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SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planTriplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonusRedisGreenCacheflyPanelDave KimuraAndrew MasonSummaryDave Kimura starts the episode by defining asynchronous jobs; he and Andrew Mason discuss the differences between server side and client side asynchronous jobs. They discuss use cases and address scenarios for which asynchronous jobs can be used for. Dave answers Andrew’s questions about tools, gems, and libraries. Dave expresses his love for Active job and advocates for Gitlab. The panel discusses overuse and misuse of asynchronous jobs and times when it is better not to use this tool. Dave shares what he thinks makes a good microservice; he and Andrew discuss where people go wrong with microservices.Links https://github.com/javan/wheneverhttps://github.com/moove-it/sidekiq-schedulerhttps://github.com/ondrejbartas/sidekiq-cronhttps://github.com/renderedtext/render_asynchttps://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.htmlhttps://www.facebo

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planTriplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonusRedisGreenCacheflyPanelCharles Max WoodDave KimuraEric BerryJoined by Special Guest: Hongli LaiSummaryEric Berry starts by sharing how Phusion and Phusion passenger changed his career and thanks Hongli Lai for his work. Hongli talks about where Phusion is now and shares what's new with passenger 6. The panel compares passenger and puma and Hongli explains why passenger is the better choice. The panel wonders about deployment strategies and Hongli shares what he has seen done with Passenger.Hongli discusses the article he wrote about memory bloat. He starts by explaining why he wrote the article. The panel discusses what causes memory bloat and how to identify memory bloat versus memory leaks. Hongli explains how the system memory allocator works and why people are using Jemalloc instead. The panel discusses Jemalloc and wonders why Ruby doesn’t adopt Jemalloc. Hongli shares his magic solution for

SponsorsSentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free Triplebyte $1000 signing bonus RedisgreenCacheflyPanelAndrew MasonNate HopkinsEric BerryDavid KumiraJoined by Special Guest: Kurtis Rainbolt-GreeneEpisode SummaryKurtis has been working with Ruby and open source for 12 years. These days he works on maintaining large libraries like VCR. He talks about what VCR is, why it’s useful, and some of its limitations. The real topic of today’s show is Kubernetes. Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. Kurtis describes what it is and some of the features it has.The panel discuss about some of the limitations of Kubernetes, and where it really shines in the development lifecycle. Kurtis advises Kubernete users to leave their databases as an outside source and not put them in Kubernetes, as well as other things to avoid. They talk about methods for encrypting information within Kubernetes.The panel discusses how Kubernetes compares to ot

SponsorsSentry use code “devchat” for 2 months freeTriplebyte $1000 signing bonusRedisgreenPanelCharles Max WoodDave KimuraSpecial Guest: Jason SwettEpisode SummaryJason Swett is a former host on Ruby Rogues. Now he has his own show, Ruby Testing Podcast and runs the site codewithjason.com where he teaches Rails testing. Today, Jason discusses turning fat models into skinny POROs (Plain Old Ruby Objects). He once read an article that said you don’t have to put all your code into active record models, that you can create plain ruby objects. These can go into active models if you want, but you’re not limited to active record models, you can make your own classes. This realazition greatly impacted the way he structures his code.The panelists talk about the individual ways the structure their code. Jason discusses other structuring methods he has tried and gives some examples of using skinny POROs in the apps he works on. They discuss the pros and cons of using skinny POROs instead of active models, pros being it

SponsorsTriplebyte $1000 signing bonusSentry use the code “devchat” for $100 creditRedisGreenPanelDavid KimuraEric BerryAndrew MasonJoined by special guest: Xavier NoriaEpisode SummaryThis episode of Ruby Rogues features Xavier Noria, who has a background in mathematics, but started software in 2000. He has been freelancing for the past 10 years, working especially in open source. He received the Ruby Hero award in 2010. His latest work is with his own creation, Zeitwerk, a more efficient code loader for Ruby. Zeitwerk will be included in Rails 6, but is an independent gym for now. Xavier talks about his inspiration for Zeitwerk and his desire to improve constant outloading in Rails.The panelists delve into the features of Zeitwerk. Any conventional library can use Zeitwerk, so you don’t have to write requires. Zeitwerk is designed to make your development work easier because you don’t have to worry about including in or requiring files in your code snippets, it will intelligently auto load those in. Zeitwerk

