Ruby Rogues

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.

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The Magic of RubyLLM with Carmine Paolino - RUBY 676

May 22, 2025 • 75 mins
In this episode, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Carmine Paolino — an AI innovator, Ruby enthusiast, and all-around tech wizard. From his early days automating PC games at age five to building cutting-edge AI tools in Berlin, Carmine’s journey is as inspiring as it is impressive.

We dove deep into his latest creation: RubyLLM, a Ruby gem that simplifies working with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, ...
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Demystifying the Rails Codebase with Ridhwana Khan - RUBY 675

May 8, 2025 • 63 mins
Hey folks, in this week’s episode, I sat down with the incredible Ridhwana Khan — a South African technical writer for the Rails Foundation and lead engineer at Circle. We had a fantastic chat about all things Ruby on Rails, but especially the underappreciated art (and science!) of writing documentation.


Ridhwana took us behind the scenes of the official Rails Guides — how they’re updated, expanded, and reviewed — and gave us a real...
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How to Optimize Your Rails App Using SQLite - RUBY 674

May 2, 2025 • 102 mins
In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Charles Max Wood and Ayush Nwatia welcome back guest Stephen Margheim to dive deeper into the evolving world of SQLite. Stephen explains that with Rails 8, SQLite has reached a major milestone: it now supports a fully production-ready, server-driven web application experience with no compromises. He walks us through the big improvements, like better transaction handling and SQLite’s integration with ...
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Why Change Feels Scary—And How to Make It Work for You - RUBY 673

April 3, 2025 • 70 mins
In this episode, we dove into a topic that’s been on our minds — how to navigate change with purpose instead of fear. Whether it's personal transformation, career pivots, or unexpected life shifts, we talked about what it takes to stay grounded and aligned during times of transition.

We opened up about our own experiences with change — the messy middle, the doubts, the resistance — and how we’ve learned to see it as a creative force...
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Joe Masilotti on Hotwire Native Updates, Challenges, and Opportunities - RUBY_672

March 6, 2025 • 86 mins
In this episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast, we dive deep into the world of Hotwire Native with our special guest, Joe Masilotti. Hosted by Charles Max Wood, along with panelist Ayush Nwatiya, we explore the evolution from Turbo Native to Hotwire Native and the exciting new features and improvements that come with this transition. Joe shares insights from his journey of writing "The Rails and Hotwire Codex" and collaborates with Pra...
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Essential Tools, Updates, and Strategies in Rails Eight with Greg Molnar - RUBY_671

February 20, 2025 • 68 mins
In this episode of Top End Devs, we dive deep into the realm of security within the Rails ecosystem with our guest, Greg Molnar. Known for his expertise in this field, Greg joins our panelists Valentino Stoll and host Charles Max Wood to unravel the intricacies of security measures and updates in Rails 8 and 7.2. From exploring built-in features like rate limiting, authentication generators, and parameter filtering to discussing th...
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Rails Developers Survey: Continuous Deployment Trends and Emerging Tools - RUBY 670

February 6, 2025 • 75 mins
Welcome back to another episode of the Top End Devs podcast! Today, we have an exciting lineup featuring our host Charles Max Wood and special guests Robbie Russell from Planet Argon, along with panelists Ayush Nawatia and Valentino Stoll. This episode dives deep into the insights from the latest Ruby community survey conducted by Robbie Russell. We explore topics such as the rise of Stimulus JS in the Rails community, trends in de...
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Exploring Tech Choices and Team Dynamics with Jesse Spivak - RUBY 669

January 23, 2025 • 65 mins
In this episode of Top End Devs, host David Camira is joined by panelists Luke Stutters and John Epperson, along with special guest Jesse Spivak, a senior engineer at Ibotta. Jesse shares his experiences and insights from a challenging project at Ibotta, where he navigated through four critical mistakes. These included choosing the wrong technology, siloing work, falling into premature optimization, and making too many changes at o...
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Rules of OOP in Pictures with Ivan Nemytchenko - RUBY 668

January 8, 2025 • 46 mins
Ivan Nemytchenko is a freelancer. He's a speaker and conference organizer. Ivan spoke at RailsConf about abstract object-oriented programming ideas and how they can be expressed with pictures. The discussion goes into learning processes and how to create visual representations that help people understand Ruby, Rails, or other concepts.


