Panel:

Dave Kimura
Eric Berry
Catherine Meyers

Special Guests: Vishal TelangreIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk to Vishal Telangre about his blog post entitled Ruby 2.5 prints backtrace and error message in reverse order. Vishal is working remotely for BigBinary where he works with Ruby on Rails, Kuberernetes, and Elm. They talk about the power of blog posts at BigBinary, give suggestions for people wanting to get into blogging, and inspiration for blog posts. They also touch on his blog post, the changes to backtrace in Ruby 2.5, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Vishal intro
BigBinary posts a lot of blogs
Write about the experiences that they encounter while working
Plan-free Fridays
Is there any type of motivation or culture that adds to people wanting to provide so many blog posts?
Suggestions for someone trying to get into blogging
Vishal’s blog posts at BigBinary
Start with a simple topic
Your blog post doesn’t have to “change the world”
Blogging about new things coming up
Ruby 2.5 backtrace
His blog post
Changes to backtrace in Ruby 2.5
Makes debugging convenient
Huge change for companies who do logs
Effect of change from a developer standpoint
Time saved
Mixed sentiments on this change
When this features is enabled
And much, much more!

Links:

RR 369: How Ruby 2.5 Prints Backtraces and Error Messages with Vishal Telangre