Chris Oliver
@excid3.com
Rails Luminary building GoRails.com, JumpstartRails.com, Hatchbox.io, RailsBytes.com, Remote Ruby Podcast and lots of open source projects.
Do things that scare you.
https://excid3.com
Do things that scare you.
https://excid3.com
Shoutout to @marcoroth.dev for Herb. Just fixed a bunch of small typos in our HTML that it found.
Browsers are pretty good at fixing these issues automatically, but I'd sure rather be sending correct HTML instead.
Browsers are pretty good at fixing these issues automatically, but I'd sure rather be sending correct HTML instead.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Shoutout to @marcoroth.dev for Herb. Just fixed a bunch of small typos in our HTML that it found.
Browsers are pretty good at fixing these issues automatically, but I'd sure rather be sending correct HTML instead.
Browsers are pretty good at fixing these issues automatically, but I'd sure rather be sending correct HTML instead.
Watched a bunch of YouTube to fix the wife's coffee machine and now YouTube thinks I'm _really_ into coffee machines.
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Watched a bunch of YouTube to fix the wife's coffee machine and now YouTube thinks I'm _really_ into coffee machines.
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Missouri loves company.
Good to sit down for a good long chat with Chris Oliver (@excid3.com) in his home town.
Good to sit down for a good long chat with Chris Oliver (@excid3.com) in his home town.
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Missouri loves company.
Good to sit down for a good long chat with Chris Oliver (@excid3.com) in his home town.
Good to sit down for a good long chat with Chris Oliver (@excid3.com) in his home town.
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When people complain Shopify is too prominent, only main company donor in RC, etc.
WTF folks. As if that was their choice!
Where are the other companies pushing Ruby and Rails with real money and resources to be on par?
Talk is cheap.
WTF folks. As if that was their choice!
Where are the other companies pushing Ruby and Rails with real money and resources to be on par?
Talk is cheap.
I wrote about some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward. blog.peterzhu.ca/open-source-...
Open Source is the Most Fragile and Most Resilient Ecosystem - Peter Zhu
Some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward.
blog.peterzhu.ca
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When people complain Shopify is too prominent, only main company donor in RC, etc.
WTF folks. As if that was their choice!
Where are the other companies pushing Ruby and Rails with real money and resources to be on par?
Talk is cheap.
WTF folks. As if that was their choice!
Where are the other companies pushing Ruby and Rails with real money and resources to be on par?
Talk is cheap.
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New Remote Ruby episode is out!
With @excid3.com on paternity leave, I brought in @drbragg.dev and @chaelcodes.bsky.social to unpack the recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its control over RubyGems and Bundler.
www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/epis...
With @excid3.com on paternity leave, I brought in @drbragg.dev and @chaelcodes.bsky.social to unpack the recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its control over RubyGems and Bundler.
www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/epis...
Who Owns RubyGems? Inside the Ruby Central Controversy - Remote Ruby
In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris is on paternity leave celebrating the birth of his son, so Andrew brings in Drew Bragg and Rachael Wright-Munn (aka ChaelCodes), to discuss recent controversies s...
www.buzzsprout.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New Remote Ruby episode is out!
With @excid3.com on paternity leave, I brought in @drbragg.dev and @chaelcodes.bsky.social to unpack the recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its control over RubyGems and Bundler.
www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/epis...
With @excid3.com on paternity leave, I brought in @drbragg.dev and @chaelcodes.bsky.social to unpack the recent controversies surrounding Ruby Central and its control over RubyGems and Bundler.
www.buzzsprout.com/2260490/epis...
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A few months ago, I recorded a podcast with Jack from @tuple.app 🥹 It's an episode in their Distributed podcast (tuple.app/distributed/). I talk about async work, long-form writing, Slack withdrawal symptoms, and my personal approach to work. If you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9h...
Distributed. A podcast about making remote work—work, with lessons from top engineering teams.
A podcast about making remote work—work, with lessons from top engineering teams.
tuple.app
October 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A few months ago, I recorded a podcast with Jack from @tuple.app 🥹 It's an episode in their Distributed podcast (tuple.app/distributed/). I talk about async work, long-form writing, Slack withdrawal symptoms, and my personal approach to work. If you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9h...
