The Ruby on Rails Podcast

<p>Brian wants to hear about webhooks so this is The Webhooks Episode. Learn about the tips and tricks for building a webhooks service, where you may run into trouble, and how to be a good consumer.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://do.co/ruby">Digital Ocean</a> (Get started today with a free 2 month trial of Spaces by going to <a href="http://do.co/ruby">do.co/ruby</a>).</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://hellofresh.com">HelloFresh</a> (For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit <a href="http://hellofresh.com">hellofresh.com</a> and enter promo code RAILS30).</p></li> </ul>

<p>This week, Britt takes Kyle's spot and interviews Ben Orenstein about what he's been up to lately. Knight takes @r00k. Checkmate.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://do.co/ruby">Digital Ocean</a> (Get started today with a free 2 month trial of Spaces by going to <a href="http://do.co/ruby">do.co/ruby</a>).</li> </ul>

<p>If you're remote, you know that time zones can be rough. This week, Kyle speaks to Joel about his recent remote experiences, how to unwind when you're remote, and the best way to eat a bunch of junk fair food.</p>

<p>Brian joins Kyle again this week to talk CSS, pre-compilers, and the greatest in front-end design. We talk Boostrap, SCSS, asset pipeline, and how far we've come on the front-end in the last few years.</p>

<p>Britt is back this week with Kyle to give an update on her conference talk experience. We talk using ActionCable in the wild, Encrypted Secrets, and how to get Alexa to whisper to you.</p>

<p>This week, Kyle chats with Wynn Netherland from Librato about his REST API history, what building APIs with Rails and Ruby is like these days, and what he thinks about GraphQL in its quest to be the new Platform.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Sign up and get the Bootstrap Plan for free!</li> </ul>

<p>This week Kyle is joined again by Britt who is giving a few talks coming up. Kyle and Britt talk about preparation styles, tips for giving talks, and how to not become a viral video. Also, Britt discusses how having more real-time information in her Rails app would be useful and the pros and cons of a few options.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Sign up and get the Bootstrap Plan for free!</li> <li><a href="http://promo.linode.com/rubyonrails">Linode</a> (Visit the link to get a $20 Linode credit on a new account).</li> </ul>

<p>Kyle is joined by Brian who has made a cross country move back to the mid-west. Brian talks about a new project that he's looking to undertake and how to get started solving it with Rails. Finally, we check back in on programming fonts.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Sign up and get the Bootstrap Plan for free!</li> <li><a href="http://promo.linode.com/rubyonrails">Linode</a> (Visit the link to get a $20 Linode credit on a new account).</li> </ul>

<p>Kyle is joined by Joel to get an update on Shubox, its redesign, and what it's like to be Product Hunted. They discuss some reports of Rails' death and what it means for developers. Spoiler alert: the reports are greatly exaggerated.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Sign up and get the Bootstrap Plan for free!</li> </ul>

<p>After a bit of a haitus, Kyle is back and introducing you to the newest co-host, Britt Martin! Learn about her background and the group affinity for Hamilton.</p> <p>The Ruby on Rails Podcast returns weekly starting August 1st!</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Sign up and get the Bootstrap Plan for free!</li> </ul>

<p>With Patriot's Day arriving soon to take over Boston, Kyle invites Joel back to talk about what he's been up to, GraphQL finally hitting the big time, and what it's like to be in Boston on Marathon Monday.</p>

<p>On this episode, Brian joins again to talk about the consequences of poor design when it comes to air travel. We talk about dog-fooding, flying away, and how Delta could best spend their money. It's all technology related, I promise.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://promo.linode.com/rubyonrails">Linode</a> (Visit the link to get a $20 Linode credit on a new account).</li> </ul>

<p>This week Joel returns to join Kyle with talk of RailsConf 2017, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and what it's like to be a lower-case Rubyist.</p>

<p>This week I invite Brian Nelson, a friend who is a designer and developer, to talk about what it's like to use Rails as a designer, how he handle developers doing design, and talk about a few new fonts and editor tools.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://casper.com/rubyonrails">Casper</a> (Visit <a href="http://casper.com/rubyonrails">Casper.com/rubyonrails</a> and use the code RUBYONRAILS for $50 towards your new mattress).</li> </ul>

