00:45 – Introducing the Wood brothers and their work
3:05 – Upgrading Rails without breaking it
6:25 – Working with clients with technical debt
12:20 – Frequently seen projects and clients
14:45 – Upgrading clients from older versions of Rails
22:50 – Why do clients push off upgrading?
28:10 – How do you know when it’s time to upgrade?
34:35 – Finding the right clients
37:50 – Avoiding technical debt
40:30 – Upgrading Rails yourself
Picks:
Suture Gem (Ben)
Debride Gem (Ben)
JRuby Truffle Project by Oracle (Josh)
ThinkPads (Josh)
Honeybadger IO (Josh)
“A Rubyist’s Guide to Big-O Notation” blog post (Josh)
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracey (Brian)
Codefights (Brian)
Basics of Mechanical Engineering by Paul D. Ronney (Jason)
The Demon-haunted World by Carl Sagan (Jason)
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