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Practical Observability: Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Better Debugging - RUBY 65616 Oct 202401:20:57
 Today, they dive deep into the world of observability in programming, particularly within Rails applications, with special guest, John Gallagher. Valentino openly shares his struggles with engineering challenges and the frustration of recurring issues in his company's customer account app. They explore a five-step process Valentino has developed to tackle these problems and emphasize the critical role of defining use cases and focusing on relevant data for effective observability.
In this episode, they talk about the emotional journey of dealing with bugs, the importance of capturing every event within an app, and why metrics, logs, and tracing each play a unique role in debugging. They also touch on tools like Datadog, New Relic, and OpenTelemetry, discussing their practical applications and limitations. Valentino and John shed light on how structured logging, tracing, and the concept of high cardinality attributes can transform debugging experiences, ultimately aiming for a more intuitive and robust approach to observability.
Join them as they delve into the nexus of frustration, learning, and technological solutions, offering valuable insights for every developer striving to improve their application's resilience and performance.

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Secrets Management Best Practices and Tools - RUBY 65509 Oct 202401:05:48
Charles and Valentino are joined by special guest Brian Vallelunga, CEO and co-founder of Doppler, a leading secrets management platform often described as "GitHub for secrets."
Dive into an engaging conversation about best practices for managing sensitive information, such as API keys and encryption keys, and treating all environment-configured settings as secrets. Brian shares insights on using tools like AWS Secrets Manager, Docker, and Doppler’s seamless integration with popular development workflows, ensuring robust access control and audit logging.
They discuss about the severe consequences of data breaches, compelling real-world scams, and the human cost of leaked data. Learn how Doppler helps developers avoid these risks while enhancing productivity. They also explore the intersection between developer efficiency and security, and emerging trends in secrets management like passwordless authentication.
Tune in for valuable tips, personal stories, and a peek at the future of secrets management and developer security. Let’s get started!


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Unlocking the Power of Functional Programming and Elm with Richard Feldman - RUBY 64624 Jul 202400:54:50
Richard Feldman - author of Elm in Action - joins the Rogues to discuss the advantages of Functional Programming and using Elm. Elm is a programming language that is a functional programming language built for the front-end that compiles to JavaScript. Due to its set of enforced assumptions, it leads to clean code and powerful programming constructs.


