Rachael wants to share the joy and beauty of programming through programming games and regular open-source streams on Twitch. She's been a professional dev since 2012, 3x Team Lead, and manages a few small open-source projects.
  • May 31st, 2024

    Validate me! at Blue Ridge Ruby 2024

    Validate Me! - Demystifying Rails Validators is a fun exploration of validators in Rails that focuses on the 'Rails' piece of the equation.

  • Sep 9th, 2022

    Voice Actress in One Dreamer

    I played Chael in One Dreamer, Frank's Programming mentor! One Dreamer is a beautiful programming game that I've been following since its prologue days. I was honored to have the opportunity to voice one of the NPCs.

  • Nov 11th, 2021

    Your First Open-Source Contribution at RubyConf 2021

    Your First Open-Source Contribution was my first talk at RubyConf, and I was so excited to share what I've learned in my experiences diving into open-source, and share more from a maintainer's perspective. I really like that this talk dug into some concrete advice that often gets missed when talking about a first contribution.

  • Apr 24th, 2021

    ComparisonValidator merged into Rails!

    I was ecstatic when ComparisonValidator was merged into Rails! Before, it was surprisingly hard to valiidate that a start_date was before an end_date in Rails, which was the idea that seeded what would eventually become the ComparisonValidator. Huge thanks to MatthewD on this one, who encouraged me to submit a PR when I wasn't sure if the idea was worth pursuing, and redirected me away from some early bad designs. 🧡

  • Mar 19th, 2021

    Jekyll-Twitch released!

    Jekyll-Twitch is a gem, containing a liquid tag, that embeds Twitch channels, clips, collections, and videos into a Jekyll site! There's a great demo site where you can see it in action!

  • Mar 8th, 2019

    First Twitch Livestream!

    This was my first livestream on Twitch! I played Regex Crossword for 3 viewers, and I was hooked.