The Ruby on Rails Podcast

David Hill

Booking Overview

A weekly technology interview show focused on Ruby on Rails, open-source software, developer tools, and the programming profession, typically featuring practitioners, tool founders, conference speakers, and community organizers. Agencies could credibly pitch Rails engineers, open-source maintainers, developer-tool founders, engineering leaders, and experts on AI-assisted software development; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible niche professionals over celebrity guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 555

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

brittany.jill.martin@gmail.com

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Host

David Hill - Host and interviewer covering Ruby on Rails, open-source software, developer tools, and the programming profession.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, open-source software, developer tools, AI-assisted development, software entrepreneurship, or Ruby community and conference organizing. Guests are generally practitioners with a project, company, conference, or technical lesson relevant to Rails developers.

Required Achievements:

Building or maintaining Ruby, Rails, or developer-tool products, Speaking at or organizing Ruby and Rails conferences or meetups, Founding or operating software consultancies and bootstrapped technology businesses, Developing practical open-source, AI, or developer-productivity tools

Recent Guest Discussions

Collin Jilbert - Ai-assisted Development, Developer Productivity, Software Products For The Rails Community, And The Changing Economics Of Small Software Businesses.

Chris Oliver - The Economics Of Developer Education And Tools, Ai-assisted Development, Bootstrapped Software Businesses, Product Pricing, And Rails Development.

Jeremy Smith - Practical Hotwire Development, Turbo And Stimulus, Production Pitfalls, Technical Presentations, And Ai-assisted Preparation.

Jim Remsik - Regional Ruby Conferences, Developer Communities, Ai-assisted Development Workflows, Design Investment, And Entrepreneurship.

Michelle Yuen - Local Ruby Communities, Meetup Organization, Conference Hosting, And Professional Relationships In The Rails Ecosystem.

Recent Topics

Technology, Software Development, Ruby On Rails, Open Source, Developer Tools

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Episode 555: Herb and ReactionView with Marco Roth

October 07, 2026

Recorded at Rails World, Marco Roth joins the podcast to discuss the rapidly evolving future of the Rails view layer. Marco explains Herb’s integration into Rails 8.2, how its parser and tooling improve the experience of working with HTML+ERB, and how Herb creates opportunities that weren’t previously possible with traditional Rails templates. The conversation then turns to ReactionView, Marco’s approach to bringing fine-grained reactivity to Rails applications while allowing developers to c...

Episode 554: The future of Rails with Obie Fernandez

September 30, 2026

What does the future of Ruby and Rails look like as AI begins to fundamentally change how software gets built? Recorded at Rails World, David sits down with longtime Rails community member Obie Fernandez to talk about the rapid rise of agentic development and what it means for programmers, teams, and the craft of software engineering. Obie argues that while AI can dramatically accelerate development, the industry is still figuring out how to apply the discipline, constraints, and guardrails ...

Episode 553: The Ruby User Forum with Javier Cervantes

September 23, 2026

David is joined by Javier Cervantes, co-creator of the Ruby User Forum, to discuss the origins of the project and the need for a persistent gathering place for the Ruby community. After returning to Ruby following several years working with other technologies, Javier found an active ecosystem that was nevertheless scattered across newsletters, blogs, Slack communities, Discord servers, social networks, and individual open-source projects. That experience eventually led to the creation of the ...

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