Rails with Jason

On today's episode, Simmon Li and I discuss his beginnings as a developer, finding a job,  the benefits of attending local developer meetups, being a lifelong learner, and the upcoming Sin City Ruby conference.Toronto RubyToronto Ruby on TwitterThe Odin ProjectOttaSin City RubySimmon Li on TwitterSimmon Li on LinkedIn

In this episode, Naijeria Toweett and I chat about her talk at Friendly.rb 2023, her beginnings as a developer, attending a bootcamp as Covid began to spread, how Naijeria came to speak at Friendly.rb, organizing a conference, and her motivation to speak at conferences.RubyConferences.orgSin City RubyNaijeria Toweett on LinkedInNaijeria Toweett on MediumNaijeria Toweett on Twitter

This week, Jason Charnes and I got together to talk about my monthly newsletter, job hopping, taking time to sharpen the saw, fixing bugs, front end development, design, reusability, defining abstraction, and things to do and where to eat in Las Vegas while attending Sin City Ruby.Nonsense Monthly, my newsletterThe Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin WilliamsSin City RubyJason Charnes.comRemote Ruby PodcastActive Record CookbookJason Charnes on Twitter

For my 200th episode of Code with Jason, I spoke with Saron Yitbarek, Founder of CodeNewbie and RubyConf Keynote Speaker.  We talk about her beginnings in tech, the founding of CodeNewbie, the power of simply asking for things, how to go about asking for things, how being self-taught still relies upon materials made available by the work of other developers, possible topics for Saron's upcoming keynote at RubyConf, and how to get the most out of your in-person conference experience. NotADesigner.ioSaron.ioSaron Yitbarek on MediumSaron Yitbarek on TwitterSaron Yitbarek on LinkedIn

This week, Samuel Giddins and I discuss life on call as a developer, the upcoming RubyConf,  the pitfalls of online communications, Sam's beginnings as a developer, software supply chain security, and the difference between "amicable" and "amiable."  Sam will be at the Ruby Gems and Bundler open space at RubyConf in San Diego on Monday, November 13th 2023.Samuel Giddins' SiteSamuel Giddins on Hachyderm.ioRubyGems BlogRubyConf

On this episode, Wisen Tanasa joins me to talk Test Driven Development.  We discuss why TDD is intuitive, translating specifications into tests, the balance between design and execution, developing a walking skeleton, the value of learning design principles and UX, minimizing the need to use willpower with positive feedback loops, and understanding what TDD is.Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat PryceThe Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin WilliamsWisen Tanasa on TwitterWisen Tanasa on LinkedInWisen Tanasa's Newsletter Quantum Steps

On this week's episode, Thiago Massa joins me for a conversation about international pizza styles, life in Berlin as compared to São Paulo, guitars and playing music, writing books, and reading well to write well.  Thiago Massa on LinkedInThiago Massa on TwitterThe Complete Guide to Rails Testing by Jason SwettMy snail mail newsletter

This week I'm joined by Prarthana Shiva for a discussion of defensive programming.  We talk guard clauses, assertions, null tricks, secure coding, offensive programming, and loud failure.  We also get into debugging processes, Prarthana's background, and my upcoming book on AI assisted programming.Prarthana Shiva on LinkedIn

Mark Shead joins me for a discussion on effective communication as an engineering leader.  We also get into how understanding your client's needs can help you work efficiently, the difference in difficulty between creating something completely new and iterating on an existing design, how early and frequent feedback helps make the development process more efficient, and focusing on the value developers provide, rather than checking off tasks completed.Mark Shead's YouTube ChannelMark Shead on TwitterMark Shead.com Starting Agile: Finding Your Path by Mark Shead

This week, Josh Doody joins me for a conversation on the ins and outs of salary negotiation.  We also discuss increasing your value as an employee, negotiating raises, the importance of precision in professional communications and avoiding pronouns for proper nouns, using positive language as opposed to negative language, and the effect of building goodwill wherever you work.How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieFearless Salary Negotiation.comFearless Salary Negotiation by Josh DoodyJosh Doody on Twitter

This week I'm joined by Amanda Perino, Executive Director of the Rails Foundation.  We discuss the upcoming Rails World conference in Amsterdam on October 5th & 6th.  We also discuss what makes for a great conference experience, learning new languages and studying abroad, cultural differences between the US and Europe, and what's new at the Rails Foundation.The Rails FoundationRails World 2023The Rails Foundation on TwitterThe Rails Foundation on LinkedInThis Week In Rails NewsletterAmanda Perino on TwitterAmanda Perino on LinkedInSin City Ruby

Today, I'm joined by Yeong Sheng Tan. We discuss his work as a coach and a consultant, how he integrates himself with a team to gain insight into workflows and to gain buy-in on his recommendations.  We also get into test design, taking small steps and making frequent commits, epistemology, Bayesian reasoning, and multiple assertions in test cases. 99 Bottles of OOP by Sandy Metz, Katrina Owen, and TJ StankusOdd-eYeong Sheng Tan on TwitterYeong Sheng Tan at Odd-eSin City Ruby

This week, I'm joined by Dan Ribbens for an in-depth conversation about his headless CMS software Payload CMS.  We also discuss other CMS platforms and Dan's experience with Y Combinator. Payload CMSPayload CMS on TwitterPayload CMS on DiscordDanRibbens.comDan Ribbens on TwitterSin City Ruby

On this episode, Andrew Atkinson returns for a conversation centering on partitioning in PostgreSQL.  We also discuss his upcoming book High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, Sin City Ruby and some of the benefits of attending conferences, and "getting reps in." High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails by Andrew Atkinson (coming August 2023)The Rails Way by Obie FernandezpgslicePartitioning Billions of Rows Without DowntimeAndy Atkinson.comAndrew Atkinson on TwitterAndrew Atkinson on GitHubSin City Ruby

On today's episode, Ernesto Tagwerker returns for a conversation that touches on my upcoming Sin City Ruby conference (March 21-22 2024, in Las Vegas), addressing technical debt, particularly at small companies, defining technical debt, test coverage metrics, code metrics, the meaning of code quality, and "good enough" software.Ernesto Tagwerker on Mastodon.socialFast Ruby.ioRuby.socialSin City Ruby

Today I welcome back Evil Martians CEO Irina Nazarova for a discussion of her travels, the relentless march of time, changes we expect to see in the future of large language models, preparing for AI tools of the future, the most effective ways of using ChatGPT, AI as a performance enhancing drug, the upcoming Sin City Ruby conference (March 21-22, 2024), the support of the Ruby community and the importance of surrounding yourself with open, positive people.Irina Nazarova on TwitterIrina Nazarova on LinkedInArtificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter NorvigEvil Martians.comRazom for UkraineNova UkraineWorld Central KitchenSin City Ruby

On today's episode, I'm joined by Sin City Ruby Keynote Speaker Obie Fernandez for a discussion of AI.  We talk about his AI project Olympia and the utility of opinions in an AI model.  We also get into the suspension of disbelief that AI is capable of engendering, the function and necessity of politeness in AI models, the feasibility of custom AI models, next steps for AI, and social interactions at conferences.The Rails Way by Obie FernandezOlympia.chatRCRDSHPMagmaChatImprov EffectBusiness Improv by Val Gee and Sarah GeeObie Fernandez.com The Rails 7 Way by Obie Fernandez, Lucas Dohmen, and Tom Henrik AadlandObie Fernandez on SpotifyObie Fernandez on Twitter

This week, Jimmy Miller joins me for a discussion that touches on layoffs, the pitfalls of vulnerability reporting, our paths to programming, YJIT and performance, why we need as many programming languages as possible, writing clever code, collective ownership of code, duplication, and the value of liberalizing your education.Jimmy Miller on TwitterJimmy Miller on TwitchFuture of CodingCode Complete by Steve McConnell

This week, Vladimir Dementyev returns for a discussion of test suite performance. We talk profiling your test suite, looking for commonalities between tests, using TestProf to identify the slowest parts of your tests, and dividing your tests by type.  We also get into how ChatGPT can be used by developers, specialized versions of ChatGPT for development use, how I've used ChatGPT to assist with my debugging process, and the (extremely low) risk of exposing your code to hackers by using ChatGPT.Vladimir Dementyev on TwitterVladimir Dementyev's home pageLayered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications by Vladimir DementyevEvil MartiansTestProf

This week Moiz Ali and I talk ChatGPT and its likely impact on the programming profession.  We look at how ChatGPT has already impacted our workflows, potential use cases, using ChatGPT to explain programming concepts to you, software engineers becoming prompt engineers, why AI is unlikely to completely replace human interaction with code, and why programming is like farming.Moiz Ali on TwitterMoiz Ali on LinkedInMoiz Ali on GitHubmock graphql_ai