Ruby Rogues

Jesse Spevack currently works at Stripe and specializes in Ruby on Rails. He talks about his success story of shifting careers from being an Educator to a Software Engineer. Jesse returns to show to share his humble beginnings when he started out his first job in the Tech world. 
About this Episode

• Changing Careers
• Experience working in Stripe
• Transitioning from working in an office to working remotely 
• "Hello Turing World Podcast"

Sponsors

• Chuck's Resume Template
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• Turing School
• Todo Or Die – Write TODOs in code that ensure you actually do them
• Hello Turing World Podcast
• TRICKS Contest
• Written Meanderings
• GitHub: jesse-spevack
• Twitter: @PlanetEfficacy

Picks

• Jesse - The Dream Machine
• Valentino- The Cyclic Nature Of In-House Tooling

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Masafumi Okura is a freelance software developer focusing on Ruby on Rails. He joined RubyKaigi 2022 as a helper staff and the chief organizer at Kaigi on Rails 2022 which took place last October. He joins the Rogues to share his experiences and some pointers on arranging a successful Conference amidst the pandemic. 
Topics discussed

• How Technology took part in creating a virtual event
• Recruiting and Inviting speakers for the conference
• Approaches used to make the process smooth and hassle-free for the speakers joining the event
• Obstacles experienced in organizing the event and how to overcome each one. 
  
  

Sponsors

• Chuck's Resume Template
• Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
• Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership

Links

• mrubykaigi 2022
• SpatialChat
• Fukuoka.rb
• ruby-jp.slack.com
• okuramasafumi/gem_to_mgem
• GitHub - okuramasafumi/reversible
• GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim
• GitHub: okuramasafumi

Picks

• Charles  - Irish Gauge 
• Charles - Ruby Remote Conference
• Charles - I Don't Want to Kill You 
• John - GitHub - rootstrap/yaaf
• John - Leather Coasters
• Masafumi -  Fukuoka mruby Kaigi 2022 EN
• Masafumi - GitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vim
• Valentino -  LunarVim

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In this all-panelist episode, Chuck, Dave, and Valentino give insights on how to choose your career path, how to kickstart your career, how to take control, and how to advance in your profession. They also share their experiences and some advice on what qualities you should possess in order to become successful
Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Picks

• Charles - Irish Gauge | Board Game - BoardGameGeek
• Charles - I Am Not a Serial Killer
• Dave - Drifting Ruby: Modern Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web
• Valentino - Codewars | Discord
• Valentino - The reverse job board for Rails developers

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The Rogues discuss Turbo and Hotwire with Alexandre Ruban, who created a course on Hotwire and Turbo for Rails at Hotrails.dev. The dive into its origins with TurboLinks and then discuss the various options and tools that come with Hotwire development in Rails and compare it to other front-end frameworks and solutions they've used.

Links:

• Hotrails.dev
• Hotwire
• React
• Bootstrap
• Tailwind
• Alexandre's Twitter

Picks:Dave

• DaisyUI

Valentino

• Neo4J
• Ruby Kaigi

Chuck

• Irish Gauge
• Kajabi
• Chuck's Coaching Offerings
• Dev Book Club

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In recent news, Heroku announced they will eliminate free plans and shut down all free data services.  With that said, today on the show, the panel discusses tools to substitute this platform and other possible workaround options.
In this episode…

• The Huroku platform
• Render (tool)
• Digital Ocean (tool)
• Fly.io (tool)
• Words of caution and possible issues
• Rails templates and docker deployment files
• Setting up options at home
• AWS App Runner vs AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• OpenShift containerization software

Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Links

• Heroku's Next Chapter

Picks

• Charles – Velcro table ties for cables
• Charles – Coaching
• Charles - Top End Devs Conferences
• Charles- NCIS (Official Site) Watch on CBS
• Dave- Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for Mac
• Dave- Lighting With Grids | What They Do And How To Use Them
• John- Best standing desk for home office and WFH 2022
• John- 3-1/8 Inch (80mm) Zinc Alloy Desk Grommets and Cable Ties Kit Red Bronze Cable Hole Cover Cord Organizer for Computer Desk Cabinet (1pcs Desk Grommets + 3pcs Reusable Ties)

