Charles M Wood

Ruby Rogues

Our original panel podcast, Ruby Rogues is a weekly discussion around Ruby, Rails, software development, and the community around Ruby. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support .

Author

Charles M Wood

Category

Technology

Podcast website

topenddevs.com

Latest episode

Dec 24, 2025

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Episodes

268 RR Mazes For Programmers with Jamis Buck 13.07.2016

Check out Angular Remote Conf and React Remote Conf  01:55 - Jamis Buck Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Medium.com: Jamis Buck 02:57 - Mazes Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages by Jamis Buck 3.5 Random Dungeon Generator for D&D Mazoo! 08:01 - Programing can be fun?! Play Jamis Buck: Second Wind @ Mountain West Ruby 2016 (Talk on burnout) 11:49 - Historical and Traditio...

267 RR Internationalization with Cameron Dutro 06.07.2016

02:39 - Cameron Dutro Introduction Twitter GitHub Lumosity 02:39 - Internationalization vs Localization 05:28 - How important is internationalization?13:54 - Internationalization and Accessibility The Tragedy of the Commons Developer Ignorance/Indifference19:43 - Tools Twitter Translation Center Rosette txgh Transifex 24:48 - How can small companies internationalize?26:22 - Crowdsourcing Contribut...

266 WordPress with Kronda Adair 29.06.2016

Check out Newbie Remote Conf ! 03:09 - Kronda Adair Introduction Twitter Blog Karvel Digital @karveldigital Facebook 03:11 - WordPress DevChat.tv Derick Bailey : WatchMeCode Sunk Cost Fallacy 07:59 - Why do developers hate WordPress? Venomous Porridge: A conversation I have every month or so 14:53 - Using Tools That Fit Technology Preferences PHP Wix Aaron Hockley: WordPress is a DSLR; Squarespace...

265 RR Timely Dataflow with Frank McSherry 22.06.2016

02:33 - Frank McSherry Introduction Twitter GitHub 03:06 - Computation03:48 - When are more computers needed?04:28 - Scalability! But at what COST? Experimentation 08:03 - Data Format and Pipelines Hilbert Curve github.com/frankmcsherry/blog/blob/master/posts/2015-02-04.md 14:06 - Code That Could Grow Hadoop summingbird 20:38 - Languages and Performance23:14 - “For Loops Unrolled” Rust 28:01 - Sca...

264 RR Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo 15.06.2016

Get your Ruby Remote Conf tickets! 02:42 - Nadia Odunayo Introduction Twitter GitHub Ignition Works Nadia Odunayo: Playing Games in the Clouds 05:00 - Ruby Book Club 11:20 - Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ RailsConf 2016 17:23 - Collaboration and Pairing: Guest and Host Roles; Driving and Navigating Coderetreat Ruby DCamp 24:42 - Perspectives and Mapping Sam Livingston-Gray...

263 RR Programmer Education and Skill Development with Tom Stuart 08.06.2016

Check out Ruby Remote Conf ! 02:39 - Tom Stuart Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode #120: Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart 03:17 - “Computer Scientist”; Computer Science 04:17 - Static Typing, Type Systems Tom Stuart: Consider Static Typing @ RubyConf Australia 2015 Matz's Opening Keynote at RubyConf 2014 The Halting Prob...

262 RR Community and Mentoring with Ra'Shaun "Snuggs" Stovall and Noel Sagaille 01.06.2016

Check out Ruby Remote Conf ! 02:12 - Ra’Shaun “Snuggs” Stovall Introduction Twitter GitHub Facebook 02:29 - Noel Sagaille Introduction Twitter GitHub Censible 02:56 - The Pomodoro Technique Parkinson's Law 04:43 - Community and Community Leaders The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss “Hometraining” Being John Malkovich Polyphasic Sleep Carl Jung 19...

261 RR Networking Without Networking with Kerri Miller 25.05.2016

Check out our speaker list and sign up for Ruby Remote Conf ! 01:53 - Kerri Miller Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog 02:12 - Networking Without Networking04:22 - Social Currency 06:35 - Creating Opportunities to Connect Knowing Small Details About People Remembering Faces Randomizing Opening the Circle Offering Help and Guidance Playing Games 22:38 - New Programmers as Speakers24:17 - Connecting Af...

260 RR Training with Reuven Lerner 18.05.2016

Want to be a Ruby Rogue? Apply at https://rubyrogues.com/ruby-nuby   01:47 - Reuven Lerner Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog The Freelancers’ Show Podcast Practice Makes Python by Reuven Lerner Practice Makes Regexp by Reuven Lerner Daily Tech Video 03:49 - Training Pedagogy 07:54 - Approaching Teaching Mental Model 09:33 - Pairing People Up Metacognition 10:57 - Example: Reuven’s Training Sessions...

259 RR Pair Programming with Jay Bobo of Pair Columbus 11.05.2016

01:59 - Jay Bobo Introduction Twitter   GitHub Pair Columbus 04:20 - Pair Columbus 07:28 - Meeting Formats OWASP   Challenges   11:21 - Organization @cowboyd Tweet   14:57 - Attendee Experience Levels15:56 - Matching People18:04 - “Three Amigos”19:33 - Pair Programming and Communication/Chemistry Dan North - Embracing uncertainty: why you should and why you won’t   Jay Bobo: Do u even pair bro?  ...

258 RR Twilio with Greg Baugues 04.05.2016

01:37 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Ruby Rogues Episode @142: Depression and Mental Illness with Greg Baugues Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression Devs and Depression 02:51 - Twilio 05:27 - Two-factor Authentication Crash Override Network: So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide to Best Practices Authy   Greg Baugues: Passwords are not Enough @ RailsConf 2015 How Apple and Amazon Security...

257 RR Learning and Training with Neil Brown 27.04.2016

01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction Twitter   Blog The University of Kent BlueJ Greenfoot 02:32 - Where do new people get stuck? IDEs 07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups BlueJ 13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers15:33 - Apprenticing17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges25:39 - What is th...

256 RR Reading Code and The Architecture of Open Source Applications with Michael DiBernardo 20.04.2016

01:42 - Michael DiBernardo Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Wave   02:27 - The Architecture of Open Source Applications Series 08:24 - Demonstrating Concepts in 500 Lines of Code12:24 - Why Open Source?  Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler 14:20 - Lessons Learned19:05 - Communication Issues22:41 - Reuse Udi Dahan: The Fallacy Of ReUse   28:52 - What should people g...

255 RR What's Missing? with Greg Wilson 13.04.2016

01:59 - Greg Wilson Introduction Twitter   Blog 02:37 - What’s Missing?05:48 - Disconnect Between Computer Scientists and Software Developers09:09 - How necessary are books? Ruby Rogues Episode #184: What We Actually Know About Software Development and Why We Believe It's True with Greg Wilson and Andreas Stefik 15:18 - Being Part of a Process vs Starting a Process17:01 - Software Tools; Spreadshe...

254 RR Building/Scaling a Rails SaaS App with Derrick Reimer 06.04.2016

02:25 - Julia Evans Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog 02:52 - Derrick Reimer Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Drip SaaS = Software as a Service Codetree 05:25 - SaaS Apps vs Other Web Development Projects06:18 - Scaling08:44 - Gathering Feedback12:01 - How has underlying technology helped and gotten in the way? PostgreSQL 15:18 - Choosing Boring Technology20:49 - Scaling (Cont’d)  Caching R...

253 RR Phoenix and Rails with Chris McCord 30.03.2016

01:57 - Chris McCord Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog DockYard Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and Jose Valim Metaprogramming Elixir: Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!) by Chris McCord 02:09 - The Phoenix Framework   The Elixir Programming Language The Erlang Programming Language 02:46 - Ruby vs Elixir José Valim “Programming s...

252 RR Feature Toggles with Pete Hodgson 23.03.2016

02:07 - Pete Hodgson Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Ruby Rogues Episode #176: Rails as an SOA Client with Pete Hodgson The iPhreaks Show Episodes with Pete Hodgson 03:13 - Feature Toggles, Flags, Bits, Etc. Trunk Based Development iPhreaks Show Episode #136: Efficient Engineering Practices for Software Projects with Neal Ford 06:17 - Merge Hell 08:10 - Branches08:59 - Why not constantly reba...

