The Ruby Rogues

Gavin Morrice is a Senior Ruby Engineer at Cookpad. It is a food tech company and the largest online recipe platform. He joins the Rogues to tackle his article, "How we improved our Rails app’s performance with Conditional Get Requests". He explains the idea of their article, what led them to develop their technique, and the way that this technique improves the user's experience.SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksHow we improved our Rails app’s performance with Conditional Get RequestsHTTP conditional requests - HTTP | MDNETagRails’s etag methodRails Etag validators conceptCookpad - Make everyday cooking fun!GitHub: BodaciousLinkedIn: Gavin MorriceTwitter: @MorriceGavinPicksCharles - Meadow | Board Game - BoardGameGeekCharles - Yellowstone - TV Series | Paramount NetworkCharles - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Gavin - ComtéGavin - Amsterdam (2022) - IMDbGavin - Sushi and BeyondJohn - Home | RubyConf 20

Returning guest, Trae Robrock is the founder of greenbits.com but eventually sold the company. In addition, he experimented with various technologies such as node.js, lambda, python, etc. before returning to Rails. He also got into real estate and started a new tech company in the real estate space called," https://comfort.ly". Trae joins the show with John and Valentino to discuss his experience and challenges encountered in developing the applications. Moreover, they also tackle some of the tools and software that he used to maintain the apps. SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinkstrobrockTwitter: @trobrockPicksJohn - RubyConf 2022: HomeJohn - RubyConf MiniTrae - Never Split the DifferenceValentino - Galactic Unicorn Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102

Kinsey Durham Grace is an Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer at GitHub. She is also a lecturer at RailsBridge where they run a workshop to teach scholars to write code. She joins the show with John and Valentino to about a variety of topics mostly focused on DevOps and Mentoring. She shares her experience in teaching scholars in the Ruby Community. Additionally, she talks about her career transition from Go to Ruby.     On YouTubeDevOps, Mentoring, and Careers with Kinsey Durham - RUBY 576SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksKinsey Durham GraceGitHub: kinseydurhamgraceTwitter: @KinseyAnnDurhamPicksJohn - Rented office spacesKinsey - Ruby CentralKinsey - BridgeFoundry Valentino - Mexico City Rails Meet-up RebootAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/supp

When working with software or applications, developers and programmers encounter a variety of distinct system issues or problems. The Rogues join the show to share their thoughts about troubleshooting. They discuss identifying and fixing system problems in their applications, whether they're at the front end or the back end, using their own experiences as examples. Additionally, they talk about some of the tools they use to help them fix system issues or errors.SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksCharles - Betrayal at House on the HillCharles - Keeper of the Lost CitiesCharles - NCIS (Official Site) Watch on CBSJohn - PryJohn - ErrbitValentino - rb-trace | RubyGems.org | your community gem hostValentino - The Rails Foundation - Ruby on RailsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/p

Ivo Anjo is a Software Engineer at Datadog. His main focus is the Ruby Language. He is currently working on building a Ruby profiler and was a speaker at RubyKaigi 2022. He returns to the show with Chuck and Valentino to discuss the gvl-tracing gem, a Ruby gem that he recently created. It is a Ruby gem for getting a timeline view of Global VM Lock usage in your Ruby app. Additionally, he describes how this may be applied to improve performance and speed up Ruby Apps.About this EpisodeFeatures of gvl-tracing GemApplying Global VM Lock to Ruby ApplicationsHow Ruby Profiler worksAll about Heap Sampling and its benefitsSponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinkstracing ruby’s (global) vm lockGVL Instrumentation API ivoanjo/gvl-tracing[EN]Hunting Production Memory Leaks with Heap Sampling / @KnuX and @KJTsanaktsidis - YouTubeAnalyze Ruby Code Performance With Datadog Continuous Profiler | DatadogAll About Queueing

AppSignal is a real-time APM provider for Ruby, Rails, Elixir & Phoenix. In addition to host monitoring and an intuitive custom analytics platform, it provides insights into errors and performance problems. Thijs Cadier is the Cofounder and CTO of AppSignal. He starts off by sharing how their company was founded and what inspired them to develop AppSignal. He joins Chuck in the show to talk about AppSignal’s useful and new features. Moreover, he explains the details of how it functions and how users can benefit from subscribing to it.  LinksAppSignal Twitter: @AppSignalTwitter: @thijscAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.

Takashi Kokubun is a staff developer at Shopify. He has been working with Ruby’s MJIT compiler for over 5 years but has been recently maintaining YJIT as well.  JIT compilation is a method of running computer code that involves compilation after a program has begun running rather than before. He joins the show to talk about these topics alongside Chuck and Valentino. He also explains their importance as this contributes to running Ruby applications smoothly. He also shares his experience working with rust and creating HAML 6.0.0. About this EpisodeUnderstanding JIT CompilerDifference between YJIT and MJITTools used to keep track of the optimization progressHAML UpdatesSponsorsAppSignalChuck's Resume TemplateBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinkstenderlove/tenderjitShopify/yjit-bench[EN]Towards Ruby 4 JIT / Takashi Kokubun @k0kubunk0kubun/railsbenchruby/yjit.md at masterYJIT BenchmarksShopify/bootbootZig Programming Languagek0kubun/hamlitk0kubun/templeYJIT: Dive into Ruby's JIT compiler writte

Game Developer and CEO of DragonRuby, Amir Rajan returns to the show. He joins the rogues to talk about DragonRuby. DragonRuby is a zero dependency, cross-platform, Ruby runtime built on top of mRuby, libSDL, and LLVM. Additionally, Amir talks about how it allows you to use the Ruby language to build video games. He also shares his experiences when it comes to working with mruby.About this EpisodeAll about DragonRubyBuilding VR games using RubyRuntime and how it worksSponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinks272 RR Game Development and RubyMotion with Amir RajanRR 333: RubyMotion and the Aesthetic of Ruby with Amir RajanRUBYMOTIONDragonRubyFlappy Dragon by DragonRubymrubySimple DirectMedia LayerRyan C. Gordon's Homepagefiddle.dragonruby.orgChipmunk2D PhysicsToby FoxGitHub: DragonRuby/dragonruby-game-toolkit-contribIntro to DragonRuby Game ToolkitPico-8 FancineDuelistsamirrajan.netTwitter: @amirrajanPicksAmir

Kevin Newton works at Shopify. He is specifically assigned to the Ruby and Rails Infrastructure Team. He returns to the show to talk about building Parsers in Ruby since he is working full-time on a new Ruby parser called "Prettier Ruby Plugin”. Prettier works with the majority of editors and support different languages.  He shares his journey on how he was able to create it.  He also talks about "exreg", which is a Ruby regular expression engine that he created. About this EpisodeAll about Parser How Parser applies to RubyAdvantages of using ParserWays to write ParsersAll about exregSponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksprettier/plugin-rubyGitHub - ruby-syntax-tree/syntax_tree: A fast Ruby parser and formatterGitHub - kddnewton/exreg: A Ruby regular expression engineTwitter: @kddnewtonGitHub: kddnewtonKevin NewtonPicksDave - Blackmagic DesignDave - LEGO® Bonsai Tree | Official LEGO® Shop USDave - WebAsse

 Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Focus Blocks Bundle" Deal Coupon Code: "THRIVE" for a GIANT discount   Are you looking at all the layoffs and uncertainty going on and wondering if your company is the next to cut back?  Or, maybe you're a freelancer or entrepreneur who is trying to figure out how to deliver more value to gain or retain customers?  Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the one thing that both of them use to more than double their productivity on a daily basis.  Mani has read 1,000's of productivity books over the last several years and has formulated a methodology for getting more done, but found that he lacked the discipline to follow through on his plans.  The he found the one thing that kept him on track and made him so productive that he is now getting all of his work done and was able to live the life he wants.  Chuck also weighs in on how Mani's technique has worked for him and allows him to spend more time with his wife and kids, run a podcast network, and a nearly full time co

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 EpisodeChanging CareersExperience working in StripeTransitioning from working in an office to working remotely "Hello Turing World Podcast"SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksTuring SchoolTodo Or Die – Write TODOs in code that ensure you actually do themHello Turing World PodcastTRICKS ContestWritten MeanderingsGitHub: jesse-spevackTwitter: @PlanetEfficacyPicksJesse - The Dream MachineValentino- The Cyclic Nature Of In-House ToolingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rub

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 discussedHow Technology took part in creating a virtual eventRecruiting and Inviting speakers for the conferenceApproaches used to make the process smooth and hassle-free for the speakers joining the eventObstacles experienced in organizing the event and how to overcome each one. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksmrubykaigi 2022SpatialChatFukuoka.rbruby-jp.slack.comokuramasafumi/gem_to_mgemGitHub - okuramasafumi/reversibleGitHub - okuramasafumi/rspec-current.vimGitHub: okuramasafumiPicksCharles  - Irish Gauge Charles - Ruby Remote ConferenceCharles - I Don't Want to Ki

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 successfulSponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsPicksCharles - Irish Gauge | Board Game - BoardGameGeekCharles - I Am Not a Serial KillerDave - Drifting Ruby: Modern Ruby on Rails Screencasts for WebValentino - Codewars | DiscordValentino - The reverse job board for Rails developersAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.

