Robby Russell
@robbyonrails.com
CEO @PlanetArgon.com. Host @maintainable.fm. Creator of @ohmyz.sh. Guitarist @mightymissoula.com. Host of On Rails podcast.
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Problem: Long-sleeve weather.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Problem: Long-sleeve weather.
Nobody's CRM is perfect.
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Nobody's CRM is perfect.
🎃 My 2025 Halloween costume?
Ronald McDonald impersonator on his smoke break. No, he will not take a photo with you right now. Ask him in 10 minutes. He just needs to get through the next few fucking weekends so he can see his kids again.
Ronald McDonald impersonator on his smoke break. No, he will not take a photo with you right now. Ask him in 10 minutes. He just needs to get through the next few fucking weekends so he can see his kids again.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎃 My 2025 Halloween costume?
Ronald McDonald impersonator on his smoke break. No, he will not take a photo with you right now. Ask him in 10 minutes. He just needs to get through the next few fucking weekends so he can see his kids again.
Ronald McDonald impersonator on his smoke break. No, he will not take a photo with you right now. Ask him in 10 minutes. He just needs to get through the next few fucking weekends so he can see his kids again.
The @ohmyz.sh core team retreat tonight to see an NBA game. Swing by our @github.com Universe booth tomorrow for stickers and smiles.
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The @ohmyz.sh core team retreat tonight to see an NBA game. Swing by our @github.com Universe booth tomorrow for stickers and smiles.
The rush fades. The paint cracks. The work remains.
Every software team eventually hits that point
where Act I won’t carry them any further.
Time to evolve the story.
Every software team eventually hits that point
where Act I won’t carry them any further.
Time to evolve the story.
October 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The rush fades. The paint cracks. The work remains.
Every software team eventually hits that point
where Act I won’t carry them any further.
Time to evolve the story.
Every software team eventually hits that point
where Act I won’t carry them any further.
Time to evolve the story.
What If “Scaling Up” Isn’t the Goal in 2026?
If leadership hasn’t asked you this yet, beat them to it.
> “What if our team doesn’t grow next year? What if it shrinks?”
Take inventory.
If leadership hasn’t asked you this yet, beat them to it.
> “What if our team doesn’t grow next year? What if it shrinks?”
Take inventory.
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What If “Scaling Up” Isn’t the Goal in 2026?
If leadership hasn’t asked you this yet, beat them to it.
> “What if our team doesn’t grow next year? What if it shrinks?”
Take inventory.
If leadership hasn’t asked you this yet, beat them to it.
> “What if our team doesn’t grow next year? What if it shrinks?”
Take inventory.
Heading back to SF next month for sfruby.com.
@planetargon.com is sponsoring, and I’m hoping to meet teams giving their software a second act.
Thanks to @inazarova.bsky.social and the @evilmartians.com crew for the Cloud Card of me.
Tickets and details → sfruby.com
@planetargon.com is sponsoring, and I’m hoping to meet teams giving their software a second act.
Thanks to @inazarova.bsky.social and the @evilmartians.com crew for the Cloud Card of me.
Tickets and details → sfruby.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Heading back to SF next month for sfruby.com.
@planetargon.com is sponsoring, and I’m hoping to meet teams giving their software a second act.
Thanks to @inazarova.bsky.social and the @evilmartians.com crew for the Cloud Card of me.
Tickets and details → sfruby.com
@planetargon.com is sponsoring, and I’m hoping to meet teams giving their software a second act.
Thanks to @inazarova.bsky.social and the @evilmartians.com crew for the Cloud Card of me.
Tickets and details → sfruby.com
I recently got to host a book club.
Our first pick was a little-known collaboration between Tom Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut — The Elements of Consulting Style: A Survival Manual for the Technically Damned.
Turns out… it really holds up.
Our first pick was a little-known collaboration between Tom Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut — The Elements of Consulting Style: A Survival Manual for the Technically Damned.
Turns out… it really holds up.
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I recently got to host a book club.
Our first pick was a little-known collaboration between Tom Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut — The Elements of Consulting Style: A Survival Manual for the Technically Damned.
Turns out… it really holds up.
Our first pick was a little-known collaboration between Tom Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut — The Elements of Consulting Style: A Survival Manual for the Technically Damned.
Turns out… it really holds up.
We’ve been going deeper with the On Rails podcast. Longer conversations. Less hype. More of what’s been tested in the real world.
