Rooftop Ruby Podcast

Two Ruby programmers (Collin Donnell and Joel Drapper) discuss Ruby, web and native software development, technology, and more.

Podcasting since 2023 • 47 episodes

Rooftop Ruby Podcast

Latest Episodes

47: Twenty Thousand Lines

Joel is using agents to triage bugs, Collin is working with colors. Talk about CSS container queries. GitHub downtime woes.

June 15, 2026 • 58:52

46: Wallaby's and Terminal UIs

We're back! Collin live in Australia now. Joel is building a new gem for creating rich terminal UIs with Phlex. So much to say, so much left to be said.

May 26, 2026 • Episode 46 • 54:30

45: New Projects and AI Detox

Collin and Joel both have new projects to talk about. Collin has become skeptical on LLM assisted coding and is taking a break from it.Ruby Schema

July 31, 2025 • Episode 45 • 1:23:21

44: Hanami and Chippy Buddies with Tim Riley

Tim Riley joins to discuss Hanami and it’s new fundraising drive. Support if you can so Hanami can continue getting the support it needs.Sponsor HanamiWe also discuss the

June 11, 2025 • Episode 44 • 1:22:34

43: I Think I Saw a Ghost

Collin recounts his 3,000 mile roadtrip, where he definitely met a wild horse, and possibly a ghost. Joel has a new gem that makes working with raw instance variables in Ruby nicer. Zed is getting a debugger.

May 16, 2025 • Episode 43 • 52:28

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