Jemma Issroff is a backend software developer, mainly working in Ruby. She is a founder and co-organizer of WNB.rb, a women / non-binary Ruby community. An avid blogger, Jemma also writes the Tip of the Week for Ruby Weekly.
When not programming or writing, Jemma is most likely to be found outdoors: hiking, running or swimming.
Jemma Issroff has hosted 26 Episodes.
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Episode 508: YJIT with Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert
February 21st, 2024 | 23 mins 29 secs
Over the years, the performance of Ruby has improved quite a bit. One of the big recent performance improvements came from the development of YJIT inside Shopify. YJIT is a just-in-time compiler for Ruby written in Rust. Dr. Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert joined the show to talk about YJIT
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Episode 502: New Years Resolutions with Jemma Issroff
January 10th, 2024 | 26 mins 23 secs
Our cohost Jemma Issroff joined me to talk about my tenure as host so far, Jemma's work on Prism, fostering communities, building habits, how to be lucky, and we reveal our New Year's Resolutions!
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Episode 483: Minimum Viable Answer (Brittany + Jemma)
August 16th, 2023 | 22 mins 18 secs
After celebrating Jemma's newly established status as a Ruby core member, Brittany and Jemma discuss what is happening with Brittany at work, including taking some customer calls. The two hosts also talk about the important skill of being able to know your audience and how to communicate to non-technical stakeholders. They wrap up discussing AI fitness.
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Episode 477: YARP has been merged!! (Brittany + Jemma + Kevin)
July 5th, 2023 | 33 mins 8 secs
Mere minutes before this episode was recorded, YARP was merged! Kevin Newton joins Brittany and Jemma this week to share the exciting news. The trio discuss the follow up steps for YARP, whether a marketing push for adoption will be needed and how Kevin and Jemma partnered on the initiative.
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Episode 471: RubyKaigi 2023 Recap (Brittany + Jemma)
May 24th, 2023 | 27 mins 5 secs
The moderator of Ruby Committers and the World, Jemma, answers all of Brittany's questions about her recent trip to Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan for RubyKaigi 2023. The pair talk about Matz's keynote, the panel and Jemma's recent work on YARP.
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Episode 466: Pairing on Code and Conference Talks with Selena Small and Michael Milewski
April 19th, 2023 | 32 mins 27 secs
Selena Small and Michael Milewski are a pair of Senior developers from Melbourne, Australia that not only love to pair on code but getting ready for a world tour of conference talks. Fresh off the roles as co-MCs for Rubyconf AU, the pair speak with Jemma and Brittany about why they are advocates for pairing, some pairing horror stories and how they would describe the Australian Ruby community.
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Episode 464: What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify with Rose Wiegley
April 5th, 2023 | 35 mins 8 secs
Rose Wiegley is a Senior Staff Developer on Shopify’s Payments and Risk team. Jemma is solo hosting today as she interviews Rose about her thoughts on being a staff engineer at Shopify, keynoting at RubyConf Mini and her recent team switch at Shopify.
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Episode 452: 2023 with Finesse (Brittany + Jemma)
January 11th, 2023 | 26 mins 9 secs
After reflecting on their 2022 resolutions, Brittany and Jemma talk about their resolutions for 2023. Afterwards, Brittany congratulates Jemma on shipping Object Shapes in Ruby 3.2, asks what is in store for her next and why everyone should upgrade to Ruby 3.2. They wrap up the episode talking about team changes at TextUs.
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Episode 447: Rubyconf Mini Recap + The Rails Foundation (Brittany + Jemma + Emily)
December 7th, 2022 | 36 mins 30 secs
Brittany is joined by the co-organizers of Rubyconf Mini: co-host, Jemma, and Emily Samp. The trio discussed how inclusivity was laced into the event, their futures as conference planners and the adoration of Jemma's Nana. In the back half of the episode, they discuss their expectations and reaction to the announcement of The Rails Foundation.
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Episode 440: World Traveler and Ruby 3.2 Preview (Brittany + Jemma)
October 19th, 2022 | 25 mins 10 secs
Object Shapes is merged and headed to Ruby 3.2! Fresh off of her world tour, Jemma catches up with Brittany about RubyKaigi, Euroku and Rails SaaS. After talking about Rubyconf Mini plans, the pair discuss the new Data.define feature coming to Ruby 3.2 as well.
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Episode 434: All Things RubyConf Mini (Brittany + Jemma)
September 7th, 2022 | 28 mins 51 secs
Jemma, one of the co-organizers of RubyConf Mini, chats with Brittany on why she decided to organize RubyConf Mini (November 15 - November 17, 2022 in Providence, Rhode Island). The two co-hosts discuss CFPs, organizing challenges and more importantly, who should consider attending RubyConf Mini. They also celebrate Jemma getting her Japanese visa for RubyKaigi 2022.
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Episode 430: Dearly Departed (Brittany + Jemma)
August 10th, 2022 | 27 mins 9 secs
After congratulating Jemma on her talk acceptance to RubyKaigi, the duo discuss how to handle when a co-worker is departing. From handling communication to acknowledging the importance of the departing, it's a topic that should resonate with many developers. They wrap up exclaiming over first #rubyfriend.
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Episode 425: The Railsconf At Home 2022 Ruby Podcast Panel
July 6th, 2022 | 43 mins 17 secs
Live -- from home! -- in the The Railsconf At Home 2022 Ruby Podcast Panel. The panelists chat about careers, advice on your running your own conference, framework opinions and getting the most from a virtual conference.
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Episode 422: Object Shapes and Open Source (Brittany + Jemma)
June 15th, 2022 | 31 mins 11 secs
Brittany had questions about how to contribute to Ruby but luckily, Jemma was here to explain the process and explain her most recent proposal: Object shapes for Ruby. Object shapes are a technique for representing properties of an object. The two then debate reaching sustainable open source software.
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Episode 420: The Railsconf 2022 Ruby Podcast Panel
June 1st, 2022 | 43 mins 43 secs
Live from Portland, OR is the Ruby Podcast Panel recording from Railsconf 2022! The panelists discuss why they are loyal to podcasting, the state of the Ruby and Rails communities, opening doors for juniors into our industry and themes they noted from the conference.
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Episode 417: Treading Water & Panel Planning (Brittany + Jemma)
May 11th, 2022 | 29 mins 26 secs
Fresh off of treading water in a sweatsuit for a swim test, Brittany called up Jemma to do a live brainstorm for the Railsconf 2022 Podcast Panel. After discussing Jemma's team trip to London for Shopify, they go over the panel participants, moderation strategies and potential topics.