Episode 557: Jessica Kerr and Avdi Grimm

October 21st, 2026  |  46 mins 53 secs

Jessica Kerr and Avdi Grimm join me to explore how AI is changing developer identity, shifting engineering work toward defining outcomes, guiding agents, and building effective feedback loops. We discuss practical approaches to code review, technical debt, and measuring agent performance, alongside the importance of learning, shared design vocabulary, and making more room for human connection.

Episode 556: Building What Matters with Tom Rossi

October 14th, 2026  |  25 mins 25 secs

Buzzsprout co-founder and CEO Tom Rossi joins me at Rails World to discuss AI, the rapidly changing role of software developers, and why identifying the right problems to solve is becoming more important than simply writing code. We explore how AI is changing software development at Buzzsprout, what it means to think like a maker instead of just a coder, and why great products depend on understanding what actually creates value for customers.

Episode 555: Herb and ReactionView with Marco Roth

October 7th, 2026  |  29 mins 7 secs

Marco Roth joins the show at Rails World to discuss Herb’s arrival in Rails 8.2 and how it lays the foundation for a more powerful Rails view layer. We talk about ReactionView, explore bringing fine-grained reactivity to existing ERB templates, and explain why better developer tooling may become even more important in an era of AI-generated code.

Episode 554: The future of Rails with Obie Fernandez

September 30th, 2026  |  29 mins 1 sec

Recorded at Rails World, David sits down with Obie Fernandez to discuss how AI and agentic development are changing the nature of software engineering, and why Rails may be uniquely suited for what comes next. They explore convention over configuration, the need for better guardrails around AI-generated code, and how the craft of programming may be moving from writing source code to defining the higher-level constraints that shape it.

Episode 553: The Ruby User Forum with Javier Cervantes

September 23rd, 2026  |  26 mins 13 secs

Javier Cervantes, co-creator of the Ruby User Forum, joins me to discuss the limitations of Slack, Discord, and fragmented social media, the importance of connecting developers and open-source maintainers, and why talking with other people still matters in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Episode 552: Hatchbox and GoRails in the age of AI with Chris Oliver and Collin Jilbert

September 16th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

Chris Oliver and Collin Jilbert discuss how rapidly improving AI coding tools are reshaping the business behind GoRails, Jumpstart, and Hatchbox. They explore the decline of traditional developer education, the surprising ways AI has improved their own development workflow, and why those changes ultimately forced some difficult decisions about Hatchbox’s future.

Episode 551: Practical Hotwire with Jeremy Smith

September 9th, 2026  |  38 mins 23 secs

Jeremy Smith shares about his upcoming Practical Hotwire presentation and the massive amount of work that went into building it. They dig into common Hotwire pitfalls, Jeremy’s “Hot Ones”-inspired presentation format, and his spicy argument that Rails developers may be better off favoring Turbo Streams over Turbo Frames.

Episode 550: XORuby with Jim Remsik

September 2nd, 2026  |  27 mins 22 secs

Jim Remsik of Flagrant joins the show to talk about the second year of XORuby and its mission to make in-person Ruby events smaller, more affordable, and more accessible.

Episode 549: ChicagoRuby with Anton Tkachov and Michelle Yuen

August 26th, 2026  |  30 mins 28 secs

Chicago Ruby organizers Anton Tkachov and Michelle Yuen share what it takes to build and sustain a local Ruby community.

Episode 548: MCP + Generators with Andy Andrea and Rachael Wright-Munn

August 19th, 2026  |  42 mins 59 secs

Rachel Wright-Munn and Andy Andrea join me to talk about turning Rails generators into MCP tools, the RubyConf conversation that sparked the idea, and how the resulting tooling is already transforming contributions to Ruby Events.

Episode 547: Special Guest Andy Croll

August 12th, 2026  |  30 mins 49 secs

Andy Kroll joins me to talk about the changing Ruby conference landscape, how AI has altered the way developers work, and why traditional technical interviews may no longer make sense.

Episode 546: Gearing up for Rails World, with Amanda Perino

August 5th, 2026  |  31 mins 10 secs

Rails Foundation Executive Director Amanda Perino joins the show to preview Rails World 2026 in Austin. Amanda shares what attendees can expect from the conference, how the Rails Foundation is adapting its work in response to AI, and how Rails World is balancing AI-focused sessions with the rest of the Rails ecosystem.

Episode 545: Post RubyConf conversation with Neha Abraham

July 29th, 2026  |  39 mins 14 secs

Making new Ruby Friends is one of my favorite parts of attending conferences. Neha Abraham joins me to chat about RubyConf, Mental Health, Data Aggregation, and being my Nemesis

Episode 544: RubyConf 2026 Hallway Track

July 22nd, 2026  |  21 mins 34 secs

While at RubyConf, I caught up with several attendees and volunteers to discuss their experiences.

Episode 543: Mike Dalton and Authentication Hell

July 15th, 2026  |  25 mins 15 secs

Episode 542: Kyle D'Oliveira and the Fibonacci Funhouse

July 8th, 2026  |  26 mins 28 secs