RR 377: Upgrading a Rails application incrementally with Luke Francl

Panel: Dave KimuraEric Berry Special Guests: Luke FranclIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Luke Francl about his article “Upgrading Rails applications incrementally”. Luke works at GitHub on search and has been there since October 2017. Before working at GitHub, he worked at a search startup that was working with Rails and Elasticsearch. They talk about things that people take for granted with search, the impending takeover of GitHub from Microsoft, and what open source looks like today. They also touch on the process of getting hired at GitHub, his process for upgrading Rails applications, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Luke introWorking with Rails and ElasticsearchWhy he decided to come to GitHubSurreal working at GitHubWhat are some of the things that people take for granted with search?What people expect from searchWordpressGitHub has been very focused on the Microsoft deal recentlyCode SponsorGitHub/Microsoft owns open sourceOpen source todayKubernetesThe GitHub officeWhat was the process like of getting hired at GitHub?Build a Query Parser blog postUsing his search experienceRails incremental upgradesHis process of upgrading Rails applicationsUpgrading a Rails application incrementallyShort vs long upgrading processRails is fairly compatible between versionsAnd much, much more!Links:RailsElasticsearchGitHubWordpressCode SponsorKubernetesBuild a Query ParserUpgrading a Rails application incrementallyluke.francl.org@lofLuke’s BlogLuke’s GitHubSponsors