On today’s episode, Charles Max Wood and Jerome Hardaway discuss Packaging Ruby with Nell Shamrell-Harrington. Nell is an expert Software Development Engineer at Chef Software. Tune in to learn how you can provide viable packaging solutions!Special Guest: Nell Shamrell-Harrington. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support ....
Jan 19, 2017•54 min
1:25 - Is a bootcamp the best way for someone to enter programming?7:25 - Learning social skills for working with development teams How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey Corporate Confidential by Cynthia Shapiro 9:25 - Getting a well-rounded education20:00 - Learning how to find a job and have a career27:20 - The responsibility of code schools on helping you find a job30:55 - Job searches for the programmer32:30 - Pi...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 7 min
00:30 - Introducing Brandon Hilkert Build a Ruby Gem 25% off for Ruby Rogues’ listeners! Twitter Github Blog/Website 3:55 - Building gems and the community 8:30 - Brandon’s process for creating gems (for beginners) 14:45 - Testing gems 17:00 - Writing the whole system into a gem vs breaking it up 26:15 - Why build Suckerpunch ? Blog post 33:50 - What does it take to publish a gem? Ruby Gems 35:45 - “Gotchas” to publishing a gem 40:00 - Releasing gems that the community doesn’t need Picks: ThinkG...
Dec 21, 2016•51 min
00:45 - What deployments have we used?3:22 - Heroku 5:10 - Dev/prod parity10:30 - Deployment stories11:50 - Continuous deployment CircleCI SnapCI 15:55 - Working with clients that are anti-testing and writing tests28:50 - Server setup Docker Chef 34:05 - Nginx and Passenger 39:35 - Handling caching issues and increasing server space44:25 - Methods for deploying46:30 - Team size and deployment Capistrano 49:40 - Monitoring tools Code Climate Honey Badger Zabbix NewRelic TrackJS JSJ 138 with Todd ...
Dec 14, 2016•46 min
00:25 - Introducing Jay McGavren Head First Ruby Github 1:20 - Teaching style and joining Treehouse 4:35 - Head First Ruby’s ideal audience8:00 - Challenges with teaching11:30 - Writing Head First Ruby 12:50 - Doing research Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load by Ruth Clark 15:20 - Reader feedback16:05 - Hangups when learning Ruby20:45 - Searching for error messages23:20 - Early days of programming24:20 - Jay’s switch from Pearl to Ruby30:50 - Building a th...
Dec 07, 2016•58 min
00:45 - Introducing the Wood brothers and their work Upgrade Rails Hint.io Ben’s Twitter Joshua’s Twitter 3:05 - Upgrading Rails without breaking it6:25 - Working with clients with technical debt12:20 - Frequently seen projects and clients14:45 - Upgrading clients from older versions of Rails22:50 - Why do clients push off upgrading?28:10 - How do you know when it’s time to upgrade?34:35 - Finding the right clients Website Ruby Weekly 37:50 - Avoiding technical debt Rails Xss gem Bundler 40:30 -...
Nov 30, 2016•53 min
00:40 - Introducing Cameron Dutro Lumosity Cameron’s talk at Rails Remote Conf Github Twitter 2:15 - What is the Asset Pipeline?5:35 - Problems and limitations of the Asset Pipeline8:10 - Cameron’s biggest frustration with the Asset Pipeline14:45 - Doing it the Rails way, the Angular way, or the React way20:25 - Keeping your Webpack and Asset Pipeline separate: Working with Javascript and Rails Browserify Rails https://rails-assets.org 31:45 - Creating your own preprocessor for putting a file fo...
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr
00:35 - Introducing Sam Joseph Agile Ventures Github Twitter 2:15 - All about Agile Ventures6:25 - Social innovations9:30 - Common needs of charity organizations15:15 - Origins and growth of Agile Ventures19:19 - Website One22:00 - Goals for the future of Agile Ventures24:40 - Getting involved sam@agileventures.org AG sign up 29:00 - Finding motivated team members and using MOOC32:40 - Connecting with your team and building up confidence37:40 - Direct Messaging42:10 - Fear of asking questions on...