251 RR Automating Code Reviews with Mindaugas Mozūras 16.03.2016

02:04 - Mindaugas Mozūras Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Vinted pronto   02:36 - Automating Code Reviews03:17 - What is a code review and why do it?03:39 - Styles of Code Reviews: What parts should be automated?    06:04 - pronto vs rubocop flay   Brakeman metric_fu   flog   08:26 - Workflow10:14 - Runners11:42 - Feedback13:21 - Use Cases for Pronto14:28 - How has pronto changed your codebas...

250 RR Programming Language Evolution and Design with Gilad Bracha 09.03.2016

02:00 - Gilad Bracha Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog Dart   JavaScript Jabber Episode #008: V8 and Dart with Lars Bak and Kasper Lund Dartium 09:17 - Programming Language Evolution and Design Elm Ruby Rogues Episode #212: Elm with Richard Feldman and Evan Czaplicki   10:47 - Capabilities and Language Features Newspeak   “Functional” 12:46 - Actors16:41 - Live Programming Bret Victor on Live-C...

249 RR The Normalization of Deviance with Dan Luu 02.03.2016

02:00 - Dan Luu Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog     05:33 - Dan Luu: Normalization of deviance in software: how broken practices become standard 08:59 - Yossi Kreinin: People can read their manager's mind 19:32 - The Letter ‘Z’ and Security25:13 - Notifications and Alerts31:24 - Fixing/Not Fixing Things; Feedback42:57 - How to Prevent Deviancy  John Banja: The normalization of deviance in hea...

248 RR The Crystal Programming Language with Erik Michaels-Ober 24.02.2016

01:49 - Erik Michaels-Ober Introduction Twitter   GitHub Ruby Rogues Episode #127: Erik Michaels-Ober   02:07 - The Crystal Programming Language and Statically Typed Programming Languages Erik Michaels-Ober: An Introduction to Crystal @ PolyConf 15   06:54 - Type Inference  Union Types Duck Typing Monkey Patching Sandi Metz Blog Post on the Wrong Abstraction 15:06 - Crystal vs Rust or Go 20:10 - L...

247 RR Parallella with Ray Hightower 17.02.2016

02:02 - Ray Hightower Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog WisdomGroup ChicagoRuby WindyCityRails WindyCityThings 03:22 - Parallella Raspberry Pi 05:39 - Web Developers and The Hardware World12:38 - Does a hardware background inform software?18:42 - Learning and Playing Verilog   22:22 - Concurrency and Parallelism   The Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer on the Planet by Ray Hightower at Madison...

246 RR Clearwater with Jamie Gaskins 10.02.2016

02:00 -  Introduction Twitter   GitHub   Blog OrderUp readthesource: Clearwater with Jamie Gaskins   02:23 - Clearwater Clearwater Gitter Channel Opal roda 03:51 - How an App is Typically Structured React TodoMVC Code TodoMVC Demo 05:39 - Persistence and Wiring Up to the Backend grand_central   06:49 - Why Clearwater Was Created08:26 - How does it compare to prevalent JavaScript frameworks? Clearw...

245 RR The Charles Max Wood Interview with Thom Parkin 03.02.2016

This week, we’re bringing to you a behind the scenes look at the man behind the mic and the guy who puts out over 5 hours worth of free audio content per week to support the development community: Charles Max Wood. Long-time listener, Thom Parkin , asked Chuck if he would sit down and do an interview with him to describe all the interesting things he’s been up to and his goals for the future. In t...

244 RR Program Like You Give a Damn with Ara T. Howard at Rails Remote Conf 2015 27.01.2016

This episode is from Ara T. Howard ’s talk at Rails Remote Conf 2015. You can watch the full, unedited presentation, Program Like You Give a Damn , on YouTube at your convenience.   Check out All Remote Confs for next year’s remote conference lineup! Freelance Remote Conf will run from February 24th-26th. The speaker lineup is all but complete! Ruby Remote Conf will run from March 23rd-25th. Get y...

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