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A weekly newsletter and podcast to help you become a better Ruby engineer by @starrhorne and @eviedently. This week's newsletter topic: heaps

Joined October 2016
Heap introspection is only possible because of features that shipped in Ruby 2.1. This talk shows how they work: youtube.com/watch?v=qzNNH2mn…
Ever wondered where the terms call stack and stack trace come from? Check out this intro to the stack vs the heap youtube.com/watch?v=_8-ht2AK…
The first of an approachable, introductory video series ab binary heaps: youtube.com/watch?v=c1TpLRyQ…
In this excellent low-key talk, you'll learn about namespaces, cgroups, and how they work to bring you containers: youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7HDrtk…
If you're interested in trying out Docker for Ruby development or production, this talk is a great place to start: youtube.com/watch?v=DyBvMrNX…
For a simple way to set up development VMs, it's hard to beat Vagrant. This tutorial will get you up and running: youtube.com/watch?v=y_ovW0LH…
Debugger driven development w Pry: a few years old but a great demo of what's possible when you embrace the debugger youtube.com/watch?v=4hfMUP5i…
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Byebug is a Ruby debugger that lets you step through your program line by line & interact with the running process: youtube.com/watch?v=toZrovVX…
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