The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Episode 408: Functionally Fit with Mike Coutermarsh
Show notes
Returning after seven years and back by popular demand, Mike Coutermarsh is a software engineer at PlanetScale, where he’s building a serverless relational database. After catching up and sharing their adoration of Flash, Brittany and Mike nerd out on home fitness: equipment, routines and goals.
Show Notes & Links:
- 202: Behind the Scenes at Product Hunt with Mike Coutermarsh
- PlanetScale - The Database for Developers
- GitHub - vitessio/vitess
- CrossFit Games: The Open
- Rogue Stock Bot - Real Time Restock Alerts - YouTube
- Brianna Lamb - Functional Bodybuilding
- TrueCoach: #1 Personal Trainer Software
- WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach
- ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool
- Mike Coutermarsh (@mscccc) · Twitter
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