Nick and I recorded an episode at Rails World with Robby Russell. This is a test of new format we're running where we discuss Rails News. Robby joins us to talk about the Rails Developer Survey that ran this summer. WE also chat about all the new things announced at Rails World.

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Ruby Central has been a foundational part of the Ruby community since 2003. They organize Ruby Conf and Rails Conf and maintain critical Ruby infrastructure like rubygems.org. With Ruby Conf Chicago just around the corner and new initiatives at Ruby Central, we thought it would be a good time to catch up with our friends at Ruby Central. Marty Haught joins the show to tell us more about Ruby Central's open source initiatives.

Show Notes
https://rubyconf.org/
https://rubycentral.org/news/

Large language models are everywhere now. They’re changing the way we work, from tools code completion tools like Copilot, to audio generation apps like Suno.ai. Apple recently announced huge updates with generative AI for all of their platforms. Adobe, Canva, and Google have all added AI to their products. It seems like every vendor is building these features. So how will this change the way we write and think about code. Landon Gray joins the show to tell us how AI will change software development.

Show Notes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedayisntgray/.
https://gem-mice-15c.notion.site/Build-your-startup-prototype-in-less-than-3-hours-25de8fcd84dc44e8b3d0df0c4862a9de?pvs=74

Our illustrious cohost Nick is back from parental leave! We talk about life as a parent and coder, committing to Ruby on Rails, being coworkers and finding time for hobbies. I'm looking forward to recording with Nick again.

A recent focus of many in the community has been expanding the community. We all love Rails and want to create the best community possible. Part of this focus has to include early career devs. We need to expose them to Rails and mentor them into the senior developers and tech leaders we need in the future. Adam Cuppy joins the show today to teach how to be better mentors.

Show Notes
Mentorship In Three Acts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDX5WH1uLz8
Chapter One: https://www.chapterone.org/
Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcuppy/

EuRuKo (European Ruby Konferenz) is the largest and longest running annual Ruby conference in Europe, since 2003, that brings you all the good news about Ruby and its friends. Every year it takes place in a different European city, the location being chosen by participants. Today's guest is Muhamed Isabegovic, who has taken over organizing Euruko this year.

Show Notes

• Euruko - https://2024.euruko.org/

In our last episode, we talked about Web Accessibility. But, did you know that there are accessibility concerns on the backend and in our interactions with our teams. Hilary Stohs-Krause joins the show to tell us more about how we can be more accommodating to our teams.

Show Notes
Simple writing
"Disability Impacts All of Us" (CDC) - https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html
Hemingway Editor - https://hemingwayapp.com/
"Use simple words and phrases" (PlainLanguage.gov) - https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/words/use-simple-words-phrases/
Contrast Checker - https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

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Joel is a staff software engineer at GitHub, working on user interface architecture and strategy. For the last several years, he has been part of the team working to improve the accessibility of GitHub.com. He also leads development of the ViewComponent framework. Today, he joins the show to teach us about Web Accessibility

Show Notes
Joel's RailsConf Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2zlvE_Yj8
WCAG Guidelines - https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
Axe Devtools - https://www.deque.com/axe/devtools/
Aria Live - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-live

While at Rails Conf, I caught up with several attendees and organizers to discuss their experiences. These quick interviews have been collected for this episode.

Our Guests:
Trevor John
https://github.com/trevorrjohn

Joshua Paine
https://github.com/midnightmonster/activerecord-summarize

David Hill
https://github.com/Esmale

Alex Mitchell
@a_mitch on instagram

Patrick O’Grady
https://github.com/heyogrady

Ella Herlihy
https://github.com/ellaherlihy

Steven Ancheta
https://LinkedIn.com/in/stancheta
https://github.com/stancheta

Ollie Atkins
https://github.com/oatkins8

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At Rails Conf 2024, I gathered several of our favorite ruby podcasters for a giant crossover episode! In this episode we have:

• Drew Bragg from Code and the Coding Coders Who Code It - https://podcast.drbragg.dev/
• Julie J from Ruby For All - https://www.rubyforall.com/
• Jason Swett from Code with Jason - https://www.codewithjason.com/
• Joël Quenneville from The Bikeshed - https://bikeshed.thoughtbot.com/

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Over the last year, the Rails Foundation has been hard at work on several initiatives. After a successful Rails World last year, they’ve been working on the program for this year’s Rails World in Toronto. The Rails Foundation has also been working on several other initiatives that are very important to our community. Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation joins the show to talk about the Foundation's work on the Rails Guides, Rails Girls Brazil, Tropical.rb, tutorials, working with Rails Core, and Rails World

Show Notes
Rails Foundation Website - https://rubyonrails.org/foundation
Rails Guides - https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/
Rails Girls - https://railsgirls.com/
Rails World - https://rubyonrails.org/world/2024
Ridhwana Khan - https://github.com/Ridhwana
Bhumi Shah - https://github.com/bhumi1102
Petrik de Heus (Rails Issues team) - https://github.com/p8
Carlos Antonio da Silva (Rails Core) - https://github.com/carlosantoniodasilva
Blog: https://rubyonrails.org/2024/2/6/documentation-update-work-has-begun
John Athayde - https://meticulous.com/
Blog: https://rubyonrails.org/2024/3/20/rails-guides-get-a-facelift
Rails Girls São Paulo - https://railsgirls.com.br/
Debora Fernandes - https://www.linkedin.com/in/debborafernandess/
Camila Campos - https://www.linkedin.com/in/camposmilaa/
Tropical.rb - https://www.tropicalrb.com/en/
Cirdes Henrique - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cirdesh/
Doximity - https://www.doximity.com/
Bruno Miranda - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunomiranda/
Blog: https://rubyonrails.org/2024/2/27/rails-foundation-doximity-sponsor-rails-girls-sao-paolo
Planet Argon - https://www.planetargon.com/
Robby Russell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbyrussell/
Campus Code - https://www.campuscode.com.br/
Joāo Almeida - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaorsalmeida/

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