Ben Curtis is the co-founder of Honeybadger Industries. They dive into the world of Honey Badger. From its humble origins as a side project to becoming a successful exception monitoring service, Honey Badger has seen steady growth and positive customer reviews. Ben shares the challenges they faced along the way, their guerrilla marketing tactics, and their recent launch of a new feature.

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• Honeybadger.io

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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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Charles and Valentino join this week's panelist episode. They dive into the world of Ruby and explore the latest advancements in building tools and frameworks. They discuss the popularity of tools, questioning if they are truly necessary. They also delve into the benefits of a minimalist approach to frameworks and the challenges of defining boundaries in app development.

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Dari Goldman is the Technical Support Engineer at ViaEurope. Myriam Graïne is a full-stack developer. They both hosted the Rails World Conference in October 2023. They join the show to talk about their Rails World experience, things they have learned, and much more!

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• LinkedIn: Dari Goldman
• LinkedIn: Myriam Graïne

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On today's episode, Brian Hogan, David Kimura, and Charles Max Wood discuss web security. Security demands attention. Developers can't risk having their projects exploited by hackers and other such attackers. Tune in to learn about the different types and issues in security.

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Today's Ruby Rogues podcast features Metaprogramming with Jordan Hudgens. We have panelists Jerome Hardaway, Brian Hogan, Dave Kimura and Charles Max Wood. Tune in and learn more about metaprogramming!

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Jerome Hardaway

• Don’t Know Metaprogramming in Ruby? By Gavin Morrice

Dave Kimura

• Sherlock TV Series on BBC

Brian Hogan

• iOS application: Workflow
• Overwatch

Charles Max Wood

• Ruby Dev Summit
• Angular Dev Summit
• Focuster

Jordan Hudgens

• Petergate
• Comprehensive Ruby Programming by Jordan Hudgens
• Twitter @jordanhudgens
• Instagram @jordanhudgens
• Blog crondose.com

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Bèr Kessels is a freelance software developer. He joins the show alongside Chuck and Valentino to talk about fediverse. They begin by discussing Mastodon in the fediverse. They also dive into what you can do in the fediverse, its benefits, advantages, and many more!

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Socials

• LinkedIn: Bèr Kessels
• berk.es 

Picks

• Charles - Canvas | Board Game

 

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Charles and Valentino join this week's episode. They dive into the world of coaching and mastermind groups. They share insights on monthly coaching sessions, quick support over text messages, and the power of collaboration in mastermind groups. They also explore the importance of staying current in your field, building a personal brand, and the upcoming launch of a podcasting masterclass. Additionally, they discuss live streaming, sponsors, and future plans for a top-notch Rails conference. 

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• Chuck's Resume Template
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• Charles - Canvas | Board Game
• Valentino - Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications

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If you’re wondering how to make sense of all these frameworks, you’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, the Rogues dive DEEP into the pros and cons of Stimulus, Hotwire, Turbo, React, Rails, and more; why certain communities are divided amongst each other (and how to fix it); and what tools you NEED to try in 2022.

In This Episode

This tendency in the Rails community that reveals why users are slow to try Hotwire

 What Charles learned from comparing React vs. Stimulus at his old job (and how Rails came to the rescue)

 Why those in the Java community are seeing React as a “blackhole that’s sucking up everything” (and why some of the Rogues disagree)

 Up and coming frameworks that you NEED to consider this year 

 This ONE separation in Ruby that’s creating division in its community (and how we can fix it)

 Luke asks the REAL question: What can we do to reduce our JavaScript footprint?

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Picks

• Charles- Vue component Stimulus post by Jared Reed
• Charles- Okta
• Charles- Gods Love Dinosaurs | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
• Charles- King of Tokyo | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
• Charles- “Let’s be understanding of each other. Reach out.”
• John- Stimulus components
• John- Cal.com | Open Scheduling Infrastructure
• Luke- Luke’s very own Turbo protocol 
• Valentino- RubyExplorer
• Valentino- Ruby Conf 2021 videos on YouTube

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Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the show to talk about Penetration Testing. He begins by explaining what it is, how beneficial it can be to the users, its process of securing applications, the actual testing process, and many more!

1. White box – consultant provided access to source code 
2.  Grey box – the company gives info to the consultant 
3. Black box – nothing provided to the consultant

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Links

• Secure Code Review for Rails Developers
•  Burp proxy
•  Nikto 
•  Metasploit
• Beef framework
• Andrew Kane’s Rails Security
• spektr: static-code analyser for Rails
• Brakeman 
• Rails goat
• Bearer

Socials

• Greg Molnar
• LinkedIn: Greg Molnar
• Twitter: @gregmolnar

Picks

• Greg - Yubikey
• Valentino - MagmaChat
• Valentino - OlympiaChat

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Win a ticket to the Rails World Conference!

