Author - Valentino Stoll

Valentino Stoll

Valentino Stoll is a Rubyist at my core, formerly design and UX, with an ever growing enthusiasm for embedded systems.

Podcasts

Ruby Rogues

<div>Our original panel podcast, Ruby Rogues is a weekly discussion around Ruby, Rails, software development, and the community around Ruby.</div>

705 Episodes

Episodes

The Best of JavaScript and Ruby in 2023 - JSJ 575

Hosts of the Ruby Rogues Podcast, Dave Kimura and Valentino Stoll join JavaScript Jabber Panel on this week's...

1:13:17

Mar 28, 2023

Evaluating Software Frameworks: Insights with Uncle Bob Martin - RUBY 666

In this episode, Charles and Valentino dive into the complexities of software design decisions with the esteemed...

01:21:27

Dec 25, 2024

 Building AI-Powered Applications in Ruby - RUBY 662

This week, our host Charles Max Wood sits down with co-host Valentino Stoll to dive deep into the cutting-edge tools...

01:22:08

Nov 28, 2024

Embracing Human Factors and Rapid Development in Ruby on Rails Systems - RUBY 661

In today's episode, they dive deep into the fascinating intersections of system security, rapid development, and the...

01:23:34

Nov 21, 2024

Kamal and Docker: Efficient Application Deployment Strategies - RUBY 660

Today, they delve deep into the world of application deployment with our special guest, Josef Stribny, a freelance...

01:04:52

Nov 13, 2024

Embracing AI Efficiency in Rails Development - RUBY 658

In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of AI, technology, and Ruby on Rails with our special guest,...

59:46

Oct 30, 2024

Episodes

Practical Observability: Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Better Debugging - RUBY 656

Today, they dive deep into the world of observability in programming, particularly within Rails applications, with...

01:20:56

Oct 16, 2024

Secrets Management Best Practices and Tools - RUBY 655

Charles and Valentino are joined by special guest Brian Vallelunga, CEO and co-founder of Doppler, a leading secrets...

01:05:47

Oct 09, 2024

Navigating Rails for Front-End Developers: A Comprehensive Guide to Integration and Transition - RUBY 654

In this episode, Valentino and Ayush dive deep into the evolving landscape of web frameworks, particularly focusing...

01:01:30

Oct 02, 2024

Building Better Ruby Apps: Glimmer's Component Slots and More - RUBY 653

Today, Valentino dives deep into the world of Ruby development with our special guest, Andy Maleh. They explore...

01:10:22

Sep 25, 2024

The Hidden Gems of Ruby - RUBY 651

Valentino Stoll takes us on a tour of the "gems" of features built into the core Ruby language. We explore tips and...

55:33

Sep 11, 2024

Cloud Migration, Server Costs, and CDN Challenges - RUBY 650

In this episode, Chuck, Ayush, and Valentino join Olly Headey as he shares his expansive career journey, from...

01:17:54

Sep 04, 2024

Innovations in Ruby Concurrency: Tips and Tools - RUBY 648

In this episode, they dive deep into the world of Ruby concurrency and explore the nuances of optimizing performance...

01:13:35

Aug 14, 2024

Navigating SQL Data Changes: Tools and Techniques for Data Recovery - RUBY 645

In today's episode, Valentino is joined by Evgeny Li, a seasoned software developer and founder of Bemi, to delve...

01:02:32

Jul 17, 2024

Leveraging Ruby for Effective Prompt Engineering and AI Solutions - RUBY 643

They dive deep into the world of advanced development techniques and tools. In today's episode, Valentino and Scott...

01:09:49

Jul 03, 2024

 Integrating AI in Application Development with Obie Fernandez - RUBY 642

Obie Fernandez is the Chief Scientist at Olympia. They dive deep into the fascinating world of AI and its...

01:28:07

Jun 27, 2024

Leveraging OpenAPI: Creating Effective RESTful API Specifications and Documentation - RUBY 641

In today's episode, they dive deep into the world of API documentation and best practices with Svyatoslav Kryukov. He...

01:04:04

Jun 19, 2024

 Ruby Evolution with Bridgestone - RUBY 639

In this episode, they delve into the world of Bridgetown - a progressive site generator and full-stack framework...

01:06:30

Jun 05, 2024

Ruby Revelations: Boosting Speed and Efficiency - RUBY 637

In this episode, the focus is on the cutting-edge developments in Ruby technology. They delve into the intricacies of...

01:04:21

May 22, 2024

Ruby in the Browser: Exploring Web Performance, Reactivity, and Front-End Complexity - RUBY 636

Cameron Dutro is the Staff Software Engineer at GitHub. They dive deep into the world of web development and explore...

