The Ruby on Rails Podcast

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The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

MAY 21

Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke

Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end Show Notes * https://userlist.com/ * https://slowandsteadypodcast.com/ * https://bsky.app/profile/benediktdeicke.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at flippercloud.io/rails (https://www.flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

28 min
MAY 7

Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls

Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails) Show Notes * www.betterwithbecky.com * www.gram.betterwithbecky.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

39 min
APR 23

Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea

Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails Show Notes * https://judoscale.com/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/ * https://bsky.app/profile/adamlogic.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

32 min
APR 9

Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt

Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show Notes * letsjelly.com/rails * https://goodenough.us/ Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

35 min
MAR 5

Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

30 min
FEB 12

Episode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe Masilotti

Today's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the show to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps. Show Notes Hotwire Native For Rails Developers (https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative/hotwire-native-for-rails-developers/) Joe Masilotti’s Website (https://masilotti.com/) Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

36 min
JAN 22

Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon

This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different ownership! Show Notes - p3.dev (op3.dev) - verygoodsoftware.company (verygoodsoftware.company) - flippercloud.io (flippercloud.io) - John's Website (johnnunemaker.com) - Garrett's Website (garrettdimon.com)

34 min
JAN 2

Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn

In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn

37 min

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Highly recommend!

06/23/2023

mvelasco07

I recently discovered Ruby on Rails and have been consistently impress by the wealth of knowledge and insights shared in each episode. I truly learn something every time I tune in. Highly recommend tuning in!
Has potential

11/27/2024

elikl02

But I didn’t get very far in. When I heard her say that she used she her pronouns I knew she was a sheep and promptly unsubscribed. Bye bye. You might be smart but you can’t keep your politics out of software development.
Fantastic Show

06/05/2022

Druby27

Brittany is one of the best podcast hosts. She asks wonderful questions and brings out the best in her guests. Funny, insightful, and enlightening.
Love the in-depth technical convos

03/21/2022

Gumatias1988

I just finished listening to a couple of episodes. I decided to subscribe after consistently listening to the guests who seemed more like “day-to-day” and less celebrity-like rockstar programmers who actually implemented the smaller but still significant solutions they talk about. I like the technical depth the host asks the questions and give the guests enough time to expand on the details as much as they need without pressuring then to wrap up or give a bite sized response. I can relate to the guests and been enjoying learning about their different backgrounds and experiences working through certain specific technical challenges. Thanks and keep up the great work!

The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.