Remote Ruby

[00:01:22] Andrew tells us about a blog post he put out about his Twitter profile image and some stuff he did with his GitHub actions repo.[00:05:29] The Tweet sharing begins. Tweet #1 topic is someone who’s learning Rails, has no idea how to read the documentation or where to go, and getting lost easily. [00:13:55] Tweet #2 topic is about Matestack, and Jason brings up a previous episode they did where they talked about it with Jonas Jabari.[00:14:47] Tweet #3 topic is about what first timers at RailsConf should know or do by the time this episode airs.  [00:19:02] Andrew tells us about people giving massages in the exhibition hall and he’s going to be devasted if they don’t do them this year. ☺[00:19:36] The guys share some conference advice for first timers going to RailsConf, such as meeting new friends, taking notes, and talking to people who are speakers. [00:24:54] Andrew brings up how to choose between talks and workshops, and Jason encourages everyone to go to the podcast panel recording since they will all be there.[00:26:44] Jason brings back the meeting people topic and mentions some dinner ideas, and Chris mentions meeting people at the evening events they have.[00:28:31] Go to Mike Perham’s website where he has all the events listed going on during the week. [00:29:48] Andrew talks about seeing your Ruby Heroes at RailsConf and not to be intimidated.[00:35:34] Tweet #4 is “Bet!”Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterGitHub actions Tweet #1Remote Ruby Podcast-Episode 103: Reimagined Rails views using Matestack with Jonas JabariTweet #2Tweet #3RailsConf 2022 Events Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:01:29] José tells us his background and what he does, and Seth explains how he found himself on a Ruby podcast with the Elixir creator.[00:03:47] We find out how José got started in Ruby and progress into being a Rails core team member.[00:07:40] We hear how José went from being a Rails core team member to creating Elixir, and he tells us about an influential paper called, “The Free Lunch Is Over.”[00:24:28] José talks about the story of Elixir, the story around putting it into the world, the features that have grown in it, and the adoption. [00:26:46] We learn more about if José considers himself a Web Developer before he got into writing Elixir.[00:32:34] Jose shares how long it took him to get from starting Elixir to where he felt confident in it with people running in production.[00:34:54] Where does Phoenix, a popular web framework for Elixir, come into play?[00:41:11] José shares a story about LiveView.[00:51:16] José goes in depth about distributed systems and the solution that most people would do and the really cool solution. [01:03:13] Jason brings up something José said which was, “Using Elixir and Phoenix, it’s just a great developer experience,” and he expands more on this explaining the good cases outside of concurrency for using Elixir.[01:09:33] Chris wonders if there are any rough edges of Elixir that José still wants to put some polish on.[01:15:42] We hear about Laravel and how they are a great example of trying to be all encompassing.[01:16:09] José shares his thoughts on supporting authentication in a web application.[01:23:24] We learn what José is working on that’s new and exciting with Elixir, and he also tells us about Nerves, FarmBot, Broadway, and Numerical Elixir.[01:31:32] Find out where you can follow José on the internet. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:José ValimSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterJosé Valim TwitterJosé Valim LinkedInElixirThe Free Lunch is Over: A Fundamental Turn Toward Concurrency is Software LivebookMoz Developer BlogPhoenix FrameworkFarmBotNervesBroadwayNumerical Elixir (Nx)  Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:03:34] Chris tells us about Command Pallet, Ninja Keys, and Lit element.[00:09:25] Andrew asks the guys if they’ve looked at Shoelace style, he talks about using Bridgetown Quick Search plugin and Chris and Andrew talk about using CSS variables.[00:12:05] Andrew educates the guys on CSS Toggles since an unofficial draft is out.[00:19:52] We hear more from Chris about the Command Pallet stuff he put into a Jumpstart and what it’s like to implement it, and how he found the Ninja Keys library.[00:24:51] Jason announces his book, Software testing, that you can read.[00:26:42] Andrew brings up how it would be fun to talk about how someone could start to plan a product since he’s never built a product from start to finish. We hear his new product idea and Chris shares some advice.[00:40:10] Jason tells us why he liked one of his previous jobs so much and Andrew wants to live in Jason’s minivan because it has Wi-Fi. [00:42:43] Going back to Jason talking about staying in touch with users, Chris asks Jason if Podia still does support rotations as developers. Jason talks about the retreat they just went on and does a shout-out to Courtney, one of their support people. [00:44:24] Back to Andrew’s billion-dollar product journey to get the most value out of it and be most helpful, he thinks there has to be some form of iOS version, and wonders if he should dabble in Swift or upgrade his Jumpstart Pro to get the IOS stuff.