Evan Phoenix: From Rubinius to Ruby Central

The Ruby Gems Podcast

In this episode of the Ruby Gems Podcast, hosts David Hill and Marty Haught sit down with Evan Phoenix, a notable figure in the Ruby community. They discuss Evan's contributions in the Ruby space, including the development of Rubinius and Puma, his role in solving scalability issues for Rails developers, and his tenure on the Ruby Central Board since 2011. The conversation also delves into Evan's journey with Ruby and his fascination with how things work. Additionally, Evan shares insights on the importance of maintainership in open source projects, the evolution of Ruby Central, and the impact of the pandemic on the community and conferences. Evan wraps up with his current ventures and thoughts on the future of tech and AI in coding.

• Rubinius repo
• Puma
• benchmark-ips

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فصول

1. Introducing Evan Phoenix (00:00:00)

2. Origins of Rubinius (00:03:16)

3. Rubinius Implementation and Philosophy (00:14:16)

4. From Rubinius to Engine Yard (00:19:36)

5. Creating Puma Web Server (00:29:51)

6. Ruby Central and RubyGems Origins (00:38:01)

7. Evolution of Ruby Central (00:44:06)

8. Current Work and Ruby Roundup (00:50:36)

9. Behind the Curtain of Ruby Conferences (00:50:51)