RR 370: How I Built Timeasure with Eliav Lavi

Panel: David RichardsDave KimuraEric BerryCatherine Meyers Special Guests: Eliav LaviIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Eliav Lavi about his article How I Built Timeasure. Eliav works for Riskified where he is a back-end developer working with Ruby mostly and recently some Scala. In the past, he studied music but  had always been into technology from a young age. They talk about how got to where he is today, what the developer scene is like in Israel, and Timeasure. They talk about what this gem is, why they decided to create it, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Eliav introStudied music originallyRisk analyst at RiskifiedCompany started on Ruby on RailsBeen a professional developer for the last year and a halfSelf-taught programmerUsed blogs and books to learnHow welcoming and helpful the Ruby community isWhat’s the developer scene like in Israel?Rails and JavaScript jobs common in IsraelEnglish as the common denominator for codeWhat is Timeasure?Needed a way to measure the run-time of codeSafe to use in productionEasy DSLDid you look at other gems first before creating this?Used NewRelic originallyHow is the data stored?What to do with all the collected measurements?NewRelic InsightsRuby ProfAnd much, much more!Links:How I Built TimeasureRiskifiedRubyScalaRuby on RailsTimeasureNewRelicNewRelic InsightsRuby ProfEliav’s MediumEliav’s GitHub@eliavlavi