David Hill

The Ruby on Rails Podcast

The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Edited by Redrum Creative.

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David Hill

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 167: 167: Kelli Shaver - 2013 Rails Rumble Solo Winner 11.09.2014

Kelli Shaver, winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble solo division, joins Sean Devine to talk about her many Rails Rumble entries and last year's VICTORY. Links for this episode: Itemize - Rails Rumble winning entry github.com/kellishaver @kellishaver kellishaver.com Nitch Podcast StickyAlbums railsrumble.com Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; set...

Episode 166: 166: Tom & Nick Mango - Rails Rumble 2014 Preview 04.09.2014

Tom & Nick Mango - organizers of the Rails Rumble - join Sean Devine to preview the this year's competition. This is the first in a series of episodes about the Rails Rumble (a 48 hour application development competition in October). If you've participated in the past or are thinking about participating this year, you should definitely listen to this episode. Links for this episode: railsrumbl...

Episode 165: 165: James Chevalier - citystrides.com 29.08.2014

Jim Chevalier, creator of citystrides.com , joins Sean Devine in person! to talk about the creation of his great run-every-street-in-my-city website. Links for this episode: @jameschevalier citystrides.com k-d tree Wikipedia entry kdtree Ruby gem GitHub repository PostGIS - Spatial and Geographic objects for PostgreSQL RunKeeper CityStrides map of Jim and Sean's run MailChimp.com means easy email...

Episode 164: 164: Jim Remsik - Madison+ Ruby 20.08.2014

Jim Remsik, organizer of Madison+ Ruby, joins Sean Devine to talk about the history of the Madison+ Ruby conference and what to expect at the event this weekend. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A bet...

Episode 163: 163: Justin Weiss - justinweiss.com 13.08.2014

Justin Weiss (@justinweiss) joins Sean Devine to talk about his Rails-focused blog at http://www.justinweiss.com and his upcoming book. Links for this episode: justinweiss.com justinweiss.com weekly newsletter github.com/justinweiss @justinweiss A Guide to Choosing the Best Gems for Your Ruby Project Search and Filter Rails Models Without Bloating Your Controller seanwes podcast beeminder.com Don’...

Episode 162: 162: Olga Raskina - Operations Research PhD 06.08.2014

Olga Raskina joins Sean Devine to discuss her journey from secondary school in Soviet Russia to her undergraduate degree at Moscow State University to her PhD at Columbia University in NYC to her professional career in Operations Research and programming. They discuss formal vs informal education and the upside of each approach along with lots of related topics. Links for this episode: Madison+ Ru...

Episode 161: 161: Peter Cooper - Ruby Weekly 31.07.2014

Peter Cooper (@peterc) - publisher of Cooper Press - discusses his email newsletter empire (including Ruby Weekly) with lots of side trips along the way. Links for this episode: @peterc on Twitter @CooperPress on Twitter Cooper Press Ruby Weekly Newsletter peterc.org Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the o...

Episode 160: 160: Sean Devine - Interviewee & Pony 25.07.2014

Sean Devine is the interviewee and Eric Steele plays host. Topics include how Sean started to program, web scraping via Mechanize and Watir, the Ruby Quiz as therapy, the evolution of Ruby's testing culture and much much more. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous delivery simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY pla...

Episode 159: 159: Flo Motlik - Codeship 16.07.2014

Sean Devine is joined by Flo Motlik from Codeship to discuss continuous delivery, the history of Codeship and some of the biggest challenges involved in running a CI service. Plus coconuts and peaches. Links for this episode: @flomotlik on Twitter github.com/flomotlik codeship.io Kendo on Wikipedia One Reason Cross-Cultural Small Talk Is So Tricky - Coconut vs Peach Codeship - Codeship makes conti...

Episode 158: 158: Daniel Jalkut - Not a Ruby Programmer (Yet) 08.07.2014

Sean Devine talks with Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass) about why he develops software for the Apple ecosystem (mostly OS X) and how that experience compares and contrasts to developing software in an OSS environment like Ruby on Rails. Links for this episode: @danielpunkass on Twitter Red Sweater Software Core Intuition podcast github.com/danielpunkass MarsEdit - Desktop blog editing for Mac OS X C...

Episode 157: 157: Lex Friedman is Hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer for the Midroll Podcast Ad Network 05.07.2014

Sean Devine talks to Lex Friedman, the EVP Sales and Development of Midroll, a large podcast ad sales network. Lex describes the full time Ruby on Rails programming position that they are looking to fill. There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes stories about the podcasting world. If you want to apply for the Ruby on Rails position at Midroll, email lex@midroll.com . Links for this episode: @lexfr...

