Ryan Bates

10 March 2010 12 Comments

Who is Ryan Bates?

I host and produce Railscasts, free Ruby on Rails screencasts which are released every Monday. Teaching is my passion, and I love doing it through screencasts.

Why Rails?

I got started with PHP but found I was quickly creating spaghetti code which had no structure. A large site became nearly unmaintainable so I looked for alternatives. Rails was a rising star at the time so I looked into it skeptically but was very impressed by the speed and ease in which I could create complex apps. I haven’t looked back since.

What does your typical day look like?

I work for my dad’s company, Artbeats, as the sole web developer. The rest of the time I usually spend working on Railscasts and open source projects.

What do you do in your free time?

I enjoy playing video games, bowling, tennis, movies, and spending time with my family.

Current favorite apps?

On the OS: TextMate, Terminal and Safari. I find it to be a fantastic
trinity for web development.

On the web: GitHub, Gmail and Twitter are what I find most useful.

What OS do you prefer?

Mac OS X.

Small picture for your Workplace?

Favorite: Language (PHP, Python …), JS Framework?

Ruby and jQuery.

What are your personal projects and goals for 2010?

I have something big in the works for Railscasts but I cannot speak of it yet. Shhh.

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12 Responses to “Ryan Bates”

  1. Simon Starr 10 March 2010 at 9:01 pm #

    Looking forward to hearing the Railscasts news; keep up the good work Ryan!

    P.S. http://inboxzero.com/ ;)

  2. Rickard 10 March 2010 at 9:07 pm #

    I really enjoy your work Ryan. Looking forward to what the big secret with railscasts might be.

  3. bstar 10 March 2010 at 10:28 pm #

    Before railscasts Ryan used to be a huge help on railsforum. I never saw someone so willing to help anyone and everyone that asked for it. I definitely benefited from his support back then and with railscasts now. Ryan, the rails community is so grateful to have you.

  4. rodrigo3n 11 March 2010 at 2:21 am #

    He was interviewed, win!

  5. Mika Tuupola 11 March 2010 at 2:03 pm #

    TextMate, Terminal and Safari. Ditto. I guess you have green on black terminals too?

  6. Mike 12 March 2010 at 8:16 pm #

    Ryan Bates is one of the most powerful forces for good in the ROR community, and we are very lucky to have him.

  7. jenvill 9 July 2010 at 11:08 am #

    Great achievements!You deserve it.


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  1. The Geek Talk - 10. Mar, 2010

    Interview with Ryan Bates http://ow.ly/1q67oA @rbates plz RT
  2. Hayri Cicek - 10. Mar, 2010

    Interview with Ryan Bates http://ow.ly/1q67oA @rbates plz RT (via @TheGeekTalk)
  3. Daniel Wanja - 10. Mar, 2010

    @rbates has something big in the works for Railscasts but cannot speak of it yet. I know it will be great..can't wait! http://bit.ly/brcFWJ
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