My Ruby Story

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Takashi Kokubun This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Takashi Kokubun. Takashi is a template engine hobbyist, is currently working on the JIT Compiler for Ruby 2.6, and is a Ruby on Rails application engineer at Treasure Data. He first got into programming in his first year at university where he learned C in his first part-time job. They talk about why he decided to work with Ruby, the first thing he built with it, and how you would write a templating system. They also touch on what he is working on now, what his plans are for the future, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Takashi introRuby Rogues Episode 357How did you first get into programming?Learned C in his first part-time jobCreating iOS puzzle gamesStarting to work with Ruby on RailsWhat makes you decide to work with Ruby?Ruby was cleaner and simplerJIT compiler to make Ruby fasterHow did you find Ruby?Friends tweeting about RubyWhat was the first thing you built with Ruby?What was it about Ruby