Episode 156: 156: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?" Book Launch Recap 28.06.2014

Eric Steele talks about releasing his new book, "What Do I Test?". Links for this episode: @genericsteele Dub Side of the Moon Pitchfork What Do I Test? Fuck you Jobu! I do it myself! Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

Episode 155: 155: Nick Quaranto - rubygems.org, CoworkBuffalo, Nickel City Ruby, aqueousband.net 20.06.2014

Nick tells Sean about his rubygems fantasies, ranks his noteworthiness, clarifies the contents of concert balloons, and provides free parenting advice. Links for this episode: rubygems.org @qrush on Twitter CoworkBuffalo Nickel City Ruby Basecamp AqueousBand.net RUSH Phish Bourbon (and friends) Heroku Postgres Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free p...

Episode 154: 154: Greg Baugues - Twilio 12.06.2014

Sean Devine learns about Twilio from Greg Baugues. Links for this episode: @greggyb on Twitter twilio.com github.com/twilio/twilio-ruby github.com/ZestFinance/zestphone Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform th...

Episode 153: 153: Ben Hundley - elasticsearch & Qbox 05.06.2014

Sean Devine learns about elasticsearch from Ben Hundley of Qbox. Links for this episode: elasticsearch.org Qbox Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional...

Episode 152: 152: Oren Dobzinski - Desk.com 29.05.2014

Sean Devine talks with Oren Dobzinski of Desk.com about service oriented architecture, elasticsearch, immutability, working remotely and much, much more. Links for this episode: The desk.com api @orend on Twitter Oren's blog - re-factor.com Blog post => Slow Tests are the Symptom Not the Cause Datomic elasticsearch Desk.com Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with...

Episode 151: 151: Ross Penman - 15 yr old Scottish programmer 23.05.2014

Sean Devine talks with Ross Penman, a 15 year old programmer from Scotland, about what it's like to learn to program as a kid, opportunities to improve technical education, and the Scottish independence referendum. Links for this episode: @PenmanRoss on Twitter penman on GitHub rosspenman.com On Computing Education - The Windows Movie Maker Problem Google Map of Scotland Scottish independence Wiki...

Episode 150: 150: Jamis Buck - Basil & Fabian (formerly of 37signals) 14.05.2014

Sean Devine talks with Jamis Buck about his new fantasy blog/book about algorithms - "Basil & Fabian" and his history with Rails and 37signals. lynda.com - lynda.com offers thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills—everything from productivity and collaboration to photography and video editing. Access unlimited courses for $25 per month. Try out lynda.com for free f...

Episode 149: 149: Chad Fowler - Wunderlist 08.05.2014

Sean Devine talks with Chad Fowler about the early days of Ruby and Rails and the heterogeneous architecture of Wunderlist. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. D...

Episode 148: 148: Chad Pytel of thoughtbot discusses @dhh's RailsConf 2014 keynote (and more) 29.04.2014

Sean Devine and Chad Pytel discuss @dhh's controversial RailsConf 2014 keynote and the current state of thoughtbot. Links for this episode: Justin.tv - Confreaks - Live Streaming - RailsConf 2014 Opening Keynote Part 1 Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has g...

Episode 147: 147: RailsConf 2014 Preview 21.04.2014

Sean Devine and Eric Steele preview RailsConf 2014. Codeship - The Codeship is continuous deployment made simple. You can set up continuous integration in a few steps and automatically deploy when all your tests have passed. It has great support for lots of languages and test frameworks. Integrates with GitHub and Bitbucket. Deploy to cloud services like Heroku, AWS, Nodejitsu, Google App Engine o...

Episode 146: 146: Horace Dediu of Asymco - Open Source Software 16.04.2014

Sean Devine has a conversation with Horace Dediu of Asymco about open source software. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code UNICORN at checkout. A better web starts with your website. workonrails.com - use code RELAUNCH to post...

Episode 145: 145: Eric Steele - "What Do I Test?" 08.04.2014

Eric Steele - Rails contractor and author of the upcoming book "What Do I Test?" - talks about growing up in rural Pennsylvania, his programming history, and his new book about learning to test. Squarespace - the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer c...

Episode 144: 144: Mike Perham - Sidekiq & Sidekiq Pro 05.04.2014

Mike Perham - creator of Sidekiq and Sidekiq Pro - talks about the history of Sidekiq, the brand new 3.0 release, the Sidekiq Pro commercial add on, money in open source, and related topics. workonrails.com Ruby on Rails job board. Use code RELAUNCH to post a job for free while supplies last.

Episode 143: 143: Terence Lee - Heroku, Ruby Core, Bundler, Resque, Rails Girls, and more 28.03.2014

Sean has a conversation with Terence Lee . Terence is known for his work at Heroku and his open source contributions to Ruby Core, Bundler and Resque. workonrails.com Ruby on Rails job board. Use code RELAUNCH to post a job for free while supplies last.

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