[00:48:01] Jason explains Apache Cordova to Andrew. Chris has been deep in the woods on re-factoring the Stripe checkout stuff for Jumpstart and he explains his frustrations. Jason tells us about the new Payment Element they’ve been exploring at Podia.[00:57:12] Jason announces Stripe does crypto payouts as of today, and Chris explains why he likes using the Payment Element.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterRailsConf 2022Ninja KeysLit ShoelaceBridgetown Quick Search plugin<center>: The Centered Text elementThe Future of CSS: CSS TogglesCSS Toggles ExampleCSS Toggles (in JS) demoSoftware testing by Jason CharnesApache CordovaExpanding global payouts with crypto (Stripe Blog)Stripe Payment Element Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:00:41] The guys banter about Suns vs Grizzlies, some Tweets between Jason and Andrew, and the Footprint Center. [00:06:00] Jason and Andrew were brainstorming topics for this podcast and there was talk about minting the first episode of Remote Ruby and sell it as an NFT.[00:07:19] Andrew explains the little oopsie that happened with Heroku and GitHub over the weekend.[00:13:19] Andrew tells us about SIM swapping and what’s been happening at T-Mobile stores.[00:23:57] We hear about Podia using Brakeman, the staggering results of a Rails survey about security tools being used to monitor your code base, and the importance of adding at least the bare minimum of security tools. Also, the guys mention some great tools to use.[00:29:26] The guys do some shout-outs to people that left reviews on a previous podcast. [00:31:25] With RailsConf 2022 coming up in May, the guys talk about doing a live 4K podcast recording, as well as a talk that Jason is creating for them.[00:33:53] Jason asks the guys, is it better for an empty form field to create an empty string in a database or a nil value? [00:44:03] Chris tells us about a video Collin is doing on assert difference in mini test. [00:45:37] Jason talks about pattern matching and why Elixir was a quick sell to him.[00:48:15] Jason announces a surprise he has for the guys and it has to do with NFTs.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterRailsConf 2022Footprint CenterSecurity alert: Attack campaign involving stolen OAuth user tokens issued to two third-party integrators (GitHub Blog)Brakemanbundler-auditDependabotMaintenance Policy for Ruby on RailsElixirHow NFT minting works-an initial guide to NFTs (Business News) Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:03:05] Chris tells us more about the bug he was trying to fix, working on Stripe tax support, Stripe payment element and addresses, and he fills us in on a JavaScript tool that Shopify for formatting addresses in different countries that makes Andrew sweat.[00:07:28] As a follow up from last week’s episode, Andrew defines “Posterized.”[00:08:06] The guys chat about WebAssembly stuff.[00:11:49] Andrew talks about playing around with mruby, and Chris tells us about what he did with a Raspberry Pi.[00:16:07] Jason tells us he’s been reading the mruby docs and about how you take embedded Ruby and run it.[00:17:34] A previous episode is brought up with guest Terence Lee, where they talked quite a bit about mruby. [00:18:19] Chris brings up Ruby 3.2.0, some of the changes that are happening with it, especially rewriting it in Rust. Also, Ruby will be 30 years old next year! [00:26:04] Andrew tells us about a conversation he had with Drew Bragg recently because he offered to help him with automatic releases on his Ruby Gem, and he explains Release Please.[00:31:12] What does Andrew think about getting PR’s on an open source project? [00:33:51] Andrew fills us in on how he used Semantic Commit and Conventional Commit messages everywhere, and a setting they changed in Ruby gems.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterTry Ruby PlaygroundPosterizedmrubyRemote Ruby podcast-Episode 27: Joined by Terence LeeRuby 3.2.0 Preview 1 ReleasedAdd release-please action for releasing to RubyGems #14 Release Please Action-GitHubRelease Please-GitHub Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:00:58] It’s Day 1, Jason and Andrea got to ride in Andrew’s mustang and Jason now feels like a cool, hip Boomer and Andrew is sporting the Adidas wardrobe as usual. [00:04:11] The guys tell us that Drew Bragg gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks they’ve ever seen, as well as Chris Seaton from Shopify. [00:05:11] The guys discuss some other great talks with Kelly Sutton, talking about Sidekick, Matthias Lee, a twelve-year old, who gave a great talk on the history of Vim, and Thai Wood who did an engaging talk on incident response.