Ruby for All

By Andrew Mason & Julie J

What's Ruby for All about?

A weekly Ruby focused podcast hosted by Andrew Mason and Julie J. Each week we discuss topics ranging from Ruby, Ruby on Rails, learning, how to be a better developer, and more. The focus is on providing a podcast that caters to junior Ruby on Rails developers.

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Ruby for All episodes:

05.02.2024
RailsConf 2024 Workshop Spotlight — Build High Performance Active Record Apps with Andy Atkinson
In this episode of 'Ruby for All', Andrew and Julie discuss drawing inspiration from MC Escher through games like Monument Valley, to dealing with the intricacies of Discord roles and authorization, and the importance of immediate and continuous feedback through...
04.18.2024
RailsConf 2024 Countdown — Behind the Scenes with Kevin Murphy
In this episode of 'Ruby For All', hosts Andrew and Julie welcome guest Kevin Murphy, Software Developer at Pubmark and member of the RailsConf program committee. The discussion kicks off with Andrew and Julie catching up, then transitions into an...
04.11.2024
Coding Campfires — Unplugged Adventures at Rails Camp West with Bobbilee Hartman
On this episode of "Ruby for All," hosts Andrew and Julie catch up with Julie returning after a bout of strep throat, and then share their excitement about having guest Bobbilee Hartman, the founder of Rails Camp West USA, joining...
04.04.2024
Vegas Vibes — Sin City Ruby 2024 Recap with Drew Bragg
In this episode of 'Ruby for All', host Andrew is joined by guest Drew Bragg to talk about the ins and outs of the Sin City Ruby conference. Drew provides a comprehensive breakdown of the event, highlighting the mix of...
03.28.2024
The State of Debugging in Ruby — A Puts-tastic Journey
In this episode of "Ruby for All," hosts Andrew and Julie take us through a journey of debugging, from dealing with weather-induced moods to squashing tricky bugs in their code. They touch on the challenges of debugging without audio guidance,...
03.14.2024
Ski Slopes, Sorbet, and Copilot — Effective Learning with Ryan Caldwell
In this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie chat about their recent experiences, including a ski trip with challenges due to a storm, and discuss burnout and returning to regular podcasting. Special guest, Ryan Caldwell, a software engineer...
02.08.2024
Mastering Rails Callbacks – Deciphering the Secrets of Active Record
In this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie discuss the intricacies of callbacks in Active Record models. They talk about their experiences, the pros and cons of using callbacks, and the issues they faced. They also share some...
02.01.2024
New Onboarding Experiences — Julie's Transition to a New Team
In today’s episode, Andrew and Julie dive into the topic of onboarding onto new teams. Julie discusses her latest venture of switching teams, and Andrew sheds light on the innovative “Shape Up” method by Basecamp that’s shaking things up in...
01.25.2024
The Power of Community in Learning Ruby on Rails — Agency of Learning's Role in Shaping Developer Careers
In this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie welcome special guests, James Garcia, Eric Halverson, and Caleb Mitchell, all part of The Agency of Learning run by Dave Paola. Today, they share their unique journeys into software development,...
01.18.2024
Rekindling Ruby — A Journey through Burnout, Books, and Career Aspirations
In this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie reconnect after a three-week break to share how they spent their vacation and their plans for the new year, as Julie talks about her family’s newest addition, a Whippet named...
01.11.2024
Exploring the Mind of a Content Creator — Bhumi Shah's Perspective on Learning and Sharing
In this episode of Ruby for All, host Andrew kicks things off with a warm welcome and well wishes to his absent co-host, Julie. Then he welcomes guest, Bhumi Shah, a self-taught web developer who transitioned from doing low-level embedded...
01.04.2024
Teaching Code, Shaping Futures — John Crepezzi on Ruby, Bootcamps, and AI
In this episode, Andrew and Julie chat with guest John Crepezzi, a veteran in the Ruby community, founder of All Aboard Bootcamp, and currently a Software Engineer at Jane Street. Today, they discuss John’s experience running a coding bootcamp, share...
12.21.2023
RubyConf Reflections — The Importance of TDD with Elise Shaffer
In this conversation live from RubyConf San Diego, Andrew and Julie sit down with Elise Shaffer, host of The Ruby on Rails Podcast. They kick things off with sharing conference experiences, the joy of reconnecting with friends, and the unique...
12.07.2023
Live From Rubyconf 2023 — Conference Recap, Talk Highlights, Ruby 4, Hacking on OSS, Restaurant Reviews, and Much More
Welcome to our first ever live episode of Ruby for All, where Andrew and Julie share their vibrant experiences from RubyConf in San Diego. Today, they share their excitement at attending a live conference and their interesting experiences, including their...
11.23.2023
Building Rails-Powered Mobile Apps with Joe Masilotti
