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Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.
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Send us a text Joel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub. Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful comparison for himself. Links: SvelteTurbo MountInertia RailsJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Exciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say. This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support folder on his Mac, and we talk Xcode, text editors, and Difftastic. Joel goes in-depth on Tree-sitter and writing a SQLite parser. Plus, we discuss task management apps. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Thanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning. Versioning systems on Wikipedia Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Join the Rooftop Ruby Discord! Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car? The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at Madison Ruby! Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Quickdraw (Joel's testing library)QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS)Russian doll cachingN+1 queries and how to solve itJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Joel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Rachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies. chael.codes (all Rachael's links)Rachael on MastodonBattlesnakeChaelCodes on Twitch Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel are joined by friend of the show Roman to talk about the conference, before being joined by special guest Catherine Ricafort McCreary to discuss Artists Who Code. Artists Who Code in the LA Times Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss creating the router and ORM for Yipee! (Joel's new web framework) and how to think about using resourceful versus custom routes. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel catch up and talk the Rooftop Ruby RubyConf party, becoming a morning person, tricking AI, making a web framework, and time travel. Joel's testing libraryBBEditDall•E in ChatGPTJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Ruby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan join the show to discuss Ruby Central, how organizing conferences has changed in the past few years, and more. Ruby CentralRubyConf — Buy your ticket now.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Stephen Margheim talks about SQLite in production Rails and more. Stephen’s websiteLitestreamJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Ryan Bigg talks about hiring juniors, writing, and company culture. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Django co-creator Simon Willison joins to talk about large language models. A guide to large language models OpenAI Clip Datasette Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text We're joined by designer Ethan Marcotte to talk about his new book You Deserve a Tech Union. You Deserve a Tech Union, A Book ApartEthan's websiteKickstarter UnitedJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Travel, tech unions, developer maxims and paid Ruby gems. You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan MarcottePremature Optimization — Universally MisunderstoodJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Ruby Central head of open source André Arko talks Bundler, Ruby Gems, supporting the community, and more. André Arko will be speaking at RubyConf 2023 this year Support Bundler/RubyGems open source work via Ruby CentralJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text We talk about CODE by Charles Petzold, which is great and everyone should read. Collin is done ranking his hacks and is doing some comfort C programming. Meanwhile Joel has finished implementing Literal in a real project and is figuring out how to use Sidekiq across processes. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Dave Copeland joins to discuss writing, background jobs, service objects, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss leaving the cloud, password management, security, and metaprogramming. iCloud passwords in ChromeMetaprogramming Ruby 2Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Joel is coming to RubyConf in San Diego!Collin has been thinking about CSS, Stimulus, and building on top of Phlex.Collin is available for freelance work. You should hire him! Get in touch via Mastodon. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
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Send us a text Collin’s Blog PostJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text MVC Isn’t MVC blog postXerox PARCModel 2 architecture — WikipediaOlder Apple document about MVCObservable objects in SwiftmorphdomPhoenix Live ViewJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text We’re both recording from inside our homes for the first time in weeks! We discuss the Apple Keynote, Joel’s progress on his Literal gem, and Collin’s assertion that service objects sometimes just don’t pass the vibe check. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text We're back! This week we talk about Joel's trip to New York, code editors, and AI assisted coding. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Joel is recording from his car, Collin is recording from a sauna, and Marco Roth is here to talk about Stimulus Reflex, Hotwire, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin is finally back in Portland — it only took 6156 miles of driving! Meanwhile, Joel made another gem called Literal. Oh, and Collin might be entering a new era. Joel's new gem: LiteralDon't Make Me ThinkJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text British cold water storage tank article from The Guardian Reconcilable Differences: Hand Cuppers & Faucet SlurpersGreenDotsWyoming Wikipedia ArticleWyoming is slightly larger than the United Kingdom (94,530 sq mi vs 97,914) but with a population of 576,851 compared to 67,886,011 in the UK. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin has been on a 3100 mile journey from Portland Oregon to RailsConf in Atlanta Georgia. We also discuss going to conferences and how to have the best time. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Tim Riley joins to talk about dry-rb and the Hanami web framework. dry-rbHanamiTim on MastodonJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss interviewing, how to interview, and how to succeed. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Developer educator Aaron Francis on databases, independent software development, and more. MySQL for Developers CourseHammerstone — A drop-in report builder for Laravel Nova & Ruby on RailsAaron on TwitterJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss some of their favorite developer tools. BBEditWarpxScopeGitHub DesktopTowerPastebotZedJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Special guest Jared White joins Collin and Joel to talk about Bridgetown, the Spicy Web and more. BridgetownThe Spicy WebFollow Jared on MastodonJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Joel wrote a testing library and how we approach a new codebase. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text How to create and publish gems. SpeedifyRuby GemsPanic PlaydateCollin on MastodonJoel on MastodonJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss lessons they’ve learned from studying other languages, internet connect troubles and successes, and more. Dry RBSorbetSolargraphYardocKotlinJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of Rooftop Ruby with Collin and Joel. PhlexCollin on MastodonJoel on MastodonJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
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