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus StovePipe StudiosCacheflyPanelCharles Max WoodAndrew MasonNate HopkinsDave KimuraEric BerryJoined by Special Guest: Igor MorozovSummaryThe panel interviews Igor Morozov about functional programming in ruby. Igor Morozov is a lifelong software programmer from Moscow who focuses on functional programming. The panel considers other languages to use for functional programming and the different aspects of ruby that makes it unique for object oriented programming and functional programming. Igor Morozov explains the benefits of using ruby for functional programming versus using a different language. Igor Morozov shares the dry gems that he uses in ruby that makes functional programming easy and the types of projects he is using them for. Railway oriented programming and dry ecosystems are explored while Igor Morozov answers questions about using dry-rb in ruby. The panel discusses type systems and ty

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus RedisGreenCacheflyPanelCharles Max WoodNate HopkinsDavid RichardsDave KimuraSummaryCharles Max Wood puts the question to the panel, how hard is it to learn ruby on rails? This leads them on an discussion of the evolution of ruby on rails. The simplicity of rails is a theme through their discussion of learning and teaching rails. The panel talks about the importance of collaboration and using the rails community to learn and to avoid messy architecture. The panel shares tips and resources for learning ruby on rails while discussing their mentoring experiences. The panel ends by coming back to the initial question and gives their final answers on how hard is ruby rails to learn?LinksPragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunthttps://thinkster.io/https://www.railstutorial.org/http://learn-rails.com/learn-ruby-on-rails.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/RubyRogueshttps://twitter.c

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheflyPanelNate HopkinsDave KimuraAndrew MasonCharles Max WoodJoined by Special Guest: Lori OlsonSummaryLori Olson introduces herself, her school and ruby motion. Lori invites all to come to her webinar introducing her “six steps from idea to app store”. The panel discusses their rubymotion experiences and issues; which Lori advises on gems that will help. Lori shares her introduction to ruby and the story of writing her book.The evolution of rubymotion is shared leading the panel to discuss dragon ruby, the rebranding of rubymotion, which will be open sourced. Lori discusses her views of open sourcing and talks about her experiences in the rubymotion community; Amir Rajan, the owner of rubymotion, and his role and success in rubymotion are discussed. The panel considers flows potential and discusses the best way to develop for IOS and android. Linkshttps://wndxschool.easywebinar.live/registr

SponsorsSentry use the code "devchat" for $100 creditTripleByteCacheFly Panel David KamiraEric BerryAndrew Mason Special Guest: Karthik Gaekwad Episode Summary In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists speak with Karthik Gaekwad, who helped build the Oracle Kubernetes Engine. The panelists discuss the naming of Ruby as the Server-Side Programming Language of the Year in 2018, beating out PHP and Java. Karthik talks about incorporating Ruby into Oracle. His team uses Ruby in both development and operations, and having a common language has increased their efficiency. The panelists discuss the shift from constant servers to more volatile servers that can make provisions on the fly. Karthik explains the benefits of using Oracle Cloud Native over other services. Oracle places a lot of emphasis on helping startups by giving them more computing power than other companies. Karthik talks about the merits of using Kubernetes in testing and production, and encourages those interested in using Kubernetes to jump in

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planTriplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonusCacheflyPanelAndrew MasonEric BerryDave KimuraJoined by Special Guest: Sean HandleySummarySean Handley explains in detail ruby bindings and FFI and why they might be useful. The panel discusses the advantages of using a ruby binding, such as speed and opening up access to other projects. Sean Handley and Dave Kimura give advice on organizing code, to make it easier to use the FFI library. Sean Handley talks about his experience using FFI and native extension. The discussion switches gears and talks about Sean Handley’s blog post about hexagons and 3D space. The panel discusses how this math is used in services like Uber. Sean Handley brings up that hexagons are seen in nature and shares the beehive example. The discussion ends with Sean Handley answering a few more questions about FFI and Fiddle.Linkshttps://github.com/uber/h3https://nokogiri.org/Behind the Curvehttps://github.com/seanhandleyhttp