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 10 min
00:15 - Fabio’s experience writing the first Portuguese Ruby on Rails book Fabio’s blog Twitter Facebook 7:35 - Effect on Fabio’s career9:10 - Sharing your knowledge without being an expert11:30 - Is Ruby still exciting? Should you learn a new language?18:50 - Using a different language and returning to Ruby22:30 - Learning Crystal 24:20 - Building a new project and choosing a technology32:20 - Retiring from Ruby Conf Brazil Blog post about Ruby Conf Brazil The Conf Picks: Toastmasters Internati...
Nov 09, 2016•1 hr
00:55 - Why study React on Rails? Justin Gordon’s Youtube 04:30 - Redux07:40 - Using React on parts of an app and not the whole11:05 - Jsx, Webpack, and Hot Module Reloading React-webpack-rails-tutorial 16:05 - Integrating React with Ruby on Rails19:55 - Libraries25:05 - Is React on Rails automatic? React on Rails Website 28:30 - Server rendering30:55 - Gaps between server rendering and page loading34:00 - Decision trees: Angular or React Email justin@shakacode.com for an email to the React on R...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 2 min
00:25 - Why Ruby is still relevant06:30 - How we got started with Ruby08:20 - Why are people saying Ruby is dying?13:00 - The Ruby community15:00 - Debating the “waste of time” argument20:05 - Learning other languages23:50 - The “pie”27:05 - Revitalizing Ruby38:15 - Advice for the worrierPicks: Angular for Rails Developers by Jason Swett (Jerome) Vets Who Code (Jason) The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (Jason) Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin (Jason)Going outside (Jason) Gitla...
Oct 26, 2016•9 min
00:42 - Introducing Jason Swett Angular on Rails Use the code “rubyrogues” to get $10 off your purchase Twitter Email: jason@angularonrails.com 2:20 - Angular or Rails?4:40 - Real-time data modeling9:00 - Angular CLI11:15 - Structuring Angular and Rails apps16:50 - Should beginners learn Angular or Rails first?19:50 - Building apps and tying Angular and Rails together Tour of Heroes Tutorial Jason’s blog post 25:00 - Angular on Rails feedback28:00 - What’s the hardest part of integrating Angular...
Oct 19, 2016•49 min
00:30 - Introducing Noel Rappin Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web by Noel Rappin (Ebook only) Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web by Noel Rappin , (physical copy pre-order link) Website Twitter 1:00 - Paid gateways for apps6:05 - Why write Take My Money?8:45 - Getting tripped up on simple arithmetic11:55 - Troubleshooting gateway system failures Runscope 21:45 - Managing administrative roles Paper Trail 25:55 - Reporting29:00 - Techniques for testing your system33:25 - Overar...
Oct 12, 2016•42 min
1:00 - Addressing the Ruby Rogues rumors3:10 - History of the show6:30 - Why Charles Max Wood does the podcast10:40 - Listener emails13:50 - Moving forward with Ruby Rogues18:30 - Answering questions from the chat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support ....
Oct 05, 2016•27 min
00:45 - Introducing Jerome Hardaway and Vets Who Code Website Twitter 3:40 - All about Vets Who Code 8:00 - Special considerations for the Veteran community Smashing Magazine 13:10 - Coding and social/life skills Interview Cake 21:45 - Veteran lingo and coding26:45 - Transitioning into the civilian workplace30:50 - Vets Who Code gender breakdown35:20 - Connecting with Vets in the tech world The Murph Challenge Linkedin for Veterans 41:40 - Expanding Vets Who Code46:25 - Common jobs for Veterans ...
Sep 28, 2016•1 hr 7 min
0:45 - Introducing Carina C. Zona Website Personal Twitter Callback Women We So Crafty 2:10 - Coding consequences RubyConf 2015 Keynote: “Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm” Slides Code Newbies discussion 6:00 - Examples of consequences Flickr Deep Learning Google Photo 10:50 - Data quality theories14:05 - Preventable Mistakes and Algorithmic Transparency17:30 - Predictive Policing and Biased Data “The Reality of Crime-Fighting Algorithms” “Machine Bias” 22:07 - Coder Responsibility Mechani...
Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 2 min
00:30 Introducing Andy Hunt Website Twitter The Pragmatic Bookshelf GROWS Method 5:25 - GROWS Method Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition 13:20 - How GROWS solves Agile’s shortcomings19:50 - GROWS for executives22:50 - Marketing Ruby Faker Gems Fakercompany.bs 25:30 - GROWS and laying framework for change29:00 - How empirical is GROWS?33:35 - How expectations from the Agile Manifesto have changed36:10 - Prescribing practices that work40:00 - Getting feedback Burnup and Burndown charts 42:40 - Huma...
Sep 14, 2016•1 hr 6 min
1:15 - Introducing Kenzi Connor Cloud City Cloud City Twitter Kenzi Connor’s Twitter Email: kenzi@cloudcity.io 4:15 - Senior developer vs Junior developer: Sustainability and hiring8:25 - Examining the “senior-obsessed field”10:00 - Importance of sustainability12:35 - Lottery-ticket thinking13:35 - Solutions to the junior vs senior dilemma21:10 - Diversity and productivity23:50 - Effective management strategies31:00 - Strategies for going from a high-conformity company to a more diverse company ...
Sep 07, 2016•50 min
Rails Remote Conference 1:20 - Introducing James Shore Github Flow for Javascript Screen cast Email: jshore@jamesshore.com 1:40 - Freelancing and Consulting5:20- Co-opting Agile and the movement away from technology/software Agile Alliance Technical Conference Agile Fluency Model 16:20- Evolutionary Design in Agile Ron Jeffries Sudoku Think Like A Git code visualization built with Gource 24:15 - Evolutionary Design for Beginners James Shore - Evolutionary Design Illustrated Stack Overflow 32:30 ...
Aug 31, 2016•1 hr 11 min
Rails Remote Conference 1:25 Introducing Josh Doody Twitter Fearless Salary Negotiation by Josh Doody Take his (free!) crash course in getting promotions 2:50 - Making salary negotiations when you’re your own boss4:22 - Asking an employer to “give where it hurts”6:20- Minimum Acceptable Salary / B.A.T. N. A.10:45 - Leaving a new job for a better offer13:47 - Job happiness versus job salary15:55 - Contracting The Freelancers’ Show 18:55 - Renegotiating and peace of mind21:00 - Researching the com...
Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 19 min
01:11 - Aurynn Shaw Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Eiara 01:56 - Contempt Culture Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture Impostor Syndrome 07:32 - “But PHP is objectively bad….”; True Objectivity PHP: a fractal of bad design 10:35 - The History of The Contempt Culture in Tech Spaces12:40 - Reinventing Tools15:00 - “Intent is not magic.” Shakesville: Harmful Communication, Part 1: Intent Is Magic 20:09 - Contempt Culture in the Ruby Community Towards PHP21:56 - Why Contempt Culture Forms WDCNZ Luser Pow...
Aug 17, 2016•57 min
01:42 - Amir Rajan Twitter GitHub Blog A Noble Circle Surviving The App Store: How to Make It as an Indie Game Developer by Amir Rajan 02:24 - A Dark Room (ADR); Revenue and Downloads Revenue Updates for A Dark Room et al 09:16 - Quality, Heart and Soul, and Putting Yourself Into a Product iPhreaks Show Episode #161: Successful Indie iOS Game Development with Amir Rajan 14:31 - Choosing RubyMotion Albacore NeXTSTEP 17:43 - Objective-C vs Ruby HipByte/Flow 21:51 - Cross-platform Availability23:53...
Aug 10, 2016•1 hr
Rails Remote Conf 01:14 - Justin Weiss Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Avvo Practicing Rails: Learn Rails Without Being Overwhelmed by Justin Weiss 02:15 - “Learning Rails Without Getting Overwhelmed”? Agile Web Development with Rails by Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson, with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, and Andreas Schwarz 02:34 - Problems New Developers Don’t Realize They Have04:35 - Learning New Things08:05 - What is a success?09:02 - What can seni...
