<p>Nick Schwaderer co-hosts with Brittany this week. They discuss Nick's new job at Shopify (!), the interview process and working with the Ruby/Rails core team. They wrap with Nick's promise to discuss Stimulus but that quickly evolves to Hotwire.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.shopify.com/careers" class="link" target="_blank">Careers and Jobs at Shopify</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://gorails.com/episodes/hotwire-rails" class="link" target="_blank">How to use Hotwire in Rails (Example) | GoRails</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/schwad4hd14?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Schwad4HD14 (@Schwad4HD14) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/randysteele/" class="link" target="_blank">Randy Steele&#x27;s LinkedIn</a><br /></li><li><a href="[email protected]" class="link" target="_blank">Email Randy Steele at [email protected]</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 364: A Founder That Can Code with Sean Devine
<p>Sean Devine, CEO of XBE and former host of this show is back to discuss the success of XBE in the past year, the use of Ember at XBE and how if you're a founder that can code, you've already raised your seed round.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.x-b-e.com" class="link" target="_blank">XBE</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/barelyknown" class="link" target="_blank">Sean Devine on Twitter (@barelyknown)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>ExpressVPN</strong></p> <p>ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit.</p> <p>If you visit <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a> right now, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show and protect yourself at <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a>.</p>

Episode 363: Boring Rails & Creating Ruby Content with Matt Swanson
<p>Matt Swanson leads teams and builds products for customers at SEP, a software product design and development agency based in Indianapolis. He runs the blog Boring Rails. Brittany and he chat about producing Ruby content and Matt answers questions from listeners about his approach.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://rubyweekly.com" class="link" target="_blank">Ruby Weekly</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://boringrails.com" class="link" target="_blank">Boring Rails: Skip the bullshit and ship fast</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://boringrails.com/articles/feature-flags-simplest-thing-that-could-work/" class="link" target="_blank">Boring Rails | Feature Flags: The stupid simple way to de-stress production releases</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/_swanson?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">matt swanson (@_swanson) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p>

Episode 362: ActiveModel::Errors with Mark Chao
<p>Mark Chao, or more well known as lulalala, is a happy rubyist from Taiwan. He works at GitLab, and likes to contribute to open source projects. He likes anime and has a hobby to self publish reviews into books/ebooks using Ruby libraries, git and InDesign. He and Brittany discuss ActiveModel::Errors.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://api.rubyonrails.org/v6.1.3/classes/ActiveModel/Errors.html" class="link" target="_blank">ActiveModel::Errors - Ruby on Rails API</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/32313" class="link" target="_blank">rails / rails Pull Request: Model error as object</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/lulalala/adequate_errors" class="link" target="_blank">lulalala / adequate_errors</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://code.lulalala.com/2020/0531-1013.html" class="link" target="_blank">Rails 6.1&#x27;s ActiveModel Errors Revamp | All talk but no code</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_Further_than_the_Universe" class="link" target="_blank">A Place Further than the Universe</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/lulalala_it?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">lulalala_it (@lulalala_it) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 361: Ruby Garbage Collection and WNB.rb with Jemma Issroff
<p>Jemma Issroff is currently writing a book about managed garbage collection, with a focus on Ruby. She is passionate about making the tech industry a more inclusive space through teaching, mentoring, and community building. An avid Ruby blogger, she also writes the “Tip of the Week” for Ruby Weekly. Jemma has worked extensively as a backend and infrastructure software developer optimizing memory usage and performance in Ruby and Rails apps.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://jemma.dev" class="link" target="_blank">Jemma Issroff&#x27;s Personal Site </a><br /></li><li><a href="https://jemma.dev/blog/gc-generational" class="link" target="_blank">Ruby Garbage Collection Deep Dive</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://rubyweekly.com" class="link" target="_blank">Ruby Weekly</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wnbrb-march-2021-tickets-145109623791" class="link" target="_blank">WNB.rb March 2021 Meetup Details and Ticketing</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jemmaissroff?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Jemma Issroff (@JemmaIssroff) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Mint Mobile</strong></p> <p>As the first company to sell premium wireless service online-only, Mint Mobile lets you maximize your savings with plans starting at JUST $15 a month. To get your new unlimited wireless plan and get the plan shipped to your door for free, go to <a href="https://mintmobile.com/ruby">https://mintmobile.com/ruby</a>.</p>

Episode 360: Alacrity for Rails and Hiring with Jack Collier
<p>A force of positivity, Jack Collier is the co-founder and CTO of Atlantis Technology. Jack has been developing software for more than 20 years, and an enthusiastic Rails developer since 2005. He's worked on more than 75 different Rails projects of all shapes and sizes.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.atlantistech.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Atlantis Technology</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://poignant.guide" class="link" target="_blank">Why&#x27;s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/code-school-rails-for-zombies" class="link" target="_blank">Code School: Rails for Zombies | Pluralsight</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/imnotquitejack" class="link" target="_blank">Jack Collier on Twitter (@imnotquitejack)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 359: Diffend, Security and Running with Ruby with Maciej Mensfeld
<p>Maciej Mensfeld is a Software Architect with experience in a wide variety of business applications built using multiple Ruby frameworks. He is particularly interested in code quality assurance and OSS supply chain security. He is an active OSS contributor and maintainer of various projects including Karafka and Diffend.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://castle.io/" class="link" target="_blank">Castle.io - Castle - Security Automation</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/karafka/karafka" class="link" target="_blank">karafka/karafka: Framework for Apache Kafka</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://diffend.io" class="link" target="_blank">Diffend </a><br /></li><li><a href="https://mensfeld.pl" class="link" target="_blank">Running with Ruby</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://mensfeld.pl/2021/01/how-requiring-a-gem-can-mess-up-your-already-running-application/" class="link" target="_blank">How requiring a gem can mess up your already running application</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-warns-enterprises-of-new-dependency-confusion-attack-technique/" class="link" target="_blank">Microsoft warns enterprises of new &#x27;dependency confusion&#x27; attack technique</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/maciejmensfeld?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Maciej Mensfeld (@maciejmensfeld) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>ExpressVPN</strong></p> <p>ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit.</p> <p>If you visit <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a> right now, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show and protect yourself at <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a>.</p> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">Scout APM</a> a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.</p> <p><strong>Headspace</strong></p> <p>You deserve to feel happier, and Headspace is meditation made simple.</p> <p>That’s <a href="https://www.headspace.com/code?code=RAILS">headspace.com/rails</a> for a free one month trial with access to Headspace’s full library of meditations for every situation.</p>

Episode 358: Sales for Software Developers with Evie Zawada
<p>We’re continuing our Developer Life Series. Brittany tapped her good friend, Evie Zawada, to guest on the podcast to discuss sales tactics, identifying personas and how important it is to listen. She offers advice for developers who might find themselves selling a product or themselves for a job.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-zawada-10453861/" class="link" target="_blank">Evie Zawada on LinkedIn</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p>

Episode 357: CSS is a Cat with Utah Newman
<p>Utah Newman is a self taught Front end engineer with a passion for accessibility at Brightwheel. She and Brittany discuss the origin story behind her cat, border-radius: 50%, how important help is and how to navigate ADHD as a developer.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://mybrightwheel.com/about/" class="link" target="_blank">Careers - brightwheel</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/theutahkate?lang=en" class="link" target="_blank">Utah Kate Newman (@TheUtahKate) | Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Mint Mobile</strong></p> <p>As the first company to sell premium wireless service online-only, Mint Mobile lets you maximize your savings with plans starting at JUST $15 a month. To get your new unlimited wireless plan and get the plan shipped to your door for free, go to <a href="https://mintmobile.com/ruby">https://mintmobile.com/ruby</a>.</p>

Episode 356: Fireside Chat on the State of Hiring with Brian Mariani
<p>Brian Mariani is the founder of Mirror Placement, a Ruby on Rails focused recruiting firm. He is back on the podcast to discuss the current boom in hiring, remote working, rusty decision making and the drive to love whom you are working with.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.mirrorplacement.com/rails" class="link" target="_blank">Contact Mirror Placement (and Brian!)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experience firsthand why Rails developers worldwide call Scout their best friend. 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 <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">scoutapm.com/rubyonrails</a>.</p> <p><strong>Raygun</strong></p> <p>Save time, money, and sanity by visiting <a href="https://raygun.com/ruby">Raygun.com/ruby</a> and join thousands of software teams who use Raygun every day to ship better quality code, faster. It takes just minutes to set up and starts from as little as $4 per month.</p> <p><strong>Headspace</strong></p> <p>You deserve to feel happier, and Headspace is meditation made simple.</p> <p>That’s <a href="https://www.headspace.com/code?code=RAILS">headspace.com/rails</a> for a free one month trial with access to Headspace’s full library of meditations for every situation.</p>

Episode 355: Asynchronous Adaptability with JF Lalonde
<p>A graduate of the Turing School, JF Lalonde is a senior software engineer at TextUs. JF is passionate about writing clean, well-tested and well-documented code, mentoring others and maximizing productivity with asynchronicity.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Visual-Learners-Chris-Charuhas/dp/0970747926" class="link" target="_blank">HTML &amp; JavaScript for Visual Learners</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://turing.io" class="link" target="_blank">Turing School</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://textus.com" class="link" target="_blank">TextUs</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://basecamp.com/guides/how-we-communicate" class="link" target="_blank">Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/" class="link" target="_blank">Deep Work by Cal Newport</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://jf.codes" class="link" target="_blank">JF&#x27;s Personal Site</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/JF-Lalonde" class="link" target="_blank">JF-Lalonde (JF Lalonde) · GitHub</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sprngr_" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://incompetech.com" class="link" target="_blank">Episode Music: &quot;Funkorama&quot; by Kevin MacLeod</a><br /></li></ul><h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><strong>ExpressVPN</strong></p> <p>ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit.</p> <p>If you visit <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a> right now, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show and protect yourself at <a href="https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY">https://EXPRESSVPN.com/RUBY</a>.</p> <p><strong>Scout APM</strong></p> <p>Give <a href="https://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails">Scout APM</a> a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.</p>