Stephanie Minn

In this engaging panel discussion, Drew Bragg, host of Code and the Coding Coders Who Code It, and Stephanie Minn, former developer at ThoughtBot, delve into the Ruby and Rails community. They reveal tips for improving networking at conferences and overcoming social anxiety. The conversation highlights the advantages of inviting guests on podcasts, transitioning to natural dialogue, and the importance of community support in programming. They also reminisce about memorable RailsConf moments, emphasizing camaraderie in their tech journeys.

Joël discusses optimizing slow SQL queries in a non-Rails app. Stephanie shares canary deploys in a Rails upgrade. The episode focuses on multidimensional numbers, treating data structures as mathematical objects. They explore simplifying operations on T-shirt sizes by defining custom classes for complex data types.