Aug 03, 2016•47 min
All Remote Conferences 02:01 - Lauren Voswinkel Introduction Twitter GitHub New Relic 02:39 - May 1st: International Workers’ Day Lauren Voswinkel: #talkpay and the Importance of Collective Action Taft–Hartley Act (The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947) 06:11 - #talkpay Information Asymmetry 10:22 - Fair Trade of Value; Companies and Salaries Kelley Blue Book 19:37 - Salary Maximization and Negotiations22:40 - Executive Salaries Planet Money: Episode 682: When CEO Pay Exploded 25:58 - Hasht...
Jul 27, 2016•51 min
Rails Remote Conf 02:07 - Testing07:28 - Adding Tests Later; When is the test useful? TDD (Test-driven Development) 14:35 - Testing the Happy Path16:48 - Writing Tests First18:53 - Sharing Code Larry Wall: Three Virtues 27:34 - Testing Error Messages29:04 - External vs Mocking/Stubbing34:11 - Exploratory Tests and Characterization Tests Sunk Cost Fallacy Katrina Owen: Therapeutic Refactoring 39:07 - Refactoring47:22 - Mocking and Stubbing (Cont’d) Justin Searls: To Mock or Not to Mock @ SCNA 201...
Jul 20, 2016•1 hr
Check out Angular Remote Conf and React Remote Conf 01:55 - Jamis Buck Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Medium.com: Jamis Buck 02:57 - Mazes Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages by Jamis Buck 3.5 Random Dungeon Generator for D&D Mazoo! 08:01 - Programing can be fun?! Play Jamis Buck: Second Wind @ Mountain West Ruby 2016 (Talk on burnout) 11:49 - Historical and Traditional vs Technical Mazes13:51 - Jamis’ Backstory with Mazes; Algorithms Hunt-and-Kill Algorithm Wilson'...
Jul 13, 2016•48 min
02:39 - Cameron Dutro Introduction Twitter GitHub Lumosity 02:39 - Internationalization vs Localization 05:28 - How important is internationalization?13:54 - Internationalization and Accessibility The Tragedy of the Commons Developer Ignorance/Indifference19:43 - Tools Twitter Translation Center Rosette txgh Transifex 24:48 - How can small companies internationalize?26:22 - Crowdsourcing Contributor Covenant 30:34 - People Have Names Patrick McKenzie: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names F...
Jul 06, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Check out Newbie Remote Conf ! 03:09 - Kronda Adair Introduction Twitter Blog Karvel Digital @karveldigital Facebook 03:11 - WordPress DevChat.tv Derick Bailey : WatchMeCode Sunk Cost Fallacy 07:59 - Why do developers hate WordPress? Venomous Porridge: A conversation I have every month or so 14:53 - Using Tools That Fit Technology Preferences PHP Wix Aaron Hockley: WordPress is a DSLR; Squarespace is a Point and Shoot Technology Bias Refresh Portland 21:52 - Empathy and Discovery Processes for C...
Jun 29, 2016•51 min
02:33 - Frank McSherry Introduction Twitter GitHub 03:06 - Computation03:48 - When are more computers needed?04:28 - Scalability! But at what COST? Experimentation 08:03 - Data Format and Pipelines Hilbert Curve github.com/frankmcsherry/blog/blob/master/posts/2015-02-04.md 14:06 - Code That Could Grow Hadoop summingbird 20:38 - Languages and Performance23:14 - “For Loops Unrolled” Rust 28:01 - Scaling helix 35:42 - Functional vs Procedural Language37:47 - Dataflow (Timely; Differential) Around, ...
Jun 22, 2016•1 hr 3 min
Get your Ruby Remote Conf tickets! 02:42 - Nadia Odunayo Introduction Twitter GitHub Ignition Works Nadia Odunayo: Playing Games in the Clouds 05:00 - Ruby Book Club 11:20 - Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ RailsConf 2016 17:23 - Collaboration and Pairing: Guest and Host Roles; Driving and Navigating Coderetreat Ruby DCamp 24:42 - Perspectives and Mapping Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies @ Cascadia Ruby Conf 2014 C...
Jun 15, 2016•55 min
