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>

767 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

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...

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...

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,...

Oct 30, 2024

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 08, 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 19, 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

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