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Server-Side Request Forgery with Greg Molnar - RUBY 59119 Apr 202301:09:37
Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the Rogues to talk about Server-Side Request Forgery in Rails. He begins by explaining what Server-Side Request Forgery is and its significance. They also discuss the state of security in Rails and provide their views on the best ways to secure your applications.
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How Do You Stop Hating Your Job? - BONUS12 Apr 202300:44:44
Are you dissatisfied with your job? Sam Feeney helps organizations improve employee engagement, increase retention, and reinvent hiring while helping individuals (re)discover career satisfaction in their current roles. He joins the show alongside Chuck Wood to tackle altering the way you perceive your job and talk about Career satisfaction.
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Ruby Packs, Gems and Modularization with Alex Evanczuk - RUBY 58906 Apr 202300:58:47
Organizing Local Ruby Conferences (like Blue Ridge Ruby Conference) - Ruby 58829 Mar 202301:14:49
Jeremy Smith is a Designer & Rails Developer and Mark Locklear is a Web Developer at the eXtension Foundation. They join the show alongside Chuck to talk about the Blue Ridge Ruby Conference. They go into detail about their conference-attending experiences and what motivated them to plan their own event. Additionally, they talk about their preparations for making the event successful (finding a venue, looking for speakers and sponsors, and others)
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The Best of Ruby and JavaScript in 2023 - RUBY 59023 Mar 202301:13:17
Hosts of the JavaScript Jabber Podcast, Dan Shappir, and Steve Edwards join the Rogues on this week's crossover episode. They talk about both of the framework's useful features and how the JavaScript framework may be applied when creating Ruby applications. Additionally, they tackle each of their advantages and disadvantages.
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Pitchfork, Falcon, and Performant HTTP Servers - RUBY 58722 Mar 202300:45:54
Web Hosting and Maintaining - RUBY 58615 Mar 202300:56:27
Dave and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about important points to remember in web hosting. Dave begins by discussing ways to prevent security breaches in your system or data and prevent any ransomware attacks. He shares his own experience on how he maintains his website and the resources he is currently using. 
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Developing Video Games with Ruby and DragonRuby - RUBY 58508 Mar 202301:15:10
Ruby 3.2 - WASM, Performance, and More... - RUBY 58401 Mar 202301:02:06
Linguistic Antipatterns With Jimmy Koppel - RUBY 58322 Feb 202300:58:57
Jimmy Koppel is the founder of Mirdin. He also has a Ph. D. in programming languages from MIT. He joins the show alongside Chuck to talk about "Linguistic Antipatterns". It is a persistently bad practice in the name and documentation which could make it more difficult to understand programs. He begins by sharing some of its examples, how to identify them, and how to avoid them. 
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Navigating SQL Data Changes: Tools and Techniques for Data Recovery - RUBY 64517 Jul 202401:02:33
In today's episode, Valentino is joined by Evgeny Li, a seasoned software developer and founder of Bemi, to delve into the complex world of data recovery and auditing within SQL databases. They explore advanced solutions like paper trail and refi for querying historical changes, point-in-time recovery features offered by cloud-managed databases, and the use of AI to humanize data structures and enhance monitoring.
They highlight the critical role of Change Data Capture (CDC) in tracking and troubleshooting data changes, with real-world applications across logistics, healthcare, and more. They also discuss the pros and cons of different CDC implementations—query-based, trigger-based, and log-based approaches.
Valentino and Evgeny shed light on the challenges of managing large data volumes, emphasizing proactive design and the importance of strong data management systems. They touch upon essential tools like GitHub Copilot, OpenTelemetry, and various auditing gems, offering valuable insights into maintaining data integrity and performance.
Tune in as we navigate the intricacies of data management, the impact of AI, and best practices to ensure reliable and efficient database operations.


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Keeping Up With The Currents - RUBY 58215 Feb 202301:16:29
Zachary Schroeder returns to the show to talk about the latest trends and frameworks in the community. Chuck starts off by sharing his own experience of staying on top of his podcast and current projects. They also discuss the significance of working on "side projects" in their field. Additionally, they discuss their perspective on using social media platforms in connecting with people.
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The Evolution of Opal With Elia Schito - RUBY 58109 Feb 202300:54:58
Elia Schito works at Nebulab. He is a Ruby enthusiast and move to a more supporting role for Opal development, mainly reviewing and merging PRs, handling releases, and so on. He returns to the show to talk about Opal and its new features. It is a Ruby to JavaScript source-to-source compiler. They also talk about the difference between Opal and ruby-wasm. Additionally, they discuss the e-commerce platform, "Solidus".
Features recently added to Opal
  • freezing
  • parallel compilation
  • async/await support
  • native promises
  • io (gets/puts)
  • bundle size reduction
  • readability of compiled JS
  • ruby 3.2 support (coming around Christmas 2022)
  • binding.irb

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The Significance Of Salary Transparency With Hilary Stohs-Krause - RUBY 58001 Feb 202301:13:59
Hilary Stohs-Krause is the Co-Owner and VP at Ten Forward Consulting. Having already spoken at the RubyConf mini last November 2022 about "Salary Transparency", she returns to the show to further talk about it. She explains how they were able to implement it in their company and why it is important. Moreover, she shares their company's process on how to decide on their employees' salaries. 
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Things Software Developers Should Know to Succeed With Andy Hunt - RUBY 57925 Jan 202301:13:08
Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author, and publisher. He also co-authored the best-selling and seminal book, "The Pragmatic Programmer". He joins the show to discuss the important things that software developers should know in this generation. He talks about some of the things that have evolved since he started. 
Important Points
  • Reliable CI/CD Pipeline
  • Effective low-friction collaboration
  •  Free flow of information
  • Constant Learning / Skills improvement
  • a. Read more technical books
  • b. Read more fiction
  • Think about how we build software
  • a. Software that is replaceable and deposable

