There are so many Ruby events happening recently, that it can be hard to know which one to go to. Today we’re going to talk about a rather unique event in the Ruby community. What if you could go to an event that was just the Hallway Track? And that event happened at a summer camp?

Show Notes
Rails Camp West Website - https://west.railscamp.us
Big Nerd Ranch - https://bignerdranch.com/

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Blue Ridge Ruby

Are you ready to break away from your routine and immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Ruby? Join us at Blue Ridge Ruby, a friendly regional conference nestled in the picturesque mountains of western North Carolina, happening on May 30th and 31st, 2024, in the heart of downtown Asheville.

Blue Ridge Ruby isn't just another tech conference; It's a gathering of passionate Ruby developers and community members. Join us at a cozy venue for a single track conference with an intimate atmosphere and connect with Rubyists of all levels to share ideas.

Visit BlueRidgeRuby.com for registration and speaker information and secure your spot today!

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.

Show Notes
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/

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

Show Notes

• 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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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.

Show Notes

• Extism repo: https://github.com/extism/extism
• WebAssembly MDN Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
• Have a comment on this episode? Send an email to [email protected]

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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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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.

Show Notes
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 - [email protected]
RubyConferences.org - https://rubyconferences.org
Adarsh's Email - [email protected]
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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Over the years, the performance of Ruby has improved quite a bit. One of the big recent performance improvements came from the development of YJIT inside Shopify. YJIT is a just-in-time compiler for Ruby written in Rust. Dr. Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert joined the show to talk about YJIT

Show Notes
YJIT Website
Maxime on X https://twitter.com/Love2Code (❤️→ λ)
Maxime’s Github https://github.com/maximecb

If you start a new Rails project today, you’re probably going to pick Postgres for your database. And if you have a ten year old Rails app, you might be using MySQL. But Rails ships with support for SQLite, a lightweight SQL database. Can that lightweight database be used to make production-ready software? Stephen Margheim joins the show to help us answer that question.

Show Notes
Stephen's blog post about SQLite - https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/consider-sqlite
Stephen's website fractaledmind.github.io
You can find Stephen on Twitter or Mastodon @fractaledmind.
pd_loader - https://pgloader.io/

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Fito and Alan are frequent RubyConf and RailsConf speakers on topics ranging from software complexity to resolving flaky specs. They joined the how to discuss strategies for dealing with unreliable tests and complex code.

Show Notes
Cisco Meraki:
Careers (https://meraki.com/careers)
Alan Ridlehoover’s LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/aridlehoover)
Fito von Zastrow’s LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/fitovz)

Talks:
The Secret Ingredient: How to Understand & Resolve Just about Any Flaky Test (https://youtu.be/zsGloAjneX0?si=CFR48kl3Ke0sShyh)
A Brewer’s Guide to Filtering Out Complexity & Churn (https://youtu.be/RJRSosxtzbU?si=zkha6RrUoIReuPT3)

Resources:
The Code Gardener (https://the.codegardener.com)
First Try! Software (https://firsttry.software)

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RailsConf is coming up fast and I can’t wait to see you all there! The CFP is open and the program committee is accepting proposals for talks for the conference. Andy Croll joined the show to talk with us about the CFP process and how you can present at RailsConf

** Show Notes**
Rails Conf Detroit - https://railsconf.org/
RailsConf CFP - https://sessionize.com/railsconf2024/
Speakerline.io - https://speakerline.io/

Kaja is the Slack Administrator for WNB.rb, a group of women and non-binary rubyists. She joined the show to talk about becoming the Slack Administrator. She fills us in on what the job entails, how she became the slack administrator, and some of the big things she learned from contributing to WNB.rb

Show Notes
Twitter: @alizenero
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Other podcasts with Kaja: Artsy Engineering Radio & The Introspective Developer