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planTriplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonusCacheflyPanel:Eric BerryDave KimuraAndrew MasonJoined by Special Guest: Stefan WintermeyerEpisode summaryStefan Wintermeyer, a german consultant, discusses his recent blog post “Rails needs Active Deployment”. He goes on to explain that this isn’t meant for rails deployment “rockstars” or Heroku, this is for normal developers who need an easier way to deploy their rails applications. Stefan Wintermeyer addresses the suggestions of using Docker. This begins a discussion of the different services that can be used and the disconnects found in many of them. Stefan Wintermeyer brings up the unfortunate truth of how many new developers give up because of the difficulty of the last step in rails. The panel discusses the difficulty of finding a perfect fit for all applications and share the different solutions they’ve tried in many services. This sparks a lively discussion on what a community wide soluti

SponsorsSentry use the code “devchat” for $100 creditTriplebyteCacheFlyPanelAndrew MasonEric BerryDave KimuraCharles Max WoodJoined by special guest: Maciej MensfeldEpisode SummaryIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk with Maciej Mensfeld, Senior Software Engineer at Castle Intelligence and the creator of the Karafka framework. Maciej explains to listeners the Karafka and Kafka frameworks and their advantages, the differences between Karafka and gems like DeliveryBoy and Racecar, certain use cases where Kafka can be used efficiently such as for fast data processing (messages at the rate of 50k per second), normalizing the request stream, buffering data and event-driven architecture. They discuss the framework’s contrast with respect to a traditional queue system and comparison to different languages.Maciej talks about some problems faced in the development stage and answers questions related to Kafka features such as strong ordering and error handling with examples. He also explains the procedure

SponsorsSentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planTripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonusPanel Dave KimuraEric BerryCharles WoodJoined by special guest: Jesus CastelloEpisode SummaryIn this episode, Jesus Castello, a ruby developer who has been programming since he was 10 years old. He has been a Ruby Developer for 7 years. He teaches Ruby and has a Youtube channel and website. — discusses with the panel his post about Environmental Variables. Jesus teaches what an environmental variable is, and then together Jesus and the panel discuss the uses of environmental variables. One specific topic they go into detail on is credentials and the master key. They also ask him questions about his career teaching Ruby to those on the web.LinksRuby Guides - Jesus CastelloJesus Castello TwitterRuby Guides Youtube - Jesus CastelloThe Twelve Factor AppJesus Castello FacebookHerokuAWS - AmazonnginxApachebkeepers/dotenv - GitHubEnivronmental Variable in Rubylaserlemon/figaro GitHubRemoving sensitive data

SponsorsSentry- use the code “devchat” for $100 creditTriplebyteCacheFly Episode Summary   In this 400th episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists - Dave Kimura, Andrew Mason, Eric Berry, Charles Max Wood talk about themselves, their backgrounds, things they are working with, their journey and perspectives on life in general.Eric has been a developer since 1998 and is working on Ruby on Rails since 2008. He talks about his current company – CodeFund, an ethical advertising platform that helps open-source developers generate a recurring passive income which encourages them to maintain existing software as well as contribute to additional projects. Dave is currently in a transition phase employer-wise, and in addition, has also been running “Drifting Ruby”, an online screencast and tutorial site for the Ruby language from the past 4 years. Andrew has recently graduated with a Computer Science degree and is working at a Ruby on Rails shop full-time. Charles is currently working on making sure that devchat continues

SponsorsSentry use the code "devchat" for $100 creditPanelAndrew MasonEric BerryDave KimuraCharles Max WoodNate Hopkins Special Guest: Tung NguyenEpisode SummaryIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk with Tung Nguyen, President and Founder of BoltOps AWS Cloud Infrastructure Consultancy, a Bay Area based DevOps infrastructure consultancy. Tung is also the creator of Ruby on Jets. Jets is a Ruby Serverless Framework, allowing you to to create serverless applications with Ruby. It includes everything needed to build and deploy applications to AWS Lambda.Tung explains how Jets works and that even before AWS Lambda supported Ruby, Jets used a shim to run Ruby. The shim was written in a language that is natively supported by AWS Lambda and called out to Ruby. Tung describes this process using the dream in dream concept in the movie Inception. Since AWS Lambda has started supporting Ruby, Jets has since moved to the official AWS version of Ruby.They discuss Tung’s decision to open source Jets and his en

