Best Naure Podcasts (2026)

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224 - 2025 Pa. Deer Camp Recap 1:38:48

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Ep 224 is a recap of our annual Pa. Deer Camp. We're at the main lodge and enjoying some camaraderie, some adult beverage and stoies of the hunt, and this year was a good one. 9 bucks in 3 days, many laughs and much type 2 fun! This is a good one.....By Bill Harvey

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Ep 223 - 2025 PA Deer Camp Pre-Game Show 51:26

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In Ep 223 we'll hear first from Jimmy D about his buck harvest in the NY gun season. Jim had a goal of getting 3 bucks this year - mission accomplished! Then we'll connect with Billy as he's on the way to Pa. Deer Camp to join the Pertnear Outdoors gang for a few days of shenanigans!

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Ep 222 Opening Day 2025 at The Lucas Lounge 1:01:26

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Ep 222 is a crossover podcast with the Lucas gang! They recorded a podcast opening weekend at their lodge. These boys are new to podcasting, but pretty darn good. We've partnered in the past and look to keep on keepin on! Give em a listen and a like at "The Lucas Lounge"By Bill Harvey

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Ep 221 Rut Camp 2025 57:53

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Ep 221 is a breakdown of Rut Camp 2025. Billy, Big Willy and Jim D'Augostino break down the rut camp, success of several and struggles of some. It was a wild weekend, in the woods and around the kitchen table!

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Ep 220 - Chris's 12 point 40:11

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In episode 220, we're tapering off in the shop after butchering Chris's 12 point. We decided to fire up the podcast gear and capture the story of his hunt, and of course we talk lots of other stuff!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 219 - FIRE Tube 1! Pertnear Live from Deer Camp 1:10:02

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Ep 219 includes a great conversation with Pertnear Pro-Staffer Joe Harvey about 5 years of life in a submarine. Slick and Big Willy are at camp with Joe and gearing up for a late Oct Rut hunt! Many thanks to Joe Harvey for his service to our country! So very proud of you Joe and grateful to have you back at camp with us!…

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EP 112: Cockies 43:34

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Welcome back to the Australians Teach English Podcast for 2024. We're feeling a little bit cocky, which is funny, because that's the name of this episode. You might have noticed that the mascot is a white bird - he's actually a cockie or cocky. So, I thought it was about time to do an episode on cockies. And who better to talk about cockies than th…

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Ep 218 - Pertnear crew heads north to Maine for a bear hunt 1:53:19

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Ep 218 is a recap of our bear hunting trip in northern Maine. Tim, Jimmy and Big Willy made the trip and everybody saw some bears. We're also joined by A.J. Harris, guide and owner of Harris Outdoor Adventures. We share our experiences from the week and hear about the Harris family history of guiding and how A.J. ended up running the business. Pert…

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45: New Projects and AI Detox 1:23:21

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Send us a text Collin and Joel both have new projects to talk about. Collin has become skeptical on LLM assisted coding and is taking a break from it. Ruby Schema Rezy (resume generator) Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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44: Hanami and Chippy Buddies with Tim Riley 1:22:34

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Send us a text Tim Riley joins to discuss Hanami and it’s new fundraising drive. Support if you can so Hanami can continue getting the support it needs. Sponsor Hanami We also discuss the Chippy Butty (aka Chippy Buddy) and California Burritos. Honestly, it's a little offensive the two were even compared, but Rooftop Ruby is all about teaching the …

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Ep 217 Pa Turkey Camp at Chestnut Hill Whitetails 1:30:40

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Ep 217 is a recap of our first out of state turkey hunt. We traveld to Bradford Pa to hunt at Chestnut Hill Whitetails with Sergei Swanson. We'll hear about Sergei's first season outfitting and how he is gearing up for the 2025 whitetail season. In this episode, I'm joined by Steve Dunnigan from The Hunt Works, brother-in-law Al Mack and Sergei to …

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43: I Think I Saw a Ghost 52:28

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Send us a text Collin recounts his 3,000 mile roadtrip, where he definitely met a wild horse, and possibly a ghost. Joel has a new gem that makes working with raw instance variables in Ruby nicer. Zed is getting a debugger. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.…

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Ep 216 Trout Camp 2025 from Lucas Lodge 1:15:05

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Ep 216 is guest hosted by Pertnear Outdoors prostaffer Don Lucas! Don takes us inside the trout camp 2025 at the Lucas Lodge in Stueben County NY. Sure to be some good stories told here!

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42: You Can Go Any Speed You Want 51:15

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Send us a text Joel and Collin discuss a variety of topics ranging from road trips and procrastination to coding tools and AI advancements. They share personal experiences from recent travels, delve into the challenges of productivity, and reflect on their conference experiences. The discussion also touches on the evolution of coding tools, the fut…

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41: There's no "R" in Naur 31:13

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Send us a text We follow-up with an audio based piece of feedback on the Australian pronunciation of "Pinnochio." Collin is sick with shingles 🥺 Testing and security MVVM in Ruby desktop app development Performance in server design And of course, talk about British and American food. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel …

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Ep 215 2025 Shedfest details with the 100 Proof Whitetails crew 1:12:07

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In Ep 215, I join Ben and Nate at the 100 Proof Whitetails studio to talk up the 2025 Shedfest event. Tune in for details and join us at Solitute Brewing in Lakeville NY for a great day of sheds, conversation, great food and beer! Thanks to The Huntworks for being of key sponsor!By Bill Harvey

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Lore Lullabies - Mercury Unsealed (Marvel Rivals Black Widow) 17:55

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We're doing something different with this one. Hope y'all enjoy.

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40: Brought to You by McVities 1:34:58

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Send us a text Joel explains why he loves Svelte 5 so much and Collin talks about an iOS app he put on GitHub. Collin realizes relating everything back to how it's like Swift might only be a useful comparison for himself. Links: Svelte Turbo Mount Inertia Rails Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD …

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39: I Just Want Some Structure 1:14:07

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Send us a text Exciting News! We're both unemployed! Someone hire us 🥺 You could even hire both of us—a dream team for hire, you might say. This week, Collin accidentally deletes his Application Support folder on his Mac, and we talk Xcode, text editors, and Difftastic. Joel goes in-depth on Tree-sitter and writing a SQLite parser. Plus, we discuss…

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Ep 214 Season Wrap-up and Habitat Projects 1:04:30

11M ago1:04:30

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In Ep 214 Billy and I chat about the season wrap-up, Pertnear's Grinding Day, Habitat projects, winter scouting and the upcoming Show Season!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 213 PA Deer Camp - Part 2 1:24:08

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Ep 213 is a wrap up of the 2024 PA Deer Camp and lots more! PA Deer Camp podcasts never disappoint - Enoy!!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 212 - Pa Deer Camp - Donny's first Pa Mountain Buck 32:24

1y ago32:24

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In Ep 212 the boys give a recap of the Pa Hunt and we'll hear about Don Lucas's first Pa. Mountain Buck! It was a beautiful day two of our hunt in the snow covered mountains of Pa!By Bill Harvey

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Semantic and Other Versioning Systems 38:57

1y ago38:57

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Send us a text Thanksgiving, mince pies, and Joel is giving up on semantic versioning. Versioning systems on Wikipedia Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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Ep 211 - Creepy Shit in the Woods.....is it Bigfoot? Are you a believer...... 1:01:51

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Ep 211 is a venture to the darkside of the remote NY forest. I was also sleeping through this one, and in the morning I found the entire bottle of manhattans I brought to be nearly empty. So late night alcohol driven conversation coming at you with this episode. Rated R for language - that I do know...... keep Feedinum!!…

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Ep 210 - Live from Thanksgiving Deer Camp 2024 2:02:26

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In this episode the crew is at the family deer camp for our annual Thanksgiving hunt. Joining Billy on this episode is uncle Tim, uncle Chris, cousins David and Sean, and of course brother Big Jim! I have no idea what they discuss as I was sleeping, but I bet it has to do with deer hunting this season and maybe even a report on the Sept 24' Elk hun…

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Literal 1.0 and Where We’ve Been 59:16

