Rooftop Ruby Podcast
Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.
Episodes
47 episodes
22: Abstraction Goes All the Way Down
We talk about CODE by Charles Petzold, which is great and everyone should read.Collin is done ranking his hacks and is doing some comfort C programming. Meanwhile Joel has finished implementing Literal in a real project and...
21: As Not Miserable as You Can Be with Dave Copeland
Dave Copeland joins to discuss writing, background jobs, service objects, and more.
20: Literal Metaprogramming
Collin and Joel discuss leaving the cloud, password management, security, and metaprogramming.iCloud passwords in Chrome
19: CSS, Stimulus, PhlexUI?
Joel is coming to RubyConf in San Diego!Collin has been thinking about CSS, Stimulus, and building on top of Phlex.Collin is available for freelance work. You should hire him! Get in to...
15: Apple Keynote, Literal, and Service Objects
We’re both recording from inside our homes for the first time in weeks! We discuss the Apple Keynote, Joel’s progress on his Literal gem, and Collin’s assertion that service objects sometimes just don’t pass the vibe check.
14: New York, Editors and AI
We're back! This week we talk about Joel's trip to New York, code editors, and AI assisted coding.
13: Open Source and More With Marco Roth
Joel is recording from his car, Collin is recording from a sauna, and Marco Roth is here to talk about Stimulus Reflex, Hotwire, and more.
12: Literally a Ruby Gem
Collin is finally back in Portland — it only took 6156 miles of driving! Meanwhile, Joel made another gem called Literal. Oh, and Collin might be
11: Still Nowhere Near Portland
British cold water storage tank article from The Guardian Reconcilable Differences: Hand Cuppers &...
10: Road to RailsConf
Collin has been on a 3100 mile journey from Portland Oregon to RailsConf in Atlanta Georgia. We also discuss going to conferences and how to have the best time.
9: Dry-RB and Hanami with Tim Riley
Tim Riley joins to talk about dry-rb and the Hanami web framework.dry-rbHanamiTim on Mastodon
8: That Means Interviewing
Collin and Joel discuss interviewing, how to interview, and how to succeed.
7: MySQL for Developers with Aaron Francis
Developer educator Aaron Francis on databases, independent software development, and more. MySQL for Developers Course...
6: Favorite Developer Tools
Collin and Joel discuss some of their favorite developer tools.BBEditWarpxScope
5: Vanilla Never Tasted So Hot
Special guest Jared White joins Collin and Joel to talk about Bridgetown, the Spicy Web and more.BridgetownThe Spicy Web
4: Green Dots and Boogie
Joel wrote a testing library and how we approach a new codebase.
3: Creating Gems
How to create and publish gems.SpeedifyRuby GemsPanic PlaydateColl...