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Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by gorrillamcd »

cpursley wrote: post #7

I think this speaks of a larger trend with the Rails platform. What I mean is that it's now a mature platform and Railscasts have covered a lot of ground. My guess is part of the burnout Ryan is experiencing is due to a dwindling amount of material to cover without venturing outside of the platform, which he has been doing (and is welcome). While I love Rails and Ruby (and learned a ton from Railscasts), the future o…

I fail to see what platform opinions has to do with Ryan getting burned out from making tons of awesome sreencasts.

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by terenceponce »

cpursley wrote: post #7

I think this speaks of a larger trend with the Rails platform. What I mean is that it's now a mature platform and Railscasts have covered a lot of ground. My guess is part of the burnout Ryan is experiencing is due to a dwindling amount of material to cover without venturing outside of the platform, which he has been doing (and is welcome). While I love Rails and Ruby (and learned a ton from Railscasts), the future o…

I think this is more of an issue about burn out rather than Rails itself. Ryan has been releasing videos regularly for years now and it's actually surprising that it has taken him this long to want to take a break.

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by 1123581321 »

I hope he recovers completely and soon regardless of whether he continues Railscasts. And, I appreciate that he extends subscriptions and I know many people need that, but I almost wish he wouldn't as I subscribe more to thank him and look up revised episodes than to get the new content.

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by glanotte »

I wish there were a way to opt-out of the extension. I am a subscriber and plan to continue to be a subscriber as long as I can afford the $9/mo.

Ryan's resources were invaluable to me when I made the transition to rails. While I would be sad if Ryan decided to not come back, I would happily continue to pay. It truly is the least I can do.

Thank you for everything, Ryan. Come back soon!

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by sanderjd »

obilgic wrote: post #13

I would pay 90$/mo, if he makes golang screencasts. He has covered almost everything you would need to know about ruby on rails. It is time to explore new worlds.

It's likely he doesn't have the expertise to do that. An interesting idea could be to use the notoriety and format of something like Railscasts to "franchise" similar resources about different technologies.

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by pzaich »

As a developer who has only been using RoR for about a year and a half, Railscasts are an incredible resource. Ryan saves you hours of research that you'd have to do yourself. In fact, I'd still happily pay the subscription right now even without new content.

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by darkstar999 »

glanotte wrote: post #16

I wish there were a way to opt-out of the extension. I am a subscriber and plan to continue to be a subscriber as long as I can afford the $9/mo. Ryan's resources were invaluable to me when I made the transition to rails. While I would be sad if Ryan decided to not come back, I would happily continue to pay. It truly is the least I can do. Thank you for everything, Ryan. Come back soon!

> New subscribers will be charged the initial $9 and then extended as well.

Spin up another account then cancel it!

Re: Updated RailsCasts Status

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Post by adamzerner »

nicholassmith wrote: post #4

This is the best way to handle it, just a quick note saying "Sorry, maybe soon!" rather than out and out abandoning ship. Kudos to him, I hope he finds his desire for it again, he makes some excellent resources.

Yea, it's nice of him to be specific and tell us the reason he's taking time off is to improve his morale, which will in turn improve the content. That's some real mature thinking.
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