In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and Andrew discuss various technical challenges and developments. Chris provides insights into recent updates and debugging issues with Stripe integration, including transitioning from usage records to billing meters. Andrew shares a complicated debugging session involving a mysterious test suite freezing problem on a friend’s computer. They dive into the intricacies of using tools like LLDB and GDB for troubleshooting and explore potential solutions. Chris also leaves us with a cliffhanger that includes an exciting new project!

Links

• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Learn Hotwire course
• Hotwire Native 
• LLDB Debugger
• GDB
• One Month
• RailsConf- July 8-10, 2025, Philadelphia, PA

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and Andrew catch up on recent events and dive into their experiences with various conferences. They discuss their travels to Brazil, Philly, Chicago, and Vegas, sharing the highlights and challenges of each trip. The conversation then shifts to technical topics, including insights from the Tropical on Rails conference, live translations, the impressive quality of Hotwire's functionality, and the fun time they had reuniting and hanging out with Jason in Vegas. They also tackle complexities and changes in Stripe's API integration, debating the pros and cons of self-hosting versus using hosted services. Hit the download button now to hear more! 

Links

• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• RailsConf-July 8-10, 2025-Philadelphia, PA
• Gosu
• Simplicity- sustainable, humane, and effective software development by Dave Thomas

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Honeybadger is an application health monitoring tool built by developers for developers.

Judoscale
Make your deployments bulletproof with autoscaling that just works.

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

This episode of Remote Ruby starts with Andrew and Chris discussing how busy they are this month and how they're managing new feature releases, travel, and bulk recording episodes. They continue answering listener questions from Episode 300, covering key improvements they wish to see in Rails, best practices for hybrid remote work, and methods to inspire teams about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and Test-Driven Development (TDD). They share advice on attending Ruby conferences, including how to justify the cost to employers and the immense networking benefits. Lastly, they tackle how freshers can secure remote Ruby jobs and provide tips on writing blog posts to enhance learning and visibility in the developer community. Hit the download button now! 

Links

Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift

99 Bottle of OOP by Sandi Metz

Practical Object-Oriented Design (POODR) by Sandi Metz

conventional: comments

Podia

Remote Ruby Podcast-Episode 293: Jason’s Farewell-So Long, and Thanks for All the BETs!

Hatchbox

Kamal

MCP.RB

Josh Branchaud’s TIL (Today I Learned) repo

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In their milestone 300th episode of Remote Ruby, Andrew and Chris celebrate six years of podcasting, reflecting on the journey since their first episode in June 2018. They discuss how the show has evolved, highlight memorable moments, and dive into listener submitted questions about Rails, Ruby, podcasting, and more. Hit that download button now! 

Links

First Remote Ruby Podcast (YouTube)

Saeloun Blog

Reddit-r/rails 

debug.rb

Ruby, Ractors, and Lock-Free Data Structures

Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift

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BuzzSprout
Podcast Hosting Made Easy.

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode of Remote Ruby, Andrew and Chris discuss a variety of topics, including their experiences with the podcast, the upcoming milestones for Remote Ruby and Go Rails, and their plans for future content. Chris dives into their recent work on the ‘Learn Hotwire’ course, explaining its extensive coverage of technologies like iOS, Kotlin, Swift, and Android. Additionally, they talk about team licenses for the course and early access availability. The discussion also touches upon CI workflows, the GitHub signoff process for local testing, and various technical challenges they encountered with tools like Yarn and asdf. The episode concludes with reflections on running linters in CI and the intricacies of standardizing coding practices across teams. Hit download now!

Links:

Yarn 1

Yarn

Yarn-GitHub

asdf

Judoscale-Remote Ruby listener gift

gh-signoff

Learn Hotwire 

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode, Andrew and Chris discuss Chris's new hardware upgrade to a Mac Studio, diving into its benefits for video processing and development work. They share stories about troubleshooting a perplexing bug related to WebSockets and Cable Ready, and discuss the conference proposal process, offering insights into writing effective CFPs based on their experiences with RailsConf and Rails World. Additionally, Andrew shares a game update about Cyberpunk and Chris shares the inspiring success story of the game ‘Balatro,’ highlighting the developer’s journey from side project to commercial triumph. Hit the download button now!

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Honeybadger is an application health monitoring tool built by developers for developers.

Judoscale
Make your deployments bulletproof with autoscaling that just works.

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode, Chris and Andrew navigate scheduling mishaps, discuss the quirks of time zones, and dive deep into their transition from asdf to mise for managing development environments. They explore the benefits of mise tasks, automation, and encrypted environment variables. Chris shares the challenges of migrating Hatchbox without disrupting deployments, while Andrew tackles Stripe billing complexities, including webhook race conditions and subscription management issues. The episode wraps up with mentions of upcoming travels for conferences, personal coding projects, and some chat about playing Cyberpunk 2077. Hit the download button now!

Panelists:

• Chris Oliver
• Andrew Mason

Sponsor:

• Honeybadger

Links:

• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason X
• mise-en-place
• mise watch
• asdf GitHub
• Tropical on Rails
• Sin City Ruby
• Cyberpunk 2077

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode, Chris and Andrew start out talking about personal milestones and upcoming birthdays.  The conversation then moves to technical issues faced with PostgreSQL configurations on Hatchbox. They delve into the functionality and challenges of different tools such as Asdf and its alternatives like Mise, a tool for managing programming environments, and the evolving role of AI in coding environments. They also explore Warp’s new terminal features and Chris’s work on the ‘Learning Hotwire’ course. Hit download now to hear more! 

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and Andrew dive into a discussion that spans the worlds of gaming and software development. They kick off by sharing their experiences with Cyberpunk 2077, reflecting on how the game has improved since its initial release, then on to Balatro, a deck-building poker game that's influencing Andrew's real-world casino visits. The conversation then pivots to a deep dive into web development technologies, including the use of Vite, Hotwire, and the different approaches to using Turbo Frames and Streams. They highlight the challenges and nuances of modern web development, such as implementation of CSS classes and the difficulties of debugging. They also touch on the evolution of Ruby’s release and the ongoing efforts to improve the web development process. Hit download now to hear more!

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode, Chris and Andrew discuss their challenges and strategies around productivity, focusing particularly on sleep schedules and dealing with a sick dog. They delve into the practicalities of modern JavaScript tooling, specifically esbuild, and its configuration headaches. The conversation then shifts to the importance of reusable themes and color systems for web applications, emphasizing the use of Tailwind CSS variables and other design strategies. Also, they highlight the significance of balancing detailed documentation with practical application and the ongoing effort to keep tools like JBuilder up to date with modern standards. Hit download now!

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter