Remote Ruby

Once you get it working, it works!

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:52] Jason fills us in on how he’s building a pretty heavy JavaScript tool, using Vite, and a problem he had.  [00:11:04] We learn ab...

Moving From Consulting To Products With Andrew Sabetta

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:15] Andrew introduces himself, what he does, and more about the businesses that he started.[00:09:48] Chris asks Andrew what took him f...

Kasper Timm Hansen from the Rails Core Team

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:43] Jason and Chris chat about stripe-ruby-mock and Paddle. [00:03:23] Kasper tells about himself, what he’s doing now, and how he g...

Code Metrics with Kevin Murphy

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:15] We start with Andrew telling us he’s not a fan of code coverage metric and talks about a gem everyone uses called SimpleCov and w...

Pay V3 & Coding without Resposibilities

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:51] Chris tells us about taking on the task of refactoring Pay.  [00:03:48] Find out about the first open source project Chris did in...

MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x Ruby on Rails Podcast)

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:02] Chris, Jason, and Andrew tell us the story behind Remote Ruby and how it started.  [00:03:42] Jason Swett tells us the origin of ...

Now We're A Webpacker Podcast

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:42] Last week the guys discussed using Inertia, and Jason tell us he’s been doing more Inertia and messing with forms, “axios” is...

Learning in Public | Alpine & Inertia

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:42] Andrew gives us an update if he finished his JavaScript framework he was working on, and he tells us why he chooses to use Alpine o...

Collin Jilbert: Bootcamps, Ruby Radar, and finding a job as a Junior Rails Developer

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:46] Collin gives us his background and getting into the programming world.  [00:03:24] Collin fills us in on why he decided to do a p...

How Chris and Andrew Became 10X Black Hats

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:51] Chris gives a shout-out to Adam McCrea, the Developer behind the RailsAutoscale for Heroku, and how he grew the product over the co...

Read the Logs & Version Your Gems

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:15] Since Jason’s been gone a few weeks, the guys have a chat to catch up.   Jason tells us how it’s been going at home since the ...

Rails Jobs: How to Win Friends and Influence People

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:00] Chris and Andrew reminisce about Wii Fit, Dungeons & Dragons, and card games, which we learn Andrew became a cheater in card ga...

Kubernetes, JSX for Ruby, and more with Cameron Dutro

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:38] Cameron fills us in on a project he’s working on called Kuby, and how he got started on it.  [00:10:07] Cameron walks us throug...

Jason Joins Team HAML?

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:58] We start off by Andrew telling us he’s working in a weird area of the internet doing stuff with Adobe and the guys catch up on wh...

Rails' new Request.js library, Ruby Radar, and CSS for Email

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:50] Andrew fills us in on the Ruby Radar stuff and if anyone is interested in being a part of it or helping out you can reach out to hi...

Announcing RubyRadar, new Rails 7 features, and Turbo Native Registration

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:49] Andrew tells us Brittany Martin released a great podcast episode with Evan Phoenix and Marty Haught, about behind the scenes of Rai...

Joined by CJ Avilla from Stripe

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:26] CJ tells us about himself and what he does at Stripe.[00:07:18] We learn about two different paths and what Stripe does beyond card...

Joined by Jason Swett

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:05:33] Jason introduces himself and tells us what he does. [00:06:48] Jason defines what a service object is and how he views them, and t...

Joined by Andrea Fomera, Tony Hawk, and starting a Rails Hackathon!

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:49] What an interesting week for Andrew! Find out exactly what happened to him and all about his “concerns” he had at work. [00:07...

Building iOS apps using Hotwire / Turbo.js with Joe Masilotti

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:59] Jason tells us about WNB.rb, which is a new virtual community for women and non-binary Rubyists to get involved in. [00:03:23] Joe...

Railsconf Talk Success, Request Variants, Deploying to Render, and Caddy Server

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:05] We learn how RailsConf 2021 was from Chris, and Andrew makes an announcement that he’s moving out of state and something about al...

ViewComponents and the Future of Assets with Joel Hawksley

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After Jason talked about his side project last week, he tells us he had to abandon Stripe checkout and did something else instead, and Chris a...

Building Marketplaces in Rails & Stripe Connect

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:51] Jason tells us he’s been on “bug rotation” at Podia this week and he shares how they do it.[00:05:53] Chris explains how he w...

MimeMagic broke EVERYTHING

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:19] Andrew starts us off with a funny story starting with having some discrepancies on staging and locally and using redirect back meth...

Skypack and Snowpack with Fred Schott

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:45] Fred gives us a brief introduction of what he’s working on these days.[00:03:50] Fred did a conference talk about the Third Age o...

