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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

As the creator of @ohmyzsh , I often get asked how I pronounce it. Here is the OFFICIAL pronunciation. 🗣️📯

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

10 months

Shoutout to the software engineers who built an API that returns an HTTP status code of 200...with the following JSON body. 🥸

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Unlike other "popular" frameworks, Ruby on Rails doesn't require parentheses.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

"What is even better than esbuild? What is even better than bun?" -- @dhh #RailsWorld

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Know of an org hiring Ruby on @Rails devs right now❓ If so, please help spread the word by leaving a link in the thread below. 📷 #RailsWorld

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

11 months

Heroku alternatives for small #Rails apps that don't require a Ph.D. in AWS. Go!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

8 years

Today is the 10th anniversary of @dhh saying, "Fuck You" to early critics of #rubyonrails .

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

Ruby Debugging Protip: Trying to figure out where a method is defined across your dependencies.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

Creeping up on six years since I shared the story of how I unexpectedly built a monster of an #opensource project. d' @OhMyZsh

d’Oh My Zsh

Story of how I unexpectedly built a monster of an open source project

medium.com

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Oh My Zsh is 10 1/2 years old and still on version 0.1-beta.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 years

🥳🧁🎉Ten years ago today, I tried to sway a few coworkers to use Zsh. I created a new project on @Github called @ohmyzsh and shared it with them (and then on my blog a few days later). #OhMyZshTurns10

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

There have been several dev layoffs recently with fewer job openings. Do you know of an org hiring Ruby on @Rails developers right now? If so, please help spread the word by leaving a link in the thread below. 📷

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

After postponing for nearly two full years due to the C-word, I got married to one of my favorite peeps ( @amymsorensen ) last weekend. 🖤

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

Psst...did you know that @ohmyzsh provides a tool called zsh_stats? What CLI commands do you most frequently use? % zsh_stats

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

O(h-my)-BRIGADO! It was so lovely meeting so many new @Rails and @OhMyZsh pals at @tropical_rb in 🇧🇷 this week. One of the wild things about OSS is that we don't often know just how far our work spreads. Thanks for saying hola 👋, sharing your inspiring stories, the pair of

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Real Ruby on Rails friends don't let other Rails developers subject their end-users to Active Admin.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

How do I pronounce @ohmyzsh ...you ask? Listen to my answer here!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

🧵 Congrats, it's 2034. You're still responsible for that Ruby on Rails application. No, you never got a green light to rewrite in some new fancy not-yet-released framework back in the summer of 2029. Rails 12.1.x has just been released.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

How do we help devs unlearn the usage of `git add .`?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Confession: I created @ohmyzsh to infect all my coworkers' laptops with Zsh. The contagion spread. Far.

Celso on Rails

@CelsoDeSa

2 years

Did you know that the amazing @ohmyzsh was created by Ruby on Rails developers @planetargon ? Amazing work, guys! 👏👏👏

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

What programming book do you feel had the biggest impact on your code/work? sub-Qs: Where were you in your career and would you still recommend it today?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

From a real PR from today. One of our devs is helping rescue a Rails 2 app. In the PR...they introduced Bundler.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Precisely 13 years (and zero minutes) ago @shanselman emailed @planetargon to invite me on his podcast to discuss this new tool called #Git . 🎧

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

7 months

👀 We don't talk enough about ageism in our industry.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

From the "Video Archives" The year is 2005 and @dhh just announced Rails 1.0! You'll also get Scriptaculous 1.5 and Prototype 1.4. Props to @bitsweat @jamis @noradio @nzkoz @sstephenson @tobi @thomasfuchs and the rest of @Rails Core! #rubyonrails

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

11 months

Rails is the Radiohead of software frameworks. Think about it: Radiohead's been a well-known band since the mid-90s[1], but they’re not just rocking their first few hits. They've moved from alt-rock to electronic and beyond, always pushing the sonic envelope. Similarly, Rails

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

If you don't have the appetite to build a team of 4+ full-time developers...maybe you shouldn't split your front-end and backend apps up.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

So sweet. #ChatGPT

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

That terminal prompt theme looks familiar, @HashiCorp !

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

11 months

The three types of devs that I meet in the wild. 1. Devs that 🩵 @OhMyZsh and thank me for it 2. Devs who don't know wtf @OhMyZsh is 3. Devs who awkwardly apologize for no longer using @OhMyZsh as if I'd be offended 😂

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

If you’re at @tropical_rb and use @ohmyzsh …I got these on me. Come say hi and get a sticker 🙃

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

13 days

Now that the Fed has cut rates, I can finally get to work building and launching a new JavaScript framework for everyone to rewrite their frontends with.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

I believe gem open to be one of the least utilized commands to run by RoR developers. No need to browse the source code online. You can load it up in your favorite editor like so.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

Looking for a flat character (mainly animals) illustrator for a side project. Who should I talk to?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

Attending @railsgirlssp today and met a bunch of up and coming @rails devs. (and more than half of them were already using @ohmyzsh !) 🌈😊

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

Rails cant scale. $SHOP

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

...can’t scale.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Looking for a freelance UX/UI designer to assist with a few small projects. Can you recommend anyone?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

11 months

I spy @ohmyzsh in the @rails documentary.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Found out that Rails core team member, @cantoniodasilva , is an @ohmyzsh user at #RailsWorld .

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

How many days of unlimited PTO do you get?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 months

Are you ready to get excited, @rails devs? Because it's that time again! We're thrilled to announce that the @planetargon team has opened up our survey of the Ruby on Rails community - and just in time for #RailsConf too! We can't wait to hear about your apps, preferences, and

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

👋 Hello, Rails World attendees! Next week, I'm moderating an AMA panel in Amsterdam with 🔟 of the current Rails Core team members at the conference. Attendees can submit their questions ahead of time. Pop over to #RailsWorld Slack workspace to find the link.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 month

In 2006, @DHH presented a slide listing all the contributors to @Rails up to that date. ...back when you could still fit everyone on a single slide (and be legible)

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Confession: Sometimes I reply NO, too.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

10 years

@mayanrelic @marcmaron can I borrow $23k? http://t.co/16HNyhLpAE

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 months

Ladies and Gentlemen...the @OhMyZsh Core Team. Together, for the first time. Thanks for hosting us ! ...and thanks to everyone who introduced themselves and wanted to nerd out about our little CLI tool. 🥰🌈

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Horrible.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

Has your Ruby on Rails app been showing it's age for quite some time? Regularly fighting technical debt? Inherited a mess? I have a little something for you...

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Tell me you're a solo developer working on a coding project without telling me you're a solo developer working on a coding project.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

According to zsh_stats.. dig is the 7th most common CLI utility I use. A minor annoyance is needing to take a full URL and wanting to get the DNS records but having to manually copy/paste/edit out the hostname. ..so I just made this for my #ohmyzsh . Annoyance is gone!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

My hot take is that rarely should there be an app with a model named User.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

FAQ. Q. Are you the creator of the robbyrussell theme in @ohmyzsh ? A: Yep! I created that theme and selfishly named it after myself.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Hey there! 🚀 I recently hosted a fun AMA with 10 out of 12 Rails Core team members at #RailsWorld 2023 in Amsterdam. We covered several topics about how the team collaborates and approaches decisions during the session. The video is now available at

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

Ouvi falar que a @PlanetArgon está atrás de programadores do Brasil. 🇧🇷 #TropicalRB

Culture and Careers - Planet Argon

We are looking for people to help organizations improve their existing software.

www.planetargon.com

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 months

A client is looking for CKEditor replacement for their Rails apps, what are all the cool kids using these days?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

Ladies and Gentlemen, @jmcharnes has left the building. Sin City Ruby

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Was such a delight to chat with ten of the Rails Core team members for #RailsWorld attendees.

Sebastian Suttner

@ssuttner

1 year

Thanks @robbyrussell for such an amazing RailsCore AMA #RailsWorld !

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 years

From 0 to 9,366 forks. How I unexpectedly built a monster of an #OpenSource project called @ohmyzsh

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 months

Planning a refresh of in 2024. What’s missing? What’s noise? How can we make @ohmyzsh even more approachable to curiously brave newcomers?

oh my zsh

Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration. It comes bundled with hundreds of helpful functions, plugins, themes, and a few things that...

ohmyz.sh

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Wonderful time at #RailsWorld . Got to spend quality time with so many devs who love both Ruby and Rails. I asked the audience to stand up if they had code merged into Rails. Wow! Also asked how many started using it in the last year…and there were many hands up.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

💀 Ruby on Rails is dead. 💀 (...actually, over half of the devs said their teams are growing and we had the highest % jump in respondents since we started this in 2009) ➡️

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

@1followernodad My fiancé has taken to in a semi-serious way, “hey, (I meant to ask earlier/quick question/by the way)... ...how’s your butthole?” #QuarantineLife

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 years

No, I'm not planning to relocate @ohmyzsh . It'll continue to exist on @github . Congrats to all my friends/peers who have been part of the Github story. 🙃

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 months

Engineering teams are hurting. Why? Many of them made ambitious architectural and platform decisions under the expectation that as their product scaled up, so would their team size. But your engineering team isn't going to keep growing. It's likely to be smaller in the

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 months

Excited for my first adventure to South America. See some of you in April at ..more details to come.

