Episode 481: Advice on Sunsetting a Rails Application with Robby Russell

There comes a time in almost every software application when it reaches the end of its lifecycle. Robby Russell, CEO of Planet Argon, joins the show to guide Brittany on the steps to take to decommission a Ruby on Rails application. The pair also touch on the idea of how small dev teams would benefit from periodically bringing in "guests" to their codebase.

Show Notes:

• Planet Argon
• The Railsconf 2022 Ruby Podcast Panel
• 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey with Robby Russell
• How to Decommission Your Ruby on Rails Application | Planet Argon
• Sunset A Rails Application | Planet Argon
• Robby on Rails
• Robby on Mastodon
• Robby on Twitter

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