Elise Shaffer has hosted 41 Episodes.
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Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon
January 22nd, 2025 | 33 mins 47 secs
This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show.
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Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn
January 2nd, 2025 | 37 mins 13 secs
In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn
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Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer
December 11th, 2024 | 31 mins 35 secs
This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.
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Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi
November 27th, 2024 | 37 mins 50 secs
In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show to talk to us about how to thrive in tech with ADHD.
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Episode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina Nazarova
November 13th, 2024 | 30 mins 36 secs
We all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt that excitement in the community. I’ve felt it at conferences and in my conversations with many of you. Today, Irina Nazarova joins us to talk about how we can better evangelize Rails
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Episode 526: Rails World with Robby Russell
October 23rd, 2024 | 31 mins 58 secs
Nick and I recorded an episode at Rails World with Robby Russell. This is a test of new format we're running where we discuss Rails News. Robby joins us to talk about the Rails Developer Survey that ran this summer. WE also chat about all the new things announced at Rails World.
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Episode 525: Catching Up With Ruby Central with Marty Haught
October 9th, 2024 | 29 mins 23 secs
Ruby Central has been a foundational part of the Ruby community since 2003. They organize Ruby Conf and Rails Conf and maintain critical Ruby infrastructure like rubygems.org. With Ruby Conf Chicago just around the corner and new initiatives at Ruby Central, we thought it would be a good time to catch up with our friends at Ruby Central. Marty Haught joins the show to tell us more about Ruby Central's open source initiatives.
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Episode 524: Writing Code Using AI with Landon Gray
September 25th, 2024 | 28 mins 39 secs
Large language models are everywhere now. They’re changing the way we work, from tools code completion tools like Copilot, to audio generation apps like Suno.ai. Apple recently announced huge updates with generative AI for all of their platforms. Adobe, Canva, and Google have all added AI to their products. It seems like every vendor is building these features. So how will this change the way we write and think about code. Landon Gray joins the show to tell us how AI will change software development.
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Episode 523: Welcome Back, Nick Schwaderer
September 11th, 2024 | 31 mins 52 secs
Our illustrious cohost Nick is back from parental leave! We talk about life as a parent and coder, committing to Ruby on Rails, and being coworkers.
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Episode 522: Mentoring Junior Devs with Adam Cuppy
August 28th, 2024 | 39 mins 42 secs
A recent focus of many in the community has been expanding the community. We all love Rails and want to create the best community possible. Part of this focus has to include early career devs. We need to expose them to Rails and mentor them into the senior developers and tech leaders we need in the future. Adam Cuppy joins the show today to teach how to be better mentors.
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Episode 521: Euruko with Muhamed Isabegovic
August 14th, 2024 | 27 mins 50 secs
EuRuKo (European Ruby Konferenz) is the largest and longest running annual Ruby conference in Europe, since 2003, that brings you all the good news about Ruby and its friends. Every year it takes place in a different European city, the location being chosen by participants.
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Episode 520: Backend Accessibility with Hilary Stohs-Krause
July 24th, 2024 | 36 mins 29 secs
In our last episode, we talked about Web Accessibility. But, did you know that there are accessibility concerns on the backend and in our interactions with our teams. Hilary Stohs-Krause joins the show to tell us more about how we can be more accommodating to our teams.
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Episode 519: Joel Hawksley on Web Accessibility
July 10th, 2024 | 37 mins 53 secs
Joel is a staff software engineer at GitHub, working on user interface architecture and strategy. For the last several years, he has been part of the team working to improve the accessibility of GitHub.com. He also leads development of the ViewComponent framework. Today, he joins the show to teach us about Web Accessibility
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Episode 518: Live From The Rails Conf Hallway Track!
June 26th, 2024 | 26 mins 1 sec
While at Rails Conf, I caught up with several attendees and organizers to discuss their experiences.
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Episode 517: Rails Conf 2024 Crossover: Off The Rails
June 12th, 2024 | 29 mins 32 secs
At Rails Conf 2024, I gathered several of our favorite ruby podcasters for a giant crossover episode!
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Episode 516: Catching Up On The Rails Foundation with Amanda Perino
May 22nd, 2024 | 32 mins 28 secs
Over the last year, the Rails Foundation has been hard at work on several initiatives. After a successful Rails World last year, they’ve been working on the program for this year’s Rails World in Toronto. The Rails Foundation has also been working on several other initiatives that are very important to our community. Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation joins the show to talk about the Foundation's work on the Rails Guides, Rails Girls Brazil, Tropical.rb, tutorials, working with Rails Core, and Rails World