Framework Friends Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/framework-friends Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver compare notes on their experiences as developers in the Laravel and Ruby on Rails ecosystems. © 2022 Andrew Culver and Aaron Francis 8ee3f612-71d8-5e20-8198-fb865951e69a no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:34:35 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:50:31 -0800 https://www.frameworkfriends.com https://img.transistor.fm/891I16_0a6wpptH05qbk0yY08qTxQlmUO8OW-s9vILY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5MDg0LzE2NDcz/ODA2ODktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Framework Friends https://www.frameworkfriends.com episodic Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver compare notes on their experiences as developers in the Laravel and Ruby on Rails ecosystems. Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver compare notes on their experiences as developers in the Laravel and Ruby on Rails ecosystems.. Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone Andrew Culver No No Video 10 10 Video full 1130e6e1-055c-4581-b2f8-6009663cf56e https://share.transistor.fm/s/3becd80d Aaron and Andrew talk about recent experiments in video production including Aaron's upcoming MySQL for Developers course and Andrew's YouTube videos from The Rails SaaS Conference.

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]]> Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No Testing 9 9 Testing full 08ab4c09-ed4a-48d5-9644-57bcc892148b https://share.transistor.fm/s/099db105
  • Knapsack Pro
  • CircleCI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Test-Driven Laravel
  • Example testing outside the happy path with system tests.
  • Magic Test for Rails
  • Magic Test for Laravel
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  • Knapsack Pro
  • CircleCI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Test-Driven Laravel
  • Example testing outside the happy path with system tests.
  • Magic Test for Rails
  • Magic Test for Laravel
    • ]]>     Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0800 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 2989 Aaron and Andrew chat about automated software testing, including the tools in both Laravel and Rails but also sharing thoughts on testing DSLs, test-driven development, headless browser tests, running tests in parallel, experiments building a CI service, and point-and-click test authoring. Aaron and Andrew chat about automated software testing, including the tools in both Laravel and Rails but also sharing thoughts on testing DSLs, test-driven development, headless browser tests, running tests in parallel, experiments building a CI service, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     APIs 8 8 APIs full ce0def98-7c92-4747-a4ca-778fc9827220 https://share.transistor.fm/s/524552c3
  • OpenAPI
  • OpenAPI Client Generator
  • JSON:API
  • Active Resource
  • PyActiveResource
  • Trucker
  • Stripe's API Search
  • Hammerstone Refine
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  • OpenAPI
  • OpenAPI Client Generator
  • JSON:API
  • Active Resource
  • PyActiveResource
  • Trucker
  • Stripe's API Search
  • Hammerstone Refine
    • ]]>     Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:50:15 -0800 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 3395 Andrew and Aaron compare how APIs are typically built in Rails and Laravel and generally discuss API versioning, pagination, standards like OpenAPI (formerly Swagger,) documentation, JSON:API, and client libraries, before ending with a collaborative twist that Aaron didn't realize he was participating in. Andrew and Aaron compare how APIs are typically built in Rails and Laravel and generally discuss API versioning, pagination, standards like OpenAPI (formerly Swagger,) documentation, JSON:API, and client libraries, before ending with a collaborative twist Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     Conferences 7 7 Conferences full 0fc58e75-78fb-47bb-a7e7-bd99f70ae10b https://share.transistor.fm/s/e5a406b8
  • Full Stack Europe 2022
  • Photo of Aaron doing the splits on stage
  • Aaron's article on The ReadME Project
  • The Rails SaaS Conference
  • Brittany Martin's Rails SaaS recap on The Ruby on Rails Podcast
  • Photo of the disastrous chair rental
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  • Full Stack Europe 2022
  • Photo of Aaron doing the splits on stage
  • Aaron's article on The ReadME Project
  • The Rails SaaS Conference
  • Brittany Martin's Rails SaaS recap on The Ruby on Rails Podcast
  • Photo of the disastrous chair rental
    • ]]>     Sat, 19 Nov 2022 11:26:06 -0800 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 2571 Aaron and Andrew reunite to unpack our recent conference experiences, Aaron's at Full Stack Europe in Antwerp, Belgium and Andrew's organizing The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles, California. We also discuss Aaron's feature in GitHub's The ReadME Project and getting retweeted by Microsoft. Aaron and Andrew reunite to unpack our recent conference experiences, Aaron's at Full Stack Europe in Antwerp, Belgium and Andrew's organizing The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles, California. We also discuss Aaron's feature in GitHub's The ReadME Pro Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     Remix with Kent C. Dodds 6 6 Remix with Kent C. Dodds full e82efb5c-894c-4d88-a212-0ebc08ce5eab https://share.transistor.fm/s/987a858c
  • Kent's Website
  • Kent on Twitter
  • Remix
  • Epic React
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  • Kent's Website
  • Kent on Twitter
  • Remix
  • Epic React
