Episode #642 - June 7th, 2016

This week, we discuss large Rails apps, ActiveRecord vs. Ecto, Octopod, Ruby authentication, and shia_labeouf.

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The Problem With Your Large Rails App Isn't Rails

Ryan Townsend poses questions to consider when bringing in Rails dependencies.

ActiveRecord vs. Ecto

Brad Urani gave a talk at RailsConf that takes an interesting look at ActiveRecord and Ecto.

Octopod

Octopod, a podcast publishing extension for Jekyll, makes it simple to get started hosting your podcasts.

Ruby Authentication: Secure Your Rack Application With JWT

In this blog post, Alex Sears shows how to use JWT to