The Ruby AI Podcast
Episodes
You Can’t Vibe-Code Trust: Why Real SaaS Still Wins in the AI Era
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Valentino and Joe Leo welcome Scholarly CTO/co-founder Kelly Sutton to discuss building a vertical SaaS “faculty infor...
CRMs Don’t Have to Suck: Rebuilding Business Software with AI and Ruby with Thomas Witt
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many “AI startups” today are little more than thin wrappers around large language model APIs. But what happens when those APIs improve and the pla...
Innovating Development: The Future of GitHub Agents and AI in Rails
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Joe and Valentino welcome special guest, Kinsey Durham Grace, a prominent figure in the Ruby community a...
From Writing Code To Orchestrating It, Agentic Development with Ben Scofield
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo are joined by Ben Schofield, an accomplished author, open source contributor...
New Year, New Ruby: Agents, Wishes, and a Calm Ruby 4
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ruby turns 30, Ruby 4 quietly ships, and the AI tooling arms race shows signs of maturity. Valentino and Joe unpack what stability really means for a ...
Real vs. Fake AI with Evan Phoenix
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI podcast, hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo engage with Evan Phoenix, a seasoned Ruby programmer and CEO of Mirren. The ...
Running Self-Hosted Models with Ruby and Chris Hasinski
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leowelcome AI and Ruby expert Chris Hasinski. They delve into the benefits andch...
The Latent Spark: Carmine Paolino on Ruby’s AI Reboot
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Joe Leo and his co-host interview Carmine Paolino, the developer behind Ruby LLM. The discussion covers ...
Building Futures: AI, Careers & the Rails Ahead with Avi Flombaum
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo are joined by Avi Flombaum, the founder of Flatiron School. Avi talks about ...
The TLDR of AI Dev: Real Workflows with Justin Searls
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, co-hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo engage in a lively discussion with guest Justin Searls. They explore the ...
Real-World Ruby AI: Practical Systems That Work
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, co-hosts Joe Leo and Valentino Stoll, alongside guest Amanda Bizzinotto from Ombu Labs, delve into the ongoing...
Contracts and Code: The Realities of AI Development
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo unpack the widening gap between headline-grabbing AI salaries and the day-to-day realities of building su...
Rails After the Robots: Chad Fowler on AI as the Next Abstraction
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran Rubyist and investor Chad Fowler sits down with hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo to unpack why generative AI is less a magic trick and more t...
Evaluating LLMs with Leva
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI Podcast, host Valentino Stoll talks with special guest Kieran, a prominent figure in the Ruby AI space. Kieran recently...
Roasting Ruby AI Workflows with Obie Fernandez
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ruby legend Obie Fernandez joins hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo to unveil Roast—the new open-source Ruby framework for declaring reliable AI work...
Active Agent with Justin Bowen
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seventeen-year Ruby veteran Justin Bowen joins hosts Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo to unveil Active Agent—a Rails-native framework that treats every a...
Sublayer and Artificial Ruby with Scott Werner
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Werner—author of the Works on My Machine newsletter and creator of the Sublayer AI-agent framework—joins Valentino and Joe for a fast-moving...
Beyond Chat: Phoenix Tests, Ruby Agents & the AI Tipping Point
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Valentino Stoll and co-host Joe Leo kick off The Ruby AI Podcast with a candid deep-dive into what it really takes to ship AI-powered products in Ruby...
Trailer: The Ruby AI Podcast
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ruby AI podcast, hosts Landon and Valentino discuss the exciting developments in the Ruby AI community. They explore three key ...