Ruby Rogues

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.  Links AppSignal  Twitter: @AppSignal Twitter: @thijsc

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 Sponsors AppSignal Chuck's Resume Template Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links tenderlove/tenderjit Shopify/yjit-bench [EN]Towards Ruby 4 JIT / Takashi Kokubun @k0kubun k0kubun/railsbench ruby/yjit.md at master YJIT Benchmarks Shopify/bootboot Zig Programming Language k0kubun/hamlit k0kubun/temple YJIT: Dive into Ruby's JIT compiler written in Rust / Rust.Tokyo 2022 RubyKaigi - YouTube YJIT Hacking haml/haml GitHub: k0kubun Twitter: @k0kubun Picks Charles - Timpanogos Game Convention - Home | Facebook Charles - Rails Remote Conference 2022 Takashi - Jiro Ramen Recipe (二郎系ラーメン) Takashi - I bonds Valentino - [EN]Towards Ruby 4 JIT / Takashi Kokubun @k0kubun

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 Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links 272 RR Game Development and RubyMotion with Amir Rajan RR 333: RubyMotion and the Aesthetic of Ruby with Amir Rajan RUBYMOTION DragonRuby Flappy Dragon by DragonRuby mruby Simple DirectMedia Layer Ryan C. Gordon's Homepage fiddle.dragonruby.org Chipmunk2D Physics Toby Fox GitHub: DragonRuby/dragonruby-game-toolkit-contrib Intro to DragonRuby Game Toolkit Pico-8 Fancine Duelists amirrajan.net Twitter: @amirrajan Picks Amir - Project Hail Mary Amir - We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Amir - The Broken Earth Trilogy Charles - King of Tokyo Charles - Command your coding career Charles - Rails Remote Conference 2023 Luke - UTM Luke - Modules! Magnets! MiRage Mk3: The Mechanical Keyboard You're Meant to Modify! Luke - Real Hardware Hacking (with a hacksaw): My New Wearable Computer Valentino - Apple Watch Ultra

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 Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links prettier/plugin-ruby GitHub - ruby-syntax-tree/syntax_tree: A fast Ruby parser and formatter GitHub - kddnewton/exreg: A Ruby regular expression engine Twitter: @kddnewton GitHub: kddnewton Kevin Newton Picks Dave - Blackmagic Design Dave - LEGO® Bonsai Tree | Official LEGO® Shop US Dave - WebAssembly Kevin - Just for Fun. No, Really. Luke - Order Starlink Luke - The Grug Brained Developer Luke - Emmet — the essential toolkit for web-developers Luke - AArch64 Bitmask Immediates Valentino - Design Kit

 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. 

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" Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Turing School Todo Or Die – Write TODOs in code that ensure you actually do them Hello Turing World Podcast TRICKS Contest Written Meanderings GitHub: jesse-spevack Twitter: @PlanetEfficacy Picks Jesse - The Dream Machine Valentino- The Cyclic Nature Of In-House Tooling

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.  Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links mrubykaigi 2022 SpatialChat Fukuoka.rb ruby-jp.slack.com okuramasafumi/gem_to_mgem GitHub - okuramasafumi/reversible GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim GitHub: okuramasafumi Picks Charles  - Irish Gauge  Charles - Ruby Remote Conference Charles - I Don't Want to Kill You  John - GitHub - rootstrap/yaaf John - Leather Coasters Masafumi -  Fukuoka mruby Kaigi 2022 EN Masafumi - GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim Valentino -  LunarVim

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 successfulSponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles - Irish Gauge | Board Game - BoardGameGeek Charles - I Am Not a Serial Killer Dave - Drifting Ruby: Modern Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web Valentino - Codewars | Discord Valentino - The reverse job board for Rails developers

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. Links: Hotrails.dev Hotwire React Bootstrap Tailwind Alexandre's Twitter Picks:DaveDaisyUIValentino Neo4J Ruby Kaigi Chuck Irish Gauge Kajabi Chuck's Coaching Offerings Dev Book Club

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 Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs LinksHeroku's Next ChapterPicks Charles – Velcro table ties for cables Charles – Coaching Charles - Top End Devs Conferences Charles- NCIS (Official Site) Watch on CBS Dave- Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for Mac Dave- Lighting With Grids | What They Do And How To Use Them John- Best standing desk for home office and WFH 2022 John- 3-1/8 Inch (80mm) Zinc Alloy Desk Grommets and Cable Ties Kit Red Bronze Cable Hole Cover Cord Organizer for Computer Desk Cabinet (1pcs Desk Grommets + 3pcs Reusable Ties)

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  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Boss Vs Motivator - Sharebold Mastering CSV in Ruby Twitter: @longliveruby Picks Paweł- Heroku's Next Chapter Valentino- GitHub - ankane/sidekick: The simple way to automate tasks Valentino- 6 Types Of Hot Tubs To Warm You Up Any Time Of The Year

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 Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs LinksTwitter: @jakeyesbeckPicks Charles- Diablo Immortal Charles – Rails Remote Conference Dave- dbx 286s Dave – Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Studio Headphones Jake- Headache & Pain Relief | TYLENOL® Jake- What is Ruby on Rails? John- Terraria John – DIY fix your own stuff Valentino- Audio Formatter Valentino- Z Stick

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  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links RailsConf 2022 - Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps by Cameron Dutro - YouTube getkuby GitHub: camertron Twitter: @camertron LinkedIn: Cameron Dutro Picks Cameron- GitHub - ViewComponent/view_component: A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. Cameron- AirPods Charles- Quiddler Charles– Top End Devs Meetups Charles– Rails Remote Conference Charles- Watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Season 1 Streaming Online | Peacock Valentino- byebug/GUIDE.md at master · deivid-rodriguez/byebug Valentino- Keychron | Wireless Mechanical Keyboards for Mac, Windows and Phones

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  Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Runno How I got Ruby snippets to run browser side in less than a day Ben Taylor Twitter: @taybenlor Picks Ben- Anathem Charles- Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit Charles- Rails Remote Conference Charles- Nauvoo, IL City Information | Beautiful Nauvoo Charles – Innova OBD2 Code Reader Charles – 200W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter 4 USB Ports Charger Adapter Car Plug Dave- Touchstone Home Products Electric Fireplaces, TV Lifts, and Cabinets

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? Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links The Other Kind of Staff Software Engineer Green Vs. Brown Programming Languages The History and Mystery Of Eliza With Jeff Shrager - CoRecursive Podcast  The Slow March Of Progress in Program Language Tooling  earthly.dev Twitter: @adamgordonbell Picks Adam- Peloton® | The Peloton Tread, Everything You Need For a Total Body Workout Luke- Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ Luke- The History and Mystery Of Eliza - CoRecursive Podcast

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 Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles- Antidote Charles- - Top End Devs Charles- Ready Player One: A Novel Dave- Black Shark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard LED Backlit Wired Keyboard with Blue Switches, Fully Programmable, Anti-Ghosting 104 Keys for Desktop PC, Sixgill K2 Dave- Beat the Parents John- Ruby Weekly John- Salsas | Herdez Luke- RailsConf 2022 - The pitfalls of realtime-ification by Vladimir Dementyev Luke- Agile Web Development with Rails 7

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 Sponsors Avo Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Top End Devs Links Generating TypeScript interfaces from Ruby serializers 2 Generating JS functions to make request from Rails routes 2 GitHub: ElMassimo Twitter: @MaximoMussini Picks Charles- Orbis Charles – Top End Devs Meetups Charles – Rails Remote Conference John- Simple Task Management Software for Businesses of All Sizes John- VALORANT: Riot Games' competitive 5v5 character-based tactical shooter Luke- Introduction Luke- Decameron | work by Boccaccio Máximo- Recording Your Terminal to SVG | platformOS Docs Máximo- Inertia.js - The Modern Monolith Valentino- Co-ops: On Sparking Innovation at Doximity Valentino- Ruby Evolution Valentino- why the lucky stiff - Wikipedia

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… What is bidirectional code generation Visual rails editor prototype How does the program work, step by step Parsing results from snippets Multi-node placeholders Utilizing the erb2builder library Ruby security features Connect with Lucas via email:  lucas@snootysoftware.com Sponsors Avo Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Lucas Luitjes Luitjes IT | Monocle: bidirectional code generation Twitter: lucasluitjes Picks Charles- Just One | Board Game - BoardGameGeek Charles- 1883 (TV Series 2021–2022) - IMDb Charles- Top End Devs Conferences

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  Sponsors Avo Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Top End Devs Picks Charles- Dice Forge Charles- - Top End Devs Charles- 1883 - Yellowstone Prequel (Official Site) Watch on Paramount+ Dave - Hair weaving and spending time with family

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 Sponsors Avo Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Dave- RESCUE Outdoor Reusable Fly Trap FTR-SF4 Dave- Glide Gear TMP 100 - Shoot Smartphone/ DSLR Camera to Prompt Tablet/ Smartphone Teleprompter Valentino- rubyatscale Valentino- Cloudflare's wall of lava lamps used to generate randomness for cryptographic key generation 

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… Paperclip, Attachment_Fu, CarrierWave, ConfiguringFog and other legacy tools FTP for file storage CDN support and preferences Digital ocean servers Trix compared to other rich text editors Sponsors Avo Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Top End Devs Links Add markdown support or state that it will not be added · Issue #626 · basecamp/trix Active Storage Overview - Ruby on Rails Guides Picks Charles- Marvel Legendary Dark City Board Game Charles- Vistaprint US Online Printing: Business Cards, Signage & More John- Glen Scotia 15 Year Old Scotch Whisky : The Whisky Exchange John- Drag and Drop File Uploads with Dropzone and StimulusReflex Valentino- Creating Excellent Developer User Experiences with Github Actions Valentino- Useful utilities and toys over DNS Valentino- doitlive - doitlive 4.2.1 documentation

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! Links Avo Admin for Rails Join the Avo Discord Server! GitHub - avo-hq/avo: Configuration-based, no-maintenance, extendable Ruby on Rails admin Twitter: @avo_hq GitHub: adrianthedev ADRIAN MARIN

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! Links Avo Admin for Rails Join the Avo Discord Server! GitHub - avo-hq/avo: Configuration-based, no-maintenance, extendable Ruby on Rails admin Twitter: @avo_hq GitHub: adrianthedev ADRIAN MARIN

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… N+1 queries and cases ActiveRecord methodology Developing new features quickly Various tools and ideas The fulfill method Alternative stacks Ruby Tik-Tok Sponsors Avo Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links LinkedIn: Evgeniy Demin GitHub - djezzzl/n1_loader: Loader to solve N+1 issues for good. Highly recommended for GraphQL API. GitHub - DmitryTsepelev/ar_lazy_preload: Lazy loading associations for the ActiveRecord models GitHub - salsify/goldiloader: Just the right amount of Rails eager loading N+1 problem will never be an issue with N1Loader gem Enhanced ActiveRecord preloading Picks Charles- PODFEST EXPO | Where Your Voice Matters Charles- Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game - Guardians of the Galaxy Charles- Vistaprint US Online Printing: Business Cards, Signage & More Charles- Products Charles - Winco Foods Evgeniy - Toptal Evgeniy - Telltale Games Luke- Watch The Lincoln Lawyer | Netflix Official Site

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… What is program synthesis? Lambda functions Generating in Ruby Assistive code generation Benchmarking your code Various tools Co-pilot vs. pilot  Scratch software for kids Applying program synthesis to web assemblies How to use program synthesis to generates tests Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links UMD Department of Computer Science RbSyn: Type- and Effect-Guided Program Synthesis GitHub - ngsankha/rbsyn: Program synthesis for Ruby ruby-rogues.md · GitHub  Rosette: About Twitter: @ngsankha Sankha Narayan Guria Picks Luke- A better zip bomb Luke- Shawn Hymel – Tiny ML Sankha- Scythe Valentino - Stripe

