Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.
Send us a textCollin and Joel both have new projects to talk about. Collin has become skeptical on LLM assisted coding and is taking a break from it.Ruby SchemaRezy (resume generator)Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
7/31/25 • 83:21
Send us a textTim Riley joins to discuss Hanami and it’s new fundraising drive. Support if you can so Hanami can continue getting the support it needs.Sponsor HanamiWe also discuss the Chippy Butty (aka Chippy Buddy) and California Burritos. Honestly, it's a little offensive the two were even compared, but Rooftop Ruby is all about teaching the controversy, I guess.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
6/11/25 • 82:34
Send us a textCollin recounts his 3,000 mile roadtrip, where he definitely met a wild horse, and possibly a ghost. Joel has a new gem that makes working with raw instance variables in Ruby nicer. Zed is getting a debugger. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
5/16/25 • 52:28
Send us a textJoel and Collin discuss a variety of topics ranging from road trips and procrastination to coding tools and AI advancements. They share personal experiences from recent travels, delve into the challenges of productivity, and reflect on their conference experiences. The discussion also touches on the evolution of coding tools, the future of iOS and macOS, and the implications of AI in development. The conversation concludes with light-hearted banter about dreams and the potential of technology.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
4/22/25 • 51:15
Send us a textWe follow-up with an audio based piece of feedback on the Australian pronunciation of "Pinnochio." Collin is sick with shingles 🥺 Testing and securityMVVM in Ruby desktop app developmentPerformance in server designAnd of course, talk about British and American food.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
4/7/25 • 31:13
Send us a textJoel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub.Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful comparison for himself.Links:SvelteTurbo MountInertia RailsJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
2/20/25 • 94:58
Send us a textExciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say.This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support folder on his Mac, and we talk Xcode, text editors, and Difftastic.Joel goes in-depth on Tree-sitter and writing a SQLite parser. Plus, we discuss task management apps.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
2/2/25 • 74:07
Send us a textThanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning.Versioning systems on WikipediaJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
12/5/24 • 38:57
Send us a textCollin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
11/20/24 • 59:16
Send us a textJoin the Rooftop Ruby Discord!Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car?The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at Madison Ruby!Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
7/3/24 • 33:26
Send us a textQuickdraw (Joel's testing library)QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS)Russian doll cachingN+1 queries and how to solve itJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
2/7/24 • 38:58
Send us a textJoel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
1/30/24 • 40:27
Send us a textRachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies.chael.codes (all Rachael's links)Rachael on MastodonBattlesnakeChaelCodes on TwitchJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
12/14/23 • 54:22
Send us a textCollin and Joel are joined by friend of the show Roman to talk about the conference, before being joined by special guest Catherine Ricafort McCreary to discuss Artists Who Code.Artists Who Code in the LA TimesJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
11/20/23 • 39:26
Send us a textCollin and Joel discuss creating the router and ORM for Yipee! (Joel's new web framework) and how to think about using resourceful versus custom routes.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
11/7/23 • 46:58
Send us a textCollin and Joel catch up and talk the Rooftop Ruby RubyConf party, becoming a morning person, tricking AI, making a web framework, and time travel.Joel's testing libraryBBEditDall•E in ChatGPTJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
11/1/23 • 64:56
Send us a textRuby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan join the show to discuss Ruby Central, how organizing conferences has changed in the past few years, and more.Ruby CentralRubyConf — Buy your ticket now.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
10/24/23 • 40:04
Send us a textStephen Margheim talks about SQLite in production Rails and more.Stephen’s websiteLitestreamJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
10/19/23 • 75:51
Send us a textRyan Bigg talks about hiring juniors, writing, and company culture.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
10/11/23 • 42:15
Send us a textDjango co-creator Simon Willison joins to talk about large language models.A guide to large language modelsOpenAI ClipDatasetteJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
9/28/23 • 85:52
Send us a textWe're joined by designer Ethan Marcotte to talk about his new book You Deserve a Tech Union.You Deserve a Tech Union, A Book ApartEthan's websiteKickstarter UnitedJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
9/12/23 • 35:45
Send us a textTravel, tech unions, developer maxims and paid Ruby gems.You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan MarcottePremature Optimization — Universally MisunderstoodJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
9/5/23 • 35:19
Send us a textRuby Central head of open source André Arko talks Bundler, Ruby Gems, supporting the community, and more.André Arko will be speaking at RubyConf 2023 this year Support Bundler/RubyGems open source work via Ruby CentralJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
8/30/23 • 46:43
Send us a textWe talk about CODE by Charles Petzold, which is great and everyone should read.Collin is done ranking his hacks and is doing some comfort C programming. Meanwhile Joel has finished implementing Literal in a real project and is figuring out how to use Sidekiq across processes.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
8/9/23 • 26:14
Send us a textDave Copeland joins to discuss writing, background jobs, service objects, and more.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
8/1/23 • 56:02
Send us a textCollin and Joel discuss leaving the cloud, password management, security, and metaprogramming.iCloud passwords in ChromeMetaprogramming Ruby 2Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
7/19/23 • 39:59
Send us a textJoel is coming to RubyConf in San Diego!Collin has been thinking about CSS, Stimulus, and building on top of Phlex.Collin is available for freelance work. You should hire him! Get in touch via Mastodon.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
7/13/23 • 51:21
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7/5/23 • 49:17
Send us a text Collin’s Blog PostJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
6/30/23 • 49:48
Send us a textMVC Isn’t MVC blog postXerox PARCModel 2 architecture — WikipediaOlder Apple document about MVCObservable objects in SwiftmorphdomPhoenix Live ViewJoin the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
6/21/23 • 42:16
