My Ruby Story

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Mikel Lindsaar This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Mikel Lindsaar. Mikel started a Ruby on Rails consultancy in 2010 and is most well known for being the original author of Mail gem. He first got into programming working as a volunteer for a church where he built a Rails parishioner management system. This experience led him to create the Mail gem, which has really made him well-known in the community. He always like the idea of being able to control and create something, and this has definitely influenced his programming career. In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  How did you first get introduced into programming?Mail gemCoders are humans tooRailsIssues with his e-mail systemDon’t have to be a seasoned coder to create something amazingBlocksTaught himself RubyPHPHow did you get into coding?DOS ManualCoding webpages for the ISPRails is a very mature ecosystem nowYou don’t need a lot of different frameworks to create a business appThe versatility of RailsCustomer