Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Takashi Kokubun This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Takashi Kokubun. Takashi is a template engine hobbyist, is currently working on the JIT Compiler for Ruby 2.6, and is a Ruby on Rails application engineer at Treasure Data. He first got into programming in his first year at university where he learned C in his first part-time job. They talk about why he decided to work with Ruby, the first thing he built with it, and how you would write a templating system. They also touch on what he is working on now, what his plans are for the future, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Takashi intro Ruby Rogues Episode 357 How did you first get into programming? Learned C in his first part-time job Creating iOS puzzle games Starting to work with Ruby on Rails What makes you decide to work with Ruby? Ruby was cleaner and simpler JIT compiler to make Ruby faster How did you find Ruby? Friends tweeting about Ruby What was the first thing you built with Ruby? What was it about Ruby that you really liked? Simple syntax Did you do anything in open source with Ruby before working on the JIT compiler? His JIT Compiler What goes into writing a templating system? Haml What are you working on now? No longer working for Cookpad How do you spend your time? What’s your favorite thing about working on all of this? Barbeque Speakerdeck slides on Barbeque And much, much more! Links: Ruby Rogues Episode 357 Ruby on Rails Ruby Treasure Data JIT Compiler Haml Cookpad Barbeque Speakerdeck slides on Barbeque Takashi’s GitHub Takashi’s Medium @k0kubun Sponsors: FreshBooks Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Dedicate show to Father Camping Utah Backyard Homesteading Pinterest Takashi Takoyaki Ruby Kaigi 2018