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Ruby Rogues

Our original panel podcast, Ruby Rogues is a weekly discussion around Ruby, Rails, software development, and the community around Ruby.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.

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50:58

Inside the RubyGems Controversy: Transparency, Trust,...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/11/01

In this solo episode of Ruby Rogues, I’m unpacking one of the biggest stories in the Ruby world right now: the tension between Ruby Central and core RubyGems contributors. I share what I’ve learned from talking to people across the community and why this issue is more complex than it looks on social media. From the origins of Bundler and Ruby Together to the recent creation of gem.coop, I trace how we got here—and why both sides have valid points but also made serious missteps.I also open up about

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71:57

Distributing Your CLI with Homebrew: Tips from Mike...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/09/09

In this episode of Ruby Rogues, I sit down with Mike McQuaid, lead maintainer of Homebrew, to talk all about building and distributing CLIs. We dig into the practical steps for turning small scripts into reliable command-line tools, why Ruby is a great starting point, and when you might want to reach for Go or Rust instead.We also explore the challenges of distributing CLIs across macOS, Linux, and Windows, why Homebrew remains one of the easiest ways to ship software, and the importance of testing

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72:03

Indexing the Ruby World with RubyEvents.org - RUBY 677

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/07/16

Hey everyone, Charles Max Wood here! It’s great to be back behind the mic with Ayush Nawatia for another episode of Ruby Rogues. This time, we’re diving into the fascinating world of Ruby community resources with two amazing guests: Adrien Poly and Marco Roth. They’re the creators behind RubyEvents.org, an ambitious project that’s aiming to centralize and modernize access to Ruby-related videos, conferences, meetups, and more.In this episode, we explore the vision and evolution of

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75:08

The Magic of RubyLLM with Carmine Paolino - RUBY 676

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/05/22

In this episode, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Carmine Paolino — an AI innovator, Ruby enthusiast, and all-around tech wizard. From his early days automating PC games at age five to building cutting-edge AI tools in Berlin, Carmine’s journey is as inspiring as it is impressive.We dove deep into his latest creation: RubyLLM, a Ruby gem that simplifies working with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini. Think of it as an intuitive, plug-and-play toolkit that

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63:59

Demystifying the Rails Codebase with Ridhwana Khan -...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/05/09

Hey folks, in this week’s episode, I sat down with the incredible Ridhwana Khan — a South African technical writer for the Rails Foundation and lead engineer at Circle. We had a fantastic chat about all things Ruby on Rails, but especially the underappreciated art (and science!) of writing documentation.Ridhwana took us behind the scenes of the official Rails Guides — how they’re updated, expanded, and reviewed — and gave us a real sense of the thoughtful, collaborative work that powers one of the

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102:40

How to Optimize Your Rails App Using SQLite - RUBY 674

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/05/02

In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Charles Max Wood and Ayush Nwatia welcome back guest Stephen Margheim to dive deeper into the evolving world of SQLite. Stephen explains that with Rails 8, SQLite has reached a major milestone: it now supports a fully production-ready, server-driven web application experience with no compromises. He walks us through the big improvements, like better transaction handling and SQLite’s integration with Rails, which now supports background jobs, caching, and WebSocket

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70:20

Why Change Feels Scary—And How to Make It Work for...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/04/04

In this episode, we dove into a topic that’s been on our minds — how to navigate change with purpose instead of fear. Whether it's personal transformation, career pivots, or unexpected life shifts, we talked about what it takes to stay grounded and aligned during times of transition.We opened up about our own experiences with change — the messy middle, the doubts, the resistance — and how we’ve learned to see it as a creative force rather than something to avoid. A big takeaway? Growth doesn’t

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86:33

Joe Masilotti on Hotwire Native Updates, Challenges,...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/03/06

In this episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast, we dive deep into the world of Hotwire Native with our special guest, Joe Masilotti. Hosted by Charles Max Wood, along with panelist Ayush Nwatiya, we explore the evolution from Turbo Native to Hotwire Native and the exciting new features and improvements that come with this transition. Joe shares insights from his journey of writing "The Rails and Hotwire Codex" and collaborates with Pragmatic Bookshelf to make the integration of web and mobile

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68:40

Essential Tools, Updates, and Strategies in Rails...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/02/21

In this episode of Top End Devs, we dive deep into the realm of security within the Rails ecosystem with our guest, Greg Molnar. Known for his expertise in this field, Greg joins our panelists Valentino Stoll and host Charles Max Wood to unravel the intricacies of security measures and updates in Rails 8 and 7.2. From exploring built-in features like rate limiting, authentication generators, and parameter filtering to discussing the importance of tools like dependabot and Brakeman, this episode

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75:37

Rails Developers Survey: Continuous Deployment Trends...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/02/07

Welcome back to another episode of the Top End Devs podcast! Today, we have an exciting lineup featuring our host Charles Max Wood and special guests Robbie Russell from Planet Argon, along with panelists Ayush Nawatia and Valentino Stoll. This episode dives deep into the insights from the latest Ruby community survey conducted by Robbie Russell. We explore topics such as the rise of Stimulus JS in the Rails community, trends in deployment practices, popular tools and services in the software

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65:18

Exploring Tech Choices and Team Dynamics with Jesse...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/01/24

In this episode of Top End Devs, host David Camira is joined by panelists Luke Stutters and John Epperson, along with special guest Jesse Spivak, a senior engineer at Ibotta. Jesse shares his experiences and insights from a challenging project at Ibotta, where he navigated through four critical mistakes. These included choosing the wrong technology, siloing work, falling into premature optimization, and making too many changes at once. Jesse explains how these mistakes jeopardized the project but

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46:19

Rules of OOP in Pictures with Ivan Nemytchenko - RUBY...

