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MRS 034: Mikel Lindsaar

Guests :

Mikel Lindsaar

Hosts :

Charles Max Wood

Published : Mar 07, 2018

Duration : 59 Minutes

Show Notes

Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: 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.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

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!

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MRS 034: Mikel Lindsaar

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