Panel: Eric Berry Special Guests: Sihui HuangIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Sihui Huang about his article "How to Contribute to Ruby." Sihui is currently a back-end engineer at Gusto, which is a startup that works with payroll, benefits, and HR for companies. They talk about her experience in the programming world, why she chose to work with Ruby, and they touch on her article and why she decided to write it. They also touch on the three focuses for Ruby 3, if she thinks Ruby has a long time future, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Sihui introBack-end engineer at GustoWorking with Rails and RubyHow old is the app?How long have you been programming in Ruby?Why Ruby?Working with Ruby is like talking to a friend"How to Contribute to Ruby"What is your experience with Mats?Try to keep decision making as open as possibleThe three focuses for Ruby 3How Ruby is trying to achieve concurrencyRoom for improvementDo you see Ruby having a long time future?Ruby is not going anywhereThe philosophy of having a small teamThe assumption that you need a big team to have a big companyToolingMany core contributors don’t use Ruby themselvesEnjoying the languageType checkingWhat benefits come from type checking?Compilers to detect errorsAnd much, much more!Links:"How to Contribute to Ruby"GustoRailsRuby@sihui_iosihui.ioSihui’s GitHubSponsorsSentryDigital OceanFreshBooksPicks:EricGitcoin Ruby Developer CommunityCross StitchingSihuiHuman Behavior BiologyMini Habit Mastery on UdemySpecial Guest: Sihui Huang. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.
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