<p>We're back! This week I introduce Joel Oliveira, one of my new recurring co-hosts. We learn a little about Joel, how we met, his side project Shubox, what it's really like using Rails 5, and a bit about ORMs.</p> <h4>Brought to you by:</h4> <p><a href="https://well.tc/rormobiledev">Mobile Dev + Test Conference</a> (Use the code 'rormobile' to receive $200 off your conference registration fee. That’s up to $600 off if you register by Feb 24. Learn more at <a href="https://well.tc/rormobiledev">https://well.tc/rormobiledev</a>.</p>

<p>This week I chat with Mike Perham who is the creator, owner, and operator of Sidekiq. We talk about running a successful open source project, how to make some money and keep your sanity, and a little bit about the future with Crystal. Also, have you heard about Pokemon Go?</p> <p>We'll catch up on GraphQL Summit and talk about being a solo co-host.</p> <h3>Brought to you by:</h3> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a> (To learn more visit Braintreepayments.com/railspodcast)</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://hired.com/rubyonrailspodcast">Hired</a> (Visit <a href="http://hired.com/rubyonrailspodcast">Hired.com/rubyonrailspodcast</a> to learn more and to DOUBLE the normal $1,000 hiring bonus.That’s right: earn $2,000 for finding your next chapter on Hired).</p></li> </ul>

<p>In this episode, Kyle is joined by Mike McQuaid, a maintainer on Homebrew, to talk about open source, how Homebrew works, and the hardest part of running a huge package manager for Macs. Let's give this new format a try!</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>After many wonderful episodes, we're wishing Sean a fine farewell as he takes his leave from the podcast. We'll also catch up on what Sean's up to and how Kyle's release of the GitHub GraphQL API at Universe went.</p> <h3>Brought to you by:</h3> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://devbootcamp.com/ruby">DevBootcamp.com/ruby</a> (Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers).</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a> (To learn more visit Braintreepayments.com/railspodcast)</p></li> </ul>

<p>The boys are back in town! Coming off an early summer hiatus, Sean and Kyle catch up, chat about Rails 5, Kyle gives an update on his project, and we all recall the sound of Sean and Kyle's voices.</p> <p><a href="http://devbootcamp.com/ruby">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Following up on Episode #214, Sean talks about his decision to follow no advice and go his own way by extracting a service from one of his projects. Hubris? Let's find out together.</p> <h3>Brought to you by:</h3> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://devbootcamp.com/ruby">DevBootcamp.com/ruby</a> (Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers).</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a> (To learn more visit Braintreepayments.com/railspodcast)</p></li> </ul>

<p>Recorded in the morning, with spunk.</p> <p><a href="http://devbootcamp.com/ruby">Dev Bootcamp</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Fewer frogs, more programming, and an interview with Jay McGavren, author of "Head First Ruby". The waiting is the hardest part.</p> <p><a href="http://devbootcamp.com/ruby">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle cover all the topics. GraphQL, missing EmberConf, rupbyonrails.org demo app doubts, Echo v Siri, Moscow Mules, Tiki cups, when to ship, and so-much-more. Hold your piece!</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="devbootcamp.com">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p>

<p>Sean, Kyle, and a chorus of small frogs discuss the Game Developers Conference, eating alone, atrophic organs, Slack vs Basecamp, the cost of abstractions, and tips for adding new team members.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Get the context, insights and control you need to find and fix bugs faster. With a lot less noise.</p> <p><a href="devbootcamp.com">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p>

<p>In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss a teamwork seminar that Kyle recently attended, how to be a good coach, Fireball whiskey, and lumberjack style.</p> <p>There's also a new segment of Shipped It!, our ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>, our favorite application monitoring solution. Use the promo code SHIPPEDIT and you'll receive an additional month free (beyond the standard free month) from <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>. This week's Shipped It! segment is about staging servers.</p> <p><a href="devbootcamp.com">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p> <p><a href="http://rollbar.com/ruby">Rollbar</a>: Get the context, insights and control you need to find and and fix bugs faster. With a lot less noise.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss Kyle's decision to finish his college degree.</p> <p>There's also a new segment of Shipped It!, our ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>, our favorite application monitoring solution. Use the promo code SHIPPEDIT and you'll receive an additional month free (beyond the standard free month) from <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>. This week's Shipped It! segment is about unified notifications.</p> <p><a href="devbootcamp.com">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Sean is falling apart! We talk about the physical challenges of programming and how to prevent and deal with wrist, hand, back, eye, leg, and other challenges.</p> <p>No Shipped It! segment this week, but we'll be back with a new one next week. Shipped It! is an ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>, our favorite application monitoring solution. Use the promo code SHIPPEDIT and you'll receive an additional month free (beyond the standard free month) from <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>.</p> <p><a href="devbootcamp.com">devbootcamp.com/ruby</a>: Thinking about becoming a software developer? Check out Dev Bootcamp, the original, short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers.</p>

