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On Rails invites Rails developers to share real-world technical challenges and solutions, architectural decisions, and lessons learned while building with Rails. Through technical deep-dives and retrospectives with experienced engineers in the Rails community, we explore the strategies behind building and scaling Rails applications.

Hosted by Robby Russell of Planet Argon and produced by the Rail... more

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In this episode of On Rails, Robby is joined by Bryce Harlan, a senior engineer at Phamily, the text-based chronic care management platform built by Jaan Health. Bryce has spent the last decade helping evolve Phamily's Ruby on Rails platform, which h... more

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Robby is joined by Nikky Southerland, Lead Software Engineer at Shop-Ware — a cloud-based platform that helps independent automotive service shops run their businesses. Ruby on Rails has powered Shop-Ware since the first line of code was written back... more

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David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and co-owner of 37signals⁩, joins Robby Russell the same week 37signals shipped Basecamp 5 to talk through the shift reshaping how software actually gets built today: why he reversed his "write every... more

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Tom Rossi, co-founder of Higher Pixels and the team behind Buzzsprout, joins Robby to talk about what it really looks like to stay "as Rails as possible", purely out of pragmatism. With over 472,000 podcasts on the platform and a team of fewer than t... more

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Recent Guests

Nikky Southerland
Lead engineer at Shop-Ware (part of Velo)
Shop-Ware / Velo
Episode: Nikky Southerland: Lessons from 13 Years of Rails at the Auto Shop
David Heinemeier Hansson
Creator of Ruby on Rails; co-owner of 37signals
37signals/Basecamp
Episode: DHH: Basecamp 5, Vibe Coding, and the Future of Rails
Tom Rossi
Co-founder of Buzzsprout
Buzzsprout / Higher Pixels
Episode: Tom Rossi: Staying as Rails as Possible
Brian Scanlan
Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom
Intercom
Episode: Brian Scanlan: Building AI-First at Intercom
Simone Carletti
CTO of DNSimple
DNSimple
Episode: Simone Carletti: Rails at the Center of DNSimple
Kayla Reopelle
Lead software engineer at New Relic, expert on observability and instrumentation for Ruby
New Relic
Episode: Kayla Reopelle: What Your Rails App Is Trying To Tell You
Miguel Conde
Leads efforts to extract the time product at Gusto.
Gusto
Episode: Miguel Conde & Peter Compernolle: Inside Gusto’s Rails Biolith
Peter Compernolle
Architectural lead for Gusto's benefits domain.
Gusto
Episode: Miguel Conde & Peter Compernolle: Inside Gusto’s Rails Biolith
Alexander Stathis
Principal Software Engineer at AngelList
AngelList
Episode: Alexander Stathis: Scaling a Modular Rails Monolith at AngelList

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Nikky Southerland: Lessons from 13 Years of Rails at the Auto Shop
Q: All right, Nikky. So to kick things off, what keeps you on Rails these days?
It's pure love and commitment built over 12–13 years. Rails provides guardrails and a cohesive approach that aligns with how we want to build and evolve a mature platform, which keeps pulling us back when we consider other stacks.
Tom Rossi: Staying as Rails as Possible
Q: Why contribute to Rails and how does that balance with running a business?
Buzzsprout has started contributing to Rails because long-term sustainability of the ecosystem benefits their own tech stack; contributions are treated as a way to give back while maintaining practical, business-focused goals.
Tom Rossi: Staying as Rails as Possible
Q: How has the migration from Paperclip to Active Storage impacted systems?
The migration required monkey-patching Active Storage and CDN integration to keep performance and reliability, illustrating that practical fixes can be necessary when a tool doesn't align perfectly with current needs.
Tom Rossi: Staying as Rails as Possible
Q: What does it mean to be 'as Rails as possible' in day-to-day decisions?
It means using Rails' opinions to move fast, avoid over-engineering, and lean on Rails' features like caching and Active Storage where they fit, while avoiding unnecessary complexity that would slow down product delivery.
Kayla Reopelle: What Your Rails App Is Trying To Tell You
Q: How should teams approach metrics and logging in observability?
Logs can be integrated with OpenTelemetry to provide context and structure, enhancing the information gathered from traditional logging practices.

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This show presents deep-dive conversations with senior Rails developers and leaders who share real-world engineering challenges, architectural decisions, and scaling strategies within Rails ecosystems. Episodes frequently explore topics like monoliths vs. modular architectures, Rails performance, CI/CD and testing strategies, observability, AI-assisted workflows, and multi-language infrastructure that sits atop Rails. Notable angles include pragmatic migration paths, tooling migrations (e.g., Active Storage, GraphQL, OpenTelemetry), and how teams balance speed with stability in high-velocity Rails environments. The format tends to pair practical lessons from seasoned engineers with reflections on API design, testing culture, and the evolvin... more

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