Rails with Jason

In this episode I talk with Kevin Murphy, Software Developer at the Gnar Company. Kevin and I discuss the contents of his recent RailsConf talk, Engineering MBA: Be the Boss of Your Own Work.Links:Kevin Murphy on Twitterkevinjmurphy.comThe Gnar Company

In this episode I talk with Jordan Raine, Senior Developer at GitHub, about writing. We talk about writing PRs and writing emails. We also discuss some of our favorite books and authors.Links:Jordan Raine on TwitterJordan Raine on GitHubrefactoringwords.com

In this episode I talk with Jesse Spevack, Staff Engineer at Ibotta about Stimulus, conference talks, and hiring developers.Links:Jesse Spevack on Twitterjessespevack.comjesse.spevack@ibatta.comRefactoring Live: Primitive Obsession by James Dabbs

In this episode I talk with Jemma Issroff about how garbage collection in Ruby works. Concepts discussed include the Ruby heap and tri-color mark-and-sweep.Links:Jemma Issroff's blogJemma Issroff on TwitterWNB.rb

In this episode I talk with Vladimir Dementyev, software engineer at Evil Martians, about "frontendless Rails frontend". We talk about what this means and how it relates to ViewComponent, StimulusReflex and Hotwire.Links:Vladimir Dementyev on TwitterEvil MartiansHotwire:Reactive Rails with no JavaScript?Slides for Vlad's RailsConf talkViewComponent extensions

In this episode I talk with Casey Watts, author of Debugging Your Brain. We discuss modeling the brain, cognitive behavioral therapy, music, and bubbles.Links:Debugging Your BrainCaseyWatts.comCasey Watts on TwitterThinking in Systems: A PrimerThe Fearless Organization

In this episode I talk with Julian Fahrer, Engineer at Brightline, about complex scheduling challenges and service objects.Links:Julian Fahrer on TwitterLearnDocker.online

In this episode I talk with John Athayde, VP of Design at PowerFleet. John and I discuss some design tips for developers who want to improve their design skills. We also talk about farming and presidents.Links:John Athayde on TwitterSfumato Farm

In this episode I talk with Joel Hawksley, Software Engineer at GitHub, about GitHub's ViewComponent library.Links:ViewComponent.orgPrimer ViewComponents

In this episode I talk with Matt Swanson about the Shopify Upgrow guide (since taken offline), which recently made a small splash in the Rails community. Matt and I share our candid opinions regarding what in the Upgrow guide we agree with and what we disagree with.Links:Boring RailsMatt Swanson on TwitterUpgrow mirrorMatt's article, "All software advice is wrong"

In this episode I talk with Tom Rossi about how to keep Rails apps organized. Tom and I talk about POROs, "service objects", /lib vs. /app, the "slots" Rails gives you, and the limits of Rails' ability to help organize application code.Tom Rossi on TwitterHigher Pixels

In this episode I talk with Matt Swanson about how to debug systematically rather than haphazardly.Links:A systematic methodology for solving any programming problemBoringRails.comMatt Swanson on Twitter

In this episode I talk with Noah Gibbs, author of Rebuilding Rails, about debugging techniques, the scientific method, a useful concept called "the presenting complaint", and more.Links:Noah Gibbs on TwitterRebuilding Rails

If you've ever experienced the pain of having woefully underestimated something, this episode is for you. In this one I talk with Matt Swanson about how to estimate accurately as well as why I'm not a big fan of story points.Links:BoringRails.comMatt Swanson on Twitter

In this episode I talk with Ernesto Tagwerker, founder of FastRuby.io, about the topic of code quality. We discuss what code quality means as well as some tools that can assist with giving code quality proper attention.Links:FastRuby.ioErnesto Tagwerker on TwitterRuboCopReekSkunk

In this episode I talk with Anthony Campolo, RedwoodJS Core Advocate. Anthony and I talk about what RedwoodJS is as well as RedwoodJS's components, React, GraphQL, and Prisma.Links:RedwoodJS HomepageRedwoodJS ForumRedwoodJS DiscordAnthony Campolo on TwitterAnthony Campolo on GitHubAnthony Campolo's Blog

In this episode I talk with Dave Copeland, author of Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails, about organizing Rails code. Dave and I discuss why although many Rails developers are used to it, putting code in Active Record models isn't always the best move. We also share the various tactics we prefer to use in order to keep Rails code organized.Links:Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on RailsDave Copeland on Twitter

In this episode I talk with Mike Rogers about how to Dockerize Rails applications. We talk about the difference between Dockerizing for development and Dockerizing for production, mount volumes, performance trade-offs, and more.Links:Mike's Ruby Starter KitsMike Rogers on Twitter

In this episode I talk with Jason Charnes about StimulusReflex. Jason and I cover what StimulusReflex is as well as some of the core concepts of the technology.Links:Interactive Rails with StimulusReflexJason Charnes on TwitterOfficial StimulusReflex documentation

In this episode I talk with Yoseph Radding, founder of Shuttl, about Courier Configuration Manager.Links:Courier Configuration ManagerShuttl