MRS 034: Mikel Lindsaar
This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Mikel Lindsaar. Mikel started a Ruby on Rails consultancy in 2010 and is most well known for being the original author of Mail gem. He first got into programming working as a volunteer for a church where he built a Rails parishioner management system. This experience led him to create the Mail gem, which has really made him well-known in the community. He always like the idea of being able to control and create something, and this has definitely influenced his programming career.
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Show Notes
- How did you first get introduced into programming?
- Mail gem
- Coders are humans too
- Rails
- Issues with his e-mail system
- Don’t have to be a seasoned coder to create something amazing
- Blocks
- Taught himself Ruby
- PHP
- How did you get into coding?
- DOS Manual
- Coding webpages for the ISP
- Rails is a very mature ecosystem now
- You don’t need a lot of different frameworks to create a business app
- The versatility of Rails
- Customers don’t care what things are built in
- Rails with a sprinkle of JavaScript
- Stimulus
- Use the appropriate technology
- And much, much more!