[00:10:21] In case you’re wondering what happened at lunchtime, Andrew went swimming, Jason had a frozen strawberry margarita, and Andrea Fomera had a fantastic talk on the upgrading process for Rails.[00:13:58] Is it Day 2 or Day 9? The guys chat about Brittany Martin’s talk on, “What it’s like to the be the technical person on the call,” which had some really interesting ideas.[00:16:58] If you need a break from the Vegas strip, the guys tell us about The Neon Museum, the light show they saw there, and going to downtown Vegas which was a ton of fun. We hear a story of Andrew getting carded at the Roulette table.[00:19:46] We hear about the Evil Knievel themed pizza place the guys went to called Evil Pie. The first talk of Day 2 was with Ivy Evans and her talk on security, and Andrew tells us about an interesting podcast called, Darknet Diaries.[00:22:45] The next talk is Nikita Vasilevsky, where he talked about “Do you test your tests,” and then the talk with Andrew Culver, creator of Bullet Train. [00:25:53] Jason posterized Andrew, and we learn more about Colleen Schnettler’s talk on Arel, Nick Schwaderer’s talk on the gem Hobix, and Jason’s amazing talk which Andrew raves about![00:36:27] Find out about the guys racing experience, and what their favorite part of the conference was and their favorite meal. ☺Panelists:Jason CharnesAndrew MasonSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterJason Charnes TwitterAndrew Mason TwitterSin City RubyThe Neon Museum-Las VegasEvil PieDarknet Diaries PodcastRailsConf 2022Ruby Conferences 2022Bullet TrainDrew Bragg TwitterChris Seaton TwitterKelly Sutton TwitterThai Wood TwitterAndrea Fomera TwitterBrittany Martin Twitter Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:02:03]  The guys catch up and talk about some really good shows they are watching and a great book that’s worth a read. [00:05:21] Sebastien tells us about himself and how he got into doing the Ruby on Rails tips on Twitter.[00:07:30] Find out where Sebastien started in his journey. [00:11:42] Since Sebastien didn’t have Rails experience, he tells us what he put on his resume and ideas of what should be put on a resume.[00:14:42] Should you be working on side projects as a developer? [00:15:42] Sebastien tells us why he found a mentor more helpful than a tutor. [00:17:12] We learn how to find the companies that you should apply for jobs, and Sebastien tells us how many job applications he submitted.[00:20:07] We learn how many places Sebastien heard back from out of all the resumes he sent, Jason talks about not getting discouraged in this process, and find out how Sebastien’s experience was.[00:23:01] We hear about Sebastien’s first job and how long he was there.  [00:25:30] Find out some ways Sebastien’s second job set him up to succeed and give him the great junior experience. [00:28:51] What was Sebastien’s path to Podia?[00:31:56] Andrew asks if Sebastien if he would suggest someone pursue a bootcamp right now if they want to be a developer like him.[00:34:19] If you want to get the most out of a bootcamp Sebastien explains.[00:37:46] Find out about Sebastien’s side project he’s working on called, RubyCompanion, which is for Ruby and Rails developers.[00:41:04] One last thing Sebastien talks about is the importance of networking, and some advice on who should go to a bootcamp.[00:52:00] Where can you find Sebastien online?Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Sebastien AuriaultSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterJason Charnes TwitterAndrew Mason TwitterChris Oliver TwitterSebastien Auriault WebsiteSebastien Auriault TwitterSebastien Auriault LinkedInRubyCompanionWeCrashed Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:02:15] Jason shares some interesting news that happened at Podia that involves Harry Connick Jr. and load testing. [00:05:54] Chris tells us a story about his first Rails job which was building a website for Justin Timberlake’s 901Tequila.[00:07:08] Jason tells us about a tool they used called k6. [00:18:11] Chris and Jason chat about query times with Heroku Postgres and Heroku Dashboard.[00:20:13] There’s a great talk by Gary Bernhardt about Text Editor that Chris explains.[00:24:18] We find out about Jason’s Sin City Ruby talk which was supposed to be on Simplicity but it now on SQL and Active Record.  He also tells us about the talk Colleen Schnettler is doing on arel.[00:26:32] Jason had to do some SQL at Podia and talks about how there was no good way to make it anything but SQL.[00:30:56] The guys chat about submitting talks for RailsConf 2022.[00:34:32] Jason shares a funny story about the last time he did a talk at RubyConf 2017 and what happened when the fire alarm went off. [00:37:20] Find out what the guys are doing when they’re in Vegas.[00:38:34] Earlier the guys were talking about missing indexes or things that could be indexed and Andrew tells us about a gem called lol_dba and Derailed Benchmarks.