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Boosting Your App's Performance - RUBY 57818 Jan 202300:34:50
Gavin Morrice is a Senior Ruby Engineer at Cookpad. It is a food tech company and the largest online recipe platform. He joins the Rogues to tackle his article, "How we improved our Rails app’s performance with Conditional Get Requests". He explains the idea of their article, what led them to develop their technique, and the way that this technique improves the user's experience.
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Leaving Rails and the Journey Back with Trae Robrock - RUBY 57711 Jan 202300:54:45
Returning guest, Trae Robrock is the founder of greenbits.com but eventually sold the company. In addition, he experimented with various technologies such as node.js, lambda, python, etc. before returning to Rails. He also got into real estate and started a new tech company in the real estate space called," https://comfort.ly". Trae joins the show with John and Valentino to discuss his experience and challenges encountered in developing the applications. Moreover, they also tackle some of the tools and software that he used to maintain the apps. 
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DevOps, Mentoring, and Careers with Kinsey Durham - RUBY 57604 Jan 202300:53:34
Kinsey Durham Grace is an Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer at GitHub. She is also a lecturer at RailsBridge where they run a workshop to teach scholars to write code. She joins the show with John and Valentino to about a variety of topics mostly focused on DevOps and Mentoring. She shares her experience in teaching scholars in the Ruby Community. Additionally, she talks about her career transition from Go to Ruby.     On YouTubeDevOps, Mentoring, and Careers with Kinsey Durham - RUBY 576
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Dealing with System Issues In Your Apps - RUBY 57528 Dec 202201:08:27
When working with software or applications, developers and programmers encounter a variety of distinct system issues or problems. The Rogues join the show to share their thoughts about troubleshooting. They discuss identifying and fixing system problems in their applications, whether they're at the front end or the back end, using their own experiences as examples. Additionally, they talk about some of the tools they use to help them fix system issues or errors.
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Optimizing Ruby User Experience With Ivo Anjo - RUBY 57422 Dec 202201:12:45
Ivo Anjo is a Software Engineer at Datadog. His main focus is the Ruby Language. He is currently working on building a Ruby profiler and was a speaker at RubyKaigi 2022. He returns to the show with Chuck and Valentino to discuss the gvl-tracing gem, a Ruby gem that he recently created. It is a Ruby gem for getting a timeline view of Global VM Lock usage in your Ruby app. Additionally, he describes how this may be applied to improve performance and speed up Ruby Apps.
About this Episode
  • Features of gvl-tracing Gem
  • Applying Global VM Lock to Ruby Applications
  • How Ruby Profiler works
  • All about Heap Sampling and its benefits

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Tracking Errors and Performance Using AppSignal With Thijs Cadier - BONUS16 Dec 202200:27:53
AppSignal is a real-time APM provider for Ruby, Rails, Elixir & Phoenix. In addition to host monitoring and an intuitive custom analytics platform, it provides insights into errors and performance problems. 

Thijs Cadier is the Cofounder and CTO of AppSignal. He starts off by sharing how their company was founded and what inspired them to develop AppSignal. He joins Chuck in the show to talk about AppSignal’s useful and new features. Moreover, he explains the details of how it functions and how users can benefit from subscribing to it. 
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What is a Top 5% Developer? - RUBY 64410 Jul 202401:08:53
MJIT, YJIT, and HAML with Takashi Kokubun - RUBY 57314 Dec 202201:10:14
Takashi Kokubun is a staff developer at Shopify. He has been working with Ruby’s MJIT compiler for over 5 years but has been recently maintaining YJIT as well.  JIT compilation is a method of running computer code that involves compilation after a program has begun running rather than before. He joins the show to talk about these topics alongside Chuck and Valentino. He also explains their importance as this contributes to running Ruby applications smoothly. He also shares his experience working with rust and creating HAML 6.0.0. 
About this Episode
  • Understanding JIT Compiler
  • Difference between YJIT and MJIT
  • Tools used to keep track of the optimization progress
  • HAML Updates