01:09:45

May 08, 2024

Avo: Building Custom Interfaces, Managing Users, and Creating Authorization Systems - RUBY 634

Adrian Marin is the Co-Founder and CTO at SuperStuff.a. He is also the Author of Avo Admin for Ruby on Rails. They...

01:02:26

Apr 24, 2024

Leveraging SQLite in Web Development - RUBY 630

Stephen Margheim is the Head of Engineering at Test IO. They explore the world of web development with a focus on the...

01:15:04

Mar 27, 2024

Building Skills and Connections with Nathan Bellow - RUBY 629

Nathan Bellow is a Ruby software developer at Illuxi. They explore the premium benefits of membership, including...

56:34

Mar 20, 2024

Revolutionizing Ruby Deployment with Falcon Web Server and Async Concurrency Framework - RUBY 627

Samuel Williams is a Ruby Core Committer and the creator of Async & Falcon. They delve deep into the technical...

1:09:47

Feb 29, 2024

Accelerating Growth: SaaS Frameworks, Mentorship, and Ruby Development - RUBY 626

Charles and Valentino delve into a wide array of topics, from time management struggles to the intricacies of...

1:08:23

Feb 21, 2024

Episodes

Navigating Real-Time Application Development - RUBY 624

Alec Larsen is a staff engineer at Procore. They dive into a rich discussion about the evolution of the Ruby on Rails...

1:04:22

Feb 07, 2024

Examining GoodJob, SolidQ, and More - RUBY 623

Ben Sheldon is a professional software developer and the author of GoodJob. They delve into the evolution of GoodJob,...

1:12:13

Jan 31, 2024

Flipper Cloud and the Future of Feature Flags - RUBY 622

John Nunemaker works at Box Out Sports and Fewer & Faster (creators of Flipper Cloud) as a programmer and owner. They...

1:11:05

Jan 24, 2024

Powering Rails Applications with Postgres - RUBY 621

Andrew Atkinson is a software engineer, PostgreSQL specialist, and author. They delve deep into the world of database...

1:11:25

Jan 17, 2024

Unveiling Open-Source Ruby Projects - RUBY 620

Pete Matsyburka is a Ruby developer and the mind behind DocuSeal. They delve into the world of Ruby development, with...

1:00:27

Jan 10, 2024

Unraveling Ruby's AI Journey with Alex Rudall - RUBY 619

Alex Rudall is the creator of the ruby-openai gem. They explore the latest developments in the world of technology....

55:43

Jan 03, 2024

Understanding Framework Flexibility - RUBY 617

Daniel Doubrovkine is the principal engineer at Amazon Web Services. They dive deep into the world of APIs,...

1:07:52

Dec 13, 2023

Elevating Rails Development: Insights into Turbo Native with Joe Masilotti - RUBY 616

Joe Masilotti is the Turbo Native guy. The conversation revolves around Turbo Native, iOS and Android app...

54:46

Dec 06, 2023

Enhancing Ruby on Rails with Hotwire: Turbo, Stimulus, and Strata for Efficiency - RUBY 615

Yaroslav Shmarov is a senior Ruby on Rails engineer. They explore all things Ruby on Rails and hot topics in the tech...

1:03:23

Nov 29, 2023

Minimalist Frameworks: Embracing Simplicity and Efficiency in Modern Web Development - RUBY 613

Charles and Valentino join this week's panelist episode. They dive into the world of Ruby and explore the latest...

1:03:03

Nov 07, 2023

Rails World Conference 2023 - RUBY 612

Dari Goldman is the Technical Support Engineer at ViaEurope. Myriam Graïne is a full-stack developer. They both...

1:19:47

Oct 18, 2023

 How the Fediverse Works - RUBY 609

Bèr Kessels is a freelance software developer. He joins the show alongside Chuck and Valentino to talk about...

58:23

Sep 28, 2023

Coaching and Mastermind Groups: Building Your Game Plan for Success - RUBY 608

Charles and Valentino join this week's episode. They dive into the world of coaching and mastermind groups. They...

1:10:22

Sep 20, 2023

Stimulus, Hotwire, and Turbo, Oh My! - RUBY 607

If you’re wondering how to make sense of all these frameworks, you’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, the...

1:03:45

Sep 13, 2023

Uncovering Unknown Security Issues with Penetration Testing - RUBY 606

Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the show to talk about Penetration Testing. He...

57:04

Sep 06, 2023

Testing X by Controlling X with Bèr Kessels - RUBY 605

Bèr Kessels is an experienced web developer with a great passion for technology and Open Source. He joins the show to...

