Wednesday, 20 February, 2019 UTC
Summary
Who are the best Ruby on Rails experts on the Web? Who to follow? Where to find them? We did that research, so you don’t have to!
Ruby on Rails is usually our first web app technology of chose. This amazing framework lets us deliver state-of-the-art web applications and help startups and businesses of different sectors scale up quickly and efficiently.
Ruby on Rails also means great, collaborative community of developers from all around the world. That’s why we scanned through their blogs and social media profiles and created a list of the best Ruby on Rails experts to follow in 2019. Please, enjoy!
1. Riding Rails
Let’s kick off with the official Ruby on Rails blog. It is probably the best way to keep up with all the Ruby-related news and releases. New updates are posted every week or so – make sure to follow RoR official Twitter account so you won’t miss anything! This one is a must-read for all the Ruby on Rails experts.
2. RubyFlow
RubyFlow is another amazing way to stay in touch with active Ruby community. This linklog aggregates the best Ruby content from all over the Web in the one place. With daily updates and multiple contributors (both independent developers and Ruby on Rails companies), RubyFlow is your number one source of ROR news.
3. RubyLand.news
RubyLand is YET another great aggregator of Ruby content created by Jonathan Rochkind. A new post appears there nearly every hour so sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming. Nevertheless, it is worth to check it from time to time (alternatively you can just follow their Twitter profile).
4. Avdi Grimm
Avdi Grimm is a true veteran among Ruby on Rails experts and a great contributor to the Ruby community. He is a creator of Ruby Tapas, one of the biggest collections of Ruby-related screencasts on the internet. He also co-hosts the Ruby Rouges podcast and is the author of two books on Ruby: Confident Ruby and Exceptional Ruby. You can follow him on Twitter and Github.
5. Nate Berkopec
Nate Berkopec is a Ruby on Rails performance consultant. He is a contributor to several open source projects and the author of The Complete Guide to Rails Performance. Above all, Nate is a speed freak – if you are looking for an expert on RoR app performance, he is your guy.
6. Aaron Patterson
Aaron Patterson is a Ruby on Rails developer at GitHub who runs a beautifully-named blog about Ruby Tender Love Making. He is also a well-recognized public speaker. Check out his great keynote from the RailsConf 2017 – one of the most influential conferences for Ruby on Rails experts. If he wasn’t coding in Ruby, he would make a pretty good stand-up comedian… 🙂
7. Sandi Metz
Sandi Metz is a RoR programmer, consultant and a world-recognized Ruby on Rails speaker. She’s a great storyteller – visit Youtube and Vimeo for her amazing talks. As a great teacher, Sandy took her coding expertise and coined it into a practical object-oriented design course and the Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby book.
8. David Heinemeier Hanssen
This list would not be complete without David Heinemeier Hanssen – a creator of Ruby on Rails framework and Founder & CTO at Basecamp. He is also an author of two bestselling books: REWORK (on running a business) and REMOTE (on remote working). He is probably the most important figure among all the Ruby on Rails experts.
Although he is now more focused on his racing career in the FIA World Endurance Championship, David occasionally gives talks on the topic of business and technology. That’s just one of the reasons to keep an eye on him on Twitter.
9. Karol Galanciak
Karol Galanciak is a Polish ruby on Rails and Ember.js expert. He is still pretty active on his blog, where you can find many useful Ruby tricks. Karol is one of those great guys who believe in the power of open source and sharing the knowledge. His book on writing tests in Amber you can download for free from his site.
10. A fresh cup
This nice weblog curated by Mike Gunderloy covers Ruby on Rails and other software development related issues. The daily dose of fresh links waits for every Mike’s visitor. Come by for a double shot of high-quality newspresso!
11. Running with Ruby
A blog on Ruby on Rails curated by Maciej Mensfeld, a software developer from Poland. Maciej is also a creator of Karafka, a framework used to simplify Apache Kafka based Ruby applications development.
12. Everyday Rails
Everyday Rails is a cool project by Aaron Sumner focused on sharing general, pragmatic tips to show how to use Rails “to get stuff done on the job.” If that sounds right to you, subscribe to his newsletter with Ruby on Rails news and tips or just follow the Everyday Rails account on Twitter. Aaron is also an author of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec: A practical approach to test-driven development. (available on Amazon).
13. Mike Perham
Mike Perham is an independent open source software developer based in Portland. For Ruby-related content, you can visit his Ruby on Rails blog or follow his Twitter profile. If you work for a Ruby on Rails development agency, you’ll surely find some interesting content there.
14. Bibliographic Wilderness by Jonathan Rochkind
Mentioned before, Jonathan Rochkind is a creator of RubyLand aggregator (mentioned above) and a true RoR freak. He writes about digital library services, Ruby, and web development.
15. Sam Saffron
Sam Saffron is a Ruby expert from Sydney. He is also a co-founder of Discourse, Ruby on Rails based communication tool for companies. On his blog, he writes about performance, Ruby and other technology-related topics.
16. Koichi Sasada
Koichi Sasada is a Ruby programmer based in Tokyo. He is a director of The Ruby Association, a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of the Ruby programming language. Currently working on developing Ruby interpreter (MRI/CRuby) at Cookpad, Inc.
17. Awesome Ruby
Not a blog, but still worth mentioning. Awesome Ruby is a top-notch collection of awesome Ruby gems, tools, frameworks and software. Their weekly newsletter is definitely worth subscribing to – apart from useful gems it consists of news, tutorials and other valuable content. This one should be on the must-read list of every self-respecting Ruby on Rails development company.
18. Chris Oliver
One-man-army among Ruby on Rails community. Chris is the author of GoRails, Ruby on Rails screencast for intermediate developers and the creator of multiple Rails-related tools such as HatchBox.io or LaunchCode. You can follow him at Twitter and GitHub.
19. ChicagoRuby
Another not-really-a-blog-but-still-worth-visiting. ChicagoRuby is a group of Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts meeting on a regular basis in Chicago. The group also organizes WindyCityRails, an annual gathering of RoR fans in the city. If you wonder why they make it to this list – check their video materials on YouTube.
20. Brandon Hilkert
Brandon Hilkert is a developer and bootstrapper with a goal of inspiring people to improve their products and applications. He is also an author of a book about building Ruby gems and the free email course on this topic.
21. Richard Schneeman
Richard Schneeman, a Ruby Team member in Heroku provides great content on his blog. Besides that, he is also the creator and maintainer of CodeTriage, an amazing online tool for getting people involved with Open Source. Apart from contributing to an open source community, Richard is also an organizer of Keep Ruby Weird conferences in Austin, Texas. If you ever in the area, make sure to take part!
22. Akita on Rails
Fabio Akita is a New Tech, Ruby and Agile specialist from Brazil, where he organizes RubyConf Brazil. Apart from running his blog, Akita is one of the most active Quora users within Ruby on Rails category with over 250 questions answered. You can check out his profile here.
23. Pat Shaughnessy
Pat is a Ruby developer at Apple. He runs his blog and has a very nice Twitter worth following. Besides that, he self-published a seriously insightful book about RoR called Ruby Under a Microscope, which provides great observations on how Ruby works internally.
24. Bernhard Støcker
You can benefit from Bernhard’s Ruby expertise only if you are on Quora. This Germany-based coder and mathematician holds the honorable first place in the number of questions answered in the Ruby on Rails category. Amazing work, Bernhard! We really appreciate it!
Did you enjoy the read? Or maybe you know some other amazing Ruby on Rails experts who we didn’t mention? Tell us about them, we’d be happy to expand the list!
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