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XO Ruby New Orleans is TOMORROW 🥳🥳 It's not too late to grab your ticket!
🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm
🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/
🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm
🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
XO Ruby New Orleans is TOMORROW 🥳🥳 It's not too late to grab your ticket!
🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm
🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/
🏙️ Sat. 9/20, 8:30am-4:30pm
🎟️ Grab your ticket for $100: xoruby.com/event/new-orleans/
Chris Oliver - Beyond the Basics: Advanced Rails Techniques
YouTube video by Ruby on Rails
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Just listened to @jremsikjr.bsky.social on the Remote Ruby podcast with @excid3.com - XO Ruby sounds like it's going to be an incredible time. Small conferences are the best! I hope everyone that made it to Chicago loved it.
Starting to recover from my Rails World FOMO and now I've got XO Ruby FOMO
Starting to recover from my Rails World FOMO and now I've got XO Ruby FOMO
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just listened to @jremsikjr.bsky.social on the Remote Ruby podcast with @excid3.com - XO Ruby sounds like it's going to be an incredible time. Small conferences are the best! I hope everyone that made it to Chicago loved it.
Starting to recover from my Rails World FOMO and now I've got XO Ruby FOMO
Starting to recover from my Rails World FOMO and now I've got XO Ruby FOMO
My office coworker, asleep on the job.
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My office coworker, asleep on the job.
Updated JumpstartRails.com apps to Rails 8.1 beta and started running it in production. Everything is going smoothly so far!
The Best Rails App Template | Jumpstart Pro
JumpstartRails.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Updated JumpstartRails.com apps to Rails 8.1 beta and started running it in production. Everything is going smoothly so far!
Now that I'm home from #RailsWorld, just cut a new release of Noticed that adds support for Rails 8.1
github.com/excid3/noticed
github.com/excid3/noticed
GitHub - excid3/noticed: Notifications for Ruby on Rails applications
Notifications for Ruby on Rails applications. Contribute to excid3/noticed development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Now that I'm home from #RailsWorld, just cut a new release of Noticed that adds support for Rails 8.1
github.com/excid3/noticed
github.com/excid3/noticed
May have went a bit off the Rails™ in my Rails World talk this year...
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
May have went a bit off the Rails™ in my Rails World talk this year...
The more I work on my Rails World talk, the more ideas I get. Lots of good stuff I'm excited to share.
Only 2 weeks away!
Only 2 weeks away!
August 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The more I work on my Rails World talk, the more ideas I get. Lots of good stuff I'm excited to share.
Only 2 weeks away!
Only 2 weeks away!
Found an 8 year old db snapshot collecting $0.06 a month for years on AWS.
It was hiding in a region that's not used for anything else on this account. Love AWS.
It was hiding in a region that's not used for anything else on this account. Love AWS.
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Found an 8 year old db snapshot collecting $0.06 a month for years on AWS.
It was hiding in a region that's not used for anything else on this account. Love AWS.
It was hiding in a region that's not used for anything else on this account. Love AWS.
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@excid3.com thanks for being at my RailsConf talk and mentioning it on the Remote Ruby recap episode.
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@excid3.com thanks for being at my RailsConf talk and mentioning it on the Remote Ruby recap episode.
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🚨 #RemoteRuby with @marcoroth.dev 🚨
@excid3.com & I sit down with @marcoroth.dev to talk:
• The pain of ERB 😵💫
• What Herb is and why it’s spicy 🌿
• Formatting, linting, hot reloading & better DX
• React components in your ERB?! 👀
• Conference stories & #Ruby ecosystem love
⬇️⬇️ Link below! ⬇️⬇️
@excid3.com & I sit down with @marcoroth.dev to talk:
• The pain of ERB 😵💫
• What Herb is and why it’s spicy 🌿
• Formatting, linting, hot reloading & better DX
• React components in your ERB?! 👀
• Conference stories & #Ruby ecosystem love
⬇️⬇️ Link below! ⬇️⬇️
August 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨 #RemoteRuby with @marcoroth.dev 🚨
@excid3.com & I sit down with @marcoroth.dev to talk:
• The pain of ERB 😵💫
• What Herb is and why it’s spicy 🌿
• Formatting, linting, hot reloading & better DX
• React components in your ERB?! 👀
• Conference stories & #Ruby ecosystem love
⬇️⬇️ Link below! ⬇️⬇️
@excid3.com & I sit down with @marcoroth.dev to talk:
• The pain of ERB 😵💫
• What Herb is and why it’s spicy 🌿
• Formatting, linting, hot reloading & better DX
• React components in your ERB?! 👀
• Conference stories & #Ruby ecosystem love
⬇️⬇️ Link below! ⬇️⬇️
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After being on the other side and listening for so long, it was an honor to join Remote Ruby this week!