50:58

Aug 30, 2023

Building Custom Infrastructure with Kirill Kuznetsov- RUBY 604

Kirill Kuznetsov is the Head of SRE at Evil Martians. Valentino and Kirill dive into the exciting world of Kubernetes...

1:21:50

Aug 23, 2023

Can you do AI /Machine Learning in Ruby? - RUBY 603

Landon Gray is a Compassionate Consultant, an AI/ML Enthusiast, and a conference speaker. He joins the show to...

1:12:25

Aug 03, 2023

Full-Text Search in Ruby - RUBY 600

Dave, Chuck, and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about "Full Text Search in Ruby". Dave takes the...

53:00

Jun 21, 2023

Occams Record with Jordan Hollinger - RUBY 599

Jordan Hollinger is a Ruby developer for over 12 years now. He joins the show to talk about his gem, "occams-record"....

00:55:37

Jun 14, 2023

Managing Emotions When Programming with Ryan Ong  - RUBY 597

Ryan Ong is a software engineer at Buoy Software. He joins the show alongside Dave and Valentino to talk about...

50:57

May 31, 2023

Rails I18n Manager with Weston Ganger - RUBY 596

Weston Ganger is a Software Architect and an Expert in Ruby-on-Rails. He joins the show to discuss...

59:49

May 25, 2023

Building Rails Application with Phlex - RUBY 595

Brad Gessler is an experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and...

1:23:37

May 17, 2023

How to Make Money at Open Source - RUBY 593

Victoria Melnikova is the Head of BizDev at Evil Martians. She joins the show to talk about, How to turn an...

1:09:09

May 04, 2023

Deploying Ruby on Rails Applications - RUBY 592

Dave and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about Deployment in Rails. Dave begins by explaining the...

1:01:13

Apr 26, 2023

Server-Side Request Forgery with Greg Molnar - RUBY 591

Greg Molnar is a Ruby Developer and OSCP Penetration Tester. He joins the Rogues to talk about Server-Side Request...

1:09:36

Apr 19, 2023

Ruby Packs, Gems and Modularization with Alex Evanczuk - RUBY 589

Alex Evanczuk is a Software Engineer at Gusto. He joins the show alongside Chuck and Valentino to discuss, "A How-to...

58:46

Apr 06, 2023

Pitchfork, Falcon, and Performant HTTP Servers - RUBY 587

Jean Boussier is a Staff Engineer on Shopify's Ruby and Rails infrastructure team. He joins the show to talk about...

45:53

Mar 22, 2023

Web Hosting and Maintaining - RUBY 586

Dave and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to talk about important points to remember in web hosting. Dave...

56:26

Mar 15, 2023

Developing Video Games with Ruby and DragonRuby - RUBY 585

Brett Chalupa is a hobbyist game maker, creative dabbler, and professional software developer. He joins the show...

1:15:09

Mar 08, 2023

Ruby 3.2 - WASM, Performance, and More... - RUBY 584

Chuck and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to discuss Ruby 3.2. Valentino takes the lead as he talks about...

1:02:05

Mar 01, 2023

The Evolution of Opal With Elia Schito - RUBY 581

Elia Schito works at Nebulab. He is a Ruby enthusiast and move to a more supporting role for Opal development, mainly...

54:57

Feb 09, 2023

The Significance Of Salary Transparency With Hilary Stohs-Krause - RUBY 580

Hilary Stohs-Krause is the Co-Owner and VP at Ten Forward Consulting. Having already spoken at the RubyConf mini last...

1:13:58

Feb 01, 2023

Leaving Rails and the Journey Back with Trae Robrock - RUBY 577

Returning guest, Trae Robrock is the founder of greenbits.com but eventually sold the company. In addition, he...

54:44

Jan 11, 2023

DevOps, Mentoring, and Careers with Kinsey Durham - RUBY 576

Kinsey Durham Grace is an Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer at GitHub. She is also a lecturer at RailsBridge where...

53:33

Jan 04, 2023

Dealing with System Issues In Your Apps - RUBY 575

When working with software or applications, developers and programmers encounter a variety of distinct system issues...

1:08:26

Dec 28, 2022

Optimizing Ruby User Experience With Ivo Anjo - RUBY 574

Ivo Anjo is a Software Engineer at Datadog. His main focus is the Ruby Language. He is currently working on building...

1:12:48

Dec 22, 2022

MJIT, YJIT, and HAML with Takashi Kokubun - RUBY 573

Takashi Kokubun is a staff developer at Shopify. He has been working with Ruby’s MJIT compiler for over 5 years but...

