Ruby On Rails Podcast

Justin Weiss (@justinweiss) joins Sean Devine to talk about his Rails-focused blog at http://www.justinweiss.com and his upcoming book. Links for this episode:justinweiss.comjustinweiss.com weekly newslettergithub.com/justinweiss@justinweissA Guide to Choosing the Best Gems for Your Ruby ProjectSearch and Filter Rails Models Without Bloating Your Controllerseanwes podcastbeeminder.comDon’t Fave This Post: How to REALLY Launch in 2014rubyflow.comRaygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ru

Olga Raskina joins Sean Devine to discuss her journey from secondary school in Soviet Russia to her undergraduate degree at Moscow State University to her PhD at Columbia University in NYC to her professional career in Operations Research and programming. They discuss formal vs informal education and the upside of each approach along with lots of related topics. Links for this episode:Madison+ Ruby@[email protected] - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started fo

Peter Cooper (@peterc) - publisher of Cooper Press - discusses his email newsletter empire (including Ruby Weekly) with lots of side trips along the way. Links for this episode:@peterc on Twitter@CooperPress on TwitterCooper PressRuby Weekly Newsletterpeterc.orgCodeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine is the interviewee and Eric Steele plays host. Topics include how Sean started to program, web scraping via Mechanize and Watir, the Ruby Quiz as therapy, the evolution of Ruby's testing culture and much much more. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine is joined by Flo Motlik from Codeship to discuss continuous delivery, the history of Codeship and some of the biggest challenges involved in running a CI service. Plus coconuts and peaches. Links for this episode:@flomotlik on Twittergithub.com/flomotlikcodeship.ioKendo on WikipediaOne Reason Cross-Cultural Small Talk Is So Tricky - Coconut vs PeachCodeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine talks with Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass) about why he develops software for the Apple ecosystem (mostly OS X) and how that experience compares and contrasts to developing software in an OSS environment like Ruby on Rails. Links for this episode:@danielpunkass on TwitterRed Sweater SoftwareCore Intuition podcastgithub.com/danielpunkassMarsEdit - Desktop blog editing for Mac OS XCodeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine talks to Lex Friedman, the EVP Sales and Development of Midroll, a large podcast ad sales network. Lex describes the full time Ruby on Rails programming position that they are looking to fill. There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes stories about the podcasting world. If you want to apply for the Ruby on Rails position at Midroll, email [email protected]. Links for this episode:@lexfri on TwitterMidroll - Podcast advertising networkTurning This Car Around podcastYour Daily Lex podcastCodeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Eric Steele talks about releasing his new book, "What Do I Test?". Links for this episode:@genericsteeleDub Side of the MoonPitchforkWhat Do I Test?Fuck you Jobu! I do it myself!Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Nick tells Sean about his rubygems fantasies, ranks his noteworthiness, clarifies the contents of concert balloons, and provides free parenting advice. Links for this episode:rubygems.org@qrush on TwitterCoworkBuffaloNickel City RubyBasecampAqueousBand.netRUSHPhishBourbon (and friends)Heroku PostgresCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine learns about Twilio from Greg Baugues. Links for this episode:@greggyb on Twittertwilio.comgithub.com/twilio/twilio-rubygithub.com/ZestFinance/zestphoneCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code RAILS at checkout. A better web starts with your website.

Sean Devine learns about elasticsearch from Ben Hundley of Qbox. Links for this episode:elasticsearch.orgQboxCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code RAILS at checkout. A better web starts with your website.

Sean Devine talks with Oren Dobzinski of Desk.com about service oriented architecture, elasticsearch, immutability, working remotely and much, much more. Links for this episode:The desk.com api@orend on TwitterOren's blog - re-factor.comBlog post => Slow Tests are the Symptom Not the CauseDatomicelasticsearchDesk.comCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SPRING at checkout. A better web starts with your website.

Sean Devine talks with Ross Penman, a 15 year old programmer from Scotland, about what it's like to learn to program as a kid, opportunities to improve technical education, and the Scottish independence referendum. Links for this episode:@PenmanRoss on Twitterpenman on GitHubrosspenman.comOn Computing Education - The Windows Movie Maker ProblemGoogle Map of ScotlandScottish independence Wikipedia pageSquarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SPRING at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or y

Sean Devine talks with Jamis Buck about his new fantasy blog/book about algorithms - "Basil & Fabian" and his history with Rails and 37signals. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free for 7 days at lynda.com/rubyonrails. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Start with the free plan and setup only takes 3 minutes. Find The Codeship at www.codeship.io and check out their blog at blog.codeship.io.

Sean Devine talks with Chad Fowler about the early days of Ruby and Rails and the heterogeneous architecture of Wunderlist. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Start with the free plan and setup only takes 3 minutes. Find The Codeship at www.codeship.io and check out their blog at blog.codeship.io. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free for 7 days at lynda.com/rubyonrails.

Sean Devine and Chad Pytel discuss @dhh's controversial RailsConf 2014 keynote and the current state of thoughtbot. Links for this episode:Justin.tv - Confreaks - Live Streaming - RailsConf 2014 Opening Keynote Part 1Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Start with the free plan and setup only takes 3 minutes. Find The Codeship at www.codeship.io and check out their blog at blog.codeship.io. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free for 7 days at lynda.com/rubyonrails.

Sean Devine and Eric Steele preview RailsConf 2014. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine or your own servers. Start with the free plan and setup only takes 3 minutes. Find The Codeship at www.codeship.io and check out their blog at blog.codeship.io. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free for 7 days at lynda.com/rubyonrails.

Sean Devine has a conversation with Horace Dediu of Asymco about open source software. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code UNICORN at checkout. A better web starts with your website. workonrails.com - use code RELAUNCH to post your job for free

Eric Steele - Rails contractor and author of the upcoming book "What Do I Test?" - talks about growing up in rural Pennsylvania, his programming history, and his new book about learning to test. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code UNICORN at checkout. A better web starts with your website. workonrails.com - use code RELAUNCH to post your job for free

Mike Perham - creator of Sidekiq and Sidekiq Pro - talks about the history of Sidekiq, the brand new 3.0 release, the Sidekiq Pro commercial add on, money in open source, and related topics. workonrails.com Ruby on Rails job board. Use code RELAUNCH to post a job for free while supplies last.