RR 361: Ruby Elapsed Time with Luca Guidi

Panel: Charles Max WoodDavid RichardsDave Kimura Special Guests: Luca GuidiIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk to Luca Guidi about Ruby elapsed time. Luca works remotely for DNSimple and is most well known in the Ruby community for his open source projects, such as Hanami. They talk about NTP, time drifts, and the pros and cons to using a monoatomic clock. They also touch on the importance of being exposed to different languages in order to be a well-rounded developer.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Luca introHis elapsed time blog postWhy he wrote the blog postWhat is NTP?NTP = Network Time ProtocolThe importance of keeping your computer time in sync with an external NTP serverTime driftsWorld clock and monatomic clockThe blindness around timeBuilding a system around timeWorking on time and attendanceThe things you don’t think about are what you take for grantedRailsConfHow did you come about finding this conclusion?Go Computer LanguageBeing exposed to different languagesRuby is flexible and high-levelThe dangers of coming to Ruby as their first languageRailsAnd much, much more!Links:DevChat.tv YouTubeDNSimpleRubyHanamiElapsed Time Blog PostRailsConfGo LanguageRailsLucaGuidi.comLuca’s GitHub@jodoshaPicks:CharlesZoom H6Facebook MarketplaceDaveMarvel Strike ForceHondataMockarooDavidTrifactaLucaTastyDaily Stoic by Yyan HolidayDigitaktSpecial Guest: Luca Guidi. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.