RR 373: Super Good Software/Stembolt Technologies - Understanding Your Production Apps with Jared Norman

Panel: Charles Max WoodDavid RichardsEric BerryCatherine MeyersDave Kimura Special Guests: Jared NormanIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Jared Norman about understanding your production apps. Jared has been programming since he was about 10 years old and for the past 7 years, he has been doing Ruby. These days, he runs a consultancy company called Super Good Software doing Ruby on Rails stuff and mostly eCommerce. They talk about his article You Can’t Save Everyone: Some Exceptions Should Be Left Alone, when capturing exceptions is the right way to go, developing with good visibility in mind, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Jared introFounder of Super Good SoftwareArticle - You Can’t Save Everyone: Some Exceptions Should Be Left AloneSolidus and SpreeRescue_from ExceptionInjecting special error reportingDon’t necessarily want to rescue all exceptionsInjecting an error reporting toolTrying to think of a good reason to rescue_from exceptionLoss of visibilityExceptional Ruby by Avdi GrimmRuby Rogues Episode 19When is capturing exceptions the right way to go?Using an exception when something is legitimately brokenproject-honeypotWhen exceptions are in a state that you don’t expectHaving enough information to attack problems when they ariseDig method for hashesElegance of Ruby that allows you to not work as hardDeveloping code for better exception handlingDeveloping with visibility in mindAnd much, much more!Links:RubySuper Good SoftwareRuby on RailsSolidusSpreeYou Can’t Save Everyone: Some Exceptions Should Be Left AloneExceptional Ruby by Avdi GrimmRuby Rogues Episode 19project-honeypot