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Building Desktop and Mobile Video Games with DragonRuby with Amir Rajan - RUBY 57207 Dec 202201:09:46
Game Developer and CEO of DragonRuby, Amir Rajan returns to the show. He joins the rogues to talk about DragonRuby. DragonRuby is a zero dependency, cross-platform, Ruby runtime built on top of mRuby, libSDL, and LLVM. Additionally, Amir talks about how it allows you to use the Ruby language to build video games. He also shares his experiences when it comes to working with mruby.
About this Episode
  • All about DragonRuby
  • Building VR games using Ruby
  • Runtime and how it works

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The New Ruby Parser with Kevin Newton - RUBY 57130 Nov 202201:04:34
Kevin Newton works at Shopify. He is specifically assigned to the Ruby and Rails Infrastructure Team. He returns to the show to talk about building Parsers in Ruby since he is working full-time on a new Ruby parser called "Prettier Ruby Plugin”. Prettier works with the majority of editors and support different languages.  He shares his journey on how he was able to create it.  He also talks about "exreg", which is a Ruby regular expression engine that he created. 
About this Episode
  • All about Parser 
  • How Parser applies to Ruby
  • Advantages of using Parser
  • Ways to write Parsers
  • All about exreg

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How To Recession Proof Your Job - BONUS24 Nov 202201:12:25
 Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Focus Blocks Bundle" Deal Coupon Code: "THRIVE" for a GIANT discount   Are you looking at all the layoffs and uncertainty going on and wondering if your company is the next to cut back?  Or, maybe you're a freelancer or entrepreneur who is trying to figure out how to deliver more value to gain or retain customers?  Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the one thing that both of them use to more than double their productivity on a daily basis.  Mani has read 1,000's of productivity books over the last several years and has formulated a methodology for getting more done, but found that he lacked the discipline to follow through on his plans.  The he found the one thing that kept him on track and made him so productive that he is now getting all of his work done and was able to live the life he wants.  Chuck also weighs in on how Mani's technique has worked for him and allows him to spend more time with his wife and kids, run a podcast network, and a nearly full time contract.  Join the episode to learn how Chuck and Mani get into a regular flow state with their work and consistently deliver at work. 

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There's No Limit To Your Success - RUBY 57023 Nov 202200:54:23
Jesse Spevack currently works at Stripe and specializes in Ruby on Rails. He talks about his success story of shifting careers from being an Educator to a Software Engineer. Jesse returns to show to share his humble beginnings when he started out his first job in the Tech world. 
About this Episode
  • Changing Careers
  • Experience working in Stripe
  • Transitioning from working in an office to working remotely 
  • "Hello Turing World Podcast"

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Kaigi on Rails with Masafumi Okura - RUBY 56916 Nov 202200:50:12
Masafumi Okura is a freelance software developer focusing on Ruby on Rails. He joined RubyKaigi 2022 as a helper staff and the chief organizer at Kaigi on Rails 2022 which took place last October. He joins the Rogues to share his experiences and some pointers on arranging a successful Conference amidst the pandemic. 
Topics discussed
  • How Technology took part in creating a virtual event
  • Recruiting and Inviting speakers for the conference
  • Approaches used to make the process smooth and hassle-free for the speakers joining the event
  • Obstacles experienced in organizing the event and how to overcome each one. 

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Life Beyond Bootcamps - RUBY 56802 Nov 202201:07:08
In this all-panelist episode, Chuck, Dave, and Valentino give insights on how to choose your career path, how to kickstart your career, how to take control, and how to advance in your profession. They also share their experiences and some advice on what qualities you should possess in order to become successful
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Turbo with Rails Creates Happiness ft. Alexandre Ruban - RUBY 56725 Oct 202200:58:31
The Rogues discuss Turbo and Hotwire with Alexandre Ruban, who created a course on Hotwire and Turbo for Rails at Hotrails.dev. The dive into its origins with TurboLinks and then discuss the various options and tools that come with Hotwire development in Rails and compare it to other front-end frameworks and solutions they've used.

