The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Phusion Passenger (aka Ruby Raptor) (Interview)

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Adam and Jerod talk with Hong Lai, one of the co-founders of Phusion. His company recently got a lot of attention for their upcoming version of Phusion Passenger, which they decided to call Ruby Raptor in a clever marketing play to get people excited about Passenger again. It worked, and we invited Hongli on the show to talk about Passenger/Ruby Raptor, the challenges of marketing open source, and how to get the internet excited about your next version.

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    • Featuring:

    • Hongli Lai – Website, GitHub, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Hongli Lai
    • Follow Hongli on Twitter
    • Follow Hongli on GitHub
    • Phusion Passenger
    • phusion/passenger
    • Ruby Raptor - A radically new Ruby web server
    • Raptor Turbo Caching
    • Phusion Products
    • Introducing Phusion Passenger 5 beta 1, codename “Raptor” - Phusion Corporate BlogPhusion Corporate Blog
    • phusion/traveling-ruby
    • The Changelog #34: Mongrel2, guitar, and more with Zed Shaw

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