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.devHotwireReactBootstrapTailwindAlexandre's TwitterPicks:DaveDaisyUIValentinoNeo4JRuby KaigiChuckIrish GaugeKajabiChuck's Coaching OfferingsDev Book ClubAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.

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 platformRender (tool)Digital Ocean (tool)Fly.io (tool)Words of caution and possible issuesRails templates and docker deployment filesSetting up options at homeAWS App Runner vs AWS Elastic BeanstalkOpenShift containerization software SponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsLinksHeroku's Next ChapterPicksCharles – Velcro table ties for cablesCharles – CoachingCharles - Top End Devs ConferencesCharles- NCIS (Official Site) Watch on CBSDave- Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for MacDave- Lighting With Grids | What They Do And How To Use ThemJohn- Best standing desk for home office and WFH 2022John- 3-1/8 Inch (80mm) Zinc Alloy Desk Grommets and Cable Ties Kit Red Bronze Cable Hole Cover Cord Orga

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 startedRails app generator and Rails formationHow to handle upgradesNew Rails features SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsLinksBoss Vs Motivator - ShareboldMastering CSV in RubyTwitter: @longliverubyPicksPaweł- Heroku's Next ChapterValentino- GitHub - ankane/sidekick: The simple way to automate tasksValentino- 6 Types Of Hot Tubs To Warm You Up Any Time Of The YearAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.

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 remoteBeing intentional about career growthBook clubsSeparating work from lifeChanges post pandemicConnecting in public channelsHow do you measure productivity?Interviews / interviewing remotelySponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsLinksTwitter: @jakeyesbeckPicksCharles- Diablo ImmortalCharles – Rails Remote ConferenceDave- dbx 286sDave – Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Studio HeadphonesJake- Headache & Pain Relief | TYLENOL®Jake- What is Ruby on Rails?John- TerrariaJohn – DIY fix your own stuffValentino- Audio FormatterValentino- Z StickAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby

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 appsDocker containers and Kubernetes Controlling your environmentFlexible without vendor lock inBuilding images with KubyPlug in providersWhy Kubernetes for your appsMultinode set ups with KubyDeploying Kuby SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsLinksRailsConf 2022 - Kuby: Active Deployment for Rails Apps by Cameron Dutro - YouTubegetkubyGitHub: camertronTwitter: @camertronLinkedIn: Cameron DutroPicksCameron- GitHub - ViewComponent/view_component: A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails.Cameron- AirPodsCharles- QuiddlerCharles– Top End Devs MeetupsCharles– Rails Remote ConferenceCharles- Watch Dan Brown's The Lost S

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 supportThe functions to run ruby snippets in your browserProgramming education and WebAssembly toolingThe WebAssembly package managerWeb browser use cases Optimization and garbage collection in binaryAccounting for Ruby gemsSecurity for WebAssemblySafari integration and WebAssembly Running the same binary on both client side and server-side SponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsLinksRunnoHow I got Ruby snippets to run browser side in less than a dayBen TaylorTwitter: @taybenlorPicksBen- AnathemCharles- Fantastic Beasts: Perilous PursuitCharles- Rails Remote ConferenceCharles- Nauvoo, IL City Inform

Adam Gordon Bell is back on the show again!  Today he shares his views on language tooling, new articles he has recently written, documentation for Ruby, software consulting, and insights into other programming topics.In this episode…What is language tooling?How can tooling be improved?Code lintingDocumentations for RubyAn unfixable programming languageStaff vs line engineersSoftware consulting Why open source?SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsLinksThe Other Kind of Staff Software EngineerGreen Vs. Brown Programming LanguagesThe History and Mystery Of Eliza With Jeff Shrager - CoRecursive Podcast The Slow March Of Progress in Program Language Tooling earthly.devTwitter: @adamgordonbellPicksAdam- Peloton® | The Peloton Tread, Everything You Need For a Total Body WorkoutLuke- Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++Luke- The History and Mystery Of Eliza - CoRecursive PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a