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Where do I Deploy Now that Heroku's Free Tier is Gone? - RUBY 56605 Oct 202201:01:05
In recent news, Heroku announced they will eliminate free plans and shut down all free data services.  With that said, today on the show, the panel discusses tools to substitute this platform and other possible workaround options.
In this episode…
  • The Huroku platform
  • Render (tool)
  • Digital Ocean (tool)
  • Fly.io (tool)
  • Words of caution and possible issues
  • Rails templates and docker deployment files
  • Setting up options at home
  • AWS App Runner vs AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • OpenShift containerization software


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Import Maps in Rails 7 with Paweł Dąbrowski - RUBY 56528 Sep 202200:40:32
Import maps is the new feature in Rails 7 that allows us to forego Node.js and tools like Webpack, plus it prevents the need for bundling.  Today on the show, Valentino interviews Paweł Dąbrowski to share his insights about import maps in Rails 7.
In this episode…
  • Mortal Kombat coding 
  • Mastering CSV in Ruby (book)
  • CSV features 
  • What are Import maps in Rails 7 and how do you get started
  • Rails app generator and Rails formation
  • How to handle upgrades
  • New Rails features 

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Leveraging Ruby for Effective Prompt Engineering and AI Solutions - RUBY 64303 Jul 202401:09:50
 They dive deep into the world of advanced development techniques and tools. In today's episode, Valentino and Scott explore the challenges and breakthroughs in the realm of AI and code generation with a particular focus on Ruby.
Valentino vents about the complexities of prompt engineering, while Scott shares insights on prompt design, function calling for structured output, and the importance of breaking down code for reliability and testing. They highlight the declining effectiveness of prompt tricks and the growing significance of using large language models over fine-tuning.
The conversation delves into the unique advantages of Ruby for rapid prototyping, with Scott Werner, CEO and founder of Sublayer, shedding light on his self-assembling AI agent framework built in Ruby. He explains how their prompt architecture fosters easy expansion and customization.
Listeners will also hear about Scott's experiences with ramping up on new teams, operationalizing experience, and designing classes and interfaces to align with desired coding styles. The episode concludes with discussions on experimenting with AI tools, the value of community events like the Ruby AI Builders Discord and meetups, and the insights gained from fine-tuning language models.
Get ready to explore the cutting-edge of AI in development and the potential of Ruby in creating powerful, automated solutions. Tune in and join the conversation!

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Remote Working Culture with Jake Yesbeck - RUBY 56421 Sep 202201:23:24
Post pandemic, remote work is here to stay.  Today on the show, the panel and Jake Yesbeck share their insights about remote work for developers and the latest developments for the 2022 workforce and beyond. 

In this episode…
  • The transition to remote
  • Being intentional about career growth
  • Book clubs
  • Separating work from life
  • Changes post pandemic
  • Connecting in public channels
  • How do you measure productivity?
  • Interviews / interviewing remotely

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Ruby on Kubernetes Without the Headaches Using Kuby - RUBY 56314 Sep 202200:59:30
For years, the Rails community has been clamoring for Active Deployment, a magical out-of-the-box mechanism for deploying applications.  Today on the show, Cameron Dutro shares how you can deploy Rails apps on Kubernetes with Kuby.  De-stress your deployments today with these simple strategies.
In this episode…
  • Active deployments for Rails apps
  • Docker containers and Kubernetes 
  • Controlling your environment
  • Flexible without vendor lock in
  • Building images with Kuby
  • Plug in providers
  • Why Kubernetes for your apps
  • Multinode set ups with Kuby
  • Deploying Kuby 

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How to Run Ruby in Your Browser - RUBY 56207 Sep 202200:59:12
Ben Taylor joins the show today to share his recent developments about integrating Ruby snippets within a browser in less than a day.  The panel asks about his process and what he did to make this a quick and successful strategy.  Learn about this new process and what you can do today to make this happen!

