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GitHub: Scaling on Ruby, with a nomadic tech team

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Re: GitHub: Scaling on Ruby, with a nomadic tech team

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Post by nailer »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

My favorite quote: this is actually a really pragmatic set of hackers that just hack on Ruby, hack on C and spend their time working on more interesting things using a more stable stack, rather than chasing after the latest and shiny tech.

There's also the 'Ruby syntax and performance at the same time' option - which used to be limited to JRuby but is quickly being replaced with Elixir.

Re: GitHub: Scaling on Ruby, with a nomadic tech team

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Post by meesterdude »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

My favorite quote: this is actually a really pragmatic set of hackers that just hack on Ruby, hack on C and spend their time working on more interesting things using a more stable stack, rather than chasing after the latest and shiny tech.

I liked this too.

I definitely prefer working with a stack I know how to wield, and using it to solve problems. New things are good and useful, but having a focus means you can understand all the nuances that go along with it.

Re: GitHub: Scaling on Ruby, with a nomadic tech team

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Post by cdnsteve »

Very nice read. Simple, stable and steady wins platform battles. It seems to do well at allowing them to keep focus and careful control of their product.

It's great to hear these core values are baked into their culture. I remember recently reading they were running Github pages on something like a pair of dedicated servers lol. Hats off, Github rocks.

Our team recently started using Jira for issues instead of Github ones. I have to say, if Github offered a $1 more per repo cost for better issue/wiki tier, I'd rather use that in a second.

Re: GitHub: Scaling on Ruby, with a nomadic tech team

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Post by spectrum1234 »

grinnick wrote: post #3

How do you go from DB Admin to Director of Technology in 2 years!? That's pretty impressive.

One thought is the title Director is everywhere nowadays. Not to take anything away from this guy but it could be 2+ rungs below CTO. Probably just 1 though.
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