

Code with Jason
Jason Swett
On the Code with Jason podcast I discuss technical topics with interesting people. Guests include people from companies like GitHub, Google and Stripe.
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Feb 9, 2021 • 44min
082 - Code Quality with Ernesto Tagwerker, Founder at FastRuby.io
In this episode I talk with Ernesto Tagwerker, founder of FastRuby.io, about the topic of code quality. We discuss what code quality means as well as some tools that can assist with giving code quality proper attention.Links:FastRuby.ioErnesto Tagwerker on TwitterRuboCopReekSkunk

Jan 26, 2021 • 34min
081 - RedwoodJS with Anthony Campolo, RedwoodJS Core Advocate
In this episode I talk with Anthony Campolo, RedwoodJS Core Advocate. Anthony and I talk about what RedwoodJS is as well as RedwoodJS's components, React, GraphQL, and Prisma.Links:RedwoodJS HomepageRedwoodJS ForumRedwoodJS DiscordAnthony Campolo on TwitterAnthony Campolo on GitHubAnthony Campolo's Blog

Jan 19, 2021 • 53min
080 - Organizing Rails Code Outside of Active Record with Dave Copeland, Author of Sustainable Rails
In this episode I talk with Dave Copeland, author of Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails, about organizing Rails code. Dave and I discuss why although many Rails developers are used to it, putting code in Active Record models isn't always the best move. We also share the various tactics we prefer to use in order to keep Rails code organized.Links:Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on RailsDave Copeland on Twitter

Jan 12, 2021 • 39min
079 - Dockerizing Rails Applications with Mike Rogers, Founder of TypoCI
In this episode I talk with Mike Rogers about how to Dockerize Rails applications. We talk about the difference between Dockerizing for development and Dockerizing for production, mount volumes, performance trade-offs, and more.Links:Mike's Ruby Starter KitsMike Rogers on Twitter

Jan 5, 2021 • 29min
078 - StimulusReflex with Jason Charnes
In this episode I talk with Jason Charnes about StimulusReflex. Jason and I cover what StimulusReflex is as well as some of the core concepts of the technology.Links:Interactive Rails with StimulusReflexJason Charnes on TwitterOfficial StimulusReflex documentation

Dec 29, 2020 • 16min
077 - Courier Configuration Manager with Yoseph Radding
In this episode I talk with Yoseph Radding, founder of Shuttl, about Courier Configuration Manager.Links:Courier Configuration ManagerShuttl

Dec 22, 2020 • 1h 5min
076 - Heuristics for Object-Oriented Design in Ruby with Tyler Williams
In this episode I talk with Tyler Williams, Software Engineer at Home Game Poker, about the contents of a blog post he recently wrote entitled Heuristics for Object-Oriented Design in Ruby. Tyler and I discuss some of the ideas in his blog post, most of which came from Sandi Metz's book Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (POODR).Links:Tyler's blog postIntro to logical arguments for programmers

Dec 15, 2020 • 49min
075 - Puma, Front-End Performance and CLI Apps with Nate Berkopec
In this episode I talk with Nate Berkopec, author of The Complete Guide to Rails Performance. Nate and I discuss Puma, front-end performance and building command-line interface (CLI) apps.Links:SpeedshopNate Berkopec on Twitter

Dec 8, 2020 • 52min
074 - Molly Struve, Site Reliability Engineer at Forem (Dev.to)
In this episode I talk with Molly Struve, Site Reliability Engineer at Forem, about a variety of topics including performance, monitoring, types of incidents, dividing time between incident response and preventative work, and, of course, horses.Links:Foremdev.toMolly Struve on Twittermolly@dev.to

Dec 1, 2020 • 52min
073 - [How I'd Build It] Building a Sailing Membership Feature with Adam Hawkins
This is another How I'd Build It episode, where listeners send in their feature requirements and we discuss them on the show. In this one we talk about a sailing application where there's a need to keep track of whether members' payments are up-to-date. Adam and I also talk about the YAGNI principle as well as why it's not possible to have high-quality code without tests.Links:Small Batches PodcastYAGNIHow I'd Build It Submission Form