Tropical on Rails 2025

Inscreva-se e e fique sabendo em primeira mão sobre palestrantes confirmados, início da venda de ingressos, patrocinadores e todas as novidades sobre a próxima edição.

www.tropicalonrails.com

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

15 days

We hired a highly experienced and recommended subcontractor many years ago to work onsite with a client. We were confused when the client canceled our engagement, claiming that we weren't delivering anything of value. Upon investigation, I discovered that the developer had

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 months

Looking for a freelance web designer for a small project—send me portfolios to review? Please don’t email me or hit me up in DM

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

7 years

Had lunch with the person who hired me 17 years ago when I had no real experience so I could say, "thanks for giving me a chance."

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 month

🎉🎂 Happy 22nd Birthday, @PlanetArgon ! 🎂🎉 It's incredible to think that 22 years ago today, I bought the domain—11,571,840 minutes or 8,036 days of an amazing journey. Here's a photo from my first "private" office when we moved into a space in

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

11 years

Can't help but feel like folks just keep making web development more complicated to counter how much easier we've made it the last decade.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

15 years ago today.. @shanselman reached out. His take on Git was very skeptical at the time. It was also a weird podcast conversation where we ended up having four people sitting in a small hallway to try and manage the sound, as we only had one large open workspace. Fun times!

Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Precisely 13 years (and zero minutes) ago @shanselman emailed @planetargon to invite me on his podcast to discuss this new tool called #Git . 🎧

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 months

I ran 1,700 miles in 2023. No major injuries. Several pairs of shoes. Lots of rain. A litle sun. A touch of sand. Lots of old bricks. Some dirt. Many puddles. So many moments waiting for the walk sign to turn green. Lots of dog barks. A few cats to stop and let me pet. Murders of

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

The enthusiasm of the people attending @tropical_rb is infectious!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 years

Am really trying to be open-minded about these patterns of using @rails as a backend/API and then using a JS framework for the front-end... because it'll separate things out nicely... in theory... but what we're really seeing is..

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 years

Do you have the colorize plugin loaded, @ohmyzsh users? It offers you cat + less aliases, which provide syntax highlighting to your files. For more info, check out:

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 months

I love waking up early to run around cities that I am visiting.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

3 years

“Hey, do you guys want to go see some dead code?”

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

9 years

"d’Oh My Zsh: How I unexpectedly built a monster of an open source project” #ohmyzsh #opensource

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Dear s/w devs -- do you have an amazing person on your team who is retiring in the next year or two? Someone who has some great stories about overcoming legacy code/technical debt challenges? I'd love to speak with them on @_maintainable . Send intro to robby @maintainable .fm

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 months

The @ohmyzsh team is at #diemerge . Be sure to say hi and ask if we have stickers on us.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Mae from another angle. #RCTID

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 months

Night sky in Seattle tonight

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 years

We’re about to see @ohmyzsh pass 100,000 ✨ on @github . This is so delightful.

Marc Cornellà

@MarcCornella

5 years

It's alive! Join us in celebrating the 100k stars of @ohmyzsh (This is my first big production deployment, be gentle if something breaks 🙏)

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 years

ProTip: just realized I could set defaults for `dig` commands $ echo '+short' > ~/.digrc

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Bored of experienced devs talking about what they think we need to do to support jr devs. I’m far more interested in seeing what jr devs can do. How? We hire them. We invest in them. We learn with them. They move up/on. We hire more jrs. We host internships. We make the time. 🛤️

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

Zsh is pronounced “zee-shell”

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 years

I'm using 'robbyrussell' because I know the author

Matthew Feickert

@HEPfeickert

5 years

. @ohmyzsh users: what is your favorite ohmyzsh theme and why? I'm just starting to play with #zsh and #ohmyzsh so I'm genuinely curious.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 months

✌🏻 @railsconf

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

@davepl1968 That terminal prompt is ruining the scenery, Dave!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

10 months

Is anyone looking to hire and invest in a Jr. Ruby/Rails developer? (between 1-2 years of experience) I'd love to introduce you to a few people.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

2 years

Ran my fastest 10 mile today. Same week I turned 43.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

5 months

What are some of the most challenging technical debt problems you've encountered in a Ruby on Rails app?

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

4 years

A quick reminder that @ohmyzsh 's autojump plugin is your friend.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

6 months

In São Paulo for @tropical_rb

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 month

Can you believe today marks 15 years since I embarked on this small project? It's incredible to think that 2,400 developers have contributed their code to @ohmyzsh since then. 😻 I love open source.

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

10 months

It's my 44th birthday. So, I'm offering a special promo on @PlanetArgon #RubyOnRails consulting services. If you sign up as a client for 2024 and spend at least $2.25M...I'll send you 44 personalized videos of me dancing in my backyard. Supplies are limited!

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Robby Russell

@robbyrussell

1 year

Current status