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie welcome Joe Masilotti, known as the ‘Turbo Native Guy,’ to discuss Turbo Native. They cover what Turbo Native is, its advantages when building apps, and how it can be an...
11.16.2023
Ruby Mastery and Community Love with Ufuk Kayserilioglu
In this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie kick off with their excitement for RubyConf and then introduce their special guest Ufuk Kayserilioglu, an Engineering Manager at Shopify, to discuss his passion for Ruby and his contributions to...
11.09.2023
Bridging Design and Development with Jerimie Lee
Join us for an insightful episode of Ruby for All, where Andrew and Julie have a discussion with special guest, Jerimie Lee, a Senior Product Designer at Codecademy. Jerimie shares his journey into the world of EdTech, and his experiences...
11.02.2023
The Art of Conference Speaking with Kevin Murphy
Ruby For All – Episode 50 In this episode of Ruby for All, join Andrew and Julie as they welcome Kevin Murphy, a software developer at Pubmark, to discuss the fascinating world of speaking at conferences. Kevin shares his...
10.26.2023
Microservices, Mayhem, and Main Branches
In this episode, Julie begins by expressing concern about technical issues with Zoom and her camera being off, Andrew discusses the shortage of certain ADHD medication in the U.S. due to supply issues, and then the topic of keeping tidy...
10.19.2023
Plants, Zombies, and Pull Requests
On today’s episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie kick things off with a nostalgic discussion about the beloved game, “Plants vs. Zombies.” Julie explains the game’s concept, setting the stage for a lively conversation that brings us into...
10.12.2023
From CoffeeScript to curl
In this episode of Ruby for All, we start with a conversation about Julie’s challenges in adjusting to a calendar migration, which leads to discussions about productivity tools, color-coding calendars, and the use of extensions like “Better Comments” for code...
10.05.2023
Welcome back!
Welcome back to a brand new season of Ruby for All! After a summer hiatus, Andrew and Julie are back and ready to catch up with each other and you! Julie kicks things off sharing her thrilling road trip up...
09.28.2023
How We Use ChatGPT
Welcome to Ruby for All Season 2! This was the last episode we recorded before the break that we wanted to share. Today’s episode of Ruby for All is mix of personal experiences, tech discussions, and the ever-evolving world of...
06.20.2023
Summer Vacation
Hey Everyone! Ruby for All is taking a summer vacation since it's been hard to juggle vacations, school being out, and other responsibilities we have going on right now. We will be back at the end of summer and can't...
05.25.2023
Rubber Duck Dev Show Crossover with Julie J
This week the tables are turned on Ruby for All because this is a crossover episode with the Rubber Duck Dev Show with Chris and Creston, where Julie was a guest recently talking about leveling up for Juniors. Today, they...
05.18.2023
Code and the Coding Coders who Code it Crossover
This week the tables are turned on Ruby for All, as our friend of the show, Drew Bragg, interviews Julie J. This was originally on Code and the Coding Coders Who Code it Podcast. If you haven’t checked it out,...
05.11.2023
RailsConf 2023: Recapping What You Missed
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew attended RailsConf 2023 and talks about his experience at it, how he focused on socializing with friends and co-workers, and attended fewer talks than before. There were some great talks he heard...
05.04.2023
Exploring UX Research with Megan Brown
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie are excited to have as their guest, Megan Brown, who’s a Product Manager, UX Researcher, and Julie’s mentee. In today’s conversations, we’ll cover various topics related to coding and career...
04.27.2023
Leveling Up: What Does It Take to Be a Senior?
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie have a conversation about being a senior software engineer and mentoring. Since Andrew is a senior software engineer, he talks about the differences between his current and earlier roles, and...
04.20.2023
Establishing Trust and Improving Communication at Work with Josh Goldberg
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie are joined by guest, Josh Goldberg, who’s an Open Source Developer and former mentor of Julie. In today’s conversation, Andrew, Julie, and Josh discuss the benefits of having a good...
04.13.2023
Ruby Interviews & Community Building with Adrian Valenzuela
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie are excited to have as their guest, Adrian Valenzuela, who’s a Ruby Developer, open source contributor, and maintains a tutorial blog called, Mugen Ruby. Today, Adrian talks about how he...
04.06.2023
The Agency of Learning with Dave Paola
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie have joining them, Dave Paola, Founder of Sierra Rails, a Ruby on Rails Software Development Agency. Today, Dave talks about his experience coaching Junior Developers and Early Career Developers. There’s...
03.30.2023
We Hired a Junior Dev with Mike Munroe
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie welcome Mike Munroe, Co-founder of OBLSK, a Rails consultancy, who’s here today to discuss their Junior Developer Apprentice Program. Today, we’ll learn all the details about the program, the importance...
03.23.2023
Career and ADHD Management with Celso De Sá
On this episode of Ruby for All, ChatGPT was down for Julie today which left her frazzled, so she brings up making pancakes, and Andrew shares his love of cooking breakfast food and wrestling with Turbo all morning. Thankfully, they...
03.16.2023
From Bootcamp to Community Advocate and Mentor
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie recently decided to go back to the gym, and Andrew has been chilling and focusing on things in his life that he hasn’t taken care of. But today, we’re going to have fun,...
03.09.2023
Development Gems
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew aka the “VS Code Whisperer “ and Julie are excited to start something new and fun! Join Andrew and Julie as they dive into the world of Development Gems that they like...
03.02.2023
Debugging Rails: Essential Tools and Where to Start
Ruby For All – Episode 32 On this episode of Ruby for All, it’s raining a lot by Julie, chilly outside by Andrew, and Andrew’s birthday is this week! Happy Birthday, Andrew! Since it’s a new month, Andrew and...
02.23.2023
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 4 - Enumerables + Bonus Methods
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie tells us she’s fostering a seven week old puppy and having lots of fun, and Andrew reveals he would love to get a dog in the future. Also, it’s the end of...
02.16.2023
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 3 - Strings
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie are having an ADHD day since Andrew’s had a lot going on with work stuff and Julie’s been hyperfocused learning about the mobile app. But that won’t stop them from...
02.09.2023
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 2 - The Hash
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie tells us she’s working on a new app and she’s calling it “Today,” which is going to help her organize her day-to-day tasks. We’re also continuing with our February series talking about...
02.02.2023
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 1
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie discuss the cold temps where they live, their preferences for warmer temps, using layers to cope with the changing temperatures, and their experiences with snow sports. For the month...
01.26.2023
Common Pitfalls for Junior Ruby on Rails Developers
On this episode of Ruby for All, there’s a spider on Julie’s monitor and Andrew and Julie couldn’t figure out a topic of what to talk about today. They decided to ask ChatGPT for some help and it came up...
01.19.2023
The Database Wizard with Andrew Atkinson
Join us for this episode of Ruby for All to hear Andrew (Andy) Atkinson discuss all things databases. He talks about the differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL, transactions, locking, pgbouncer, query optimization, and more. Plus, he shares his preference for...
01.12.2023
Integrations with Brittany Martin
Brittany Martin, an engineering manager and co-host of the Ruby on Rails Podcast, joins the show to discuss her experience with integrations, the benefits of webhooks, websockets, and retrying webhooks. She also talks about giving presentations, wikis, and creating gem...
01.05.2023
What's Going on in 2023?
In this episode, Andrew and Julie discuss their experiences with New Year's resolutions and set some goals for 2023. Julie wants to be more proactive and improve her React skills, while Andrew is looking to learn Swift, Vim, and better...
12.29.2022
Work Processes
In the final episode of 2022, Julie and Andrew discuss different aspects of project management, such as Agile vs. Waterfall methodology, the importance of standups and project meetings, and assigning points to projects. They also talk about the different tools...
12.22.2022
Reading Source Code with Daniel Colson
Daniel Colson joins Andrew and Julie to discuss getting better at reading source code. He explains why reading source code can be beneficial and encourages trusting your curiosity when it comes to understanding code. He dives into Ruby source code...
12.15.2022
The Holidays - Unleash Your Empathy and Spread Good Cheer
Julie and Andrew discuss ways to make the upcoming Holiday season enjoyable and manageable. They talk about the challenges of winter, and how companies can make this difficult time more manageable by allowing employees to choose a project to work...
12.08.2022
GitHub Codespaces & Julie's RubyConf Mini Recap
After a brief side quest to discuss GitHub Codespaces, Julie shares her recap of RubyConf Mini with Andrew and all of you in this episode. Do you feel down after conferences? We usually do! But Julie is feeling good and...
12.01.2022
BONUS! The Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel
Live from Providence, RI, it is the Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel! Panelists from different community podcasts come together to discuss their experiences at the conference, field questions from the audience attendees and of course, mention their upcoming talks they were...

