Jason and Andrew are here today without Chris since he got married and is on his honeymoon! Today, the guys share some great self-care ramblings and talk about Ruby things too! They discuss Andrew’s wrist problems, how they are handling stress these days, and how their diets have changed for the better. Andrew even discovers a kitchen tool, that is actually not a weapon after all, to help with his new cooking skills! Other topics discussed are a Laravel package called Scout, the release of Ruby 3.0.0, Sorbet, a Gem called Steep, why RBS is cool, and using Solargraph in VS code. Also, find out why Andrew likes using TypeScript.

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Self-care as a developer, Ruby 3.0, Sorbet, and more

Today we have a special guest, Will Johnson, self-taught developer, works for Egghead, and wrote an E-Book called, Break Into Tech With Twitter. Will is here today to tell us what it’s like to learn Rails. He has a great inspirational story he shares on how he got into being a Rails Developer, what he does at Egghead, what he’s doing to keep up on his learning around Rails, and things that worked for him when he first started out learning about Ruby. Chris and Jason also share some great resources for beginners.

Getting started in Ruby & Rails with Will Johnson

In this episode we welcome back a special guest, Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS. We find out some cool things that have happened in Tailwind, new things that have launched in Tailwind UI, and issues he ran into when building it. Adam tells us about a work system they use called the six-week cycle with a two-week cool down, which really helps with prioritizing things. We also talk with Adam about how he approaches building components in JavaScript libraries like Vue in an effort to apply some of that wisdom to ViewComponent.

Joined by Adam Wathan: TailwindCSS, Tailwind UI, and ActionView Components

On today’s episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew are trying to keep each other in balance. Chris starts off by talking about using yarn link to help with an issue that came up. The guys also talk about Vue.js 3.0.0 just being released and Jason being on bug rotation this week at work and dealing with technical debt. There is a chat about Rails best practices, Flog, and Flay, and whether or not it will provide value. Andrew brings up a question about using RuboCop and installing it on legacy base, and realizes he needs Jason to teach him how to come to terms with this issue and it will probably be like a karate kid moment. The question stands: Will Andrew move to a farm or become the next Karate Kid?

Managing Technical Debt, Vue 3, and Adding Linters to Legacy Code Bases

On today’s episode, Andrew tried Linter Action again and he tells us what happened. Then, Andrew tells us he’s been getting into some big testing and talks about Evil Martians blog and checking out TestProf and Terraforming. Chris goes in depth about starting to revive the old Madmin gem that him and Andrew Fomera were working on a while ago. Chris explains the difference between a Railtie and an Engine. Chris launched an early access Advanced Ruby course on GoRails so go check it out! There’s a lot of cool stuff going into Rail 6.1 and so many new gems coming out. Be a part of the Ruby Renaissance and download this episode now to find out more!

Testing performance, Madmin is getting revied, and Railties vs Engines

Jason is back and fills us in on how his move went to his new home. Then, the guys dive into talking about the cool new features Laravel 8 is going to have. We will also learn a little more about the new version of Spark. Other topics discussed are Paddle, Rightward assignments in Ruby, View Components for the Primer Design System, RubyMine and Prettier. Find out why Andrew said, “TypeScript is winning!” Download this episode now to find out more!

Right-ward assignments in Ruby 3? View Components for Primer, and Andrew dabbles with RubyMine

Chris and Andrew are here today! We will have discussions on Ractor, writing threaded code, Anyway Config, OAuthable, Hook Relay, Rails Kits, starring repositories, Zsh, and Oh My Zsh. Also, the guys chat about how they can bring more beginner people into Rails. Download this episode now!

Ruby 3 adds Ractor, Hook Relay, ZSH and more

Have you heard the great news? The Remote Ruby Podcast was voted one of the favorite technical podcasts, listed second, on Planet Argon’s 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey. Thank you to everyone who voted for us!! We are humbled and excited! On today’s episode, the guys discuss CableReady’s morph functionality. Chris has been working on a new course and he fills us in on that. Andrew and Chris discuss their favorite live streaming choices. Chris installed Rails 1.0 and finds it fascinating. Andrew tells us about lib directory and Jason talks about Mixins. Also, Andrew and Chris discuss monkey patching gems. Download this episode now to find out all this and more!

