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Intro to Docker on Windows

#72 Mar 19, 2017 free

Developing a Ruby on Rails application on Windows can be difficult, but doesn't have to be with Docker. Learn how to use Docker to create isolated containers and get them to talk with the Rails app and passed through to the local computer.

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Deploying with MRSK

#391 Mar 5, 2023 free

Kamal (MRSK) deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use Kamal (MRSK) to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

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A Rubyist's Apple M1 Review

#270 Nov 25, 2020 free

A broad look into the Apple M1 from the perspective of a Ruby Developer. We look at a lot of the different aspects; Docker, asdf Ruby, Visual Studio Code, and more.

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Self Hosted App

#543 Jan 4, 2026 free

In this episode, we'll go from a fresh Rails 8 application and a newly provisioned Raspberry Pi to deploying the application on the PI. We'll also set up a domain to point to this application and put in place geo restrictions to help prevent unwanted access.

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Kamal Kitchen Sink

#481 Nov 3, 2024 free

In this episode, we look at creating an entire infrastructure (proxy, load balancer, app servers, worker servers, database server, and a storage server) on our own hardware use Kamal to provision and deploy our Ruby on Rails application.

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Kamal 2

#477 Oct 6, 2024 free

In this episode we look at deploying a Rails 8 beta application to a Digital Ocean droplet. We'll also look at a scenario of deploying Action Cable broadcasts and another with recurring background jobs.

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Exploring Campfire

#439 Jan 24, 2024 free

In this episode, we explore the Campfire code from 37signals' Once product line. We'll install the product and grab the code base to get it up and running on our development environment.

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Detect Spam with AI

#427 Nov 5, 2023 free

We can create a small python service that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to detect if a message is spam or not. Using this service, we can tie it into our Rails application so that any comment created will be evaluated for being spam or not. We explore a few different routes on handling any messages flagged as spam.

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Infrastructure Migration

#374 Nov 6, 2022 free

For various reasons, we may decide to move our services off of one platform onto another. This could be due to pricing, uptime or other reasons. In this episode, we look at migrating a Ruby on Rails application and database from Heroku to Fly.

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Ubuntu Desktop

#361 Aug 7, 2022 free

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.

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