The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Episode 547: Special Guest Andy Croll

Andy Kroll joins the podcast to talk about Brighton Ruby, the impact AI is having on software development, and how the changing technology landscape is affecting everything from conference budgets to engineering teams. A

Episode 545: Post RubyConf conversation with Neha Abraham

Making new Ruby Friends is one of my favorite parts of attending conferences. Neha Abraham joins me to chat about RubyConf, Mental Health, Data Aggregation, and being my Nemesis

Episode 544: RubyConf 2026 Hallway Track

While at RubyConf, I caught up with several attendees and volunteers to discuss their experiences. These quick interviews have been collected for this episode. Our Guests Charles Nutter Miguel Filho Cameron Dutro Nico Ro

Episode 543: Mike Dalton and Authentication Hell

Episode 542: Kyle D'Oliveira and the Fibonacci Funhouse

Episode 541: Markus Schirp and Mutation Testing

With AI seeming to generate more code every day, we need better tools to verify that it hasn't broken something. Maybe mutation testing can help us get there. Markus Schirp chats with us about the mutant gem and mutation

Episode 539: Travis Dockter and Blastoff Rails

Travis Dockter wanted a Ruby conference closer to home, so he made one. Today we chat about the ups and downs of putting together a brand new conference. Show Notes https://www.blastoffrails.com/ https://rubyconferencepr

Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke

Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as

Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls

Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a str

Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea

Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autosca

Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt

Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show No

Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looki

Episode 532: Hotwire Native with Joe Masilotti

Today's guest is Joe Masilotti, who wrote Hotwire Native for Hotwire Developers. Joe is known as the Hotwire Native guy - he helps Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. He joins the

Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon

This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm

Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn

In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-Munn

Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer

This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.

Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi

In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world bui

Episode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina Nazarova

We all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt

Episode 526: Rails World with Robby Russell

Nick and I recorded an episode at Rails World with Robby Russell. This is a test of new format we're running where we discuss Rails News. Robby joins us to talk about the Rails Developer Survey that ran this summer. WE a

Episode 525: Catching Up With Ruby Central with Marty Haught

Ruby Central has been a foundational part of the Ruby community since 2003. They organize Ruby Conf and Rails Conf and maintain critical Ruby infrastructure like rubygems.org. With Ruby Conf Chicago just around the corne