Remote Ruby

Rails at Scale, Roundhouse Performance, and AI-Era Supply Chain Security

Andrew and Chris are back with a packed episode covering everything from Rails World anticipation and Rails 8.2 to security, Ractors, AI-assisted development, and some am

Navigating the Labyrinth of Webhooks and APIs

Chris, Andrew, and David are back with a conversation that starts with Rails World plans. They break down APIs, webhooks, and persistent connections, using everything fro

Episode 367 - Ryan Castillo

Ryan Castillo returns to the show to catch everyone up on what’s changed since his last appearance…and a lot has changed. Ryan explains why he and his co-founder moved on

Rails World Prep, Herb in Rails, Stacked PR Headaches and New Ruby Tooling

This week, Chris, Andrew, and David dig into a packed mix of Rails news, developer tooling, and the increasingly complicated role AI is playing in everyday coding. They t

MCP Implementations and Rails World Preparations

Andrew and David catch up on everything from wild weather and the upcoming Rails World conference to Andrew’s latest deep dive into MCPs (Model Context Protocols). Andrew

Ernesto Tagwerker

Ernesto Tagwerker joins Chris, Andrew, and David, to talk about how AI is changing Rails development, consulting, and the way teams approach upgrades and maintenance. The

Shipping Podia’s New Shop, AI Code Woes, and a Major Rails libvips CVE

In this episode, Chris, Andrew, and David dig into their latest experiences building with Claude, from massive diffs and unnecessary view specs to the challenge of catchi

SF Ruby 2026 with Irina and Vladimir

Irina Nazarova and Vladimir Dementyev from Evil Martians return to preview the second annual SF Ruby Startup Conference and share what they learned from bringing the even

Big Wins For RubyConf and Grandma

Chris, Andrew, and David begin with summer heat, home cooling problems, and an IPv6 issue preventing Andrew from playing Battlefield 6. The conversation quickly heads dow

A Deep Dive into GitHub Actions

This week, Andrew and Chris swap stories from the front lines of Ruby development, from wrangling GitHub Actions and speeding up CI to keeping old Ruby versions alive on

Dont Steal Our Business Idea

Chris, Andrew, and David dig into the practical realities of modern development, from building faster server images with Packer and untangling database schema problems to

The Great Falcon Defense and CI Innovations

In this episode, Chris, Andrew, and David kick things off with a very Remote Ruby style detour through Costco, Blue Apron, leftovers, Blackstone grills, and cast iron pan

Chris Is Back And Ready To Rant

Chris returns from Greece and catches up with Andrew and David on travel, conferences, movies, and the latest developments in the Rails community. They dig into the newly

Blastoff Rails Recap and Ruby Central Revamp

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Navigating Subscription Overhauls and Payments

Chris, Andrew, and David catch up after a missed week of recording and quickly dive into the kind of deeply practical Rails work that only comes from real production pain

[The lost episode 259]  All Right, Rant Time - Debugging

[This episode from February 2024 was never published and recently discovered] In today’s episode, Andrew kicks things off with a rant about tackling developer experience

Revise Auth and Podcasting Plans

Chris and David cover a lot of ground in this episode, starting with Chris’s experience teaching a Rails workshop for Frontend Masters in Minneapolis. Along the way, they

Rails World Tickets, New JavaScript Package Managers, and Security Worries

Chris, Andrew, and David kick things off with a detour through Dungeon Crawler Carl, Rails World tickets, and conference travel before diving into developer tooling, pack

Blue Ridge Ruby Insights & Experiences

In this episode, Chris, Andrew, and David are back together with David starting out giving a recap of Blue Ridge Ruby and his renewed motivation to contribute to open sou

Stripe Changes, File Upload Quirks, Scaling Sidekiq

Chris and Andrew catch up after Andrew’s whirlwind “vacation-ish” road trip before diving into Stripe’s latest announcements, usage-based billing, merchant-of-record pric