Episode 330: 330: Oh My Zsh & Maintainable Rails with Robby Russell
The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Show Notes
Making his first appearance since 2018, Robby Russell is back on the show. Robby is the creator of Oh My Z-Shell, host of the Maintainable Software Podcast, and CEO of Planet Argon, a software consultancy that improves existing Ruby on Rails applications and makes them more maintainable.
Links for this episode:
- Oh My Zsh - a delightful & open source framework for Zsh
- Planet Argon: Design & Development with Ruby on Rails
- CD Baby: Digital Music Distribution - Sell & Promote Your Music
- Derek Sivers
- Maintainable Podcast
- Maintainable Rails Email Course - Planet Argon
- Legacy Code Rocks Podcast
- Episode Music: "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod
- Episode Introduction and Outro by Michael Springer
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