How do you develop remotely in new ecosystems such as when you are on vacation, in a coffee shop, or traveling for business?  The panel today discusses various strategies on how to manage these environments to achieve the most efficient outcomes. In this episode… Visual Studio Code and remote SSH extensions VPN tunnel networks Distractions, comfort  Internet issues Time zone challenges Squid proxies  Personalized keyboards and monitors Smart suitcases  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Conferences | Top End Devs Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined LogMeIn Remote Access | Secure Remote Software AirPods Pro Picks Charles - Unlock! Charles- Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Welcome to Fireside! Charles- Conferences | Top End Devs Dave- ZenScreen MB14AC｜Monitors｜ASUS Global Dave - Meshilicious (mesh case) Luke- GitHub - evrencoskun/TableView Luke- GitHub - jeremyevans/rodauth John- Anker PowerCore III Elite 25600 mah 87W USB-C PD Portable Charger Black A1291H11-1 - Best Buy John- Railsconf 2022

Unfinished technology, unfinished products, unfinished gems, unfinished concepts, unfinished code, unfinished libraries, and more.  In software development, everyone has those projects that never get finished or ever get started.  Luke and Valentino banter about the various aspects of unfinished business, specifically technology ideas – from creating to implementing to fixing to scrapping. Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Luke- GitHub - scenic-views/scenic: Versioned database views for Rails Valentino- Yamauchi No.10 Family Office Valentino- Elixir's Creator José Valim on the Development of a New Language - Semaphore

Making his second appearance on the podcast, Maciej Mensfeld joins the show to share his latest developments with his Kafka and Karafka integrations and libraries.  He shares his framework for Kafka 2.0, his personal approach to Rails, and how to integrate Kafka and Karafka most effectively.  The panel also discusses regulation and security risks with open-source libraries for developers. About this Episode…1. What is Kafka and Karafka and how are they used?2. The Rails mindset with Kafka and Karafka vs. batches3. What is making Karafka faster?4. Open-source libraries and regulation and security risks  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Apache Kafka GitHub - karafka/karafka: Framework for Apache Kafka based Ruby and Rails applications development. Closer to Code Mitigate Open Source Supply Chain Risks GitHub:Maciej Mensfeld Picks Charles- Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game Charles- FTP and SSH online - upload, edit, copy, move, rename & more Charles - domainagents.com Dave- Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable (3 m) John- Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | Aberlour John- OS 10 - Wikipedia Maciej- 100 W 1.5 Ohms Resistors Valentino- Lint Filenames - GitHub Marketplace Valentino- GitHub - domialex/Sidekick: A Path of Exile helper Valentino- Scoped gems proposal by mullermp · Pull Request #40 · rubygems/rfcs

John Epperson and Luke Stutters discuss developer tools - whether those are the IDEs or Text Editors we use, the gems/libraries we include in our projects, or the OS we make use of. We talk about How we decide to replace our tools, and we talk about a number of tools that we use, the ones that we like and the ones that we wish had better replacements. Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks John- Turbo, the speed of a single-page web application without having to write any JavaScript John- Use Stimulus in your Ruby on Rails app John- Ever:J Clothing line Luke - 2022 State of Software Engineers Luke- GitHub - ankane/pgsync Luke- Panels and System Monitoring - Victron Energy

A 10x developer is defined as a professional who is 10 times more productive than other developers with an equal level of expertise in the field.  Accordingly, a 10x developer would be able to complete 10 times more tasks and writes 10 times better code than any other competent member of their team working in the same conditions.  Does a 10x developer exist, or is this a myth?  Today on the show, Charles and Valentino parse out this philosophy by comparing a 1x developer vs. a 10x developer. In this episode…1. What do you expect out of a programmer?2. Increasing work output on a team3. The ego of a programmer4. Being a team player5. Sustaining a steady pace toward a common goal6. The time to fix things is now7. Focusing on your team and output Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links1x ProgrammingPicks Charles - Game pigeon Charles - Signs on the Cheap Charles - Make.com Charles - Podio Charles - Top End Devs Valentino - Ninja Keys Library Valentino - Httpstat.us Valentino - Rust and Ruby Integration

