# David Bryant Copeland

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Andy Croll on First Ruby Friend, RubyConfMini and more

[00:03:02] Andy tells us some details about RubyConf Mini coming up in November, as well as RubyConf in Houston, TX. [00:08:10] Jason wonders if RubyConf Mini is unique to this year or if it’s something that Andy could see happening in the future. [00:12:35] We hear more about the Ruby Friends pr…

Brut-al Death (with David Bryant Copeland)

In this episode, Dave Copeland discusses Brut, his Ruby web framework built atop Sinatra that prioritizes “simple over easy” design principles. Brut replaces traditional MVC with pages, forms, and handlers, uses Flex for HTML generation, Sequel for database access, and lightweight tools like BrutCS…

411: Celebrating and Recapping 2023!

Stephanie is hosting a holiday cookie swap. Joël talks about participating in thoughtbot's end-of-the-year hackathon, Ralphapalooza. We had a great year on the show! The hosts wrap up the year and discuss their favorite episodes, the articles, books, and blog posts they’ve read and loved, and ot…

368: Sustainable Web Development

Stephanie talks about hosting a Soup Group! Joël got nerd-sniped during the last episode and dove deeper into Maggie Appleton's "Tools for Thought." Stephanie has been thinking a lot about Sustainable Web Development. What is sustainability? How does it relate to tech and what we do? This e…

21: As Not Miserable as You Can Be with Dave Copeland

Send us Fan Mail Dave Copeland joins to discuss writing, background jobs, service objects, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.

034 - David Bryant Copeland, Author of Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails

It's a challenge to keep projects organized as they grow and to sustain a high level of productivity. In this episode me and David Bryant Copeland talk about techniques we've used to accomplish this. Among other things, we discuss presenters/decorators/facades, service objects, OOP vs. procedural, …

Four Reasons Developers are Unproductive

On today’s episode we discuss “Four Reasons Developers are Unproductive,” an article by David Bryant Copeland. We speak to how the word “incompetence” is used in the software development industry. We also dive into “floundering,” or how long you do not know what you don’t know. We share our thought…