    • ]]>     Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:50:41 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 3375 We're joined by a React legend to learn more about Remix and his journey from fan to co-founder and their journey from commercial offering to open-source. We talk about his personal mission to "help people make the world a better place through quality software" and his personal brand. We also discuss The Network Chasm and what it means to be "center stack." Karaoke comes up. We're joined by a React legend to learn more about Remix and his journey from fan to co-founder and their journey from commercial offering to open-source. We talk about his personal mission to "help people make the world a better place through quality sof Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     (Extra) RailsConf Podcast Panel (Extra) RailsConf Podcast Panel bonus 408877d2-e677-44b2-8a45-382319468ea9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1df80200 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:08:06 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 2510 As mentioned in the last episode, we're sharing in our feed the RailsConf Podcast Panel where Andrew represented Framework Friends. If you're interested in some insider discussion from the Rails community, enjoy! Otherwise, stay tuned for a new episode of Framework Friends later this week! As mentioned in the last episode, we're sharing in our feed the RailsConf Podcast Panel where Andrew represented Framework Friends. If you're interested in some insider discussion from the Rails community, enjoy! Otherwise, stay tuned for a new episode of Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, RailsConf No The Rails SaaS Conference 5 5 The Rails SaaS Conference full 546360b3-bb9b-452b-8646-ee243ec9c8df https://share.transistor.fm/s/c14e4817
  • The Rails SaaS Conference
  • Andrew's announcement
  • Jason Cohen's famous MicroConf talk (from around the era we were talking about)
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  • The Rails SaaS Conference
  • Andrew's announcement
  • Jason Cohen's famous MicroConf talk (from around the era we were talking about)
    • ]]>     Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:43:11 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 1976 After a short recap of our experience at RailsConf in Portland, Aaron asks Andrew for the full scoop on The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles this October, which sold out shortly after being announced. After a short recap of our experience at RailsConf in Portland, Aaron asks Andrew for the full scoop on The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles this October, which sold out shortly after being announced. Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     Phoenix and LiveView with Chris McCord 4 4 Phoenix and LiveView with Chris McCord full bafaeb8c-fb3d-4102-ba5b-22ef4e27139d https://share.transistor.fm/s/e9558498
  • Phoenix Framework and LiveView
  • The Elixir Programming Language
  • Fly.io
  • Chris McCord on Twitter
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  • Phoenix Framework and LiveView
  • The Elixir Programming Language
  • Fly.io
  • Chris McCord on Twitter
    • ]]>     Fri, 20 May 2022 16:58:33 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 3372 Joined by our first guest, we learn more about Phoenix and the legendary LiveView from their creator. We also chat about Chris' journey from Ruby to Elixir, the support he receives from Fly.io, and their deployment product. We also stumble into some hot takes. Joined by our first guest, we learn more about Phoenix and the legendary LiveView from their creator. We also chat about Chris' journey from Ruby to Elixir, the support he receives from Fly.io, and their deployment product. We also stumble into some hot t Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     Laravel Nova 4.0 3 3 Laravel Nova 4.0 full a7825d35-1ed9-4c76-b96a-116e9817d7f2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/555c2382
  • Aaron's Announcement
  • Stripe Capital
  • Laravel Nova
  • Hammerstone Refine
  • Sidekiq Pro
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  • Aaron's Announcement
  • Stripe Capital
  • Laravel Nova
  • Hammerstone Refine
  • Sidekiq Pro
    • ]]>     Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:25:57 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 2947 We talk about Stripe Capital and Tuple's $200K experiment and do a deep dive talking about Laravel Nova 4.0, reflecting on the paid add-on business model within open-source and the importance of developer experience. We talk about Stripe Capital and Tuple's $200K experiment and do a deep dive talking about Laravel Nova 4.0, reflecting on the paid add-on business model within open-source and the importance of developer experience. Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No     Bullet Train Goes Open-Source 2 2 Bullet Train Goes Open-Source full c3e85063-efbc-49a2-86a9-be641038936c https://share.transistor.fm/s/8ec6e370 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:13:44 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 3717 We debrief about Sin City Ruby and Aaron asks Andrew questions about the technical, product, and business details of the announcement that Bullet Train is now available as an open-source Rails-based framework with a paid "Pro" tier, while also sharing insights from earlier, similar developments in the Laravel product line. We debrief about Sin City Ruby and Aaron asks Andrew questions about the technical, product, and business details of the announcement that Bullet Train is now available as an open-source Rails-based framework with a paid "Pro" tier, while also sharing ins Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No Origin Stories 1 1 Origin Stories full f7ac48c8-4516-4573-b315-4fa182d3ad90 https://share.transistor.fm/s/eb27338f Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:00:09 -0700 Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver Aaron Francis and Andrew Culver 2812 Sharing what originally drew Aaron to Laravel and Andrew to Ruby on Rails, and how it relates to what we're each working on today. Sharing what originally drew Aaron to Laravel and Andrew to Ruby on Rails, and how it relates to what we're each working on today. Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bullet Train, Hammerstone No