<p>Kyle and Sean talk about Kyle's trip to Dean Kamen's house/hanger and preview Rails 5. Plus, a new Shipped It! episode about Kyle's ongoing quest to removed a complicated serialized attribute.</p> <p>Shipped It! is an ongoing series about what it takes to manage an application after it's let loose in the wild. The series is produced in partnership with <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>, our favorite application monitoring solution. Use the promo code SHIPPEDIT and you'll receive an additional month free (beyond the standard free month) from <a href="https://appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle are back to talk about Sean's Little Professor replica in Ember, plus the debut of Shipped It!, a new segment about managing applications that have already been shipped. There's also a bit of time at the end for a good mailbag question.</p> <p>Presented in partnership with <a href="http://www.appsignal.com/?utm_source=shippedit">AppSignal</a>.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://medium.com/@barelyknown/recreating-little-professor-in-ember-8870e140654a#.csvwyhy6t" class="link" target="_blank">Recreating Little Professor in Ember</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://littleprofessor.barelyknown.com" class="link" target="_blank">Little Professor Replica</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/barelyknown/little-professor" class="link" target="_blank">github.com/barelyknown/little-professor</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/github/scientist" class="link" target="_blank">github.com/github/scientist</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/technoweenie/serialized_attributes" class="link" target="_blank">github.com/technoweenie/serialized_attributes</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Kyle and Sean talk about Sean's experience this week moving an application out of development and into production.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://squarespace.com">Squarespace</a>: A better web starts with your website.</p>

<p>Sam Lambert, Director of Systems at GitHub, joins Sean and Kyle to talk about how to choose the right systems for the job. The conversation gets interesting right quick!</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://casper.com">Casper</a>: Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting <a href="http://casper.com/rubyonrails">casper.com/rubyonrails</a> and use the code RUBYONRAILS. Terms and Conditions Apply.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle are stressed! In this episode, they talk through how they got there and try to come up with an inner peace game plan.</p> <p><a href="http://squarespace.com">Squarespace</a>: A better web starts with your website.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Kyle teaches Sean some lessons about implementing and scaling webhook APIs.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="https://appsignal.com/5by5/?utm_source=5by5">AppSignal</a> is a monitoring tool for Ruby applications. Unlike other tools they provide both performance and exception / error monitoring for your web actions and background jobs. You can start a free trial and try AppSignal for 30 days without entering a credit card. Pricing starts at 19 dollars for monthly plans. Use code 5by5 for a 10% discount or the first year! They'll also send a pack of stroopwafels to every new customers that starts pushing data and lets us know that they've come through the podcast.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle talk about the economics of open source software.</p> <p><a href="http://squarespace.com">Squarespace</a>: A better web starts with your website.</p> <p><a href="https://appsignal.com/5by5/?utm_source=5by5">AppSignal</a> is a monitoring tool for Ruby applications. Unlike other tools they provide both performance and exception / error monitoring for your web actions and background jobs. You can start a free trial and try AppSignal for 30 days without entering a credit card. Pricing starts at 19 dollars for monthly plans. Use code 5by5 for a 10% discount or the first year! They'll also send a pack of stroopwafels to every new customers that starts pushing data and lets us know that they've come through the podcast.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Kyle returns from GitHub Universe and tells Sean all about the new GitHub Integrations Directory, a service that he's been working on this year that just shipped. Plus, a teeny sneak peak at the upcoming money-in-open-source-software conversation.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://appsignal.com/5by5/?utm_source=5by5">AppSignal</a> is a monitoring tool for Ruby applications. Unlike other tools they provide both performance and exception / error monitoring for your web actions and background jobs. You can start a free trial and try AppSignal for 30 days without entering a credit card. Pricing starts at 19 dollars for monthly plans. Use code 5by5 for a 10% discount or the first year! They'll also send a pack of stroopwafels to every new customers that starts pushing data and lets us know that they've come through the podcast.</p>