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Import maps is the new feature in Rails 7 that allows us to forego Node.js and tools like Webpack, plus it prevents the need for bundling.  Today on the show, Valentino interviews Paweł Dąbrowski to share his insights about import maps in Rails 7.
In this episode…

• Mortal Kombat coding 
• Mastering CSV in Ruby (book)
• CSV features 
• What are Import maps in Rails 7 and how do you get started
• Rails app generator and Rails formation
• How to handle upgrades
• New Rails features 
  
  

Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Links

• Boss Vs Motivator - Sharebold
• Mastering CSV in Ruby
• Twitter: @longliveruby

Picks

• Paweł- Heroku's Next Chapter
• Valentino- GitHub - ankane/sidekick: The simple way to automate tasks
• Valentino- 6 Types Of Hot Tubs To Warm You Up Any Time Of The Year

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Post pandemic, remote work is here to stay.  Today on the show, the panel and Jake Yesbeck share their insights about remote work for developers and the latest developments for the 2022 workforce and beyond. 

In this episode…

• The transition to remote
• Being intentional about career growth
• Book clubs
• Separating work from life
• Changes post pandemic
• Connecting in public channels
• How do you measure productivity?
• Interviews / interviewing remotely

Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Links

• Twitter: @jakeyesbeck

Picks

• Charles- Diablo Immortal
• Charles – Rails Remote Conference
• Dave- dbx 286s
• Dave – Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Studio Headphones
• Jake- Headache & Pain Relief | TYLENOL®
• Jake- What is Ruby on Rails?
• John- Terraria
• John – DIY fix your own stuff
• Valentino- Audio Formatter
• Valentino- Z Stick

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For years, the Rails community has been clamoring for Active Deployment, a magical out-of-the-box mechanism for deploying applications.  Today on the show, Cameron Dutro shares how you can deploy Rails apps on Kubernetes with Kuby.  De-stress your deployments today with these simple strategies.
In this episode…

• Active deployments for Rails apps
• Docker containers and Kubernetes 
• Controlling your environment
• Flexible without vendor lock in
• Building images with Kuby
• Plug in providers
• Why Kubernetes for your apps
• Multinode set ups with Kuby
• Deploying Kuby 

Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Links

• RailsConf 2022 - Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps by Cameron Dutro - YouTube
• getkuby
• GitHub: camertron
• Twitter: @camertron
• LinkedIn: Cameron Dutro

Picks

• Cameron- GitHub - ViewComponent/view_component: A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails.
• Cameron- AirPods
• Charles- Quiddler
• Charles– Top End Devs Meetups
• Charles– Rails Remote Conference
• Charles- Watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Season 1 Streaming Online | Peacock
• Valentino- byebug/GUIDE.md at master · deivid-rodriguez/byebug
• Valentino- Keychron | Wireless Mechanical Keyboards for Mac, Windows and Phones

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Ben Taylor joins the show today to share his recent developments about integrating Ruby snippets within a browser in less than a day.  The panel asks about his process and what he did to make this a quick and successful strategy.  Learn about this new process and what you can do today to make this happen!

In this episode…

• Merging WASI based WebAssembly support
• The functions to run ruby snippets in your browser
• Programming education and WebAssembly tooling
• The WebAssembly package manager
• Web browser use cases 
• Optimization and garbage collection in binary
• Accounting for Ruby gems
• Security for WebAssembly
• Safari integration and WebAssembly 
• Running the same binary on both client side and server-side 

Sponsors

• Top End Devs
• Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial
• Coaching | Top End Devs

Links

• Runno
• How I got Ruby snippets to run browser side in less than a day
• Ben Taylor
• Twitter: @taybenlor

Picks

• Ben- Anathem
• Charles- Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit
• Charles- Rails Remote Conference
• Charles- Nauvoo, IL City Information | Beautiful Nauvoo
• Charles – Innova OBD2 Code Reader
• Charles – 200W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter 4 USB Ports Charger Adapter Car Plug
• Dave- Touchstone Home Products Electric Fireplaces, TV Lifts, and Cabinets

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