Chain Smoking for Vaccines, Delegated Types, and Creating Courses

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:00] The guys chat about what happened this week in their lives, getting COVID vaccines, and Chris trying to get a title transferred on ...

Advocating for Junior Devs, Hotwire and HTMX

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:04:17] Chris asks the guys if they submitted a talk to RailsConf 2021. Andrew tells us about a virtual talk at a meetup he’s giving in J...

Building a Business on Rails with Mike Perham

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:40] Mike tells us about himself, what he was doing before he started Sidekiq, and what led in the idea of him starting it.[00:03:46] Ja...

Launching 12in12.io, Dependency Confusion Attack, and Conventional Commits

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:42] Andrew does a follow up from last week when he talked about moving and archiving repos and he gives an update. Jason tells us probl...

Jason's run in with the cops, Andrew deletes his GitHub, and Madmin launches?

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:22] The guys share stories of things that happened to them this past week.[00:06:30] Jason announces he got all his testing videos done...

Rails for Beginners, Site Editors, and Skypack

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:43] The guys chat about callbacks. [00:04:46] Chris tells us about the new course he did, “Ruby on Rails for Beginners.”[00:08:58]...

Building Products in Rails with Brian Casel

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:50] Brian tells us what he does and how he got into Rails.[00:04:15] We learn about Brian’s company, Audience Ops, and ProcessKit, wh...

Rails LTS deep dive with Tobias Kraze

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:41] Chris and Jason tell us what they’ve been working on with Hotwire and StimulusReflex. [00:03:19] Tobias tells us all about himse...

Hotwire, Rails NEXT, and the DHH Stack™ with David Heinemeier Hansson

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:34] DHH jumps right into telling us what the response has been to Hotwire and how Basecamp has felt about the response.[00:04:02] DHH t...

Talkin' Puma and the Rails Performance Workshop with Nate Berkopec

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:20] Nate tells us a little bit about himself, what he does, and a book he wrote. [00:02:18] Nate talks about the Rails Performance wor...

Andrew's HAML Tattoo

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:41] Jason dropped his StimulusReflex course in early access and he tells us how the initial reception of it is and how he’s feeling a...

The Early Days of Rails, Long-term Maintenance, and Oh My Zsh with Robby Russell

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:44] Robby tells us who is he and some of things he’s involved with.[00:02:42] Robby tells us about Z shells being the default on macO...

HTML over Websockets is all the rage

25 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:25] Jason tells us about his busy Black Friday weekend and having to use Rails Autoscale, and Chris mentions Shopify’s graph showing ...

Live Recording: Hotwire Release Day

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HotwireThe live stream Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Andrew's Haml/ERB trailer, TailwindCSS 2.0, and instant Browser Notifcations with CableReady

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:39] Jason starts off by talking about a Rails app he went back to that he built and hasn’t touched since March. [00:02:05] Jason upg...

Modeling friendships is hard, Railscasts nostalgia, and reviving ActsAsTenant

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:47] Jason and Chris talk about modelling friendships in your database models. [00:06:56] Chris brings up building teams and inviting p...

Bridgetown, APIStruct, Hashie, and generating PDF forms in Rails

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:05:05] What’s new in Ruby and Rails Land?  Andrew announces RubyConf 2020 (virtual) is next week.[00:09:20] Jason spun up a Bridgetown ...

Modernizing A Community Is Hard

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:34] Jason and Chris chat about voting, election, and COVID. Chris mentions a GitHub repository that posts the election votes in real ti...

Reimagined Rails views using Matestack with Jonas Jabari

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:48] The guys catch up on what’s been going on this week. Chris tells us he’s been using Jumpstart in rebuilding Hatchbox this week....

Webpacker in Engines & Dealing with Burnout

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:25] Chris talks about going down the rabbit hole since their discussion last week about Webpacker and Rails Engines which was on his to...

New Rails API docs, Webpacker "fun", and security.txt

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:05] Chris mentions Kasper posted a link to a PR that updates the Rails API guides, which now includes the sidebar with all of the class...

🎉 Episode 100!! Upgrading Rails with Ernesto Tagwerker

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:05:18] Ernesto gives us an introduction of who he is and what he does.[00:10:43] Ernesto talks about the last RailsConf in Minneapolis whe...

Self-care as a developer, Ruby 3.0, Sorbet, and more

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:38] Andrew tells us about his weekend having to truncate 250 million rows and how he had to take care of a few issues.  Jason talks ab...

Getting started in Ruby & Rails with Will Johnson

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:25] What have the guys been up to? Jason tells us he’s been working on his editor project with Reflex and Cable Ready, Chris has been...

Joined by Adam Wathan: TailwindCSS, Tailwind UI, and ActionView Components

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we welcome back a special guest, Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS. We find out some cool things that have happened in Tail...

