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Robby Russell
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CEO @PlanetArgon.com. Host @maintainable.fm. Creator of @ohmyz.sh. Guitarist @mightymissoula.com. Host of On Rails podcast.

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November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You might even hear from a company you’d love to work for and learn how they put Rails to the test.

And if you already subscribed… have you encouraged your peers to do the same?

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November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Big congrats, Rosa! I know that you were doing a lot of training for that, and I'm glad I had a chance to run with you in AMS. 👏
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Nice. Back in 2013, we took a bunch of Rails developers up there during RailsConf. www.flickr.com/photos/plane...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The engineers who can identify what to consolidate, what to cut, and what to simplify... those are the ones leadership leans on when it really matters.

This isn’t pessimism. It’s strategy.

What could make your team’s 2026 easier?
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Every service is another thing to deploy, monitor, and maintain. Every repo is another place where things can break.

The question isn’t how do we scale this?
It’s how do we keep this simple?

We’ve spent a decade optimizing for growth.
It’s time to optimize for longevity.
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Now imagine walking into planning with:

> “Here’s how we consolidate deployments, reduce monitoring overhead, and simplify our stack so we’re resilient... no matter the headcount.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
- How long does onboarding really take before someone ships confidently?
- How often do we revisit processes that made sense two years ago but feel like overkill now?
- If three (or ten) people left, could we still ship?
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM