Ruby Rogues

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Dealing with System Issues In Your Apps - RUBY 575 Dec 28, 2022

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When working with software or applications, developers and programmers encounter a variety of distinct system issues or problems. The Rogues join the show to share their thoughts about troubleshooting. They discuss identifying and fixing system problems in their applications, whether they're at the front end or the back end, using their own experiences as examples. Additionally, they talk about some of the tools they use to help them fix system issues or errors.
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Optimizing Ruby User Experience With Ivo Anjo - RUBY 574 Dec 22, 2022

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Ivo Anjo is a Software Engineer at Datadog. His main focus is the Ruby Language. He is currently working on building a Ruby profiler and was a speaker at RubyKaigi 2022. He returns to the show with Chuck and Valentino to discuss the gvl-tracing gem, a Ruby gem that he recently created. It is a Ruby gem for getting a timeline view of Global VM Lock usage in your Ruby app. Additionally, he describes how this may be applied to improve performance and speed up Ruby Apps.
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Features of gvl-tracing Gem
Applying Global VM Lock to Ruby Applications
How Ruby Profiler works
All about Heap Sampling and its benefits

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Tracking Errors and Performance Using AppSignal With Thijs Cadier - BONUS Dec 16, 2022

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AppSignal is a real-time APM provider for Ruby, Rails, Elixir & Phoenix. In addition to host monitoring and an intuitive custom analytics platform, it provides insights into errors and performance problems.
Thijs Cadier is the Cofounder and CTO of AppSignal. He starts off by sharing how their company was founded and what inspired them to develop AppSignal. He joins Chuck in the show to talk about AppSignal’s useful and new features. Moreover, he explains the details of how it functions and how users can benefit from subscribing to it.
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MJIT, YJIT, and HAML with Takashi Kokubun - RUBY 573 Dec 14, 2022

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Takashi Kokubun is a staff developer at Shopify. He has been working with Ruby’s MJIT compiler for over 5 years but has been recently maintaining YJIT as well. JIT compilation is a method of running computer code that involves compilation after a program has begun running rather than before. He joins the show to talk about these topics alongside Chuck and Valentino. He also explains their importance as this contributes to running Ruby applications smoothly. He also shares his experience working with rust and creating HAML 6.0.0.
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Understanding JIT Compiler
Difference between YJIT and MJIT
Tools used to keep track of the optimization progress
HAML Updates

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Building Desktop and Mobile Video Games with DragonRuby with Amir Rajan - RUBY 572 Dec 07, 2022

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Game Developer and CEO of DragonRuby, Amir Rajan returns to the show. He joins the rogues to talk about DragonRuby. DragonRuby is a zero dependency, cross-platform, Ruby runtime built on top of mRuby, libSDL, and LLVM. Additionally, Amir talks about how it allows you to use the Ruby language to build video games. He also shares his experiences when it comes to working with mruby.
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All about DragonRuby
Building VR games using Ruby
Runtime and how it works

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The New Ruby Parser with Kevin Newton - RUBY 571 Nov 30, 2022

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Kevin Newton works at Shopify. He is specifically assigned to the Ruby and Rails Infrastructure Team. He returns to the show to talk about building Parsers in Ruby since he is working full-time on a new Ruby parser called "Prettier Ruby Plugin”. Prettier works with the majority of editors and support different languages. He shares his journey on how he was able to create it. He also talks about "exreg", which is a Ruby regular expression engine that he created.
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All about Parser
How Parser applies to Ruby
Advantages of using Parser
Ways to write Parsers
All about exreg

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How To Recession Proof Your Job - BONUS Nov 24, 2022

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Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Focus Blocks Bundle" Deal Coupon Code: "THRIVE" for a GIANT discount Are you looking at all the layoffs and uncertainty going on and wondering if your company is the next to cut back? Or, maybe you're a freelancer or entrepreneur who is trying to figure out how to deliver more value to gain or retain customers? Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the one thing that both of them use to more than double their productivity on a daily basis. Mani has read 1,000's of productivity books over the last several years and has formulated a methodology for getting more done, but found that he lacked the discipline to follow through on his plans. The he found the one thing that kept him on track and made him so productive that he is now getting all of his work done and was able to live the life he wants. Chuck also weighs in on how Mani's technique has worked for him and allows him to spend more time with his wife and kids, run a podcast network, and a nearly full time contract. Join the episode to learn how Chuck and Mani get into a regular flow state with their work and consistently deliver at work.
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There's No Limit To Your Success - RUBY 570 Nov 23, 2022

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Jesse Spevack currently works at Stripe and specializes in Ruby on Rails. He talks about his success story of shifting careers from being an Educator to a Software Engineer. Jesse returns to show to share his humble beginnings when he started out his first job in the Tech world.
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Changing Careers
Experience working in Stripe
Transitioning from working in an office to working remotely
"Hello Turing World Podcast"

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Kaigi on Rails with Masafumi Okura - RUBY 569 Nov 16, 2022

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Masafumi Okura is a freelance software developer focusing on Ruby on Rails. He joined RubyKaigi 2022 as a helper staff and the chief organizer at Kaigi on Rails 2022 which took place last October. He joins the Rogues to share his experiences and some pointers on arranging a successful Conference amidst the pandemic.
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How Technology took part in creating a virtual event
Recruiting and Inviting speakers for the conference
Approaches used to make the process smooth and hassle-free for the speakers joining the event
Obstacles experienced in organizing the event and how to overcome each one.

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Life Beyond Bootcamps - RUBY 568 Nov 02, 2022

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In this all-panelist episode, Chuck, Dave, and Valentino give insights on how to choose your career path, how to kickstart your career, how to take control, and how to advance in your profession. They also share their experiences and some advice on what qualities you should possess in order to become successful
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