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The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Elise Shaffer

Technology

Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 537

The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

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https://www.honeybadger.io/
240 shares
http://scoutapm.com/rubyonrails
159 shares
http://workonrails.com
142 shares

https://twitter.com/sprngr_
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https://twitter.com/BrittJMartin
8 shares
https://twitter.com/Schwad4HD14
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https://github.com/Shopify/yjit
3 shares
https://github.com/ruby/yarp
3 shares
https://github.com/scarpe-team/scarpe
3 shares

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Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • Duration 28:17

Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end Show Notes * https://userlist.com/ * https://slowandsteadypodcast.com/ * https://bsky.app/profile/benediktdeicke.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at flippercloud.io/rails (https://www.flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 • Duration 39:20

Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails) Show Notes * www.betterwithbecky.com * www.gram.betterwithbecky.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 • Duration 32:20

Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails Show Notes * https://judoscale.com/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/ * https://bsky.app/profile/adamlogic.com Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 • Duration 34:59

Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show Notes * letsjelly.com/rails * https://goodenough.us/ Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • Duration 30:15

Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe Masilotti

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 • Duration 36:13

Today's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the show to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps. Show Notes Hotwire Native For Rails Developers (https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative/hotwire-native-for-rails-developers/) Joe Masilotti’s Website (https://masilotti.com/) Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails (http://fireside.fm/rails) to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at http://flippercloud.io/rails (http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

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Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 • Duration 33:47

This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different ownership! Show Notes - p3.dev (op3.dev) - verygoodsoftware.company (verygoodsoftware.company) - flippercloud.io (flippercloud.io) - John's Website (johnnunemaker.com) - Garrett's Website (garrettdimon.com)

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Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn

Thursday, January 2, 2025 • Duration 37:13

In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn

Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 • Duration 31:35

This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.

Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 • Duration 37:50

In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show to talk to us about how to thrive in tech with ADHD. Show Notes * https://ADHDftw.com/rubyonrails

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