

Remote Ruby
Chris Oliver, Andrew Mason
Two Rubyists having conversations and interviewing others about Ruby and web development.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Oct 27, 2023 • 53min
DHH on Rails World 2023 & Rails 7.1
DHH, creator of Ruby on Rails, shares insights on Rails World 2023 and Rails 7.1, open source contributions, deployment challenges, and building static sites. He discusses the importance of in-person gatherings, attracting new talent, and avoiding becoming an unpaid employee. DHH introduces projects like "Prop Shaft" and "Skiff," highlighting their development journey and the decision-making process of building solutions versus using existing ones in the Rails ecosystem.

Oct 20, 2023 • 52min
Live with Adam Wathan at Rails World 2023
Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, joins Jason, Chris, and Andrew live at Rails World 2023. Topics include using Inertia with Rails, challenges of creating accessible components, managing open source projects, pros and cons of React and Vue.js, and more.

Sep 29, 2023 • 48min
Layered Rails Design with Vladimir Dementyev
Vladimir Dementyev, expert in Ruby on Rails, discusses his new book on designing Rails applications. He emphasizes the importance of sticking to Rails principles even when using microservices and shares insights on working as a consultant on legacy Rails projects. Vladimir also introduces AnyCable, a performance-oriented solution for real-time communication.

Sep 23, 2023 • 48min
Rails 7.1 Is Gonna Be HUGE
From Bitcoin-inspired trucks to Rails 7.1 features, the podcast explores security concepts, gas fees, Amsterdam travel plans, and more. Topics include Stripe's new feature, Rails 7.1 beta release and Docker commands, common table expressions in Rails 7.1, and challenges of building a new Ruby runtime. The speakers also discuss the benefits of Trilogy gem, embedded checkout in Rails 7.1, and using checkout for their PODI platform.

Sep 15, 2023 • 43min
There's A TypeScript In My Boot!
In this podcast, the hosts discuss a variety of topics including the removal of TypeScript, communication challenges in open source projects, recent software source code announcements, and using type checking tools in Rails applications. They also share funny stories about mistaken visits and talk about their experiences with the Active Model Dirty API in Rails.

Sep 8, 2023 • 29min
Sorry For Slandering Yet Another Gem
In this episode, the hosts talk about energy drink flavors and disagreements with a absent colleague. They cover topics like CMS options, front-end development, and Tailwind CSS customization. They introduce a gem called 'Counter' for attribute tracking. They also discuss email delivery performance issues and ice cream preferences, ending with a bet about whether Chris will listen to the episode.

Sep 1, 2023 • 39min
No Surprise | Now We Are A Burger Podcast
The podcast covers diverse topics like burger toppings preferences, challenges of working with multiline environment variables, benefits of building UI components with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js, desire for more pre-built component libraries in Rails ecosystem, and complexities of using frontend frameworks. They also discuss sandwich shops, booking flights for Rails World, writing and testing bash scripts, using HoneyBatcher for efficiency, recording sessions, recent releases of Alpine, LiveWire, and HotWire, and their experience with barbecue in Arizona.

Aug 25, 2023 • 35min
Ain't Your Callback Girl
In this episode, the hosts discuss generated columns and callbacks in Rails databases, including their benefits, limitations, and testing challenges. They also explore the HTML Pipeline library, GitHub markdown processing, and Rails rendering of rich text associations. Personal anecdotes and reminiscing about early GitHub days add humor to the conversation.

Aug 11, 2023 • 37min
Hackathon - Strada - Rails World
Rails Hackathon with 37 outstanding submissions and winners announced. Chris talks about his Signalman project. Discussion on hybrid applications, Hotwire Turbo Native, and the upcoming Rails 7.1 and Strata release. Excitement about the Rail World conference. Exploration of developer-friendly features from Stripe, including Workbench beta.

Jul 28, 2023 • 37min
The One Where We Talk About Our STIs
In this episode, the hosts dive into the concept of Single Table Inheritance in Ruby on Rails, discussing use-case scenarios, advantages, and limitations. They also tease an upcoming big project reveal and share their experiences with managing projects. The conversation takes a humorous turn with jokes about Andrew's tendency to speak before thinking and Jason's new job title. They also touch on topics like the decline of Reddit, affordable tech solutions, and creating compelling YouTube thumbnails.