You may sign up using this link: https://gleam.io/4KQAt/rails-world-ticket-giveaway

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Bèr Kessels is an experienced web developer with a great passion for technology and Open Source. He joins the show to talk about his article, "How do I test X" is almost always answered with "by controlling X". He explains his article, how testing works, and many more!

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Links

• "How do I test X" is almost always answered with "by controlling X"

Picks

• Bèr- The Wormwood Trilogy by Tade Thompson
• Charles - Living Forest | Board Game
• Charles - Sound of Freedom (2023)

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Kirill Kuznetsov is the Head of SRE at Evil Martians. Valentino and Kirill dive into the exciting world of Kubernetes and its role in simplifying deployment across multiple systems. They explore the various aspects of Kubernetes, from its unified API to its service discovery capabilities, and discuss how it streamlines the deployment process for applications. But that's not all - they also touch on the challenges startups face with their infrastructures and offer solutions for managing them effectively. Moreover, they also delve into other fascinating topics, such as the world of 3D printing and the opportunities it presents for both software and hardware engineering. 

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Socials

• LinkedIn: Kirill Kuznetsov

Picks

• Valentino - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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Landon Gray is a Compassionate Consultant, an AI/ML Enthusiast, and a conference speaker. He joins the show to further talk about his conference topic, "AI in Ruby". He begins by explaining how he landed with the idea of using AI or ML in the native Ruby. Additionally, they dive into other Ruby projects that used AI or ML. 

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Links

• ankane.org
• arbox/machine-learning-with-ruby
• thedayisntgray/ForcastingTheFuture
• yoshoku/rumale
• mrkn/pycall.rb
• SciRuby/daru
• Hugging Face

Socials

• LinkedIn: Landon Gray

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• Landon - Test Double
• Valentino - ComMarker B4 20W Fiber Laser Engraver

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Garrett Dimon is a Ruby on Rails Developer. He joins the show to talk about his project, "Creating Custom Rails Generators". He begins by explaining what it is, how it works, its advantages, how it can benefit developers and many more! Additionally, he also dives into the process of building generators and his experience in doing so. 

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Links

• Creating Custom Rails Generators

Socials

• GarrettDimon.com
• LinkedIn: Garrett Dimon
• GitHub: garrettdimon
• Twitter: @garrettdimon

Picks

• Charles - The Crew: Mission Deep Sea | Board Game
• Garrett - Magic Maze

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Andrei Bondarev builds AI/ML-capable software products. He joins the show alongside Chuck to talk about Vector Search or Semantic Search. He begins by giving an overview of it, explaining its concept, its significance, how it can be used in the rails application, and many more. 

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Links

• langchainrb

Socials

• GitHub: andreibondarev
• Twitter: @rushing_andrei

Picks

• Andrei - Home - The Battle of Polytopia 
• Andrei - Designing Data-Intensive Applications
• Charles - Star Realms

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Jordan Hollinger is a Ruby developer for over 12 years now. He joins the show to talk about his gem, "occams-record". It is the missing high-efficiency query API for ActiveRecord. He begins by explaining his gem and why he created it.

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Links

• jhollinger/occams-record
• otr-activerecord: Use ActiveRecord outside of Rails!
•  json-emitter: Efficiently generating very large bits of JSON in Ruby 
• Rails 7 introduces range iteration for batches 

Socials

• Twitter: @jordanhollinger
• jhollinger

Picks

• Jordan -  Julia Evan’s Mess with DNS
• Jordan -  Implement DNS in A Weekend 
• Valentino - Best Practices for Prompt Engineering 

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Rich Steinmetz is a creator at RichStone.io and is a Tech Coach. He joins the show to talk about his article, "Testing Rails loggers with minitest". He begins by talking about loggers and different ways to test them. Chuck also shares his ways of testing loggers. 

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Links

• RichStone Input Output
• Testing Rails loggers with minitest

Socials

• Twitter: @RichStoneIO
• LinkedIn: Rich Steinmetz

Picks

• Charles - Smart Family Calendar
• Charles - Nikon D7500 DSLR
• Rich - Carcassonne | Board Game

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Ryan Ong is a software engineer at Buoy Software. He joins the show alongside Dave and Valentino to talk about emotional programming. He shares how he got into Ruby on Rails and dives into creating and monitoring code bases. They talk about handling their emotions when they are coding and how to minimize the stressors around. 

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Links

• ryanong/spy

Socials

• GitHub: ryanong

Picks

• Dave - GO WITH RUBY
• Valentino - Livebook's big launch week

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