1y ago59:16

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Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss where they’ve been, Collin’s broken wrist, getting into film photography, and the release Literal 1.0. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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Ep 209b Part 2 - Live from Rut Camp 2024! 53:16

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This Ep 209b is part 2 from our Rut Camp 2024. Jimmy D., Billy and I are joined in this episode by Don Lucas. We'll hear from Don on his kill of a great Livingston County buck, and Billy shares the story of the Big 7 getting a ride to the meat pole!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 209 Live from Rut Camp 2024! 1:19:07

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In Ep 209 we're live from deer camp with our guest from Pa., Jim Dagostino from keystone precision archery, slick Willy and Jimmy to recap the recent success the both Jims had. This is recorded late at night when we should've been in bed and may have been indulging in adult beverage for several hours,. But then again that's kinda how we fly.......e…

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Ep 208 Live from Camp - Season's Upon us! 1:37:25

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In Ep 208 we catch up with Billy on his plans for the upcoming season and check in with Tim and Chris on their way to Colorado for their 2024 elk hunt.By Bill Harvey

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Ep 207 Talkin' food plots w/Soul Pursuit Outdoors 1:48:53

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Join Parker Bean and Big Willy in Ep. 207 where they discuss turkey hunting, baseball, goose hunting and all about whitetail DYI food plots.By Bill Harvey

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Ep 206A Bonus Episode - BillDan and Kate "On the Deck" with Grandpa 19:45

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In Ep 206A we offer a quick bonus episode for ya! BillDan felt he didn't get to contribute enough on the podcast with Uncle Dallas and wanted his own episode, Kate quickly wanted to join. This is as close as it gets to a hunting conversation with a 4 and 6 year old. After listening to it, I thought I'd put it out there - kinda cute. Don't expect to…

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Ep 206 On the Deck with Dallas and Emma Kirsch! 2:11:02

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In Ep 206, Dallas, Emma and I chat about Emma's deer hunting success last year and her spring gobbler in the 24' youth season. We also talk about everything from food plots to paper tags - on the verge of grinding gears with Unlce Dallas!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 205 Hercules visits Massachusetts for the NBBC Banquet 1:24:32

1+ y ago1:24:32

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In Episode 205 I'm joined by family members to chat about the Northeast Big Buck Club Awards Banquet we just attended in Chicopee, Massachusetts. You'll hear the story of a buck called Hercules that was an award winning buck, and our reflections on the banquet. We had a great time at the banquet and look forward to attending another in the future! …

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When You See It, You Know It 33:26

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Send us a text Join the Rooftop Ruby Discord! Fahrenheit versus celsius? How many degrees fast is a race car? The new "it" in Ruby, and why do unnamed block parameters start with _1? We're going to be at Madison Ruby! Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.…

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Ep 204 - 2024 NDA River Bottom Arrowfest with Sean Burdick 1:09:45

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In Ep 204 Al and I stop for a visit with Sean Burdick in Wellsville NY. Sean is chapter president of the Upper Genesee River National Deer Association. We chat about the upcoming Working of Wildlife Tour - Pennsylvania event, which is Saturday June 1st in the Allegheny National Forest. This event is sponsored by the NDA and the Meat Eater organizat…

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Ep 203 Talking Hounds and Beagles with Mike Quinlan 1:37:34

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In episode 203 I recap the Shed-Fest event, report on my visit to the Livingston County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, comment on High School shooting teams, and learn a whole lot about running hounds and bunnies. I'm joined by Big Al and his friend Mike Quinlan. Mike is a avid houndsman with the spirit of outdoorsman from years past, he's hunter…

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Ep 202 ShedFest 2024 is upon us! 41:05

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I'm joined by Billy in this episode #202 to talk about some details on the upcoming Pertnear Outdoors ShedFest event, which is next Sunday April 21st at the Windy Brew- 733 US-20A in Strykersville NY. Event kicks off at 12:00 noon and runs until 4:00 and is always a great time!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 201 WNY Sports and Travel Expo with Chestnut Hill Outfitters 1:12:47

