Remote Ruby

Irina Nazarova and Vladimir Dementyev from Evil Martians return to preview the second annual SF Ruby Startup Conference and share what they learned from bringing the event to life for the first time. They discuss the conference’s new focus on ambitious builders, the importance of creating meaningful connections for attendees, and why Ruby on Rails remains a powerful foundation for startups tackling difficult, real-world problems. The conversation also explores open-source innovation, AI-assisted development, hidden pockets of Ruby adoption, and how the community can help the next generation of companies confidently build and grow with Rails. Hit download now!
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Irina Nazarova LinkedIn
Vladimir Dementyev LinkedIn
Evil Martians
San Francisco Ruby Startup Conference- November 10-12, 2026, San Francisco, CA
Garry Tan X
SF Ruby News Feed
SF Ruby Job Board
Using Rails – Companies using Ruby on Rails

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Chris, Andrew, and David begin with summer heat, home cooling problems, and an IPv6 issue preventing Andrew from playing Battlefield 6. The conversation quickly heads down a Raspberry Pi rabbit hole, with projects ranging from smart-home automation and MagicMirror dashboards to local AI transcription. David then recaps RubyConf in Las Vegas before the group discusses design patterns, the changing conference landscape, and how AI is reshaping programming education, software development, and the economics of building products. Hit download now!
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
Raspberry Pi
Rails World, Austin, TX, Sept 23-24, 2026
SF Ruby, San Franciso, CA, Nov 10-12, 2026
MagicMirror2

Honeybadger
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Jason Charnes X/Twitter

This week, Andrew and Chris swap stories from the front lines of Ruby development, from wrangling GitHub Actions and speeding up CI to keeping old Ruby versions alive on brand-new servers. They also unpack a tricky Sidekiq deployment issue, explore the promise of compiling Ruby apps into standalone executables, and reflect on how AI is making once-impossible infrastructure problems a little easier to solve. Hit download now to hear more!
Links
Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Setting up code for your repository (GitHub Docs)
Surviving rolling deploys when Sidekiq meets a class it doesn’t know yet (Dmitry Tsepelev blog post)
Why a Sidekiq job class you just deployed can still be “missing” (reddit)
Ignore programmatically (Honeybadger)
Mastodon on Spinel (intertwingly blog)
The Odyssey
Alex Edelman X post 

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Honeybadger is an application health monitoring tool built by developers for developers.

Judoscale
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Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Chris, Andrew, and David dig into the practical realities of modern development, from building faster server images with Packer and untangling database schema problems to deciding when refactoring, code coverage, and quality tools are actually useful. They also share where AI coding assistants are saving real time, where they still create confusion, and why good judgment remains just as important as the tools themselves.  The episode wraps with the conversation going completely off the rails with a highly questionable plan to corner the personalized license plate market. Hit download now!
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
HCL-GitHub
Thoughtbot- AI in Focus: A new Claude Skill for Rails code audits
Madison Kanna X (chat with co-founder of OpenCode, Dax Raad)
Josh Pigford X
knockoff
Taylor Otwell X post

Honeybadger
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Jason Charnes X/Twitter

In this episode, Chris, Andrew, and David kick things off with a very Remote Ruby style detour through Costco, Blue Apron, leftovers, Blackstone grills, and cast iron pans. Then, Andrew explains his Stripe subscription migration scare and major GitHub Actions workflow improvements that sped up Podia’s CI by 20–30%. They dive into Apple’s new on-device AI tooling, container alternatives on macOS, and the state of conferences, GitHub, AI infrastructure costs, solar power, and even crows attacking solar panels. Hit download now to hear more! 
Links
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Blue Apron  (Andrew’s referral code: ANDREW4838)
GitHub Blog: Actions steps can now be run in parallel
Codeberg
GitLab
GitHub apple/container
GitHub apple/Core AI Models
RubyConf July 14-16, 2026, Las Vegas, NV 
Rails World 2026, September 23-23, 2026, Austin, TX

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Judoscale
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Andrew Mason X/Twitter
Jason Charnes X/Twitter