In this episode, Chris and David Hill catch up on wild winter temperature swings, then dive into what Chris has been refactoring in Jumpstart to reduce merge pain, cut dependencies, and make upgrades smoother. The conversation branches into AI-assisted coding pitfalls and where AI shines, new web security headers that could simplify CSRF handling, and a promising new “old school Heroku on steroids” platform from Evan Phoenix called Miren, plus a few Hatchbox deployment learnings along the way. Hit download now to hear more!

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• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• David Hill LinkedIn
• Blastoff Rails (submit a talk)
• RBQ Conf (submit a talk)
• Why GitHub Why? (YouTube-ThePrimeagen)
• Augment code
• Sec-Fetch-Site header
• Sec-Fetch-Dest header
• Sec-Fetch-Mode header
• Sec-Fetch-User header
• Miren Developer Preview

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Chris and Andrew kick things off with some weather whiplash and snowblower talk before introducing a new guest on the show, long-time Rubyist David Hill. They chat about fast food and favorite shows, David’s accidental path into Ruby and Rails, and various projects he’s worked on, including an AED management application. The discussion also touches on the new open-source release of Basecamp's Kanban board, Fizzy, and some innovative CSS techniques used in the project. The conversation wraps up with upcoming Ruby conferences in 2026 and how Claude's AI assistance is helping with coding tasks. Hit download now to hear more!

Links

• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• David Hill LinkedIn
• David Hill Website
• The Ruby Gems Podcast
• Andor
• Dispatch (video game)
• Vanilla CSS is all you need by Rob Zolkos
• Fizzy Webhooks: What You Need To Know by Rob Zolkos
• Fizzy
• RBQ Conf, March 2026 - Austin, TX
• XO Ruby
• RubyConf, July 14-16, 2026 – Las, Vegas, NV

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Andrew kicks off at 8 a.m. with six Docker containers running, and he and Chris dive into what modern Rails development looks like inside dev containers—covering Rails’ own images and features, using Mise and Playwright instead of Selenium, and why OrbStack has replaced Docker Desktop on their Macs. They talk through the trade-offs of running services in containers, the quirks of Kamal’s new local registry, and how Chris is turning all of this into a practical SaaS building series that shows real-world deployment and scaling with tools like JudoScale. Along the way, they weave in life updates about new babies, daycare costs, and even the power needs of AI data centers and nuclear energy. Press download now to hear more!

Links

• Chris Oliver X
• Andrew Mason Bluesky
• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Why Playwright Is Less Flaky Than Selenium by Justin Searls
• Rails Dev Container Images & Features
• Ruby on Mac
• Judoscale-Process Utilization: How We Actually Track That
• GoRails- Domain Monitor SaaS- Adding the Domain Model
• Cheeky Pint Podcast
• Smarter Every Day (YouTube)
• The Diplomat
• The Girlfriend

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter