Chris, Andrew, and David welcome special guest Jeff Dickey (jdx), creator of mise, discussing his background rewriting the Heroku CLI from Ruby to Node due to Ruby distribution/sandboxing issues. The conversation digs into why language CLIs are hard to distribute, the tradeoffs between shims vs PATH-based version switching, why tasks can be the “clean” solution, and Jeff’s Rust-first tooling philosophy. They also dive into his other projects: usage (CLI docs/completions), Pitchfork (dev daemon runner that starts/stops services by directory), and fnox/Fort Knox (secrets management with encrypted files or remote stores like 1Password), and a big upcoming shift: pre-compiled (portable) Rubies becoming the default in mise. Press download now!

Links

• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Jeff Dickey X
• Jeff Dickey (jdx) Bluesky
• mise
• fnox
• --usage
• Pitchfork
• communiqué
• Casey Neistat: NYC’s Worst Blizzard in a Decade, hour by hour (YouTube)

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Cameron Dutro returns to the show to introduce LiveComponent, a new library that adds client-side state and targeted re-rendering to Rails ViewComponent using Hotwire + Stimulus with minimal JavaScript. Chris, Andrew, and Cameron dig into why he built it, how it serializes component state and models, how updates flow from events to fast server-rendered HTML morphs, where it shines compared to plain Turbo/Stimulus, and how optional React support can help with migration and interoperability. Hit download now to hear more!

Links

• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Cameron Dutro GitHub
• Cameron Dutro X
• Remote Ruby-Episode 134: Kubernetes, JSX for Ruby, and more with Cameron Dutro
• LiveComponent
• LiveComponent React Integration
• Global ID-Rails
• SNOO Smart Sleeper Bassinet

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• Jason Charnes X/Twitter

Andrew and David hold down the fort without Chris and catch up on what they’ve been watching and reading, before welcoming back Joe Masilotti, the show’s most listened to guest from last year. They talk about Hotwire Native’s momentum, why “Bridge Components” are the unlock for truly native features, Joe’s push toward SwiftUI compatibility, the messy reality of in-app purchases, and how his “PurchaseKit” aims to simplify the whole Apple/Google webhook maze. We also hear about Joe’s new podcast with Colleen, the hosts’ AI tool usage (Claude, Augment, Codex), and Joe’s intent to submit a CFP to speak at RubyConf in Vegas. Hit download now to hear more!

Links

• Judoscale- Remote Ruby listener gift
• Joe Masilotti Website
• Joe Masilotti X
• Bridge Components
• PurchaseKit
• Permission Not Required Podcast
• Dungeon Crawler Carl
• Godfather of Harlem
• Claude Code
• Codex
• missing (APIdock)
• RubyConf 2026, July 14-16, Las Vegas, NV

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• Andrew Mason X/Twitter
• Jason Charnes X/Twitter