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Rails Docked

#384 Jan 15, 2023 pro

Docked is a new library which aims to aid in fresh development environments with the use of Docker. In this episode, we use a Steam Deck, to install Docker and by using Docked will have a fully functional Ruby on Rails development environment.

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Easy Infrastructure

#355 Jun 26, 2022 pro

Continuing on from the previous episode, we look at creating a Docker Swarm cluster and using Traefik to load balance and route requests to various applications. Using this and CloudFlare proxies, we're able to create and deploy hobby applications in minutes.

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AWS App Runner

#298 May 30, 2021 pro

Amazon's newest hosting service, App Runner, makes it fairly easy to deploy web services. In this episode, we take a look at some of the issues with App Runner as well as how we can deploy a Docker container image to the service. We also dive into building Docker images from an Apple M1 computer and pushing to Elastic Container Registry.

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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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Kamal Logs

#488 Dec 22, 2024 pro

In this episode we will look at shipping our application logs to a third party service. There are many ways to do this, but since we're using Kamal, we'll explore the most unobtrusive way without adding any gems.

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MRSK in Depth

#392 Mar 12, 2023 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at speeding up the build times with a remote builder, continued warning about accessories, implementing background jobs, setting up the infrastructure for background workers and diving more into the Kamal (MRSK) commands.

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Kamal Staging

#555 Mar 29, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a staging environment that will be provisioned and deployed through Kamal. A stating environment can be simple or a production like infrastructure that mimics the production environment.

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Credentials Override

#545 Jan 18, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at an interesting approach to override Rails Credentials so each developer can customize the credentials without changing the credentials file.

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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 Registry

#535 Nov 9, 2025 pro

In this episode, we'll look at the two of my favorite changes in the recent Kamal releases. We'll explore some of the flows that the new registry uses and some things to be aware of.