Managing Technical Debt, Vue 3, and Adding Linters to Legacy Code Bases

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:49] Chris tells us he had somebody using Jumpstart that couldn’t get into his app, so he explains how he solved the problem. He also ...

Testing performance, Madmin is getting revied, and Railties vs Engines

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:34] Andrew tells us what happened when he gave Linter Action another try. He also talks about code scanning alerts and RuboCop.[00:05:1...

Right-ward assignments in Ruby 3? View Components for Primer, and Andrew dabbles with RubyMine

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:07:05] Jason tells us all the cool features Laravel 8 is going to have.[00:14:08] We hear of glimpse of what the new version of Spark will...

Ruby 3 adds Ractor, Hook Relay, ZSH and more

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:08:26] Chris has been jumping into the Ruby stuff and mentions there was a Ractor announcement and it was accepted, which will be in the n...

Rails Hosting Survey results & Junk Drawers for Code

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:55] Jason explains his absence last week because he was trying to trace down a bug with CableReady and morphed them how they worked tog...

Andrew's first time working with legacy Rails applications

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:55] Chris and Andrew chat about old and new video games and server issues. [00:09:03] Chris asks Andrew what he’s been up to this wee...

Refactoring view components, notifications, and how you translate your JavaScript

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:37] The guys catch up on what’s been going on in their lives.   [00:10:58] Jason tells us he’s been refactoring and cranking out ...

Following up with Steve Polito

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, Chris and Andrew have brought back their good friend, Steve Polito, to give us an update on his new job! Yes, he got a j...

Noticed (Notifications in Rails), Real-time Previews with Stimulus Reflex, and Podia is Hiring

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:00:25] Chris has been tweeting about doing notifications in Rails and trying to build and he asks the guys if they’ve used any notificat...

Building Homes & Software, Translations, and Bridgetown

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:02] Jason and Chris chat about moving, selling, and designing their new homes. Chris has gone down a rabbit hole lately and tells us to...

Futurism, Jumpstart, and Javascript Dependencies

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:20] Andrew and Chris chat about Slim, Tailwind, and Components.  They also mention Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan, who are the creators...

Exploring HEY's Gemfile

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Remote Ruby!  The guys are all back together this week! In the last episode, COVID-19 was talked about, so the guys want to shift ...

Andrew needs a job and TailwindCSS ViewComponents

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:03] Andrew fills us in on being laid off from his job and he talks about how his job search is going. [00:09:32] Jason asks Andrew how...

MiniTest for Those Who RSpec

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Remote Ruby!  On this episode, we have Jason and Chris.  Chris tells us that their Hey email addresses got secured and that makes...

Advanced StimulusReflex & CableReady in real-world apps

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:06:10] Jason starts out by talking about working on action cable this past weekend since he uses stimulus reflex for everything in life an...

Past Rubies and Rails history with Nick Schwaderer

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:20] Jason talks about the form stuff he’s been working on in Reflex.[00:08:02] Nick tells us about the background of “Past Rubies,”...

RailsBytes.com, AppLocale and more with Andrea Fomera

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:25] Chris starts off and gives a s/o to Andrea Fomera for being one of the first GoRails subscribers and the longest subscriber. Then t...

Railsconf Couch Edition & May of WTFs with Matt Swanson

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:04:25] Matt gives us an introduction of who he is and what he does at SEP. He also mentions his blog called, “Boring Rails.” (don’t ...

Bridgetown Ruby with Jared White

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:06:06] Jared gives us a summary of who he is, what he does, and how Bridgetown started.  Let’s just say it was a wild ride! [00:018:11...

Joined by Josh Wood from HoneyBadger.io and Heya.email

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:54] Chris asks Josh if there is a viewing party going on for RailsConf online stuff since RailsConf was canceled.  Josh explains what ...

Stimulus Reflex BlackJack, Leaving ActionText, and Calendar Gems

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:13] Jason talks about how he needs to start doing some upgrades on HopeGrid. And because the guys do like to have fun, they talk about ...

$1k/mo GitHub Sponsorship, Advanced Stimulus Reflex, and more

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:35] Chris talks about “Active Admin,” which is the most popular Rails Admin Gem and how useful it is to use.  [00:07:25] Andrew br...

From Agency Life to Software Development: Q&A with Steve Polito

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:43] Steve gives his background, jobs he’s had, and what he’s currently doing now. He also talks about how he stumbled upon Rails an...

ViewComponent, Alpine.js, and embedding videos in ActionText

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:04:43] Jason talks about “filtering” and how it relates to model scopes. [00:08:30] Speaking of fun side projects, Andrew asks the gu...

