Episode 231: 231: Roller Derby Daze

August 15th, 2017  |  43 mins 50 secs

This week Kyle is joined again by Britt who is giving a few talks coming up. Kyle and Britt talk about preparation styles, tips for giving talks, and how to not become a viral video.

Episode 230: 230: Let's Start At The Beginning

August 7th, 2017  |  36 mins 27 secs

Kyle is joined by Brian who has made a cross country move back to the mid-west. Brian talks about a new project that he's looking to undertake and how to get started solving it with Rails. Finally, we check back in on programming fonts.

Episode 229: 229: My Death Is Greatly Exaggerated

July 31st, 2017  |  43 mins 6 secs

Kyle is joined by Joel to get an update on Shubox, its redesign, and what it's like to be Product Hunted. They discuss some reports of Rails' death and what it means for developers. Spoiler alert: the reports are greatly exaggerated.

Episode 228: 228: From the ashes...

July 25th, 2017  |  42 mins 13 secs

After a bit of a haitus, Kyle is back and introducing you to the newest co-host, Britt Martin! Learn about her background and the group affinity for Hamilton.

The Ruby on Rails Podcast returns weekly starting August 1st!

Episode 227: 227: Talk about town

April 11th, 2017  |  38 mins 46 secs

With Patriot's Day arriving soon to take over Boston, Kyle invites Joel back to talk about what he's been up to, GraphQL finally hitting the big time, and what it's like to be in Boston on Marathon Monday.

Episode 226: 226: Come fly with me

March 28th, 2017  |  34 mins 50 secs

On this episode, Brian joins again to talk about the consequences of poor design when it comes to air travel. We talk about dog-fooding, flying away, and how Delta could best spend their money. It's all technology related, I promise.

Episode 225: 225: Capital-R Rubyist

March 9th, 2017  |  41 mins 48 secs

This week Joel returns to join Kyle with talk of RailsConf 2017, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and what it's like to be a lower-case Rubyist.

Episode 224: 224: Aren't We All Designers, Really?

February 24th, 2017  |  43 mins 33 secs

This week I invite Brian Nelson, a friend who is a designer and developer, to talk about what it's like to use Rails as a designer, how he handle developers doing design, and talk about a few new fonts and editor tools.

Episode 223: 223: Two and a Half ORMs

February 9th, 2017  |  39 mins 16 secs

This week I introduce Joel Oliveira, one of my new recurring co-hosts. We learn a little about Joel, how we met, his side project Shubox, what it's really like using Rails 5, and a bit about ORMs.

Episode 222: 222: 1 Million Reasons to Open Source

November 1st, 2016  |  42 mins 17 secs

This week I chat with Mike Perham who is the creator, owner, and operator of Sidekiq. We talk about running a successful open source project, how to make some money and keep your sanity, and a little bit about the future with Crystal.

Episode 221: 221: But What About The Stars?

October 4th, 2016  |  43 mins 25 secs

In this episode, Kyle is joined by Mike McQuaid, a maintainer on Homebrew, to talk about open source, how Homebrew works, and the hardest part of running a huge package manager for Macs. Let's give this new format a try!

Episode 220: 220: A Farewell to Sean

September 28th, 2016  |  53 mins 15 secs

After many wonderful episodes, we're wishing Sean a fine farewell as he takes his leave from the podcast. We'll also catch up on what Sean's up to and how Kyle's release of the GitHub GraphQL API at Universe went.

Episode 219: 219: I've Got A Nerd Crush

July 12th, 2016  |  55 mins 52 secs

The boys are back in town! Coming off an early summer hiatus, Sean and Kyle catch up, chat about Rails 5, Kyle gives an update on his project, and we all recall the sound of Sean and Kyle's voices.

Episode 218: 218: Abstract or Extract

May 18th, 2016  |  49 mins

Following up on Episode #214, Sean talks about his decision to follow no advice and go his own way by extracting a service from one of his projects. Hubris? Let's find out together.

Episode 217: 217: Morning Edition, or The Best Time to Move Fast and Break Things?

May 10th, 2016  |  57 mins 59 secs

Recorded in the morning, with spunk.

Episode 216: 216: First Annual Hop Hump + "Head First Ruby" with Jay McGavren

May 2nd, 2016  |  1 hr 12 mins

Fewer frogs, more programming, and an interview with Jay McGavren, author of "Head First Ruby". The waiting is the hardest part.