Andy Maleh joins the show today to share his opensource desktop development library app for Ruby, Glimmer. Enjoy hearing about why and how Andy created Glimmer, specific applications for implementation, comparison to other apps, DSL framework, using widgets within Glimmer, feature additives, testing, and various compatibilities.In this episode… What is Glimmer and how does it work The story on why Andy built Glimmer The DSL framework Using widgets in Glimmer Distribution for Glimmer Missing features in Glimmer Compatibility with RubyMotion How to test with Glimmer Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Code Master Blog: Glimmer Glimmer DSL for SWT Video Tutorial 1 - Hello, World! - YouTube GitHub: AndyObtiva/glimmer Picks Charles- Pandemic Iberia Charles- Podio Charles- Make.com Charles- GlobiMail Charles- RightSignature Charles- TopEndDevs | Conferences Dave- StickerMule John- Avocados John- GitHub: ankane/pretender Luke- PwnFunction - YouTube Special Guest: Andy Maleh.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Is it a class? Is it a hash? No, it's Ruby Struct! Brooke Kuhlmann joins the Rogues to explore this often-overlooked object. We extend simple structs with refinements, use pattern matching to compress complex logic and close the door on OpenStructs. Brooke talks about the challenges and rewards of introducing busy teams to advanced techiques, software craftsmanship and the transformational philosophy of alchemists.io.Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Ruby Refinements | Alchemists Refinements | Alchemists Class: Pathname (Ruby 2.6.3) dry-rb - dry-monads v1.3 - Introduction What's New in Python 2.6 GitHub - troessner/reek Software Craftsmanship and Code Retreats with Corey Haines Master the Object Oriented Mindset in Ruby and Rails - avdi.codes Picks Brooke- Polished Ruby Programming Brooke- Everdell Luke- WarnerBros.co.uk | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Movies Luke- Ruby Pattern Matching by Brooke Kuhlmann of the Alchemists Collective - YouTube Valentino- GitHub - thisredone/rb Valentino- What About A Plain Text Web - Earthly Blog Valentino- A morse themed arcade rhythm game Special Guest: Brooke Kuhlmann.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

It's not every day that you learn a new approach to error handling for Ruby. Today Abiodun Olowode shares her insights with railway oriented programming (ROP), a functional programming technique that allows sequential execution of functions, not necessarily synchronous. The key concept is that each function can only accept and return Container of either Success or Failure. They also dive into the topic of dry monads, the gems that helps you achieve railway oriented programming in that it helps bind your methods together and give you a success or failure result.In this Episode… What is railway oriented programming (ROP) Examples of ROP and dry monads Limitations of dry monads  How to test your configurations Dry schema implications What is the developer culture like in Nigeria, Africa? LinksRailway Oriented Programming In Rails Using Dry-Monads - Honeybadger Developer BlogPicks Abiodun- Bridgerton Charles- Scythe: Invaders from Afar  Charles- Hover.com Charles- Podio.com Luke- A new bootable USB solution Luke- Front end load library Special Guest: Abiodun Olowode .Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

GraphQL is a flexible, strongly-typed query language. It's useful because it gives front-end developers the ability to query the database without many changes to the back-end. In this episode, David Sanchez explains how to design and build GraphQL APIs in Rails. In this Episode… What is GraphQL and how do you get started with it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of GraphQL? What is REST and how do you integrate in your workflow? Common misconceptions with GraphQL What is GraphiQL and how does it differ from GraphQL? How to use max_depth in your queries. Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links GraphQL APIs in Rails Codeando Twitter: David Sanchez ( @SanchezDav90 ) Picks David- GraphQL APIs in Rails Luke- Build something new and fun at your local MakerSpaces Valentino- RubyConf 2021 video favorites playlist Valentino- A Wordle alternative called Hurdle Special Guest: David Sanchez.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Anton Ivanopoulos joins the show today to share his approach with using Isolator and Sidekiq to ensure simple, efficient background jobs for Ruby. Discover how Isolator and Sidekiq integrate and how you can have more reliable message processing, group jobs into a set to follow their progress, and ultimately stop worrying about queues and focus on your app. Anton shares his story how he moved from delayed jobs to Sidekiq and why he replaced his backend and why Sidekiq is more effective in the long run. In this Episode…What is Isolator and how does it integrate with Sidekiq? A new way to catch the errors and add confidence and reliability message processing. How to build good habits, moving deploys from being atomic things to things where there is continuous deployment for efficient background jobs.Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Do you want to take your career to the next level? Access a free coaching session with Charles Max Wood today Listen to these podcasts, ad free, with Top End Devs Premium! Delivering Video with Less than 1s Latency with CacheFly Picks Anton – Spirit Island Board Game Charles – The Lost Ruins Of Arnak Board Game  Charles – Rails Remote Conf John – GitHub: importmap-rails John – Turbo John – Stimulus Valentino – Julia Evans Special Guest: Anton Ivanopoulos.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) creator of Ruby on Rails joins the Rogues to discuss the successor to the asset pipeline and webpacker that's coming in the next version of Ruby on Rails.He talks through the differences between the asset pipeline, webpacker, and propshaft and talks about the reasons you may or may not want to use each solution.Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) David Heinemeier Hansson Picks Charles- Dice Forge | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Charles- BoardGameGeek – Gaming Unplugged Since 2000 Charles- railsremoteconf.com is coming soon Dave- Drifting Ruby: Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web Developers David- Social Warming - Oneworld Publications David- Mailbrew - Your personal email digest John- CoffeeScript John- GitHub: importmap-rails John- 15 Year Old Whisky Luke- Rework: Build Half a Product, Not a Half-Assed Project Valentino- Women Streamers, Programmers and Game Developers Valentino- PacketAI: World's first Autonomous Monitoring Solution Special Guest: David Heinemeier Hansson.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Ever feel like your code isn't “Stylish” enough? Us too. In this episode, the Rogues sit down Benito Sandoval, the author of the Ruby tool Styler that'll help you customize your UI and keep things running smoothly. “My goal was to create something that allowed you to compose classes and use them in your templates.” - Benito Sandoval In This Episode1) How to STOP relying on the tail-end and customize your UI using Styler 2) Why Styler is an excellent solution compared to defining classes yourself 3) The TRUTH about partials and when to/not to use themSponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Styler, a tool to compose css classes with ruby The source code of the tool A little post that introduces a list of examples with styler and tachyons The actual list of examples with styler and tachyons The code of the list of examples that also uses styler Picks Benito- Utopia Benito- Action Scopes in Rails Charles- Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Charles- Death on the Nile Charles- topenddevs.com for upcoming meetups! Luke- Ruby Conf 2013 - REPL driven development with Pry by Conrad Irwin Luke- Blynk IoT platform Valentino- Taking our Ruby & Kafka stack to the next level Valentino- Ruby Together Special Guest: Benito Serna.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

If you're a solo developer who's making the switch to a company, this episode is for you. Today, the Ruby Rogues discuss how to navigate the red tape and stand out at your new job.In This Episode1) How adapt your home processes to a company WITHOUT reinventing everything 2) Why you NEED to master the art of “code review” (and no, software can't do it for you!) 3) The TRUTH about gems (and why the issue isn't black and white)Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles- Dice Forge | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Charles- Mergify Dave- Plausible Dave- Take ownership for your actions, especially with kids John- Home - Docker John- Glen Scotia | Campeltown Whisky Valentino- GitHub: reenhanced/gitreflow Valentino- danger.systems Valentino- Avdi Grimm - No Code - Southeast Ruby 2017 - YouTube Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Before you jump into legacy codebases and controllers, you need some info. In this episode, John sits down with Petr Hlavicka, a Rails developer who's passionate about simplifying this section of Rails and helping people along the way. “I want to make everything easier for me and my colleagues. I want it to be easily understandable even for juniors. And just because you do things differently doesn't mean it's wrong.” - Petr Hlavicka In This Episode1) What you NEED to know about legacy codebase projects before you jump in 2) Petr's go-to tactics for separating business logic from controllers (without going insane) 3) How you can leverage articles and feedback to simplify complex issues and make your life easierSponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs LinksGitHub: Petr Hlavicka ( CiTroNaK )Picks John- Beginner Drone John- Counterweights for Boom mic stands Petr- Phone gimbals Petr- Tabletop RPGs Special Guest: Petr Hlavicka.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

