Code and the Coding Coders who Code it
by Drew Bragg
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Episode 66 - Live (at the time) At Rails World 2026
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About this podcast
We talk about Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and everything in between. From tiny tips to bigger challenges we take on 3 questions a show; What are you working on? What's blocking you? What's something cool you want to share?
Episodes
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- Episode 66 - Live (at the time) At Rails World 2026 · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 66That RailsWorld keynote didn’t just start a debate, it forced a reset on how we talk about Ruby on Rails in the age of AI. We’re live from the Buzzsprout podcast booth with Joël…
- Episode 65 - Mike Coutermarsh · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 65Your database is slow, your Sentry is screaming, and the backlog is full of “we’ll fix it later.” What if an AI agent handled the boring but high-impact work while you slept and…
- Episode 64 - Delaney Gillilan · 1 h 32 min · Season 1 Episode 64React made a lot of us feel powerful, then maintenance made a lot of us feel tired. Drew Bragg sits down with Delaney Gillilan, creator of Datastar, to argue for a different kind…
- Episode 63 - Travis Dockter · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 63What if the most useful software in your life isn’t a product, but something you built for yourself in an evening? That’s the spark for this conversation with Travis Dockter, a…
- Episode 62 - Cameron Dutro · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 62What if you could keep Rails pages fast, accessible, and SEO‑friendly, yet still get modern interactivity without shipping a mountain of JavaScript? We sit down with Cameron…
- Episode 61 - Ernesto Tagwerker · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 61Rails upgrades don’t have to feel like crossing a minefield. We sit down with Ernesto, founder and CTO of FastRuby and Ombu Labs, to unpack a pragmatic path from legacy Rails to…
- Episode 60 - Jeremy Smith · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 60What makes a small Ruby conference feel electric instead of ordinary? We unpack the craft behind Blue Ridge Ruby—why we chose a newly renovated, accessible venue, how a…
- Episode 59 - Scott Werner · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 59What if AI could make your work more creative instead of more crowded? We sit down with Scott Werner to unpack a practical path for Ruby developers who want the leverage of AI…
- Ruby’s Trustquake · 51 minIn this episode of C4, Andrew Mason and Rachael Wright-Munn join Drew to unpack recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its alleged takeover of Ruby Gems and Bundler…
- Episode 58 - Aaron Patterson · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 58Ruby core team member Aaron Patterson (tenderlove) takes us deep into the cutting edge of Ruby's performance frontier in this technical exploration of how one of the world's most…
- Episode 57 - Marco Roth · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 57Marco Roth joins us to unveil Herb, his revolutionary toolchain for Rails views that's reshaping how we work with HTML and ERB. Having identified a critical gap in the Rails…
- Episode 56 - Aji Slater · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 56The journey from circus performer to respected software developer isn't a common career path, but Aji Slater navigates it with the same thoughtful precision he applies to code…
- Episode 55 - Joe Masilotti · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 55When Joe Masilotti scanned a conference badge QR code at RailsConf, he was immediately uncomfortable with how it added someone's phone number directly to his contacts. That…
- Episode 54 - Live (at the time) from RailsConf 2025 · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 54The Ruby community's most recognizable podcast voices gather for a heartfelt discussion at the final RailsConf in Philadelphia, sharing wisdom that extends far beyond technical…
- Episode 53 - Joel Hawksley · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 53When does a framework reach maturity? For Joel Hawksley, lead maintainer of GitHub's ViewComponent framework, the answer comes with the upcoming fourth major release – a…
- Episode 52 - Vladimir Dementyev · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 52What happens when you put Rails in a browser? Vladimir Dementyev (Vova) is pushing WebAssembly to its limits by creating an interactive Rails playground that runs entirely…
- Episode 51 - Chris Oliver · 1 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 51The last RailsConf ever is coming to Philadelphia this summer, and co-chair Chris Oliver joins us to pull back the curtain on what's sure to be a historic gathering for the Rails…
- Episode 50 - Adam Fortuna · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 50Swimming against the current sometimes leads to unexpected treasures. In this fascinating conversation, Adam Fortuna reveals how migrating Hardcover—a social network for readers…
- Episode 49 - Radan Skoric · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 49What happens when a seasoned Rails developer with 17 years of experience decides to document their journey learning Hotwire? Radan Skorić joins us to discuss his ebook "Master…
- Episode 48 - Adam Wathan · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 48Join us as we unravel the inspiring journey of Tailwind CSS with its creator, Adam Wathan. From its inception in 2017 as an open-source CSS framework to becoming a major player…
