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Dead Code

Jared Norman
Ruby
Software Development
Ruby On Rails
Programming Languages
Rails
Software Engineering
Programming
Postgresql
Problem Solving
Accessibility
Javascript
Advent Of Code
Event Sourcing
Roguelike
Extreme Programming
Test-Driven Development
E-Commerce
Concurrency
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The software industry has a short memory. It warps good ideas, quickly obfuscating their context and intent. Dead Code seeks to extract the good ideas from the chaos of modern software development.

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Charles Nutter has led JRuby for 20 years and still spends much of his time correcting the assumption that running Ruby on the JVM means writing Java. It doesn't. Rails and Hanami apps come over and run, and what you get underneath is world-class gar... more

Host Jared Norman talks with Nik Suresh, who runs Hermit Tech, an extreme programming data consultancy in Melbourne, about why Scrum fails. Nik argues Scrum spread through dishonest marketing (Sutherland's "twice the work in half the time" promise) a... more

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Recent Guests

Noah Silvera
Software engineer discussed the tension between fast delivery and understanding problems, frequent guest on the show
Super Good Software
Episode: None Dare Refactor (with Noah Silvera)
Charles Nutter
Active lead of the JRuby project, focused on Ruby on the JVM
Headius Enterprises / JRuby
Episode: Bound for Valhalla (with Charles Nutter)
Nick Suresh
Managing director at Hermit Tech, data consultancy
Hermit Tech
Episode: Dragged Into Done (with Nikhil Suresh)
Nithin Bekal
Software developer from Canada, creator of Sapphire
Self-described creator of Sapphire
Episode: No More Magic (with Nithin Bekal)
Ted M. Young
Software engineer and educator focused on predictive TDD, event sourcing, and XP practices
Episode: Altars of Append (with Ted M. Young)
Kasper Timm Hansen
Former Rails Core team member, gem author
Gem Co-op / various Ruby gems
Episode: Seeds of Devastation (with Kasper Timm Hansen)
Dave Copeland
Software developer and writer known for his article on the Death of the Software Craftsman
Independent/Brute (Web framework author)
Episode: Reject Modernity (with David Copeland)
Sean Goedecke
Staff engineer at GitHub; works on AI products including Copilot; former staff engineer at Zendesk
GitHub
Episode: Frankenstein’s System (with Sean Goedecke)
Russ Olsen
Author of Eloquent Ruby; Ruby programmer and educator
Self / Author
Episode: Indistinguishable From Evil (with Russ Olsen)

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Bound for Valhalla (with Charles Nutter)
Q: JRuby 10 turned on Invoke Dynamic. What's the practical impact for Ruby performance on the JVM?
Invoke Dynamic allows the JVM to optimize dynamic Ruby patterns, such as dynamic method dispatch and runtime discovery of instance variables, inlining and optimizing them as if they were statically written, which improves startup and overall performance.
No More Magic (with Nithin Bekal)
Q: Why Rust for Sapphire, given your Ruby background?
Rust was chosen for its low-level capabilities and its potential to teach new ideas; it provides a learning opportunity and helps keep the language design honest while borrowing concepts from Rust.
No More Magic (with Nithin Bekal)
Q: What is Sapphire, and what inspired it?
Sapphire is a gradually typed object-oriented language that borrows ideas from Ruby (like blocks and object model) and aims to provide type information where useful, without forcing types everywhere, inspired by the desire to explore how Ruby could be made faster and less magical.
No More Magic (with Nithin Bekal)
Q: Could you introduce yourself to our audience?
Nithin Bekal describes himself as a software developer from Canada with two decades of experience in Ruby, now working on Sapphire, a gradually typed language inspired by Ruby but with less metaprogramming magic.
Seeds of Devastation (with Kasper Timm Hansen)
Q: What is the inheritance chain of a class C that inherits from B which inherits from A and ultimately from Object and BasicObject?
The singleton class of C inherits from the singleton class of B, which inherits from the singleton class of A, and then you reach the singleton classes of Object and BasicObject; after that, you get to Class and its ancestors.

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A tech-focused conversation series that centers practical realities of software development, architecture, and open-source tooling. Episodes frequently explore how constraints like deadlines, client needs, and evolving tech influence delivery approaches—balancing speed, maintainability, and clear problem understanding. Topics span agile practices, XP, event sourcing, language design, and the evolving tooling landscape for Ruby and Java ecosystems, often with deep dives into JVM-based Ruby, AI-assisted coding, and thoughtful critiques of mainstream methodologies. Noteworthy is a recurring emphasis on pragmatic craft, sustainable open-source collaboration, and ecosystem health, with guests ranging from language designers and core maintainers ... more

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