1:10:13

Dec 14, 2022

Building Desktop and Mobile Video Games with DragonRuby with Amir Rajan - RUBY 572

Game Developer and CEO of DragonRuby, Amir Rajan returns to the show. He joins the rogues to talk about DragonRuby....

1:09:45

Dec 07, 2022

The New Ruby Parser with Kevin Newton - RUBY 571

Kevin Newton works at Shopify. He is specifically assigned to the Ruby and Rails Infrastructure Team. He returns to...

1:04:33

Nov 30, 2022

There's No Limit To Your Success - RUBY 570

Jesse Spevack currently works at Stripe and specializes in Ruby on Rails. He talks about his success story of...

54:22

Nov 23, 2022

Kaigi on Rails with Masafumi Okura - RUBY 569

Masafumi Okura is a freelance software developer focusing on Ruby on Rails. He joined RubyKaigi 2022 as a helper...

50:11

Nov 16, 2022

How to Get Your Rails Models and Routes into Your Front End Framework - RUBY 559

Today on the show, Máximo Mussini shares how your front-end framework can benefit from integrating rails models and...

1:13:01

Aug 17, 2022

Bidirectional Code Generation - RUBY 558

Imagine a tool that lets you write templates that can generate code, but also parse that code back into the initial...

48:55

Aug 10, 2022

RAILS_ENV - Ruby 556

How do you manage your actual rails environment configurations? When you create a new rails application, do you...

47:10

Jul 27, 2022

Managing Files and Text in Rails with ActiveStorage and ActionText - Ruby 555

Today on the show, Charles shares about his current projects and inner workings related to managing files and text on...

44:48

Jul 20, 2022

A Novel Type and Effect-Guided Synthesis Tool for Ruby with Sankha Guria - RUBY 553

In recent years, researchers have explored component-based synthesis, which aims to automatically construct programs...

56:00

Jul 06, 2022

Unfinished Business - RUBY 551

Unfinished technology, unfinished products, unfinished gems, unfinished concepts, unfinished code, unfinished...

57:55

Jun 22, 2022

Kafka and Karafka Integrations with Maciej Mensfeld - RUBY 550

Making his second appearance on the podcast, Maciej Mensfeld joins the show to share his latest developments with his...

1:10:42

Jun 15, 2022

Be a 1x Developer - RUBY 548

A 10x developer is defined as a professional who is 10 times more productive than other developers with an equal...

52:15

Jun 01, 2022

The Joy Of Structs - RUBY 546

Is it a class? Is it a hash? No, it's Ruby Struct! Brooke Kuhlmann joins the Rogues to explore this often-overlooked...

1:18:38

May 18, 2022

GraphQL with David Sanchez - RUBY 544

GraphQL is a flexible, strongly-typed query language. It's useful because it gives front-end developers the ability...

46:55

May 08, 2022

Propshaft with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) - RUBY 542

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) creator of Ruby on Rails joins the Rogues to discuss the successor to the asset...

1:18:33

Apr 20, 2022

Styler and Ruby with Benito Serna - RUBY 541

Ever feel like your code isn’t “Stylish” enough? Us too. In this episode, the Rogues sit down Benito Sandoval, the...

47:59

Apr 12, 2022

Understanding the Red Tape - RUBY 540

If you’re a solo developer who’s making the switch to a company, this episode is for you. Today, the Ruby Rogues...

1:14:24

Apr 06, 2022

Audit Logging in Rails - 538

If you think all audits suck, think again. In this episode, the Rogues sit down with Jeremy Smith, a developer and...

1:03:17

Mar 09, 2022

Async Ruby - RUBY 537

Not a fan of typical Ruby? We got you. In this episode, the Rogues talk with Bruno Sutic, an Async Ruby developer who...

1:01:05

Mar 02, 2022

The State of State Machines - RUBY 536

Interested in state machines? We’re not sure you should be…but it depends. In this episode, the Rogues discuss the...

1:08:05

Feb 23, 2022

How to Migrate to Rails 7 - RUBY 535

Rails 7 is HERE and we’re pumped. In this episode, the Ruby Rogues discuss all things migration, including the BEST...

1:08:55

Feb 16, 2022

Making Ruby Prettier with Kevin Newton - RUBY 534

If you feel like Ruby could use a makeover, you’re not alone. In this episode, the Rogues sit down with Kevin Newton,...

1:04:19

Feb 09, 2022

What to Look for in a Job - BONUS

If you’re looking for a job that WANTS you to succeed, we’ve got a great option for you. In this bonus episode of...