In this episode…
  • Merging WASI based WebAssembly support
  • The functions to run ruby snippets in your browser
  • Programming education and WebAssembly tooling
  • The WebAssembly package manager
  • Web browser use cases 
  • Optimization and garbage collection in binary
  • Accounting for Ruby gems
  • Security for WebAssembly
  • Safari integration and WebAssembly 
  • Running the same binary on both client side and server-side 

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Programming Language Tooling with Adam Gordon Bell - RUBY 56131 Aug 202201:02:35
Adam Gordon Bell is back on the show again!  Today he shares his views on language tooling, new articles he has recently written, documentation for Ruby, software consulting, and insights into other programming topics.
In this episode…
  • What is language tooling?
  • How can tooling be improved?
  • Code linting
  • Documentations for Ruby
  • An unfixable programming language
  • Staff vs line engineers
  • Software consulting 
  • Why open source?

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The Future of Ruby using Blockchain and Building Tomorrow's Interfaces - RUBY 56024 Aug 202201:04:23
Wearable technology, Web 3.0, augmented reality, and other emerging technologies are poised for shifting the future for DevOps.  Today on the show, the panel discusses how the future of Ruby can adapt to make these changes a reality.

In this episode…
  • Wearable tech
  • Virtual reality
  • Web 3.0 
  • Blockchains
  • Non-fungible tokens
  • React native
  • Dragon ruby and rails
  • The future for Ruby

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How to Get Your Rails Models and Routes into Your Front End Framework - RUBY 55917 Aug 202201:13:02
Today on the show, Máximo Mussini shares how your front-end framework can benefit from integrating rails models and routes concurrently.  Topics they discuss today include everything from complex structures with serializers to generating JS from rails routes.

In this episode…
  • Advantages of serializers 
  • Contact serializers
  • Parse float and typescripts
  • Complex structures with serializers
  • Path helpers in JS
  • Generating JS from rails routes
  • Typed interface files configurations
  • Types and Ruby

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Bidirectional Code Generation - RUBY 55810 Aug 202200:48:56
Imagine a tool that lets you write templates that can generate code, but also parse that code back into the initial variables.  Depending on how flexible your templates are, it can even parse code that has been modified by hand after generation.  Today on the show, the panel interviews Lucas Luitjes, creator of Monocle, the tool that allows for this kind of integration.

In this episode…

  1. What is bidirectional code generation
  2. Visual rails editor prototype
  3. How does the program work, step by step
  4. Parsing results from snippets
  5. Multi-node placeholders
  6. Utilizing the erb2builder library
  7. Ruby security features
Connect with Lucas via email:  lucas@snootysoftware.com

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Vendor and Infrastructure Lock-In - RUBY 55703 Aug 202200:41:51
Vendor lock-in refers to a situation whereby the cost of switching to a different vendor or platform is so high that you are essentially stuck with the original platform.  Today on the show, Charles and Dave share personal stories of how they were forced to continue using a specific platform and what they did to rectify the various scenarios, plus they provide their insights on workaround strategies and how to prevent this from happening in the first place.
In this episode…
  • Designing your API to be more agnostic to the vendor
  • Changing environment variables
  • Creating a rails applications with variables in mind
  • How to avoid doing things manually vs. the risk of staying with the current platform
  • Using rails credentials that can be shared for all connections within an infrastructure
  • The risks of putting all your eggs in one software application basket 

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RAILS_ENV - Ruby 55627 Jul 202200:47:11
How do you manage your actual rails environment configurations?  When you create a new rails application, do you utilize the provided development, test, and production environments, or deviate?  Today on the show, Dave and Valentino share their best practices on how they manage their environment variables and workflows within their rails environments.

In this episode…
  • Staging environments
  • QA environments
  • Replicating data and sampling strategies
  • Local environment testing
  • Creating Ruby objects
  • Internal API and servers vs. cloud data apps


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Managing Files and Text in Rails with ActiveStorage and ActionText - Ruby 55520 Jul 202200:44:49
Today on the show, Charles shares about his current projects and inner workings related to managing files and text on his various podcast portals.  The panel discusses their history with legacy platforms, their personal tool preferences, and the pros and cons of ActiveStorage and ActionText.

In this episode…

  1. Paperclip, Attachment_Fu, CarrierWave, ConfiguringFog and other legacy tools
  2. FTP for file storage
  3. CDN support and preferences
  4. Digital ocean servers
  5. Trix compared to other rich text editors

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Integrating AI in Application Development with Obie Fernandez - RUBY 64226 Jun 202401:28:08
Obie Fernandez is the Chief Scientist at Olympia. They dive deep into the fascinating world of AI and its transformative impact on music production and application development. Our special guest, Obi Fernandez, joins Valentino Stoll to share his incredible journey of living in Mexico City since 2017 while working on innovative startups like an NFT platform and Olympia, an AI-powered consultancy growing rapidly every month.
They also introduce us to a cutting-edge music production tool that can upload music, write lyrics, and generate vocals — a boon for lyricists and singers who might not have the best singing chops. Alongside this, they discuss pragmatic uses of AI through a new book, which bridges the gap between beginner-friendly concepts and advanced AI patterns, illustrated through real-world examples.
Moreover, they explore the intricacies of AI models like GPT-4 and Gemini Pro, discussing their capabilities, limitations, and practical applications. From insights on GitHub Copilot Workspace to the challenges of incorporating natural language in development tools, this episode is packed with valuable knowledge for developers and AI enthusiasts alike.
They also touch on the innovative work being done on platforms such as Olympia and MagnaChat, and explore the burgeoning possibilities of AI in runtime environments. Whether you're interested in the technical nuances of fine-tuning large language models or the potential of AI in game development, this episode offers a wealth of information.

Tune in for a fascinating discussion that promises to broaden your understanding of how AI can be integrated into diverse applications, all while keeping it accessible for both seasoned developers and beginners.

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Build an Admin for Your Rails App Easily with Avo - Bonus15 Jul 202200:32:56
Today Charles talks with Adrian Marin, a developer and founder of Avo, a Ruby on Rails admin framework.  Coming with 10 years of developer experience, we discuss how Avo sets itself apart from other typical systems by allowing you to step out of the limitations of DSL and write custom code to meet the needs of each customer.  We discuss the three main parts of this fully tested framework, and talk about how you can kick the tires before diving in.  With such a wide range of companies successfully utilizing Avo, it’s something definitely worth checking out!

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Speed Up Your Rails App by Lazy Loading Your N+1 Queries - RUBY 55413 Jul 202200:39:13
Wouldn't it be great if ActiveRecord didn't make you think about eager loading and it just did the "right" thing by default?  Lazy loading is extremely helpful when the list of associations to load is determined dynamically.  Today on the show, Charles and Luke interview Evgeniy Demin, Principal Engineer at Toptal.  They discuss how you can speed up your processes by lazy loading your N+1 queries, plus various tools to optimize your workflows.

In this episode…

  1. N+1 queries and cases
  2. ActiveRecord methodology
  3. Developing new features quickly
  4. Various tools and ideas
  5. The fulfill method
  6. Alternative stacks
  7. Ruby Tik-Tok

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A Novel Type and Effect-Guided Synthesis Tool for Ruby with Sankha Guria - RUBY 55306 Jul 202200:56:01
In recent years, researchers have explored component-based synthesis, which aims to automatically construct programs that operate by composing calls to existing APIs.  However, prior work has not considered efficient synthesis of methods with side effects that update a database.  Today on the show, Sankha Guria shares about his research in this area, introducing a new approach to type and effect-guided synthesis tools for Ruby.

In this episode…

  1. What is program synthesis?
  2. Lambda functions
  3. Generating in Ruby
  4. Assistive code generation
  5. Benchmarking your code
  6. Various tools
  7. Co-pilot vs. pilot 
  8. Scratch software for kids
  9. Applying program synthesis to web assemblies
  10. How to use program synthesis to generates tests

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