Philip Poots is the VP of Engineering at ClubCollect, a FinTech startup in Amsterdam. He is a Pareto product programmer, remote advocate and a self proclaimed dilettante. His recent talk, "Rediscovering Ruby" was a big point of discusssion between Brittany and him.

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Rails 7 and Hotwire have completely revolutionized server side Rails apps. Developers can now get much more reactivity with way less javascript, less tooling, and simpler deployments. You’ve probably heard a lot about Rails 7.1 and Hotwire. Maybe you’re even using it in production? Ayush Newatia joins the show to talk about his new book, The Rails and Howtire Codex.

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Radioactive Toy - https://radioactivetoy.tech

Rails and Hotwire Codex - https://railsandhotwirecodex.com

Folly Ayush on Ruby Social - https://ruby.social/@ayush

Listen to Ayush on The Just A Spec Podcast - https://justaspec.show

Rails and Hotwire Codex Link https://railsandhotwirecodex.com/

Episode 513: Modern Rails Apps Ayush Newatia

RailsConf is coming up fast! The program committee has released the schedule and keynote speakers. Ufuk Kayserilioglu joins the show to talk about the program and Ruby Central

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Kevin's blog post about RailsConf https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/tracks-not-at-railsconf-2024/
RailsConf website & registration https://railsconf.org/


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Episode 512: RailsConf With Ufuk Kayserilioglu

You may have heard about WebAssembly. It’s an open standard that aims to help developers create high performance applications on the web. It’s a portable binary execution format traditionally used on the front end, but there are also other ways to use it. I am completely new to WebAssembly, so today we have a guest to talk about it with us.

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Extism repo: https://github.com/extism/extism
WebAssembly MDN Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
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Episode 511: WebAssembly with Benjamin Eckel

Burnout is a common occurrence in the tech industry. And the recent onslaught of layoffs have left many stressed about their job search, or overworked from the increased demands of the smaller teams. I know some of my listeners have experienced burnout. I myself have had a recent experience with burnout that took months to recover from. Dr. Katy Cook joins the show to teach us more about Burnout.

Show Notes

The Psychology of Silicon Valley (2019)


APA Studies on Burnout

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Episode 510: Burnout with Dr. Katy Cook

Recently, Ruby Central named a new executive director, Adarsh Pandit. Ruby Central has been a force in the Ruby community for years, organizing conferences and contributing to the community. The recent changes in governance have led t some exciting things on the horizon. Adarsh joined the show to talk about what's going to happen with Ruby Central in 2024.

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Ruby Central Website - https://rubycentral.org/

Ruby Conf Musical Number Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WhbX6dS6x0

RubyConf Recap Survey Results - https://rubycentral.org/p/c9897883-2135-4704-b53a-a4111ca272f3/

Ruby Central Get Involved Page - https://rubycentral.org/leadership/

Ruby Central contact page - contact@rubycentral.org

RubyConferences.org - https://rubyconferences.org

Adarsh's Email - adarsh@rubycentral.org

RailsConf Tickets - http://railsconf.org

Sam Giddin's Stat of the RubyGems Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hea-x7LHO9Y

Announcment of Sam's AWS Security Residency - https://rubycentral.org/news/ruby-central-welcomes-new-software-engineer-in-residence-sponsored-by-aws/

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Episode 311: 311: Pareto Product Programming with Philip Poots

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