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 Elise Shaffer, Brian Mariani, Jemma Issroff and Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

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Episodes

  • Episode 448: Turbo Native Workshop with Joe Masilotti

    December 14th, 2022  |  30 mins 58 secs

    Joe Masilotti of both Turbo Native and railsdevs fame, joined Brittany to talk about his upcoming Turbo Native workshop. They discuss why he is conducting the workshop(s), whether he is happy with the current state of Turbo Native (with a cool OSS reveal) and of course, an update on how railsdevs is progressing.

  • 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.

  • Episode 446: I'm Giving A Talk on Thursday (The Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel)

    November 30th, 2022  |  43 mins 7 secs

    Live from Providence, RI, it is the Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel! Panelists from different community podcasts come together to discuss their experiences at the conference, field questions from the audience attendees and of course, mention their upcoming talks they were giving at the conference.

  • Episode 445: The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide Episode (Brittany + Nick)

    November 23rd, 2022  |  33 mins 27 secs

    It's back and now a tradition! It's the Holiday Gift Guide episode where Brittany and Nick share their picks for gifts that might appeal to a developer in your life.

  • Episode 444: Artificial Intelligence on Rails with Kevin Su

    November 16th, 2022  |  24 mins 11 secs

    Kevin Su ditched college to pursue the venture-backed startup dream, but found his calling running a small, bootstrapped and profitable SaaS business called Clearscope. Together, Brittany, Brian and Kevin discuss why Rails is the perfect launching pad for SaaS businesses, the tech stack Clearscope has chosen and how they approach hiring.

  • Episode 443: Your Network Is Your Net Worth with Roman Turner

    November 9th, 2022  |  30 mins

    Roman Turner is a classically trained French chef turned developer. He's now a Software Developer at America's Test Kitchen. He and Brittany discuss personal branding, attracting and keeping members in the Ruby/Rails community and advice for junior developers seeking their first role.

  • Episode 442: Sierra Rails (The Apprenticeship Pattern) with Dave Paola

    November 2nd, 2022  |  33 mins 1 sec

    An episode to inspire everyone who is passionate about Junior Rails developers finding roles! Dave Paola is the founder of Sierra Rails, a new development agency based on the idea that combining Ruby on Rails with the apprenticeship model can produce big results.

  • Episode 441: The Pursuit of Mentorship with Meghan Gutshall

    October 26th, 2022  |  32 mins 50 secs

    Meg Gutshall is a Ruby on Rails application developer at Penn Medicine with a passion for open source. Brittany asks Meg about her love of Virtual Coffee, her fond memories of Mike Rogers and her role as a core team member of Ruby for Good.

  • 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.

  • Episode 439: One More Podcast Pitch with Andy Croll

    October 12th, 2022  |  35 mins 47 secs

    Andy Croll is back and he has something to say. Brittany and Andy chat from their cupboards about My First Ruby Friend, bringing yourself to work, Apple note driven development and Rubyconf Mini. They spend the rest of the episode on Andy's podcast pitch.

  • Episode 438: The Rails SaaS Conference Hype Train with Drew Bragg

    October 5th, 2022  |  32 mins 58 secs

    Reunited and it feels so good! Friend of the show and host of Code and the Coding Coders who Code it, Drew Bragg, is back today. Together, he and Brittany discuss the upcoming Rails SaaS Conference and their goals for attending. They also hash out Drew's game show talk for Rubyconf Mini and how he is straddling a Rails upgrade and ViewComponent upgrade at work.

  • Episode 437: It's Not Only Sauerkraut and Pickles (Brittany + Nick)

    September 28th, 2022  |  30 mins 52 secs

    After diving into CrossFit and their favorite comfort foods, Nick and Brittany talk all things conferences: RubyKaigi 2022, Rails SaaS and Rubyconf 2022. Nick ends the episode by sharing some cool Rails upgrade tooling he is working on.

  • Episode 436: The RoR Podcast x Rubber Duck Dev Show: Engineering Manager vs. Product Manager

    September 21st, 2022  |  50 mins 36 secs

    Brittany returns to the the Rubber Duck Dev Show! In this episode, Chris and Creston discuss the different viewpoints and objectives for engineering managers vs. product managers with Brittany Martin & Josh Gaastra.

  • Episode 435: My Boss is Here with Joel Schlundt

    September 14th, 2022  |  24 mins 39 secs

    Joel Schlundt is the CTO of TextUs and Brittany's boss. After diving into two origin stories, the pair discuss the Senior Backend Engineer role they are hiring for, applications they never want to build again and the importance of off-sites for remote teams. They cap the conversation off with a horror story.

  • 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.

  • Episode 433: The One About Layoffs (Brittany + Brian)

    August 31st, 2022  |  28 mins 23 secs

    The tech industry is in unprecedented times with the amount of layoffs happening. Brittany and Brian share their personal layoff stories and offer some advice to laid off employees, retained employees and companies. While empathizing with the shock layoffs cause, the duo offer some silver linings.