Sarah Allen, cofounder of RailsBridge and Bridge Foundry, joined the show to talk about the incredible ability to make something with software, leading and teaching a community, teaching programming to kids, programming is a life skill, and more.

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Show Notes:

In her day job, Sarah works with 18F to transform US Government digital services, and in her spare time works to diversify Ruby on Rails with RailsBridge, and Bridge Foundry.

We also have Beverly Nelson joining today’s show as a guest host.

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