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	Podcast:		Programming Throwdown
	Episode:		146: RubyShield, Ruby Central, and Shopify with Mike Dalessio and Evan Phoenix
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:37:20
	Publish Date:		2022-11-14 16:00:00
	Description:		In this tour-de-force, Mike Dalessio – Engineering Director at Shopify – and Evan Phoenix – self-described “long-time Rubyist” – join us for a practical discussion of all things Ruby! Ruby is a beautiful language, and we're really excited to cover the history and present of this language with two experts. 00:01:03 Introductions 00:01:49 Mike’s Ruby journey 00:12:28 Evan’s own Ruby experience 00:18:20 The pickaxe book 00:20:34 Weird programming interests 00:25:11 MINASWAN 00:30:33 Language conferences 00:36:38 Wrong answers on StackOverflow 00:41:53 RubyCentral 00:44:50 In-depth examination of Ruby 00:47:57 How Shopify sticks to vanilla Rails 00:50:28 A tale of two developers 00:59:59 Bringing Ruby up to Python’s level 01:04:48 Shopify’s largest app monolith 01:11:12 Tuning the knobs 01:18:01 How not to learn the hard way 01:18:57 Opportunities at Shopify 01:29:14 Working with the RubyShield program 01:32:07 Rails for API servers 01:33:21 Mike and Evan’s advice for listeners 01:36:00 Farewells Resources mentioned in this episode: Links: RubyCentral: Website: https://rubycentral.org/ RubyShield: https://rubycentral.org/ruby-shield Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubycentralorg Shopify: Website: https://www.shopify.com/ Careers: https://www.shopify.com/careers Dev Degree Program: https://devdegree.ca/pages/program HashiCorp Website: https://www.hashicorp.com/ Careers: https://www.hashicorp.com/jobs Mike Dalessio: Website: http://mike.daless.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/flavorjones Evan Phoenix: Website: https://github.com/evanphx Twitter: https://twitter.com/evanphx RubyConf 2022 (Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2022): Website: https://rubyconf.org/ Other Episodes: Episode 47: Ruby Show Link: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2015/10/episode-47-ruby.html References: “The Pickaxe Book” aka Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide 2nd Edition: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ruby-Pragmatic-Programmers-Second/dp/0974514055 If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook \| Apple Podcasts \| Spotify \| Player.FM Join the discussion on our Discord Help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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