Andrew Mason
Senior Product Developer at Podia, co-host of the Remote Ruby podcast, and co-editor of the Ruby Radar newsletter
Appears in 33 Episodes
Career and ADHD Management with Celso De Sá
On this episode of Ruby for All, ChatGPT was down for Julie today which left her frazzled, so she brings up making pancakes, and Andrew shares his love of cooking brea...
From Bootcamp to Community Advocate and Mentor
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie recently decided to go back to the gym, and Andrew has been chilling and focusing on things in his life that he hasn’t taken car...
Development Gems
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew aka the “VS Code Whisperer “ and Julie are excited to start something new and fun! Join Andrew and Julie as they dive into the ...
Debugging Rails: Essential Tools and Where to Start
Ruby For All – Episode 32On this episode of Ruby for All, it’s raining a lot by Julie, chilly outside by Andrew, and Andrew’s birthday is this week! Happy Birthday, A...
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 4 - Enumerables + Bonus Methods
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie tells us she’s fostering a seven week old puppy and having lots of fun, and Andrew reveals he would love to get a dog in the fut...
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 3 - Strings
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie are having an ADHD day since Andrew’s had a lot going on with work stuff and Julie’s been hyperfocused learning about...
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 2 - The Hash
On this episode of Ruby for All, Julie tells us she’s working on a new app and she’s calling it “Today,” which is going to help her organize her day-to-day tasks. We’r...
Favorite Ruby Methods: Part 1
On this episode of Ruby for All, Andrew and Julie discuss the cold temps where they live, their preferences for warmer temps, using layers to cope with the changing te...
Common Pitfalls for Junior Ruby on Rails Developers
On this episode of Ruby for All, there’s a spider on Julie’s monitor and Andrew and Julie couldn’t figure out a topic of what to talk about today. They decided to ask ...
The Database Wizard with Andrew Atkinson
Join us for this episode of Ruby for All to hear Andrew (Andy) Atkinson discuss all things databases. He talks about the differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL, tran...
Integrations with Brittany Martin
Brittany Martin, an engineering manager and co-host of the Ruby on Rails Podcast, joins the show to discuss her experience with integrations, the benefits of webhooks,...
What's Going on in 2023?
In this episode, Andrew and Julie discuss their experiences with New Year's resolutions and set some goals for 2023. Julie wants to be more proactive and improve her R...
Work Processes
In the final episode of 2022, Julie and Andrew discuss different aspects of project management, such as Agile vs. Waterfall methodology, the importance of standups and...
Reading Source Code with Daniel Colson
Daniel Colson joins Andrew and Julie to discuss getting better at reading source code. He explains why reading source code can be beneficial and encourages trusting yo...
The Holidays - Unleash Your Empathy and Spread Good Cheer
Julie and Andrew discuss ways to make the upcoming Holiday season enjoyable and manageable. They talk about the challenges of winter, and how companies can make this d...
GitHub Codespaces & Julie's RubyConf Mini Recap
After a brief side quest to discuss GitHub Codespaces, Julie shares her recap of RubyConf Mini with Andrew and all of you in this episode. Do you feel down after confe...
How to Open Source with Richard Schneeman
Getting your first contribution to an open source project is a lot harder than many make it seem, but fear not future contributors! Richard Schneeman joins the show to...
Screencasting Basics with Collin Jilbert
Andrew and Julie are joined today by Collin Jilbert, an engineer at GoRails, to talk all things screencasting. Have you ever been interested in creating screencasts ab...
Attending Conferences 101
Julie and Andrew share their conference survival guide including how to meet people, talk attendee do's and don'ts, the Hallway Track, and more! Want to get the most o...
Updating The PickAxe Book with Noel Rappin
Noel Rappin is here to announce the beta release of the 5th edition of Programming Ruby, commonly known as "The PickAxe Book". Noel shares the history of the book, why...
Writing Better Rails Tests with Jason Swett
Want to write better tests for your Rails app? Jason Swett is here to teach us more about testing terminology and patterns, tips for improving, and to share a discount...
Imposter Syndrome is Among Us
Worried you are going to get exposed as a fraud at work? Imposter syndrome can affect us regardless of skill or experience and we want you to be prepared the next time...
How to Get Feedback with Emily Samp
Andrew and Julie are joined by Emily Samp, senior developer at Shopify, who shares her insight into how to get better feedback. Managers, this one is for you too!
Understanding Interviews with Brandon Weaver
Brandon Weaver joins the show to talk to Andrew and Julie about the interview process, and how you can get better at it. Learn how companies are evaluating you, and ho...
Getting Started with Continuous Integration
After getting sidetracked with Storybook, Andrew and Julie discuss continuous integration tools, techniques, and more. Hear some hot takes about RSpec vs. Minitest, go...
What is Bridgetown?
Bridgetown is a next-generation, progressive site generator & fullstack framework, powered by Ruby. In this episode, Andrew shares his love of Bridgetown with Julie an...
Programming with ADHD
Andrew and Julie both struggle with ADHD and ADD, so in this episode we will be laying out tips for managing ADHD/ADD as a software developer. From routines, diet, app...
Pairing with Josh Goldberg
We bring in our first expert on the show, Josh Goldberg, to talk all things pairing! How long should we pair? Should we switch? What are the benefits? Tune in to find ...
How to Contribute to Open Source
In this episode, Andrew and Julie share all their tips and tricks for getting your first open source contribution. If you are thinking about contributing to open sourc...
Getting Unblocked
Andrew and Julie chat about different ways of getting unstuck and share their favorite techniques. Andrew shares what you can do or not do when helping a junior get un...