Rooftop Ruby Podcast

Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper
  • 3.7 (3)
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Rooftop Ruby Podcast

Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.

  1. FEB 20

    40: Brought to You by McVities

    Send us a text Joel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub. Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful comparison for himself. Links: SvelteTurbo MountInertia RailsJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    1h 35m

  2. FEB 2

    39: I Just Want Some Structure

    Send us a text Exciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say. This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support folder on his Mac, and we talk Xcode, text editors, and Difftastic. Joel goes in-depth on Tree-sitter and writing a SQLite parser. Plus, we discuss task management apps. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    1h 14m

  3. 12/05/2024

    Semantic and Other Versioning Systems

    Send us a text Thanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning. Versioning systems on Wikipedia Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    39 min

  4. 11/20/2024

    Literal 1.0 and Where We’ve Been

    Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    59 min

  5. 07/03/2024

    When You See It, You Know It

    Send us a text Join the Rooftop Ruby Discord! Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car? The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at Madison Ruby! Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    33 min

  6. 02/07/2024

    35: Kind of Cool and Interesting

    Send us a text Quickdraw (Joel's testing library)QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS)Russian doll cachingN+1 queries and how to solve itJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    39 min

  7. 01/30/2024

    34: They Do Communicate to a Degree

    Send us a text Joel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    40 min

  8. 12/14/2023

    33: You Had Me at Battlesnake With ChaelCodes

    Send us a text Rachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies. chael.codes (all Rachael's links)Rachael on MastodonBattlesnakeChaelCodes on Twitch Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

    54 min
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Ratings & Reviews

3.7
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.

Information

  • Creator
    Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Rooftop Ruby Podcast
  • Show Website
    Rooftop Ruby Podcast

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