47:00

Feb 04, 2022

How To Become A Top End Dev - RUBY 533

You keep hearing the phrase “Top End Dev”, but in the real competitive world, what does it take to be the best of the...

57:08

Feb 02, 2022

Stimulus, Hotwire, and Turbo, Oh My! - RUBY 531

If you’re wondering how to make sense of all these frameworks, you’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, the...

1:06:52

Jan 19, 2022

Commanding Your Command Line with Adam Gordon Bell - RUBY 530

Ready to COMMAND your command line? Then listen up! In this episode, the Ruby Rogues sit down with Adam Gordon Bell,...

1:01:01

Jan 12, 2022

Ractors ft. Ivo Anjo - RUBY 527

Ivo Anjo joins the Rogues to discuss Ractors in Ruby and how they can be used. They're not actors as they appear in...

1:10:08

Dec 15, 2021

Bridgetown.rb ft Felipe Vogel - RUBY 526

This week the Rogues talk to Felipe Vogel about how he's using Bridgetown and pros of using it over Jekyll. ...

59:10

Dec 08, 2021

MailCatcher ft. Samuel Cochran - RUBY 525

Samuel Cochran, creator and maintainer of MailCatcher joins the Rogues to discuss how he pulled EventMachine together...

55:40

Dec 01, 2021

Common Table Expressions in ActiveRecord ft. Vlado Cingel - RUBY 523

Vlado Cingel recounts his story where he needed common table expressions within SQL for a project he was working on...

1:02:36

Nov 17, 2021

How Ruby Method Lookups Work ft. Kingsley Chijioke - RUBY 522

Kingsley Chijioke wrote an article breaking down the way that Ruby finds methods and determines which version of a...

44:30

Nov 10, 2021

Finding Memory Leaks in Ruby ft. Ulysse Buonomo - RUBY 521

Ulysse Buonomo ran into an issue in the application he works on where the Heroku applications were taking up more and...

1:08:12

Nov 03, 2021

Encryption and Security in Ruby and Rails ft. Jorge Manrubia - RUBY 520

Jorge Manrubia is a Security developer at BaseCamp. He discusses the encryption features added in Ruby on Rails and...

1:10:08

Oct 27, 2021

How to Thrive at Your (First) Dev Job ft. Riaz Virani - RUBY 519

Riaz Virani joins the Rogues to discuss how to thrive at your first Dev Job. He has five main ideas that when applied...

1:28:25

Oct 20, 2021

Polished Ruby Programming ft. Jeremy Evans - RUBY 518

Jeremy Evans joins the Rogues to discuss the way he builds Ruby programs and the practices he put into his latest...

1:17:49

Oct 13, 2021

RUX: JSX-Style Rails View Components - RUBY 517

Cameron Dutro joins the Rogues to discuss RUX, a system for managing your View Components in Rails in a similar way...

1:13:52

Oct 06, 2021

Docker and Ruby ft. Huzefa Biyawarwala - RUBY 516

Huzefa Biyawarwala joins the Rogues to discuss developer tooling around Docker and how it's used with Ruby and Rails....

59:45

Sep 29, 2021

Containerizing and Moving Apps to Kuberetes ft. Michael Orr – RUBY 515

Michael Orr joins the Rogues to discuss how to move applications into Docker for development and production...

58:03

Sep 22, 2021

Going from Development to Production - RUBY 513

Dave Kimura, John Epperson, Luke Stutters, Darren Broemmer, and Valentino Stoll talk about their experiences in...

1:16:44

Sep 01, 2021

Using Typing Systems in Ruby with Sorbet ft. Alex Dunae - RUBY 512

Alex Dunae joins the Rogues to discuss his experience introducing types into an existing codebase using the Sorbet...

1:21:11

Aug 25, 2021

Live Streaming to the Command LIne with ActionCable ft. Hans Schnedlitz - RUBY 511

Hans Schnedlitz joins the Rogues to discuss how you can use ActionCable to get feedback on ongoing tasks in the...

45:45

Aug 18, 2021

Ruby JIT and MJIT ft. Takashi Kokubun - RUBY 510

Takashi Kokubun joins the Rogues to dive into Just in Time compiling, Ruby 3.0 and all the goodness that comes with...

54:54

Aug 11, 2021

Load Testing Rails Apps with JMeter ft. Milap Neupane - RUBY 509

Milap Neupane joins the Rogues to talk about how to know how robust your Rails apps are. Sometimes you forget to...

1:11:15

Aug 04, 2021

Debugging Ruby ft. Fabio Perrella - RUBY 508

Fabio Perrella joins the Rogues to discuss debugging Ruby programs and how to find problems across your code and your...

1:10:42

Jul 28, 2021