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Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E16: LinkedIn »

Created at: 25.03.2011 22:04, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community baq haidri cloud out loud jruby linkedin podcast

This week on Cloud Out Loud we talk with Baq Haidri, Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn. Baq discusses how LinkedIn leverages JRuby, touches on her initial impression of Ruby when she encountered it three years ago, and explains why she loves programming and her work. Load Podcast Other interesting info you might want to check out:

LinkedIn Skills, a project written in JRuby
Charles Nutter's blog post on the JRuby 1.6.0 release and what's coming next
Baq's presentation on JRubifying LinkedIn's frontend from the JRuby SF Bay Area Meetup last year. Watch her presentation below. Also, if you're in in the SF area, come out to the March 31, 2011 meetup at LinkedIn Mountain View. David Calavera will be presenting about Trinidad for the group.

Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E15: Chicago Ruby »

Created at: 18.03.2011 22:49, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community chicago ruby cloud out loud podcast ray hightower the wisdom group windycitydb windycitygo WindyCityRails

This week on Cloud Out Loud we talk with Ray Hightower of WisdomGroup. Ray tells us about how he got into doing Rails development while he was doing networking with Novell and Microsoft Windows NT. He is very active in the Chicago Ruby community and is an organizer for Chicago Ruby, WindyCityRails, WindyCityDB, and WindyCityGo. Ray gives us some insight into how he orchestrates great events that people are excited to attend, and that continue to grow in size each year. We found out there is even a github repo created by the people at Chicago Ruby to document how they organized the conference. They've got their event execution and planning down to an art. If you want to experience the Chicago tech scene for yourself, WindyCityGo is coming up April 9. There are some great talks lined up. If you register by Monday, March 21 you can snag a ticket at an early bird price and save yourself $80! Check out the lineup and register before the discount expires here. Now, just think how many Chicago hot dogs you can treat yourself to with that 80 bucks you saved... Load Podcast

Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E06: New Relic RPM Bronze is FREE!! »

Created at: 21.01.2011 19:37, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: News Partners cloud out loud podcast

We at Engine Yard could not be more stoked about our partnership with our good friends at New Relic. If you have a Ruby application then you should already be using New Relic RPM. Now that New Relic RPM Bronze is offered for free to all Engine Yard AppCloud customers, you really don't have an excuse for not using it. Tune in for our interview with New Relic Founder and CEO Lew Cirne—his insights on production visibility and the entrepreneurial spirit are not to be missed. Fun fact: Lew Cirne. New Relic. Anagram.

Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E05: Crafting Rails Applications »

Created at: 15.01.2011 01:59, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: Uncategorized cloud out loud podcast

This week on Cloud Out Loud find out why José Valim, Rails core team member and author of the Pragmatic Programmers book Crafting Rails Applications might have a career in singing if he ever quits writing kick ass Ruby code. We discuss his work on Rails as part of Google’s Summer of Code and get his advice on getting involved with open source. He also shares effective techniques for presenting at OSS conferences.

We’ll be offering a *$@#&*( huge discount on Crafting Rails Applications in an upcoming R(*)TFM, so don’t miss out. Get on the email list. Get on the twitterz. Get the discount when it drops.

Check out Applicake's Ruby LipDub blog post here.

Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E04: And Then There Was Engine Yard »

Created at: 07.01.2011 23:40, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: Uncategorized cloud out loud podcast

This week on Cloud Out Loud, Danish Khan interviews Tom Mornini, co-founder of this fine conglomeration of hardworking people that we call Engine Yard. I found his insights into business and tech very compelling. His profound passion for Ruby on Rails really comes through when he speaks about the evolution of Engine Yard as a necessary reaction to the explosive growth of the community. We all know that Ruby developers are committed to pragmatism and efficiency, and Tom's no-BS attitude is a reflection of the values that make this ecosystem a great thing to be a part of. Thanks, Tom, for reminding our listeners why Engine Yard exists--quite simply, because we love Ruby on Rails. Tune in to get a taste of Tom's ethos. Check out this awesome video of Tom declaring Engine Yard officially out of the hardware business.