My Ruby Story

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Justin Collins This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Justin Collins. Justin is most well known in the Ruby community for Brakeman and he was previously on Ruby Rogues Episode 219. Justin first got into programming when he was about 11 or 12 when his uncle handed down to him his TRS-80 Model 100 computer. They talk about his experience with event-driven programming, how he got into Ruby, what it was about Ruby that really got him excited, how Brakeman came to be, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Ruby Rogues Episode 219Known for BrakemanHow did you first get into programming?Interested in computers around 11 or 12TRS-80 Model 100Started off with BasicEvent driven programmingHow did you get into Ruby?Computer Science major in collegeC++, Java, and C in collegePerl, Python, and RubyHis first real experience with RubyRails was “too cool” at the beginningWhat was it about Ruby that really got you excited?Really liked Ruby’s aestheticsVery much a “feel” kind