I loved hearing in-person feedback back at Rails World. Podcasting can feel one-directional, so your messages, reviews, and shares really do help keep it going.
I loved hearing in-person feedback back at Rails World. Podcasting can feel one-directional, so your messages, reviews, and shares really do help keep it going.
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We’ve been going deeper with the On Rails podcast. Longer conversations. Less hype. More of what’s been tested in the real world.
I loved hearing in-person feedback back at Rails World. Podcasting can feel one-directional, so your messages, reviews, and shares really do help keep it going.
I loved hearing in-person feedback back at Rails World. Podcasting can feel one-directional, so your messages, reviews, and shares really do help keep it going.
Was great to sponsor and attend @xoruby.com today in Portland. thanks Jim!
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Was great to sponsor and attend @xoruby.com today in Portland. thanks Jim!
I want my two dollars... worth of brain cells back from following this story.
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I want my two dollars... worth of brain cells back from following this story.
Who is heading to GitHub Universe later this month in SF?
I'll be there helping represent @ohmyz.sh in the open source fun time zone, or whatever they're calling it this year. 🙃
Also, who needs a hat?
shop.planetargon.com/collections/...
I'll be there helping represent @ohmyz.sh in the open source fun time zone, or whatever they're calling it this year. 🙃
Also, who needs a hat?
shop.planetargon.com/collections/...
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Who is heading to GitHub Universe later this month in SF?
I'll be there helping represent @ohmyz.sh in the open source fun time zone, or whatever they're calling it this year. 🙃
Also, who needs a hat?
shop.planetargon.com/collections/...
I'll be there helping represent @ohmyz.sh in the open source fun time zone, or whatever they're calling it this year. 🙃
Also, who needs a hat?
shop.planetargon.com/collections/...
Building a new ShrimpTracker
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Building a new ShrimpTracker
Find someone who looks at you the way @byroot.bsky.social looks at @tenderlove.dev when he starts talking about ZJIT. #railsworld
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Find someone who looks at you the way @byroot.bsky.social looks at @tenderlove.dev when he starts talking about ZJIT. #railsworld
Really wish I could’ve been in the Logitech product roadmap meeting where someone said:
“Let’s add calendar integration to the app people use to adjust mouse speed and webcam lighting.”
“Let’s add calendar integration to the app people use to adjust mouse speed and webcam lighting.”
September 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Really wish I could’ve been in the Logitech product roadmap meeting where someone said:
“Let’s add calendar integration to the app people use to adjust mouse speed and webcam lighting.”
“Let’s add calendar integration to the app people use to adjust mouse speed and webcam lighting.”
I got to open Day 2 of Rails World by interviewing @tenderlove.dev, @hsbt.org, and @byroot.bsky.social live on stage.
We covered security, JSON, YJIT, ZJIT, Microsoft Windows?, and yes… Aaron’s “favorite” Regular Expression.
Watch the full panel + recap: robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
We covered security, JSON, YJIT, ZJIT, Microsoft Windows?, and yes… Aaron’s “favorite” Regular Expression.
Watch the full panel + recap: robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I got to open Day 2 of Rails World by interviewing @tenderlove.dev, @hsbt.org, and @byroot.bsky.social live on stage.
We covered security, JSON, YJIT, ZJIT, Microsoft Windows?, and yes… Aaron’s “favorite” Regular Expression.
Watch the full panel + recap: robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
We covered security, JSON, YJIT, ZJIT, Microsoft Windows?, and yes… Aaron’s “favorite” Regular Expression.
Watch the full panel + recap: robbyonrails.com/articles/202...
I just learned that Joe O’Brien (objo) passed away in his sleep last night. His wife shared the news on Facebook. My heart goes out to his daughters and wife.
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I just learned that Joe O’Brien (objo) passed away in his sleep last night. His wife shared the news on Facebook. My heart goes out to his daughters and wife.
Vacation almost over, what have I missed?
September 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Vacation almost over, what have I missed?
Breaking: Ruby spotted back on top.
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Breaking: Ruby spotted back on top.
Getting to the bottom of this.
September 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Getting to the bottom of this.
Strap in geeks, we're on a wild ride! Fast cars and beautiful terminal shells pair well together. Picking up my new wheels that @ohmyz.sh sponsors helped pay for.
September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Strap in geeks, we're on a wild ride! Fast cars and beautiful terminal shells pair well together. Picking up my new wheels that @ohmyz.sh sponsors helped pay for.
September 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
September 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The American mind cannot comprehend this.