The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Elise Shaffer and Brian Mariani

with Elise Shaffer

  • 28 minutes 17 seconds
    Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke

    Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end

    Show Notes

    Sponsors
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    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at flippercloud.io/rails and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    21 May 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 20 seconds
    Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls

    Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails)

    Show Notes

    Sponsors
    Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started.

    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at [http://flippercloud.io/rails](http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    7 May 2025, 12:00 pm
  • 32 minutes 20 seconds
    Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea

    Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails

    Show Notes

    Sponsors
    Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started.

    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at [http://flippercloud.io/rails](http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    23 April 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt

    Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails.

    Show Notes

    Sponsors
    Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started.

    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at [http://flippercloud.io/rails](http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    9 April 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 15 seconds
    Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

    Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community.

    Sponsors
    Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started.

    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at [http://flippercloud.io/rails](http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    5 March 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 13 seconds
    Episode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe Masilotti

    Today's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the show to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps.

    Show Notes
    Hotwire Native For Rails Developers
    Joe Masilotti’s Website

    Sponsors
    Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started.

    Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic attack. You ever push something live and immediately regret it? Like, ‘Oh no, I just nuked the homepage’? Well, guess what—Flipper’s got your back. Ship your code whenever you want, roll out features on your schedule, and if something goes sideways? Boom. Roll it back. No redeploy, no drama. Plus, you get multi-environment sync, audit history, and fine-grained permissions, so you don’t wake up to a ‘WTF happened?’ Slack message. Best part? Sign up at [http://flippercloud.io/rails](http:flippercloud.io/rails) and get 10% off your first year. Flip the switch and chill out.

    12 February 2025, 11:00 am
  • 33 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon

    This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different ownership!

    Show Notes

    • [p3.dev](op3.dev)
    • [verygoodsoftware.company](verygoodsoftware.company )
    • [flippercloud.io](flippercloud.io)
    • [John's Website](johnnunemaker.com)
    • [Garrett's Website](garrettdimon.com)
    22 January 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 13 seconds
    Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn

    In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn

    2 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 31 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

    This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.

    11 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi

    In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show to talk to us about how to thrive in tech with ADHD.

    Show Notes

    27 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 36 seconds
    Episode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina Nazarova

    We all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt that excitement in the community. I’ve felt it at conferences and in my conversations with many of you. Today, Irina Nazarova joins us to talk about how we can better evangelize Rails

    Show Notes
    Neighbor gem https://github.com/ankane/neighbor
    Irina’s Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFYiyFQMU8
    Rails stack from Evil Martians: https://evilmartians.com/rails-startup-stack (this includes Turbo Mount and other things Irina mentioned)
    Irina’s Meetups Blog Post https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/lets-have-more-tech-meetups-a-quick-start-guide-to-holding-your-own

    13 November 2024, 2:00 pm
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