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Rails at Super Scale with Kyle d'Oliveira - RUBY 667

January 1, 2025 • 53 mins
Kyle d'Oliveira (Clio) shares his survival tips for dealing with tens of thousands of commits, massive migrations and the very limits of databases. We discuss the lessons learned from Rails megaprojects and how to use these tips in your own projects to reduce technical debt and tools to keep your monolith majestic when the code won't stop coming.

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Evaluating Software Frameworks: Insights with Uncle Bob Martin - RUBY 666

December 25, 2024 • 81 mins
In this episode, Charles and Valentino dive into the complexities of software design decisions with the esteemed guest, Uncle Bob Martin. They explore the pivotal question: How do you evaluate frameworks and dependencies in your projects? Uncle Bob shares his seasoned perspective on choosing frameworks based on an application's long-term goals and complexity, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful decision-making over defaulting ...
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GraphQL Doesn't Need To Be Hell with Dmitry Tsepelev - RUBY 665

December 18, 2024 • 48 mins
Different doesn’t need to be worse. Dmitry Tsepelev tells us how to make the most of using GraphQL with Rails, the advantages over REST-based API queries and best practices for security and schemas.

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Sorbet with Ufuk Kayserilioglu - RUBY 664

December 11, 2024 • 54 mins
In this episode of Ruby Rogues, we talk with Ufuk about how Shopify made the transition to using Sorbet and about the benefits they felt they received from implementing it. Ufuk also reveals a little bit about how Shopify transitioned to fully remote and about how that will be the default moving forward.

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Black-Belt Debugging with Chelsea Troy - RUBY 663

December 4, 2024 • 73 mins
In this episode of Ruby Rogues, Chelsea Troy teaches us to hone our debugging skills to a razor-sharp edge. We learn how to actively improve debugging skills, train troubleshooting instincts and practical strategies for tackling brain-bending bugs.

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Building AI-Powered Applications in Ruby - RUBY 662

November 28, 2024 • 82 mins
This week, our host Charles Max Wood sits down with co-host Valentino Stoll to dive deep into the cutting-edge tools and strategies in AI development and integration. Valentino shares his go-to resources, including Langchain and Rails plug-ins like RAIX and Ray, to enhance applications with AI. They discuss the nuances of agent-based systems, Justin Bowen’s frameworks, and AI engines from industry leaders like Alex Rudolph and Toby...
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Embracing Human Factors and Rapid Development in Ruby on Rails Systems - RUBY 661

November 21, 2024 • 83 mins
In today's episode, they dive deep into the fascinating intersections of system security, rapid development, and the human factors that influence them, with our esteemed guest Emil Kampp. Emil, a seasoned expert in critical infrastructure and fintech, shares his experiences and strategies for using Ruby on Rails to achieve unparalleled speed and robust testing in development.
They explore the nuances of dynamic typing versus static ...
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Kamal and Docker: Efficient Application Deployment Strategies - RUBY 660

November 13, 2024 • 64 mins
Today, they delve deep into the world of application deployment with our special guest, Josef Stribny, a freelance software engineer and author of "Deployment from Scratch" and "Kamal Handbook". Joined by the insightful panelists, Valentino and Ayush, they explore the intricacies of deploying applications using Kamal, a minimalistic deployment tool inspired by Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson.
In this episode, Josef sh...
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Inertia.js - The Modern Monolith with Jonathan Reinink - RUBY 659

November 6, 2024 • 65 mins
In this episode of Ruby Rogues, guest Jonathan Reinink joins the Rogues to talk about what Inertia.js is and why Rails developers would want to use it.

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Embracing AI Efficiency in Rails Development - RUBY 658

October 30, 2024 • 59 mins
 In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of AI, technology, and Ruby on Rails with our special guest, Gustavo Valenzuela. Charles and Valentino unpack everything from community-driven insights and AI advancements to the fascinating board game "Star Realms." They explore Gustavo’s journey, his innovative platform "Startups on Rails," and how it aims to document companies powered by Ruby on Rails. Plus, get ready for discus...
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Architectures and Microservices with Darren Broemmer - RUBY 657

October 23, 2024 • 62 mins
Darren Broemmer joins the Rogues to discuss how Ruby on Rails enables a microservices architecture and when it's appropriate to approach your system's architecture with microservices. Chuck and Dave lend their experience and expertise in pointing out some of the challenges with microservices and the power of Rails in enabling the Majestic Monolith. Tradeoffs are discussed and approaches are considered for when parts of an applicati...
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