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24 alternatives to Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert

Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98
Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
2
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 201: API-first, planning-second▲91
Building REST API's with Rails
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
3
Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67
DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
4
Prelang▲82
Automatic Rails Development
2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →
5
Ruby on Rails Podcast #204: Money and open source▲81
Sean and Kyle talk the economics of open source software.
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
6
Full Stack Radio - 27: Ben Orenstein ▲64
Talk about Outside-in TDD, Dependency Injection and Rails
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
7
Start Here: Ruby on Rails - On Self Education, and the 1% A Day Factor▲58
Fixed mindset vs. growth mindset and how to fight resistance
2016 · dain.io · its alternatives →
8
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 205: Webhooks 101 & 202▲81
Implementing & scaling webhooks at GitHub
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
9
Ruby on Rails Podcast - Memorable Tips for Working Remotely▲66
Learn to be an effective remote team member, and how to bui…
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
10
This Developing Story - 34: Rails Works Well Enough▲56
talking about a blog post complaining about Rails
2015 · developingstory.netlify.com · its alternatives →
11
Does Not Compute - 17: Safety in Numbers▲53
Sean and Paul talk about the Ruby on Rails Doctrine and Otto
2016 · spec.fm · its alternatives →
12
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 208: Ship it!▲73
Your application is built. Now it's time to ship it!
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
13
Practicing Rails▲104
Learn Rails without getting overwhelmed.
2014 · justinweiss.com · its alternatives →
14
Ruby on Rails - The User Interface is the Exception State▲57
Enterprise vs consumer applications & treating human UI as …
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
15
GoRails▲119
Ruby on Rails screencasts for Web Developers
2015 · gorails.com · its alternatives →
16
Stay Up To Date with Ruby on Rails▲78
Automatic PRs in your repo to ease your future Rails upgrade
2020 · fastruby.io · its alternatives →
17
RubySteps▲66
A daily coding practice.
2014 · patmaddox.com · its alternatives →
18
NodeUp #110 - 1:1 w/ Myles Borins▲60
Discussing Node Core, LTS releases, and the community.
2017 · its alternatives →
19
RailsReviews▲107
Get #ReactiveRails advice from leading industry experts
2023 · railsreviews.com · its alternatives →
20
Skylight▲94
A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps
2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →
21
The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79
The origins of the Ruby programming language
2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails Podcast Episode 223: Two and a Half ORMs▲11
Chat about building a side project, Rails 5, and ORMs
2017 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
23
The Changelog - CodeNewbie and Community with Saron Yitbarek▲57
How to help more people discover software development
2015 · changelog.com · its alternatives →
24
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 206: Stress Management▲56
Balancing the demands of family, work & travel
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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