[00:41:48] The guys share much needed thank-you’s to some important people for their contributions, inspiration, and all the work they’ve done for Rails.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar Twitterk6Text Editor From ScratchColleen Schnettler TwitterHammerstonearelRailsConf 2022lol_dba-GitHubDerailed BenchmarksSaving Ruby from the Apocalypse with Jason Charnes (RubyConf 2017) Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:05:09] Kevin gives us a brief introduction of himself. [00:07:33] Kevin tells us about the grant he received, and he tells us about rubyfmt and SyntaxTree.[00:12:27] We learn why you have to do plugins in your language and why Kevin is convinced we need a new parser for Ruby.[00:16:43] Jason wonders if prettier was Kevin’s first introduction to parsers and how he got so knowledgeable about it.[00:17:50] Find out about Kevin’s blog post on ripper, which he calls a “very confusing library.”[00:19:08] With the work Kevin is doing with ripper, the work he’s doing with SyntaxTree, and the grant, Jason wonders if he sees SyntaxTree getting adopted by Ruby Core one day or live as a standalone project.[00:20:58] We find out with SyntaxTree, if Kevin has a specific Ruby version he targets or because it’s built on ripper can he just keep going back to Ruby.[00:22:37] Kevin talks about formatting and how there’s no configuration, and also tells us about Reek.[00:26:55] Find out about a VS Code extension for SyntaxTree using Standard. [00:31:33] We learn about Kevin’s experiences and thoughts on Sorbet and RBS.[00:36:41] Kevin works on YJIT at Shopify, he tells us how his experience has been since joining the team, and what his average workday looks like.[00:42:13] Find out the benefits of Porting C to Rust and if there are any effects running that in a production application. [00:48:47] Chris wonders what’s some of the hardest stuff on YJIT coming up.[00:53:40] Kevin shares three great books to read if you are interested in learning more about compilers or Ruby.[00:55:29] Find out where you can follow Kevin online.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Kevin NewtonSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterKevin Newton TwitterKevin Newton GitHubKevin Newton WebsiteRufo (Ruby formatter)Rubyfmt (Ruby format)SyntaxTreePrettier for RubyFormatting Ruby: Part 1- How ripper works (Kevin Newton Blog)ReekVscode-syntax-treeSteep-Gradual Typing for RubySorbetTypeProfRuby Sorbet for VS CodeCrafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

[00:01:12] We start with Taylor explaining where Laravel came from.  [00:03:32] Taylor tells us what Laravel 1.0 looks like and more about validations happening at the controller layer.[00:07:18] After version 1 comes out, Jason asks Taylor if he’s still at the trucking company and what the reception was like in the community.[00:11:16] We learn how the transition went for Taylor from working at UserScape and making Laravel his full-time job. [00:13:44] Taylor explains how he split his time between working on Forge and working on the framework itself.[00:15:13] Jason asks how the whole Rails framework on Lambda came about and what some of the technical challenges were.[00:17:02] We find out how Taylor makes code so appealing. [00:18:47] Jason brings up how there are a lot of first party packages in Laravel and asks Taylor if this blossomed over the years or if he realized he wanted all these things just baked into the framework.[00:23:39] Chris likes how Forge came out Taylor building his own stuff, and Taylor explains how the Ruby and JavaScript communities have such a wider variety of talented programmers. [00:26:09] We find out about what led Taylor into building Forge, Envoyer, Laravel Spark, Laravel Cashier, and Laravel Nova.[00:28:21] Find out what Taylor’s favorite Laravel package is.[00:30:11] Taylor gives us examples of how Rails has influenced Laravel. [00:32:04] Chris wonders is Taylor was familiar with a lot of stuff when he started Laravel or if there’s was a lot of learning along the way.[00:36:45] Jason asks Taylor about Laravel Mix, a wrapper around Webpack, and he explains how front-end development in the Laravel world and Rails world is in a period of exploration.[00:42:57] Find out about the Laravel Documentary that just came out! [00:45:01] What’s next for Laravel?[00:47:43] If you want to try Laravel, find out the easiest way to get started, and Taylor tells us how starting his own business has been and the challenges.[00:53:45] Find out where you can follow Taylor online.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Taylor OtwellSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterTaylor Otwell TwitterTaylor Otwell LinkedInTaylor Otwell GitHubLaravelUserScapeLaraConGetting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson and Matthew LindermanLarav Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter