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Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.
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45: New Projects and AI Detox
Send a textCollin and Joel both have new projects to talk about. Collin has become skeptical on LLM assisted coding and is taking a break from it.Ruby SchemaRezy (resume generator)Join the Discord…
44: Hanami and Chippy Buddies with Tim Riley
Send a textTim Riley joins to discuss Hanami and it’s new fundraising drive. Support if you can so Hanami can continue getting the support it needs.Sponsor HanamiWe also discuss the Chippy Butty (aka…
43: I Think I Saw a Ghost
Send a textCollin recounts his 3,000 mile roadtrip, where he definitely met a wild horse, and possibly a ghost. Joel has a new gem that makes working with raw instance variables in Ruby nicer. Zed is…
42: You Can Go Any Speed You Want
Send a textJoel and Collin discuss a variety of topics ranging from road trips and procrastination to coding tools and AI advancements. They share personal experiences from recent travels, delve into…
41: There's no "R" in Naur
Send a textWe follow-up with an audio based piece of feedback on the Australian pronunciation of "Pinnochio." Collin is sick with shingles 🥺 Testing and securityMVVM in Ruby desktop app…
40: Brought to You by McVities
Send a textJoel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub.Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful…
39: I Just Want Some Structure
Send a textExciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say.This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support…
Semantic and Other Versioning Systems
Send a textThanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning.Versioning systems on WikipediaJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by…
Literal 1.0 and Where We’ve Been
Send a textCollin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin…
When You See It, You Know It
Send a textJoin the Rooftop Ruby Discord!Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car?The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at…
35: Kind of Cool and Interesting
Send a textQuickdraw (Joel's testing library)QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS)Russian doll cachingN+1 queries and how to solve itJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby…
34: They Do Communicate to a Degree
Send a textJoel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more.Join the Discord…
33: You Had Me at Battlesnake With ChaelCodes
Send a textRachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies.chael.codes (all Rachael's links)Rachael on MastodonBattlesnakeChaelCodes on…
Live at RubyConf 2023!
Send a textCollin and Joel are joined by friend of the show Roman to talk about the conference, before being joined by special guest Catherine Ricafort McCreary to discuss Artists Who Code.Artists…
31: An Accordion of Complexity
Send a textCollin and Joel discuss creating the router and ORM for Yipee! (Joel's new web framework) and how to think about using resourceful versus custom routes.Join the Discord Follow us on…
30: Robot First Graders
Send a textCollin and Joel catch up and talk the Rooftop Ruby RubyConf party, becoming a morning person, tricking AI, making a web framework, and time travel.Joel's testing libraryBBEditDall•E in…
29: Ruby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan
Send a textRuby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan join the show to discuss Ruby Central, how organizing conferences has changed in the past few years, and more.Ruby CentralRubyConf — Buy…
28: SQLite in Production With Stephen Margheim
Send a textStephen Margheim talks about SQLite in production Rails and more.Stephen’s websiteLitestreamJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
27: Hiring Juniors with Ryan Bigg
Send a textRyan Bigg talks about hiring juniors, writing, and company culture.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
26: Large Language Models with Simon Willison
Send a textDjango co-creator Simon Willison joins to talk about large language models.A guide to large language modelsOpenAI ClipDatasetteJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin…
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Rooftop Ruby Podcast has published 45 episodes since January 2023, covering topics in Technology.
Rooftop Ruby Podcast is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 47m.