Rails Hosting Survey results & Junk Drawers for Code

Today, Chris and Andrew are in the house and they start off chatting about video games. Andrew tells us about his interesting experience working on Legacy Rails 4 App. He also shares some advice his mentor taught him early in his career. Chris has some new ideas and wants to do a few screencasts. Will he follow through and do them? Andrew brings up an EventMachine issue and how he got it to finally work. If you don’t know about Dash for macOs, you will find out more about it. The guys wrap up talking about jobs they’ve had and problems they’ve faced. Download this episode now to find out more!

Andrew's first time working with legacy Rails applications

The guys catch up on what’s been going on in their lives. Andrew was on vacation when Hurricane Isaias hit where he was, but he made it back safely. Today, the guys discuss refactoring view components, notifications, translations and internationalization and how you translate your JavaScript. LiveView in Phoenix is discussed and what it does, as well as Name of Person gem. And Andrew brings a few questions to the guys about domain switching. Also, when is the new notifications stuff coming out that Chris did? Download this episode now to find out this and much more!

Refactoring view components, notifications, and how you translate your JavaScript

On today’s episode, Chris and Andrew have brought back their good friend, Steve Polito, to give us an update on his new job! Yes, he got a job after being a guest on our podcast! ? He will fill us in on what the interviewing process was like, what he does at his new job, how GitHub has helped him, and helpful advice on things he’s learned in the process of finding of job that he will share with you. Chris and Andrew share some stories and advice as well. Do you have “imposter syndrome?” Find out how you can get rid of it. Download this episode now to hear more!

Following up with Steve Polito

Hello and welcome to Remote Ruby! Jason, Chris, and Andrew are back together and they have a lot to talk about. Notifications is the hot topic today. Also, the guys discuss GoodJob library, using Sidekick, Active Job and Active Delivery. Jason talks about being in an experimental research and development mode at Podia and changes they are making to their editor with Stimulus Reflex and Cable Ready. (Podia is hiring!) The guys make their predictions when Rails 6.1 will be released. Andrew finally got a new job! Have you heard of Ruby for Good?

Noticed (Notifications in Rails), Real-time Previews with Stimulus Reflex, and Podia is Hiring

The guys are all back together today! Andrew finally cleaned his room, which is a big deal for him, Jason is packing since he decided to sell his house, and Chris is still trying to find stuff that he packed from his move. Today, the guys discuss Stripes Docs Billing, AppLocale, Phrase, Bridgetown RB, Liquid Components, and it sounds like a new screencast is in the works for Chris. Another great episode packed with fascinating information! Download this episode now!

Building Homes & Software, Translations, and Bridgetown

Chris and Andrew are in the house today! Andrew mentions he’s starting a new Jumpstart project and he’s having to convert the Jumpstart App to Slim and Chris is in the process of merging a big internationalization update. We start off by discussing Slim, Tailwind, and Components. Peer dependencies is discussed with Webpack configs and using render async. Andrew will tell you about using Tailblocks. Have you heard of Pika Pack and Futurism? The guys will tell you more about them here, so download this episode now.

Futurism, Jumpstart, and Javascript Dependencies

Welcome to Remote Ruby! The guys are all back together this week! In the last episode, COVID-19 was talked about, so the guys want to shift the focus to new and better things happening in the Gem world, like DHH’s Hey’s Gemfile and Basecamps Gemfile. Jason made an Avatar Component and how he uses formBuilder. They guys also talk about WebAuthn Gem, Two-factor Authentication, and Turbolinks. There are some newer Gems out there they discuss as well and some of their favorites. Jason brings back another question of the week to see if it will get answered. Will Jason’s secret question get answered? Download this episode now!

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