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Episode 062. We have a special guest host this week: Geoffrey Grosenbach of the Rails Podcast and PeepCode! We had a great time.

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Lately I’ve met several software developers who are good at both coding and maintaining open source software. Sometimes, but not often, these people are also good at publicizing what they create, supporting their developer base, and leading a community.

Here in the Rails community I feel we’ve been lucky enough to have several great coders who are also great leaders. I’m not just talking about the people on the Rails core, I’m talking about people who create educational media such as rails blogs, tutorials, books, classes, screencasts, podcasts. I’m also talking about anyone who has taken the time to release a Rails Plugin or Gem, support new Rails developers (like on mailing lists, forums, or IRC), or run events promoting Rails or Ruby.

Doing this sort of community development (as you may already know), can often be a thankless job. It may feel like the people at the top (or in our case, the core developers) get all the credit. Just like I’ve heard people say “Why bother coding a Rails patch, it won’t get accepted” in regards to code, I’ve also heard “Why bother producing this Rails content, if it won’t be appreciated or recognized” in regards to community development. Thus, I’ve personally done my best to recognize and publicize these people, either by promoting them in the Rai

Episode 061. Happy New Year! I went a little heavier on the sound effects in this one because I haven't done that in a while.

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Episode 060. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! OMFG MERB AND RAILS OMG OMG OMG OMG. And that's going to be in next week's episode! LOL!

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Episode 059. We have a thorough episode this week. Is there something you want to see in the podcast? Let us know!

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The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by NewRelic. NewRelic provides RPM which is a plugin for rails that allows you to monitor and quickly diagnose problems with your Rails application in real time. Check them out at NewRelic.com.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.