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/01/08

Ivan Nemytchenko is a freelancer. He's a speaker and conference organizer. Ivan spoke at RailsConf about abstract object-oriented programming ideas and how they can be expressed with pictures. The discussion goes into learning processes and how to create visual representations that help people understand Ruby, Rails, or other concepts.LinksChernoff Facesdmikhr/DudeGL - "Anthropomorphic UML": visualization of code and OOP concepts in a form of human body.dmikhr/Dudity - Analyze Rails code with stick

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53:58

Rails at Super Scale with Kyle d'Oliveira - RUBY 667

Ruby Rogues ·

2025/01/01

Kyle d'Oliveira (Clio) shares his survival tips for dealing with tens of thousands of commits, massive migrations and the very limits of databases. We discuss the lessons learned from Rails megaprojects and how to use these tips in your own projects to reduce technical debt and tools to keep your monolith majestic when the code won't stop coming.LinksGitHub's Online Schema Migrations for MySQLGh-ost benchmark against pt-online-schema-change performancePicksMatt - Danger JSLuke - From jQuery to ES6 |

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81:27

Evaluating Software Frameworks: Insights with Uncle...

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/12/25

In this episode, Charles and Valentino dive into the complexities of software design decisions with the esteemed guest, Uncle Bob Martin. They explore the pivotal question: How do you evaluate frameworks and dependencies in your projects? Uncle Bob shares his seasoned perspective on choosing frameworks based on an application's long-term goals and complexity, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful decision-making over defaulting to popular solutions. Together, they delve into the nuances of

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48:19

GraphQL Doesn't Need To Be Hell with Dmitry Tsepelev...

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/12/18

Different doesn’t need to be worse. Dmitry Tsepelev tells us how to make the most of using GraphQL with Rails, the advantages over REST-based API queries and best practices for security and

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54:44

Sorbet with Ufuk Kayserilioglu - RUBY 664

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/12/11

In this episode of Ruby Rogues, we talk with Ufuk about how Shopify made the transition to using Sorbet and about the benefits they felt they received from implementing it. Ufuk also reveals a little bit about how Shopify transitioned to fully remote and about how that will be the default moving forward.Picks Luke - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdfJohn - Walmart Grocery PickupDave - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thin+ClientsDave - Apple ARM MacMini Ufuk - TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols

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73:55

Black-Belt Debugging with Chelsea Troy - RUBY 663

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/12/04

In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Chelsea Troy teaches us to hone our debugging skills to a razor-sharp edge. We learn how to actively improve debugging skills, train troubleshooting instincts and practical strategies for tackling brain-bending bugs.Linkshttps://chelseatroy.com/2020/01/13/a-framework-for-debugging/PicksLuke - https://rclone.org/John - Large Mouse PadsJohn - The Coding Den – A place where people ask and answer questions about coding, etc.Charles - Logi wireless mouseCharles - the

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82:08

Building AI-Powered Applications in Ruby - RUBY 662

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/11/28

This week, our host Charles Max Wood sits down with co-host Valentino Stoll to dive deep into the cutting-edge tools and strategies in AI development and integration. Valentino shares his go-to resources, including Langchain and Rails plug-ins like RAIX and Ray, to enhance applications with AI. They discuss the nuances of agent-based systems, Justin Bowen’s frameworks, and AI engines from industry leaders like Alex Rudolph and Toby Lukett.Charles and Valentino also explore the significant impact of

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83:34

Embracing Human Factors and Rapid Development in Ruby...

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/11/21

In today's episode, they dive deep into the fascinating intersections of system security, rapid development, and the human factors that influence them, with our esteemed guest Emil Kampp. Emil, a seasoned expert in critical infrastructure and fintech, shares his experiences and strategies for using Ruby on Rails to achieve unparalleled speed and robust testing in development.They explore the nuances of dynamic typing versus static programming, why Ruby on Rails is often the go-to for swift feature

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64:53

Kamal and Docker: Efficient Application Deployment...

Ruby Rogues ·

2024/11/13

Today, they delve deep into the world of application deployment with our special guest, Josef Stribny, a freelance software engineer and author of "Deployment from Scratch" and "Kamal Handbook". Joined by the insightful panelists, Valentino and Ayush, they explore the intricacies of deploying applications using Kamal, a minimalistic deployment tool inspired by Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson.In this episode, Josef shares his expertise on Kamal’s deployment process, Docker registries,

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