Robby Russell
@robbyrussell
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ceo @PlanetArgon, 👨🏼‍💻 created @OhMyZsh, 🎙 host @_Maintainable and 'On @Rails' podcasts, #RubyOnRails dev, 🎸 guitarist @MightyMissoula.
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Joined December 2006
If you’re looking for an excuse to visit Boston in September, here’s a good one: @SquiggleConf. Last year, they invited me to kick things off with the opening talk. I shared the 15-year story of building @ohmyzsh—how it started as a weekend experiment and slowly grew into a
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One of my teammates is hosting a webinar on how we're leveraging @AppSignal across our client projects. Tune in now
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App performance monitoring shouldn’t be overwhelming. If you’ve ever opened AppSignal and wondered, “Which of these graphs actually matters?” — this session is for you. In this brief, practical talk,...
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"What would this look like if it were easy?". Needed to read this today.
To feel more at peace and more successful, you don’t need genius-level brain power, access to some secret society, or to hit a moving target of “just” an additional X dollars. Those are all distractions. Based on everything I’ve seen, a simple recipe can work: focus on what’s.
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Like a lot of business owners, we keep a spreadsheet of every SaaS subscription we pay for. How much. How often. Is it per seat. Is it per something we didn’t realize we were being charged for. You get the idea. And here’s the part that drives me up a wall. So many of these.
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What is something you and your team have recently experimented with?.
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RT @_maintainable: 📻 Join @RobbyRussell as Sara Jackson discusses how good documentation can make teams faster, more confident, and less re….
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Another review of my band's recent album release. Glad it's connecting with people!.
We’re honored to have Ghost in the Mountain named Stream of the Day by @scoreav.
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No roadmap. No strategy deck. Just a weekend project that took on a life of its own. Thanks @squiggleconf for inviting me to tell the @ohmyzsh story.
Check out @robbyrussell's talk from SquiggleConf 2024 on the 15 year journey with Oh My Zsh! Robby shares his candid experience and insight on how a project that started without a clear plan managed to gain widespread adoption across the software industry. đź”˝ links below
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Looks like we might have a little capacity opening up at @planetargon in the next few months. If your team could use help shipping or stabilizing a Rails app, let’s talk. Details:
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Honestly, the real nightmare is being caught on the jumbotron at that concert. With anyone.
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Hey old-school Rubyists…. I’m trying to track down what might’ve been the first Ruby on Rails app to get acquired by a much bigger company. The earliest I’ve got so far is Adaptive Path’s Measure Map, which Google scooped up in early 2006. Does anyone remember anything earlier.
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Hey podcasters — I’ve got a little time in August if you’re looking for guests. I can talk about Oh My Zsh, Rails, music, or the noble art of keeping houseplants alive long enough to disappoint you again.
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RT @drnic: @robbyrussell Minimum of two people working on the code base: .Current you and future you.
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