 Get Mani's 10x Productivity Book SummariesFreedom App use the code “MANI” for 50% off life-timeSponsorsSentry use the code "devchat" for $100 creditTripleBytePanel:Eric BerryCharles Max WoodNate HopkinsDave KimuraDavid RichardsBrian HoganAndrew Mason Special Guest: Mani VayaEpisode SummaryIn this episode Mani Vaya — founder of 2000books.com and former programmer — discusses productivity. He speaks on the following subtopics: the importance of planning out one’s day; identifying priorities and getting the top 3 done each day;  taking time to get things done without any distractions - the benefits of single tasking as opposed to multi-tasking; the attention space in one’s brain; the importance of meditation; focusing on the important as opposed to the urgent; the importance of measurement; and lastly project orientation vs outcome orientation and when to use each.Mani helps motivate and inspire productivity in all aspects of a coder’s life.Links:Double Your Productivity by 5 PM TomorrowNever Procrastinate Agai

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SponsorsSentry use the code "devchat" for $100 creditTripleBytePanelDave KimuraNate HopkinsCharles Max WoodSpecial Guest - Radoslav Stankov In this episode, the panelists of Ruby Rogues speak with Radoslav Stankov about GraphQL and its implementation in depth. Radoslav is based out of Sofia, Bulgaria and is the head of the engineering team at Product Hunt. He is a full stack developer since 2002, working on JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Elixir and GraphQL.  Show Notes:0:00 – Charles introduces the panel and the special guest.0:30 – Advertisement: Sentry - Use the code “devchat” to get two months free on Sentry’s small plan.1:40   - Radoslav introduces himself and gives a short description about what he is working on.2:20 - Charles asks him about the stack at Product Hunt and details about the company. Radoslav gives a brief historical background while explaining that they moved to GraphQL two years ago. He states that his team consists of about six full stack developers. He explains that GraphQL is their main AP

SponsorsSentry use the code "devchat" for $100 creditTripleByteCacheFlyPanelDave KimuraCharles Max WoodSpecial Guest: Nathan Ruehs      In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk with Nathan Ruehs. Nathan is a programmer residing in the Milwaukee area. He started working for a large corporation right after college and is currently trying to explore newer methods to incorporate Ruby in his day to day work. The panelists and Nathan talk about ways to sneak Ruby into big companies, difficulties in working with legacy systems and more. Show Notes:0:00 - Charles introduces the panel and reminds listeners to check out DevRev.0:30 – Advertisement: Sentry 1:27 - Nathan introduces himself by briefly describing his background and states that he is exploring ways to use Ruby in things that he’s working with.1:50 - Charles asks Nathan about Ruby in general and techniques to use it in large organizations. He shares his own experience from his University days when most of the software had set stacks and it was diff

Panel: Eric BerryDave KimuraNate HopkinsCharles Max Wood Special Guest: Vladimir Dem In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks with Vladimir Dem who is a Ruby developer and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Today, the panelists and guest talk about cables, concurrency, and Ruby. Check it out!Show Topics:0:00 – Advertisement: Sentry.io 1:02 – Chuck: Hello! The panel today is Eric, Dave, Nate, and myself! Our guest is Vlad!1:30 – Guest: My name is Vladimir, but people call me Vlad. I have been writing Ruby since 2013 for about 4.5 years. Before that I was a PHP, JavaScript developer among other languages. I am mostly Erlang and Ruby now.2:29 – Panel asks Vlad a question. 3:29 – Guest: Yeah something like that. I call it a different server b/c we still use the code base but we do not do anything related to web sockets and connections.4:20 – Panel: If you wanted to take a normal action cables setup what steps would you have to go through to convert that over to also use the anycable server?5:21 – Guest