<p>Mike Coutermarsh from Product Hunt joins Sean Devine as guest cohost to give a behind-the-scenes look at Product Hunt. Topics include Product Hunt's new features, its technical architecture and transition to an API-first development style, and their successful experience with Heroku.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://dotblock.com">Dotblock</a> is the place to get scalable Solid State Drive based cloud VPS hosting with root access in under a minute. To learn more about Dotblock just visit <a href="http://dotblock.com">dotblock.com</a> and use the code RUPBYONRAILS to get your first trial month for just $1.</p> <p><a href="https://appsignal.com/5by5/?utm_source=5by5">AppSignal</a> is a monitoring tool for Ruby applications. Unlike other tools they provide both performance and exception / error monitoring for your web actions and background jobs. You can start a free trial and try AppSignal for 30 days without entering a credit card. Pricing starts at 19 dollars for monthly plans. Use code 5by5 for a 10% discount or the first year! They'll also send a pack of stroopwafels to every new customers that starts pushing data and lets us know that they've come through the podcast.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle debrief on the successful (phew!) API-First training seminar, and talk about the upcoming GitHub Universe conference.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://casper.com">Casper</a>: Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting <a href="http://casper.com/rubyonrails">casper.com/rubyonrails</a> and use the code RUBYONRAILS. Terms and Conditions Apply.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle talk about differences between enterprise applications and consumer applications, and treating the human UI as the exception state. They also answer a handful of questions from listener Colin Rubbert.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle discuss how to be an effective remote team member, and how to build an effective remote team. Plus a bit of a twins update.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Two primary topics this week:</p> <ol> <li><p>Overcoming legacy code. Kyle describes the lessons that he's learned being the primary maintainer of a legacy code base. (Lots of good advice here).</p></li> <li><p>Building Rails Engines. Sean describes his experience building a Rails engine to interface with FancyHands.</p></li> </ol> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/togglepro/task_master" class="link" target="_blank">github.com/togglepro/task_master</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p>

<p>Kyle and Sean discuss the unavoidable existence and importance of your personal <em>brand</em> as a programmer. Plus the usual follow up and dog barking.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/blog/1479-kyle-daigle-is-a-githubber" class="link" target="_blank">Kyle Daigle is a GitHubber!</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/barelyknown/linotype" class="link" target="_blank">barelyknown/linotype (Sean's letterpress solver)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.barelyknown.com/blog/2014/11/14/automatically-tracking-holidaybullshitcom-orders-with-google-sheets" class="link" target="_blank">Tracking holidaybullshit.com Orders With Google Sheets</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.barelyknown.com/blog/2014/11/13/d6q2mihtpbtehi3u6sh7z8vc7rnr4f" class="link" target="_blank">Daily Fantasy Sports (FanDuel) NBA Optimization Model</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">Braintree</a>: An easy way to accept multiple payment types with one integration. Quick, knowledgeable developer support if you have any questions. Start accepting Apple Pay, PayPal, Bitcoin, Venmo, cards, and whatever’s next. With the Braintree v dot zero SDK — one small snippet of code, and you’re all set up in less than 10 minutes. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to <a href="http://braintreepayments.com/railspodcast">braintreepayments.com/railspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p>

<p>Sean and Kyle talk mostly about programming-related employment and labor topics including recruiters, bootcamps, 10X developers, and technocrats. You'll either love it or hate it!</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/barelyknown/casper_pets" class="link" target="_blank">barelyknown/casper_pets</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/barelyknown/status/526345482009067520" class="link" target="_blank">Tweet with stats from casper.com about cosleeping with pets</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://apifirst.training" class="link" target="_blank">http://apifirst.training</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://casper.com">Casper</a>: Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting <a href="http://casper.com/rubyonrails">casper.com/rubyonrails</a> and use the code RUBYONRAILS. Terms and Conditions Apply.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>

<p>Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle prognosticate on the future of Rails, discuss Sean's experience thus far with the FancyHands API for outbound call automation, talk about README cultures, and announce Sean's API-first development training seminar.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://lotusrb.org" class="link" target="_blank">Lotus - A complete web framework in Ruby</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.phoenixframework.org" class="link" target="_blank">Phoenix Framework</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.fancyhands.com/developer" class="link" target="_blank">FancyHands API</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/larrygebhardt/status/624660525285277696" class="link" target="_blank">Sean becomes core team member of jsonapi-resources</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://apifirst.training" class="link" target="_blank">apifirst.training - Sean's API-first development seminar - online Sep 16-18th</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>

