About the show

The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

The Ruby on Rails Podcast on social media

Episodes

  • Episode 215: 215: Copper Mugs of Savannah Smiles

    March 31st, 2016  |  1 hr 18 mins

    Sean and Kyle cover all the topics. GraphQL, missing EmberConf, rupbyonrails.org demo app doubts, Echo v Siri, Moscow Mules, Tiki cups, when to ship, and so-much-more. Hold your piece!

  • Episode 214: 214: Atrophic Cohost

    March 24th, 2016  |  1 hr 23 mins

    Sean, Kyle, and a chorus of small frogs discuss the Game Developers Conference, eating alone, atrophic organs, Slack vs Basecamp, the cost of abstractions, and tips for adding new team members.

  • Episode 213: 213: Coaching and Coachability

    March 3rd, 2016  |  1 hr 11 mins

    In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss a teamwork seminar that Kyle recently attended, how to be a good coach, Fireball whiskey, and lumberjack style.

  • Episode 212: 212: Should Kyle Finish His College Degree?

    February 21st, 2016  |  1 hr 19 mins

    In this week's episode, Sean and Kyle discuss Kyle's decision to finish his college degree.

  • Episode 211: 211: Physical Challenges

    February 11th, 2016  |  1 hr 7 mins

    Sean is falling apart! We talk about the physical challenges of programming and how to prevent and deal with wrist, hand, back, eye, leg, and other challenges.

    No Shipped It! segment this week, but we'll be back with a new one next week. Shipped It! is

  • Episode 210: 210: Rails 5 Preview

    January 29th, 2016  |  1 hr 16 mins

    Kyle and Sean talk about Kyle's trip to Dean Kamen's house/hanger and preview Rails 5. Plus, a new Shipped It! episode about Kyle's ongoing quest to removed a complicated serialized attribute.

    Shipped It! is an ongoing series about what it takes to man

  • Episode 209: 209: Shipped It!

    January 6th, 2016  |  1 hr 16 mins

    Sean and Kyle are back to talk about Sean's Little Professor replica in Ember, plus the debut of Shipped It!, a new segment about managing applications that have already been shipped. There's also a bit of time at the end for a good mailbag question.

    P

  • Episode 208: 208: Ship it!

    November 25th, 2015  |  1 hr 19 mins

    Kyle and Sean talk about Sean's experience this week moving an application out of development and into production.

  • Episode 207: 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert

    November 16th, 2015  |  1 hr 25 mins

    Sam Lambert, Director of Systems at GitHub, joins Sean and Kyle to talk about how to choose the right systems for the job. The conversation gets interesting right quick!

  • Episode 206: 206: Stress Management

    November 9th, 2015  |  1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 205: 205: Webhooks 101 & 202

    October 28th, 2015  |  1 hr 10 mins

    Kyle teaches Sean some lessons about implementing and scaling webhook APIs.

  • Episode 204: 204: Money and Open Source Software

    October 18th, 2015  |  1 hr 19 mins

    Sean and Kyle talk about the economics of open source software.

  • Episode 203: 203: Behind the Scenes Peek at the New GitHub Integrations Directory

    October 12th, 2015  |  58 mins 27 secs

    Kyle returns from GitHub Universe and tells Sean all about the new GitHub Integrations Directory, a service that he's been working on this year that just shipped. Plus, a teeny sneak peak at the upcoming money-in-open-source-software conversation.

  • Episode 202: 202: Behind the Scenes at Product Hunt with Mike Coutermarsh

    October 4th, 2015  |  1 hr 37 mins

    Mike Coutermarsh from Product Hunt joins Sean Devine as guest cohost to give a behind-the-scenes look at Product Hunt. Topics include Product Hunt's new features, its technical architecture and transition to an API-first development style, and their succe

  • Episode 201: 201: API-First, Planning-Second

    September 22nd, 2015  |  1 hr 20 mins

    Sean and Kyle debrief on the successful (phew!) API-First training seminar, and talk about the upcoming GitHub Universe conference.

  • Episode 200: 200: The User Interface is the Exception State + Listener Audio Questions Part 1

    September 8th, 2015  |  1 hr 20 mins

    Sean and Kyle talk about differences between enterprise applications and consumer applications, and treating the human UI as the exception state. They also answer a handful of questions from listener Colin Rubbert.