If you think all audits suck, think again. In this episode, the Rogues sit down with Jeremy Smith, a developer and writer who's ready to show us the RIGHT way to implement audit logs in Rails. “I want to be cautious about how much I bring into a code base. As gems grow, they accumulate more functionality.” - Jeremy Smith In This Episode1) Why you NEED audit logs in Rails this year (and how to keep your clients happy with them) 2) Jeremy's recommendation for top-notch audit gems 3) The answer to “Build it or Buy it?” to keep your code (and your business) tidyCheck out Jeremy's work: Audit Logging in Rails 2 Sponsors Top End Devs Coachong | Top End Devs Picks Charles- 7 Wonders Duel | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Charles- Encanto | Disney Movies Charles- Airmeet Jeremy- The Trusted Advisor Jeremy- Brian Lovin Jeremy- How I Built a Date Picker - Decoding Luke- Clean Agile by Robert C. Martin | Audiobook | Audible.com Luke- Effective Testing with RSpec 3 Valentino- Github Codespaces is Great, but Mutagen is Better Valentino- Light up your WFH meetings with HomeKit Special Guest: Jeremy Smith.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Not a fan of typical Ruby? We got you. In this episode, the Rogues talk with Bruno Sutic, an Async Ruby developer who will convince you why Async Ruby is a fantastic and stable alternative. “Async Ruby was invited to Ruby's standard library, so it'll enjoy the support of Ruby.” - Bruno Sutic In This Episode1) What you NEED to know about Async Ruby if you're new to it 2) Why Async Ruby is SUPER promising for 2022 and beyond 3) The ONE thing Ruby's creator regrets (and what it reveals about Ruby!)Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Bruno- RSS Charles- Wavelength | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Charles- Upcoming workshops at topenddevs.com! John- A'bunadh Scotch Whisky John- RailsBump Valentino- SmarTek-Home Valentino- Timescale: Time-series data simplified Valentino- Brad Frost A/B Bird Feeder  Special Guest: Bruno Sutic.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Interested in state machines? We're not sure you should be…but it depends. In this episode, the Rogues discuss the merits of state machines and how to know if you actually need one…or if you just need to do some soul searching. They lay out the KEY to organizing your code, how automobile analogies will help you simplify your situation, and what to know about callbacks, records, and controllers this year.In This Episode1) Why you probably don't need a state machine (with SOME exceptions) 2) How remembering “the car and its oil level” keeps you from overcomplicating your situation 3) The BEST tools for organizing your code and reducing headaches 4) Do's and don'ts of callbacks, records, and controllers in 2022 (hint: go slow and steady!)Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles- Calico | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (Great to play with your kiddos!) Charles- Invest time and money in your local economy Dave- Airthings CO2 Dave- AlgenAir Luke- MacBook M1 Luke- Wire touch turn off hack Luke- Uninstall Polkit Luke- Join your local professional developers' society! (ACM in the States) Valentino- 99 Bottles of OOP - 2nd Edition Valentino- ELEGOO Saturn MSLA 3D Printer Valentino- GitLab V2.35 Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.

Rails 7 is HERE and we're pumped. In this episode, the Ruby Rogues discuss all things migration, including the BEST method for a safe move, why you NEED to learn about “Turbo Frames” to streamline your Rails 7 experience, and everything you need to know about gems to help you stay on track.In This Episode1) The CORRECT way to migrate to Rails 7 (and the best tools to get the job done) 2) Why learning “Turbo Frames” will make your Rails 7 experience WAY easier 3) The BIGGEST perks of Rails 7 (and why you'll feel inspired using them!) 4) How to get your gems up and running in Rails 7 WITHOUT slowing you downSponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Dave- Right Angle USB-C extension adaptor Dave- ASUS 14in USB-C powered monitor John- Rails Dev John- Amazon for building your own PC John- PCPartPicker Luke- Cruiser 3D Printer  Luke- Tinkercad | Create 3D digital designs with online CAD Valentino- Developer Conference Agenda 2022 Valentino- 12x6 LCD Panel Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Raygun : Raygun now offers a modern approach to error and performance monitoring. Start your 14-day free trial now. Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.