We talked about Herb, Rails view templates, editor tooling, formatting/linting, the future of the Rails View Layer, and more!
Link to the episode in the next post!
We talked about Herb, Rails view templates, editor tooling, formatting/linting, the future of the Rails View Layer, and more!
Link to the episode in the next post!
August 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
After being on the other side and listening for so long, it was an honor to join Remote Ruby this week!
We talked about Herb, Rails view templates, editor tooling, formatting/linting, the future of the Rails View Layer, and more!
Link to the episode in the next post!
We talked about Herb, Rails view templates, editor tooling, formatting/linting, the future of the Rails View Layer, and more!
Link to the episode in the next post!
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Thanks to @excid3.com and @andrewm.codes for having me!
Listen here: www.remoteruby.com/2260490/epis...
Listen here: www.remoteruby.com/2260490/epis...
Herb with Marco Roth - Remote Ruby
In this episode of Remote Ruby, Andrew and Chris chat with guest, Marco Roth, to discuss the challenges of working with ERB templates in Ruby on Rails, and Marco's ongoing project, Herb. They dive int...
www.remoteruby.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thanks to @excid3.com and @andrewm.codes for having me!
Listen here: www.remoteruby.com/2260490/epis...
Listen here: www.remoteruby.com/2260490/epis...
I might have to port @gorails.com to Wordpress for April Fools. 🤔
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I might have to port @gorails.com to Wordpress for April Fools. 🤔
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Finally got around to revisiting @excid3.com's talk on Hotwire and the usage of different Turbo options (from @tropicalonrails.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/live/9LekwjC...
[SPOILERS]
Chris recommends:
1. Reaching for Turbo Refreshes FIRST
2. Turbo Frames next
3. Streams LAST
Thank you, Chris 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/9LekwjC...
[SPOILERS]
Chris recommends:
1. Reaching for Turbo Refreshes FIRST
2. Turbo Frames next
3. Streams LAST
Thank you, Chris 🙏
Chris Oliver (Founder@GoRails) - Hotwire Demystified | Tropical on Rails 2025
YouTube video by Tropical on Rails
www.youtube.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Finally got around to revisiting @excid3.com's talk on Hotwire and the usage of different Turbo options (from @tropicalonrails.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/live/9LekwjC...
[SPOILERS]
Chris recommends:
1. Reaching for Turbo Refreshes FIRST
2. Turbo Frames next
3. Streams LAST
Thank you, Chris 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/9LekwjC...
[SPOILERS]
Chris recommends:
1. Reaching for Turbo Refreshes FIRST
2. Turbo Frames next
3. Streams LAST
Thank you, Chris 🙏
Just updated sellrepo.com with better instructions on how to create a GitHub token.
They're quite confusing and I couldn't find the right page on GitHub again, so now it's as simple as clicking a link in the setup instructions. 🎉
They're quite confusing and I couldn't find the right page on GitHub again, so now it's as simple as clicking a link in the setup instructions. 🎉
SellRepo
Sell access to your GitHub repositories with your own personal storefront.
sellrepo.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just updated sellrepo.com with better instructions on how to create a GitHub token.
They're quite confusing and I couldn't find the right page on GitHub again, so now it's as simple as clicking a link in the setup instructions. 🎉
They're quite confusing and I couldn't find the right page on GitHub again, so now it's as simple as clicking a link in the setup instructions. 🎉
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This episode also has a massive argument between @excid3.com & I about whether @johnnunemaker.com should cut a 1.0 release of httparty.
July 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This episode also has a massive argument between @excid3.com & I about whether @johnnunemaker.com should cut a 1.0 release of httparty.