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I'm joined by Sergei Swanson from Chestnut Hill Outfitters in Bradford Pennsylvania. Sergei is embarking on a new journey as an outfitter and looking to get some hunts on the books for 2024 at his propertry in Pa. Also joining in the conversation is David Knab from the Roam Hunt Company in Caledonia, and Steve Dunnigan from the Huntworks inm East R…

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Ep 200 Reflecting back on previous episodes, our journey and what lies ahead 2:25:41

2y ago2:25:41

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We hope you enjoy episode 200 of our podcast. We'll discuss our journey to this point, in doing so, we're joined by Billy, Big Jim, Dallas, and Pa Jim to discuss a multiture of topics surronding our antics in the outdoors. We'll hit on pending legislation in NY that will limit our rights as outdoorsman, upcoming events and shows, and we hear about …

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35: Kind of Cool and Interesting 38:58

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Send us a text Quickdraw (Joel's testing library) QuickDraw (2d graphics library for classic Mac OS) Russian doll caching N+1 queries and how to solve it Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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34: They Do Communicate to a Degree 40:27

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Send us a text Joel and Collin are back and better than ever! We talk about what and when to outsource, what we've both been up to, Collin's drivers license finasco, TypeScript, and more. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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Ep 199 The NY Sportsman's Expo with the HuntWorks 1:07:17

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We're recording live at the NY Sportsman's Expo at the Syracuse Fairgrounds with the gang from the HuntWorks. These folks have a great both offer top quality treestands, blinds and hunting accesories. Here's some insight to the deals this weekend!!By Bill Harvey

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Ep 198 Pa Deer Camp 2023 1:54:51

2y ago1:54:51

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In this episode Billy breaks down our annual Pa deer hunt on the final night of our stay. Lots of stories of bucks taken and opportunities missed while sipping on Bill Harvey's famous Satin Manhattans. Always a great time with the crew in Pa!By Bill Harvey

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33: You Had Me at Battlesnake With ChaelCodes 54:22

2y ago54:22

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Send us a text Rachael Wright-Munn (ChaelCodes) joins to talk everything from coding games to RubyConf to App Store policies. chael.codes (all Rachael's links) Rachael on Mastodon Battlesnake ChaelCodes on Twitch Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.…

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Live at RubyConf 2023! 39:26

2y ago39:26

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Send us a text Collin and Joel are joined by friend of the show Roman to talk about the conference, before being joined by special guest Catherine Ricafort McCreary to discuss Artists Who Code. Artists Who Code in the LA Times Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.…

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197 Stories from the Camp Fire - Colorado Deer Hunt 2023 53:12

2y ago53:12

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Opening day of regular season is upon us and we could not be more excited. Check out this weeks episode of a could nights around the camp fire in the high country back in September. These nights are the best, friends, laughs, fresh air and a crackling camp fire. Drink it in. Enjoy your opener this weekend, make memories!! Keep Feedinum and be safe …

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Ep 196 - Big Willys Buck 1:12:59

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In this episode I'm joined by Jim D'Agustino and Tim Sissock . Jim and Tim are freinds of ours from Pa., and were guests at our camp for thier out of state rut hunt. While they didn't connect on their public land hunt, they got a big handful of excitement back at the base camp! Enjoy the story of their hunt in NY and the harvest of my biggest arche…

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31: An Accordion of Complexity 46:58

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Send us a text Collin and Joel discuss creating the router and ORM for Yipee! (Joel's new web framework) and how to think about using resourceful versus custom routes. Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.By Collin Donnell, Joel Drapper

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Episode 195 Billy's Archey Buck 1:28:56

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In this episode Billy shares the story of his archey buck, and the tail of tracking down this buck. It's a wild story that is sure to entertain! https://www.deermountaintracking.com/ Feel Free to Contact Phil and his team if you are in need of a tracking dog. The best guys in town!By Bill Harvey

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30: Robot First Graders 1:04:56

2y ago1:04:56

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Send us a text Collin and Joel catch up and talk the Rooftop Ruby RubyConf party, becoming a morning person, tricking AI, making a web framework, and time travel. Joel's testing library BBEdit Dall•E in ChatGPT Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.…