Introductions00:01:49 Mike’s Ruby journey00:12:28 Evan’s own Ruby experience00:18:20 The pickaxe book00:20:34 Weird programming interests00:25:11 MINASWAN00:30:33 Language conferences00:36:38 Wrong answers on StackOverflow00:41:53 RubyCentral00:44:50 In-depth examination of Ruby00:47:57 How Shopify sticks to vanilla Rails00:50:28 A tale of two developers00:59:59 Bringing Ruby up to Python’s level01:04:48 Shopify’s largest app monolith01:11:12 Tuning the knobs01:18:01 How not to learn the hard way01:18:57 Opportunities at Shopify01:29:14 Working with the RubyShield program01:32:07 Rails for API servers01:33:21 Mike and Evan’s advice for listeners01:36:00 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Links:RubyCentral:Website: https://rubycentral.org/RubyShield: https://rubycentral.org/ruby-shieldTwitter: https://twitter.com/rubycentralorgShopify:Website: https://www.shopify.com/Careers: https://www.shopify.com/careersDev Degree Program: https://devdegree.ca/pages/programHashiCorpWebsite: https://www.hashicorp.com/Careers: https://www.hashicorp.com/jobsMike Dalessio:Website: http://mike.daless.io/Twitter: https://twitter.com/flavorjonesEvan Phoenix:Website: https://github.com/evanphxTwitter: https://twitter.com/evanphxRubyConf 2022 (Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2022):Website: https://rubyconf.org/Other Episodes:Episode 47: RubyShow Link: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2015/10/episode-47-ruby.html References:“The Pickaxe Book” aka Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide 2nd Edition:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ruby-Pragmatic-Programmers-Second/dp/0974514055 If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: [email protected] You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM  Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon

Introduction to the episode and guests

The Power of Opinionated Frameworks

The Value of Developer Agility

Discovering Ruby

Early Career & The Pickaxe Book

The story of Rubinius

The History of RubyGems

Connecting at Conferences

The Value of Conference Networking

The distinct advantages of Rails

The power of convention over configuration

The 'Choose Boring' Philosophy

Ruby's Expanding Horizons

Scaling a Massive Monolith

The Mechanics of Concurrency

Tuning the Knobs for Scale

Fork vs. Spawn

Why use Rails for web services

Opportunities at Shopify

The reality of remote work

Rails for API Servers

Advice for Aspiring Developers