<p>Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle talk about the recently completed GitHub Summit, conference/dinner strategies, the github/scientist library, a potential Elixir codecation, and so much more. And Kyle sounds a bit better ;)</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p>

<p>Sean Devine and Kyle Daigle talk about the GitHub Summit (this week) & outage (last week), working in silence, ActionCable (tests, collaboration, copyright), Sean's JSON API talk at Boston Ember, and SELF HELP.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://status.github.com/messages/2015-07-06" class="link" target="_blank">GitHub Status - 2015-07-06</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/rails/actioncable" class="link" target="_blank">rails/actioncable</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Q-PmQshqg&t=2960" class="link" target="_blank">JSON API 1.0 talk at Boston Ember</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/cerebris/jsonapi-resources/pull/290" class="link" target="_blank">Configure exception class whitelist to be reraised by operations processors. Pull Request #290 · cerebris/jsonapi-resources</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p> <p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p>

<p>Kyle Daigle joins Sean Devine as cohost to kick off a new season of the Ruby on Rails Podcasts (woohoo!). Topics include Atom 1.0, RSpec 3.3, API documentation, OS contributions, and "Who Moved my Cheese?". You're gonna like-it-a-lot.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kdaigle" class="link" target="_blank">@kdaigle</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://blog.atom.io/2015/06/25/atom-1-0.html" class="link" target="_blank">Atom 1.0</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://rspec.info/blog/2015/06/rspec-3-3-has-been-released/" class="link" target="_blank">RSpec 3.3 has been released!</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/zipmark/rspec_api_documentation" class="link" target="_blank">github.com/zipmark/rspec_api_documentation</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/atom/open-on-github/pull/46" class="link" target="_blank">atom: Add "Copy Permalink" based on SHA</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/seejohnrun/ice_cube/pull/295" class="link" target="_blank">ice_cube: Parse time zones when creating schedules from ICAL; fix DST test bug</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/cerebris/jsonapi-resources/pull/288" class="link" target="_blank">jsonapi-resources: Add support for creating resources with polymorphic has one and has many.</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>

<p>Chris Ball joins Sean Devine to talk about his <em>great</em> website, <a href="http://fromrailstoember.com">fromrailstoember.com</a>.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://fromrailstoember.com" class="link" target="_blank">fromrailstoember.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/cball_" class="link" target="_blank">@cball_</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://echobind.com" class="link" target="_blank">echobind.com</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalocean.com">DigitalOcean</a>: DigitalOcean provides simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Create a cloud server in 55 seconds--and for as little as $5 per month! Use code <code>RubyPodcast</code> and receive a $10 credit.</p>

<p>Toran Billups provides Sean Devine with some Ember counseling.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://toranbillups.com" class="link" target="_blank">toranbillups.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://github.com/toranb/ember-cli-simple-store" class="link" target="_blank">toranb/ember-cli-simple-store</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b1vcg_XSR8" class="link" target="_blank">EMBERCONF 2015 - TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT BY EXAMPLE</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/toranb" class="link" target="_blank">@toranb</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29805972/how-can-i-avoid-scrolling-to-top-of-viewport-when-adding-record-using-pushpayloa" class="link" target="_blank">stackoverflow: How can I avoid scrolling to top of viewport when adding record using pushPayload?</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Eric Steele joins Sean Devine to discuss @dhh's RailsConf 2015 keynote.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/genericsteele" class="link" target="_blank">@genericsteele</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlX9i9Icno" class="link" target="_blank">RailsConf Keynote (~23 minutes in)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12-90Dm-Qs" class="link" target="_blank">EmberConf 2015 Keynote</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Eric Steele joins Sean Devine to preview Railsconf 2015. Whether you're going (like Eric) or not (like Sean), you'll like this episode.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/genericsteele" class="link" target="_blank">@genericsteele</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://railsconf.com" class="link" target="_blank">railsconf.com</a><br /></li></ul><p><a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com</a>: Your lynda.com membership will give you unlimited access to training on hundreds of topics--all for one flat rate. Whether you’re looking to become an industry expert, you’re passionate about a hobby, or you just want to learn something new, I want you to visit <a href="http://lynda.com/rubyonrails">lynda.com/rubyonrails</a> and sign up for your FREE 10-day trial.</p> <p><a href="http://codeship.io/5by5ruby">Codeship</a>: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.</p>