Sheltering in Place, Building Products, and trying out StimulusReflex

05 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:01:47] Chris talks about how with gas prices being so low and no one being on the road, the Cannonball Run (NY-LA car race) people are tal...

Javascript woes, Stimulus to the rescue, and online Railsconf talks

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:04:37] There is a discussion about using escape JavaScript in apps as well using jQuery.[00:08:24] Jason talks about learning Backbone and...

Railsconf 2020 Cancelled, Linters, Layered Caching, & GlobalID

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:03:41] Andrew talks about his “experiment” which is a remote-like meetup he is putting together.[00:10:31] There is talk about Standar...

Multitenancy, AWS Lambda, and a new online Ruby meetup?

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew “jump” right in to talking about Jumpstart Pro and what he is working on. Other discussions incl...

Tailwind UI, Hanami::API, Puma security fixes, and more

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[00:02:13] The guys talk about how Ruby is 27 years old and Rails is 16 years old and how Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto is still involved with...

RailsConf Proposals, Building Forms with StimulusReflex, and More

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

StimulusReflexStrong MigrationsFalconAndrew Mason's CFPsAwesome LegalTailwindCSS Stimulus Components Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew ...

Joined by Jonathan Reinink, Creator of Inertia.js

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Reinink (Website)Jonathan Reinink (Twitter)TailwindCSSInertia.js Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/...

StimulusReflex at CodeFund, Testing ChurchChat, Encryption Gems, Inspecting Hey.com

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CodeFundStimulusReflexSwitching between Chrome and Headless Chrome in Rails system testsLockboxBlink Index Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew...

Mental Health, Rails Upgrades, Jason's New Project, Bootstrap Shift, and More

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

ChurchChatBootstrap ShiftMonolithsAttractor Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

New Jumpstart Features, Postponing Southeast Ruby 2020, and (Possibly) a New Online Ruby Conference

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jumpstart ProUppySoutheast RubyPrunerThis Week in RailsNate Berkopec: "Part of the reason I continue to invest in Ruby is that no one eve...

"Just Keep Hitting Tab"

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Learn Rails by Building Instagram Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Concerns, Interactors, and Ruby 2.7 Features (Ruby 2.7 Christmas Day 🎉)

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On Writing Software WellRefactoring the Gilded RoseEnough With the Service Objects AlreadyConcerns in Code Fund Source CodeWhat's New in ...

Introducing Nate Hopkins, Working with ActionCable's API, Webpacker in Rails Engines, and Stimulus Reflex Updates

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we welcome Nate Hopkins to the sho, talk about ActionCable's API, discuss Jason's trouble with using JavaScript in ...

Introducing Andrew Mason, CI Tooling, Ruby 2.7 Features, Rails 6.1 on the Radar

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rubocop Linter GitHub ActionWhat's New in Ruby 2.7Pattern Matching - New Feature in Ruby 2.7 by Kazuki TsujimotoModel Error as Object (Ra...

Building Chat Applications, GitHub Actions, HatchBox Features, and Mistakes

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this pre-Thanksgiving episode released post-Thanksgiving, we talk about what it was like working with ActionCable and React on Podia's...

Better Late Than Never

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Payments with Rails Master ClassFieldhelp Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Managed Databases in Hatchbox, Stripe Workflows, ActionText, and ActionMailbox

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk about Chris' adventures implementing managed database support into HatchBox, the different workflows you can tak...

Testing in Ruby

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I said the word "RSpec" a couple of minutes in, and then we spent 40 minutes talking about testing. We talk about our separate taste...

Catching Up

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After two weeks off, we took some time to sit down and talk. We chat about Chris' experience with SCA while updating Pay, upcoming HatchB...

Building Kolide with Jason Meller

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Meller on TwitterBad BloodDavid GogginsAmerican KingpinKolideKolide on TwitterInertia.jsosquery Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Maso...

Joined by Andrew Mason

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew on TwitterAndrew on GitHub Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

StimulusReflex with Nate Hopkins

14 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

StimulusReflexNate Hopkins' Twitter Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Turning 50

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

GoRails: How to use Multiple Databases in Rails 6.0Jeykll Tailwind StarterGoRails: Preventing Conflicts with Optimistic Locking (Pro)GoRails: ...

Joined by Jacob Herrington

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

devpath.fmjh.codesJacob on TwitterSolidusOpen Source Made Me $10K Working Part-Time for 30 Days Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Tw...

Joined by DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson)

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

DHH on TwitterRuby on RailsBasecampREWORK Podcast Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In Person at Southeast Ruby

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Southeast RubyStrong Customer Authentication Chris Oliver X/Twitter Andrew Mason X/Twitter Jason Charnes X/Twitter