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 backpac...
Sep 08, 2021•41 min
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...
Sep 01, 2021•30 min
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) Tm...
Aug 25, 2021•29 min
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) ...
Aug 18, 2021•29 min
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.co...
Aug 11, 2021•36 min
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-o...
Aug 04, 2021•25 min
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: Bec...
Jul 29, 2021•32 min
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://w...
Jul 21, 2021•29 min
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 ...
Jul 14, 2021•28 min
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.co...
Jul 07, 2021•32 min
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 (@Emi...
Jun 30, 2021•25 min
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 a...
Jun 21, 2021•31 min
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. Links for this episode: Ruby Central RailsConf 2021 RubyConf 2021 | Denver & Virtual November 8-10! Stack Overflow Podcast | Podcast 338: Why is it so hard to find Ruby developers Marty Haught (@mghaught) | Twitter Mx. Evan Phoenix (@ev...
May 26, 2021•32 min
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. Links for this episode: Trainual | All-In-One Training & Knowledge Platform Engineering Careers @ Trainual Donut | Slack App Directory Zach Stradling on LinkedIn Zach Stradling (@zachstradling) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael S...
May 19, 2021•27 min
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. Links for this episode: Notch8 - Ruby on Rails Web Application Developers Samvera - Open-source digital repository software product Samvera Community · GitHub samvera/hyrax: Hyrax is a Ruby on Rails Engine WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) | Twitter Lea Ann Bradford (@LeaA...
May 12, 2021•19 min
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. Links for this episode: Veue Live Streaming The Odin Project: Your Career in Web Development Starts Here ParamagicDev (Konnor Rogers) · GitHub Source-to-source compiler - Wikipedia Webpacker is the new default in Rails 6 | Saeloun Blog The Asset Pipeline — Ruby on Rails Guides Andrew Mason ...
May 05, 2021•23 min
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. Links for this episode: Turing School Of Software And Design TextUs WNB.rb (@wnb_rb) on Twitter tayjames (Tay James) · GitHub Tay DeHerrera on LinkedIn Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to y...
Apr 28, 2021•23 min
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. Links for this episode: Daiane Souza on LinkedIn Email Daiane Souza at [email protected] Daiane Souza on Github (@daiaventureira) Mobile Engagement Platform - V...
Apr 21, 2021•20 min
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. Links for this episode: Careers and Jobs at Shopify How to use Hotwire in Rails (Example) | GoRails Schwad4HD14 (@Schwad4HD14) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music by Kevin MacLeod Randy Steele's LinkedIn Email ...
Apr 14, 2021•31 min
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. Links for this episode: XBE Sean Devine on Twitter (@barelyknown) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN is an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure ser...
Apr 07, 2021•33 min
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. Links for this episode: Ruby Weekly Boring Rails: Skip the bullshit and ship fast Boring Rails | Feature Flags: The stupid simple way to de-stress production releases matt swanson (@_swanson) | Twitter Episode Introduc...
Mar 31, 2021•26 min
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. Links for this episode: ActiveModel::Errors - Ruby on Rails API rails / rails Pull Request: Model error as object lulalala / adequate_errors Rails 6.1's ActiveModel Errors Revamp | All talk but...
Mar 24, 2021•27 min
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. Links for this episode: Jemma Issroff's Personal Si...
Mar 17, 2021•29 min
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. Links for this episode: Atlantis Technology Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby Code School: Rails for Zombies | Pluralsight Jack Collier on Twitter (@imnotquitejack) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Musi...
Mar 10, 2021•26 min
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. Links for this episode: Castle.io - Castle - Security Automation karafka/karafka: Framework for Apache Kafka Diffend Running with Ruby How requiring a gem can mess up your alread...
Mar 03, 2021•35 min
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. Links for this episode: Evie Zawada on LinkedIn Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try tod...
Feb 24, 2021•30 min
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. Links for this episode: Careers - brightwheel Utah Kate Newman (@TheUtahKate) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try today with a free 14-da...
Feb 17, 2021•28 min
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. Links for this episode: Contact Mirror Placement (and Brian!) Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod Brought to you by: Scout APM Give Scout a try today with a free 14-day trial, and experien...
Feb 10, 2021•33 min
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. Links for this episode: HTML & JavaScript for Visual Learners Turing School TextUs Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way Deep Work by Cal Newport JF's Personal Site JF-Lalonde (JF Lalonde) · GitHub Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Epi...
Feb 03, 2021•27 min
Dan Moore currently leads developer advocacy at FusionAuth, a company focused on authentication and authorization for developers. A first-time author, Dan also created a blog-turned-book dubbed "Letters for a New Developer". Links for this episode: FusionAuth: Authentication and Authorization built for devs Letters to a New Developer Letters To a New Developer: The Book Boulder Ruby Group (Boulder, CO) | Meetup Dan Moore (@mooreds) | Twitter Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer Epi...
Jan 27, 2021•36 min
