Ruby On Rails Podcast

Sean talks with Brittany and Risa from Ninefold's customer support team about his experience using Ninefold on a new application. Links for this episode:ninefold.comNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. Mandrill: The fastest way to deliver email. Use offer code 5BY5 for 50,000 free emails per month for six months.

Sean Devine reviews the 2014 Rails Rumble entries, points out some highlights, and reveals who he would pick as the winner. Links for this episode:Rails Rumble EntriesNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months. 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 better web starts with your website.

Nick Mango joins Sean Devine to talk about Swell, his new service that let's you know instantly when something exciting is happening on your website. Also, they share some final thoughts about the upcoming Rails Rumble. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.

Sean Devine recorded his first solo podcast to talk about his first solo hackathon entry. This episode is chock full of advice about how to compete in a hackathon, especially if you're on a small/solo team and/or are old. Links for this episode:Salesforce $1 Million Hackathoncallforpractice.comTwilioRails Rumble 2014Ninefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. Mandrill: The fastest way to deliver email. Use offer code 5BY5 for 50,000 free emails per month for six months. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple. Use offer code 5BY5RUBY and receive 20% off any plan for 3 months.

Reid Carlberg joins Sean Devine to preview another! October hackathon - the Salesforce $1 Million Hackathon at Dreamforce 2014 in San Francisco, CA from October 10th - 12th. Since one of the categories is Heroku, Rails developers are a great match for the event. Links for this episode:SALESFORCE $1 MILLION HACKATHON@reidcarlbergheroku.com

Imran Raja and Shah Sikder, two of the three team members that built Caller Key - the winner of the 2013 Rails Rumble, join Sean Devine to discuss their victory. Links for this episode:CallerKey Rails Rumble Entry Pagecallerkey.comtwilio.comimranraja.comKujuNinefold: An easier way to deploy & host your Rails apps. SmartThings: Control your home using your smartphone…from anywhere. Codeship: Continuous Delivery made simple.

Josh Owens, Meteor developer and former winner of the Rails Rumble, talks to Sean Devine about the entry that won and some others that didn't. He also gives an overview of the basics of Meteor because Sean knows nothing. Links for this episode:@joshowensMeteorrailsrumble.comSquarespace - 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 better web starts with your website. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months. SOLARO is your online study guide, covering English, Math, and Science from 3rd to 12th grade and available 24/7. Pricing is $29.95/per month or $199.95/ per year, but 5by5 listeners get a special deal. Enter GEM at checkout to get 50% off fo

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 entrygithub.com/kellishaver@kellishaverkellishaver.comNitch PodcastStickyAlbumsrailsrumble.comCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

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:railsrumble.com@tsmango@Alternate1985Earmarkd - Sean's 2012 EntryKayla's Tour - Sean's 2013 EntryCodeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and 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 website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code SEANSENTME at checkout. A better web starts with your website.

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:@jameschevaliercitystrides.comk-d tree Wikipedia entrykdtree Ruby gem GitHub repositoryPostGIS - Spatial and Geographic objects for PostgreSQLRunKeeperCityStrides map of Jim and Sean's runMailChimp.com means easy email newsletters. MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It's like your own personal publishing platform. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the offer code 5BY5RUBY to get 20% off ANY plan for 3 months.

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 better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ruby and use the

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.comjustinweiss.com weekly newslettergithub.com/justinweiss@justinweissA Guide to Choosing the Best Gems for Your Ruby ProjectSearch and Filter Rails Models Without Bloating Your Controllerseanwes podcastbeeminder.comDon’t Fave This Post: How to REALLY Launch in 2014rubyflow.comRaygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started for free today at raygun.io/5by5 and receive a $50 account credit by using the discount code 5BY5. Codeship - Codeship makes continuous deployment simple. Start out with Codeship’s free plan; setup only takes three minutes. Find Codeship on codeship.io/5by5ru

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+ Ruby@jremsikjr@MadisonRubyAdorable.ioSquarespace - 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 better web starts with your website. Raygun - Get notified about your software's bugs as they happen. Raygun was built by Mindscape, the development tools company, and is trusted by thousands of organizations, big and small. It integrates in minutes with your Ruby on Rails application (or any other programming language or framework too). Get started fo

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 TwitterCooper PressRuby Weekly Newsletterpeterc.orgCodeship - 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 plan for 3 months.

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 plan for 3 months.

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 Twittergithub.com/flomotlikcodeship.ioKendo on WikipediaOne Reason Cross-Cultural Small Talk Is So Tricky - Coconut vs PeachCodeship - 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 plan for 3 months.

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 TwitterRed Sweater SoftwareCore Intuition podcastgithub.com/danielpunkassMarsEdit - Desktop blog editing for Mac OS XCodeship - 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 plan for 3 months.

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:@lexfri on TwitterMidroll - Podcast advertising networkTurning This Car Around podcastYour Daily Lex podcastCodeship - 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 plan for 3 months.

Eric Steele talks about releasing his new book, "What Do I Test?". Links for this episode:@genericsteeleDub Side of the MoonPitchforkWhat 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.

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 TwitterCoworkBuffaloNickel City RubyBasecampAqueousBand.netRUSHPhishBourbon (and friends)Heroku PostgresCodeship - 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.