The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Episode 330: 330: Oh My Zsh & Maintainable Rails with Robby Russell
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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