Remote Ruby

This week, Chris, Andrew, and David dig into a packed mix of Rails news, developer tooling, and the increasingly complicated role AI is playing in everyday coding. They talk about Herb making its way into Rails, the realities of Rails upgrades and stacked PRs, new approaches to Git hosting and object storage, and how Rails is being evaluated in the age of AI agents. They also get into improvements coming to Action Text, Podia’s approach to “flavored” Markdown, the never-ending frustrations of HTML email, and why tools like ArchSpec and Rubydex could become especially useful as more code is generated by LLMs. Hit download now to hear more!
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Rails World-Sept 23-24, 2026, Austin, TX
Add Herb as an HTML -aware ERB implementation #58552 (GitHub pull request)
turbopuffer
Agents on Rails: The LLM Benchmark Project (Rails Foundation)
Agents on Rails : The First Benchmark Report
Tiptap
ArchSpec
Rubydex
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Andrew and David catch up on everything from wild weather and the upcoming Rails World conference to Andrew’s latest deep dive into MCPs (Model Context Protocols). Andrew shares what he’s learned while building an MCP for a Rails side project, including choosing the official Ruby MCP SDK, discovering the limitations of resources versus tools, and wrestling with OAuth and Doorkeeper authorization. They also look ahead to Rails World in Austin, highlighting talks on Active Search, Ractors, Herb, Action Text, Solid Cable, custom Rails generators, and appropriately enough MCPs. 
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
The Ruby on Rails Podcast-Episode 548-MCP + Generators with Andy Andrea and Rachael Wright-Munn
MCP server
MCP Ruby SDK-GitHub
Doorkeeper-GitHub
Rails World- Sept 23-24, 2026, Austin, Texas
Rails World Talks 
Herb-GitHub
ReActionView
Solid Cable-GitHub

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Ernesto Tagwerker joins Chris, Andrew, and David, to talk about how AI is changing Rails development, consulting, and the way teams approach upgrades and maintenance. They discuss using Claude Code for Rails upgrades, the risks of relying too heavily on AI-generated tests and code, and why strong development standards are becoming even more important. The conversation also explores code quality, open AI models, team consistency, and how developers can use AI to work more efficiently without giving up the experience and judgment that good software still requires. Start listening now! 
Links
Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Ernesto Tagwerker LinkedIn
Ernesto Tagwerker GitHub
FastRuby.io
OmbuLabs
Remote Ruby-Episode 100!!  Upgrading Rails with Ernesto Tagwerker
Blastoff Rails 2026- Fewer Tests, More Confidence by Ifat Ribon (YouTube)
Rails Upgrade Assistant Skill (OmbuLabs Claude Code Skill)
FastRuby-Our Rails Upgrade Methodology as Claude Skills
Mutant-GitHub
Philly.rb Meetup
Philly.rb X
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In this episode, Chris, Andrew, and David dig into their latest experiences building with Claude, from massive diffs and unnecessary view specs to the challenge of catching subtle mistakes in AI-generated code. Andrew shares what went into launching Podia’s new Shop experience, Chris breaks down a serious Rails Active Storage security vulnerability, and David earns a developer rite of passage by accidentally bringing production to its knees. Along the way, they talk Redis 6, smarter Active Record queries, testing philosophy, and why sometimes the fastest solution is still jumping into the code yourself. Hit download now to hear more! 
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
RSpec View specs
Podia- Learn more about the Shop feature and how to get started
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey
Daredevil (TV Series)
The Bear (TV Series)
rails–forensics–CVE–2026-66066
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Irina Nazarova and Vladimir Dementyev from Evil Martians return to preview the second annual SF Ruby Startup Conference and share what they learned from bringing the event to life for the first time. They discuss the conference’s new focus on ambitious builders, the importance of creating meaningful connections for attendees, and why Ruby on Rails remains a powerful foundation for startups tackling difficult, real-world problems. The conversation also explores open-source innovation, AI-assisted development, hidden pockets of Ruby adoption, and how the community can help the next generation of companies confidently build and grow with Rails. Hit download now!
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Chris Oliver X
Andrew Mason Bluesky
David Hill LinkedIn
Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
Irina Nazarova LinkedIn
Vladimir Dementyev LinkedIn
Evil Martians
San Francisco Ruby Startup Conference- November 10-12, 2026, San Francisco, CA
Garry Tan X
SF Ruby News Feed
SF Ruby Job Board
Using Rails – Companies using Ruby on Rails

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