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00:45 - Introducing the Wood brothers and their work
Upgrade Rails
Hint.io
Ben’s Twitter
Joshua’s Twitter
3:05 - Upgrading Rails without breaking it6:25 - Working with clients with technical debt12:20 - Frequently seen projects and clients14:45 - Upgrading clients from older versions of Rails22:50 - Why do clients push off upgrading?28:10 - How do you know when it’s time to upgrade?34:35 - Finding the right clients
Website
Ruby Weekly
37:50 - Avoiding technical debt
Rails Xss gem
Bundler
40:30 - Upgrading Rails yourself
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
contact@hint.io
Picks:
Suture Gem (Ben)
Debride Gem (Ben)
JRuby Truffle Project by Oracle (Josh) ThinkPads (Josh)
Honeybadger IO (Josh)
“A Rubyist’s Guide to Big-O Notation” blog post (Josh)
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracey (Brian)
Codefights (Brian)
Basics of Mechanical Engineering by Paul D. Ronney (Jason)
The Demon-haunted World by Carl Sagan (Jason)Special Guests: Ben Wood and Joshua Wood.