My guest today is Mattison Asher who writes the popular crypto newsletter Rapture which is distributed to some of the leading degens, investors, and builders in the space. Mattison has worked professionally in crypto since 2016 and has great in

Alaina Percival CoFounder and CEO of Women Who Code

Sep 9th, 2022

Alain Percival is the CEO and cofounder of Women Who Code, an international nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Since 2013 the organization has grown to over a quarter of a million members and holds events acr

20 - Docker, Rails and the Atlanta Tech Scene - Tim Dorr SalesLoft - Part 4

Sep 25th, 2015

The Atlanta Ruby on Rails Community1) Startup community growth in last decade2) Growth of Slacker’s in Atlanta3) Why is Atlanta a great place to work4) Where is SalesLoft based and what openings to they have

19 - Docker, Rails and the Atlanta Tech Scene - Tim Dorr SalesLoft - Part 3

Aug 25th, 2015

Tips to go from Junior to Senior Ruby on Rails Developer1) How has the community changed?2) More tools more decisions on how to learn3) Where to learn more about becoming a Senior Rails developer4) What makes a senior developer?

18 - Docker, Rails and the Atlanta Tech Scene - Tim Dorr SalesLoft - Part 2

Jul 25th, 2015

5 Killer DevOps tricks for Ruby on Rails Developers1) Using Docker2) Use locally and in production3) Freeing yourself to get on and build4) How to transition from existing setups5) Breaking out of the Docker seran-wrap

17 - Docker, Rails and the Atlanta Tech Scene - Tim Dorr SalesLoft - Part 1

Jun 25th, 2015

We’ve all been there, the fun of building your MVP has ended and now you need someone to actually use your fantastic creation. You email a few friends, send a couple of tweets, but if you want to scale your efforts you’ll need to track communic

16 - Refactoring with Haskell and Rails - StackBuilders - Part 3

May 11th, 2015

Justin Leitgeb - functional programming addict and co-founder and CTO of Stack Builders, a New York and Ecuadorian Development agency working in Rails and Haskell, talks about the challenges of working on complex applications in both Haskell an

15 - Switching from Ruby to Haskell - StackBuilders

Apr 20th, 2015

Justin Leitgeb - functional programming addict and co-founder and CTO of Stack Builders talks about why he moved from Ruby to Haskell.Part 2 - Moving from Ruby to Haskell- Why bet the farm on Haskell?- Problems with Testing when using Rub

14 - Haskell and Rails for Complex App Development - StackBuilders - Part 1

Apr 7th, 2015

13 - Tips and Tricks for Leading a Development Team - FlipGive - Part 3

Mar 31st, 2015

Part 3: Becoming a Lead Developer with Leigh Halliday- Mentoring- Mindset shift- Time management- Task switching- Recognizing strengths in others- Bridging business/tech gap

12 - Rails Tech Stack Drill Down - FlipGive - Part 2

Mar 27th, 2015

Part 2: Rails Stack in Action with Leigh Halliday- Ruby on Rails (2 apps with a core gem for shared logic)- All ruby code in single repository- Using NodeJS for a widget server- Using Resque for queue- Postgres and Redis for data- 6

11 - Being a Lead Developer at a Growing Startup - Leigh Halliday FlipGive Part 1

Mar 18th, 2015

What does it take to become a lead developer at a growing Ruby on Rails startup? How should you think about choosing the technologies to use? How do you build and mentor a Ruby on Rails development team? Is pivoting painful? Well today, I’m exc

10 - Picking Winning Co-Founders - Nadav Shatz Part 3

Mar 3rd, 2015

Part 3 Interview with Nadav Shatz reviews his experiences turning friends into co-founders- What skills should you look for in building your team?- Should you work with non-technical co-founders?- Many technical and non-technical founder

9 - Docker in a Day for Rails Developers - Nadav Shatz Part 2

Feb 23rd, 2015

Part 2 interview with Nadav Shatz about Docker and Continuous Deployment.If you've been struggling with your deployments you might want to learn from Nadav's experience. In this episode he talks through the following:- What is Docker? How

8 - Tech Stack Selection for Startups - Nadav Shatz Part 1

Feb 17th, 2015

If you’re anything like me you love technology and building things, but try and come up with a fancy looking design for that responsive interface or logo and you’re stumped. If only a programmer could understand what design is at an algorithmic

7 - Jason Ordway CTO of ShopKeep : Rails, Micro-services and the CTO Career Path

Feb 10th, 2015

When was the last time you went into a store and saw that they were using an iPad as a checkout register? It’s probably likely that the technology behind it was developed by the team headed up by my guest today. He’s the CTO of ShopKeep which w

6 - Scaling for 6 Million Users with Rails, Scala and Nodejs - Interview with the CTO of Gilt

Feb 3rd, 2015

Starting with Ruby on Rails and then growing to an ecosystem of technologies and services, Gilt now serves over 6 million members, has a staff of over 1,000 people and has raised 100s of millions of dollars in investment. If anyone knows how to

5 - Ex-NSA Team Builds Next-Gen Security Startup

Jan 28th, 2015

In a world of spying, how do you secure existing email infrastructure? Steve interviews CTO Will Ackerly and VP of Product Jordan Duggan about their Washington DC startup focussed on building the next generation security platform to discover ho

4 - Quitting your Job to Launch a Ruby on Rails Startup

Jan 20th, 2015

Justin Weiss took a Ruby on Rails class at a code school, quit his job and then started cleardigs.com. Discover how to analyze that decision, how to build your MVP and how both technical and non-technical founders can learn and leverage their R

3 - Switching from .NET to Ruby on Rails and Tips for Happy Remote Freelancing - Jonathan Vaught at KickServ

Jan 13th, 2015

Are you a .NET developer stuck in your cubicle yearning for the freedom of remote and profitable Ruby on Rails development work? Concerned about making the switch and paying the bills? Jonathan Vaught from KickServ has been there, done that and

2 - Ruby on Rails Coding Schools Explored

Jan 6th, 2015

How to evaluate a ruby on rails bootcamp or school? Who thrives in these environments? Are full-time or part-time courses best for me? What character traits and experience make an exceptional ruby on rails teacher?Today's guest is Zach Feldma

1 - Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Team and Rails Platform Behind Kickstarter

Dec 22nd, 2014

Steve kicks off the RubyNow podcast series with an interview with Lance Ivy, one of the original developers at Kickstarter. Tune in to learn how they scaled their tech team in response to the rapid growth of the user base and what he would have

Rate