What's Ruby for All about?

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Ruby for All episodes:

RailsConf 2024 Workshop Spotlight — Build High Performance Active Record Apps with Andy Atkinson

RailsConf 2024 Countdown — Behind the Scenes with Kevin Murphy

Coding Campfires — Unplugged Adventures at Rails Camp West with Bobbilee Hartman

Vegas Vibes — Sin City Ruby 2024 Recap with Drew Bragg

The State of Debugging in Ruby — A Puts-tastic Journey

Ski Slopes, Sorbet, and Copilot — Effective Learning with Ryan Caldwell

Mastering Rails Callbacks – Deciphering the Secrets of Active Record

New Onboarding Experiences — Julie's Transition to a New Team

The Power of Community in Learning Ruby on Rails — Agency of Learning's Role in Shaping Developer Careers

Rekindling Ruby — A Journey through Burnout, Books, and Career Aspirations

Exploring the Mind of a Content Creator — Bhumi Shah's Perspective on Learning and Sharing

Teaching Code, Shaping Futures — John Crepezzi on Ruby, Bootcamps, and AI

RubyConf Reflections — The Importance of TDD with Elise Shaffer

Live From Rubyconf 2023 — Conference Recap, Talk Highlights, Ruby 4, Hacking on OSS, Restaurant Reviews, and Much More

Building Rails-Powered Mobile Apps with Joe Masilotti

Ruby Mastery and Community Love with Ufuk Kayserilioglu

Bridging Design and Development with Jerimie Lee

The Art of Conference Speaking with Kevin Murphy

Microservices, Mayhem, and Main Branches

Plants, Zombies, and Pull Requests

From CoffeeScript to curl

Welcome back!

How We Use ChatGPT

Summer Vacation

Rubber Duck Dev Show Crossover with Julie J

Code and the Coding Coders who Code it Crossover

RailsConf 2023: Recapping What You Missed

Exploring UX Research with Megan Brown

Leveling Up: What Does It Take to Be a Senior?

Establishing Trust and Improving Communication at Work with Josh Goldberg

Ruby Interviews & Community Building with Adrian Valenzuela

The Agency of Learning with Dave Paola

We Hired a Junior Dev with Mike Munroe

Career and ADHD Management with Celso De Sá

From Bootcamp to Community Advocate and Mentor

Development Gems

Debugging Rails: Essential Tools and Where to Start

Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 4 - Enumerables + Bonus Methods

Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 3 - Strings

Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 2 - The Hash

Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 1

Common Pitfalls for Junior Ruby on Rails Developers

The Database Wizard with Andrew Atkinson

Integrations with Brittany Martin

What's Going on in 2023?

Work Processes

Reading Source Code with Daniel Colson

The Holidays - Unleash Your Empathy and Spread Good Cheer

GitHub Codespaces & Julie's RubyConf Mini Recap

BONUS! The Rubyconf Mini Podcast Panel