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Andrew Mason @andrewm.codes · 5d

New Remote Ruby episode is out!

With @excid3.com on paternity leave, I brought in @drbragg.dev and @chaelcodes.bsky.social to unpack the recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its control over RubyGems and Bundler.

www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/epis...

Who Owns RubyGems? Inside the Ruby Central Controversy - Remote Ruby

In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris is on paternity leave celebrating the birth of his son, so Andrew brings in Drew Bragg and Rachael Wright-Munn (aka ChaelCodes), to discuss recent controversies s...

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André Arko @indirect.io · 8d

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

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Rosa @rosa.codes · 11d

A few months ago, I recorded a podcast with Jack from @tuple.app 🥹 It's an episode in their Distributed podcast (tuple.app/distributed/). I talk about async work, long-form writing, Slack withdrawal symptoms, and my personal approach to work. If you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9h...

Distributed. A podcast about making remote work—work, with lessons from top engineering teams.

A podcast about making remote work—work, with lessons from top engineering teams.

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · 16d

a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway .

ALT: a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway .

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André Arko @indirect.io · 19d

Bundler belongs to the Ruby community

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Bundler belongs to the Ruby community

I’ve spent 15 years of my life working on Bundler. When I introduce myself, people say “oh, the Bundler guy?”, and I am forced to agree. I didn’t come up with the original idea for Bundler (that was Y...

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XO Ruby @xoruby.com · 25d

XO Ruby New Orleans is TOMORROW 🥳🥳 It's not too late to grab your ticket!

🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm
🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · 28d

Watch it nowwww!

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · 28d

My #RailsWorld talk is live if you'd like to watch it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lut2...

Chris Oliver - Beyond the Basics: Advanced Rails Techniques

YouTube video by Ruby on Rails

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Dakota Chambers @chambers.io · Sep 8

Just listened to @jremsikjr.bsky.social on the Remote Ruby podcast with @excid3.com - XO Ruby sounds like it's going to be an incredible time. Small conferences are the best! I hope everyone that made it to Chicago loved it.

Starting to recover from my Rails World FOMO and now I've got XO Ruby FOMO

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Sep 8

My office coworker, asleep on the job.

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Sep 8

Updated JumpstartRails.com apps to Rails 8.1 beta and started running it in production. Everything is going smoothly so far!

The Best Rails App Template | Jumpstart Pro

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Sep 8

Now that I'm home from #RailsWorld, just cut a new release of Noticed that adds support for Rails 8.1

github.com/excid3/noticed

GitHub - excid3/noticed: Notifications for Ruby on Rails applications

Notifications for Ruby on Rails applications. Contribute to excid3/noticed development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 28

Our Black Friday sale will be here soon and we also do PPP discounts.

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 28

May have went a bit off the Rails™ in my Rails World talk this year...

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 22

The more I work on my Rails World talk, the more ideas I get. Lots of good stuff I'm excited to share.

Only 2 weeks away!

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 20

And I wasn't even invited!

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 20

Found an 8 year old db snapshot collecting $0.06 a month for years on AWS.

It was hiding in a region that's not used for anything else on this account. Love AWS.

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 19

You nailed it. Fit perfectly with the vibes of the final RailsConf. 🥹

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Kevin Murphy @kevinjm.bsky.social · Aug 19

@excid3.com thanks for being at my RailsConf talk and mentioning it on the Remote Ruby recap episode.

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Andrew Mason @andrewm.codes · Aug 13

🚨 #RemoteRuby with @marcoroth.dev 🚨

@excid3.com & I sit down with @marcoroth.dev to talk:
• The pain of ERB 😵‍💫
• What Herb is and why it’s spicy 🌿
• Formatting, linting, hot reloading & better DX
• React components in your ERB?! 👀
• Conference stories & #Ruby ecosystem love

⬇️⬇️ Link below! ⬇️⬇️

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Marco Roth @marcoroth.dev · Aug 10

After being on the other side and listening for so long, it was an honor to join Remote Ruby this week!

We talked about Herb, Rails view templates, editor tooling, formatting/linting, the future of the Rails View Layer, and more!

Link to the episode in the next post!

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Marco Roth @marcoroth.dev · Aug 10

Thanks to @excid3.com and @andrewm.codes for having me!

Listen here: www.remoteruby.com/2260490/epis...

Herb with Marco Roth - Remote Ruby

In this episode of Remote Ruby, Andrew and Chris chat with guest, Marco Roth, to discuss the challenges of working with ERB templates in Ruby on Rails, and Marco's ongoing project, Herb. They dive int...

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Aug 8

I might have to port @gorails.com to Wordpress for April Fools. 🤔

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Jake Hash @jakehashtags.bsky.social · Aug 4

Finally got around to revisiting @excid3.com's talk on Hotwire and the usage of different Turbo options (from @tropicalonrails.bsky.social)

www.youtube.com/live/9LekwjC...

[SPOILERS]

Chris recommends:

1. Reaching for Turbo Refreshes FIRST
2. Turbo Frames next
3. Streams LAST

Thank you, Chris 🙏

Chris Oliver (Founder@GoRails) - Hotwire Demystified | Tropical on Rails 2025

YouTube video by Tropical on Rails

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Chris Oliver @excid3.com · Jul 29

Just updated sellrepo.com with better instructions on how to create a GitHub token.

They're quite confusing and I couldn't find the right page on GitHub again, so now it's as simple as clicking a link in the setup instructions. 🎉

SellRepo

Sell access to your GitHub repositories with your own personal storefront.

sellrepo.com

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