Code with Jason

Mark and I talk about Active Storage, CDNs (including what one is and why you would use it), image performance, RailsConf, the Birmingham on Rails conference, and more.

• Mark Hutter on Twitter
• MarkHutter.com
• Birmingham on Rails
• Landing
• Chromium Blog: Moving towards a faster web
• ActiveStorage Feature Request - Support for CDN (Cloudfront)

In this conversation Justin and I talk about our respective experiences in software consulting, the different types of consulting/agency work, and how to get started in consulting.

• Justin Searls on Twitter
• Test Double
• Secrets of Consulting
• Million Dollar Consulting

In this episode Andy and I talk about learning Rails, Tailwind CSS, graphic design, usability testing, entrepreneurial mistakes, and more.

• Hello Rails
• Andy Leverenz on Twitter
• Spaceship ZSH theme

Me and Mike start with a detailed discussion of how systemd and systemctl work in Linux, then transition into server infrastructure in general, then finally we talk about the business side of Sidekiq.

• Sidekiq
• Derry Girls

In this episode I talk with Jason Gedge, Staff Production Engineer at Shopify, about Shopify's Rails monolith.

• Jason Gedge on Twitter
• Domain Driven Design

In this solo episode I explain how to write a test when the implementation isn't obvious.

• How to write a test when the implementation isn't obvious (blog post)
• Rails Testing for Beginners

It's a challenge to keep projects organized as they grow and to sustain a high level of productivity. In this episode me and David Bryant Copeland talk about techniques we've used to accomplish this. Among other things, we discuss presenters/decorators/facades, service objects, OOP vs. procedural, and monoliths vs. microservices.

• Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails
• David Bryant Copeland on Twitter
• Gang of Four Design Patterns book
• P of EAA

Speaking can be a really effective way to advance your programming career. In this episode me and Karl Hughes both share our advice for landing speaking gigs at conferences and local meetups.

• Karl Hughes on Twitter
• CFP Land
• The Comprehensive Guide to Speaking at Technology Conferences in 2020

I talk with Kent Beck and Kelly Sutton about their recent video series, Test Desiderata.

• Kent Beck's Test Desiderata post
• Kent Beck's YouTube videos
• Kent Beck on Twitter
• Kelly Sutton on Twitter

Noah is working on a new book called Mastering Software Technique. In this episode Noah and I talk about his book, parallels between visual art and programming, French loanwords, and European history.

• Mastering Software Technique
• Noah Gibbs on Twitter
• Noah's RubyConf talk, Conscious Coding Practice: The Three Concrete Steps
• 99 Bottles of OOP by Sandi Metz
• Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue