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In this episode of Remote Ruby, Chris and Andrew catch up on recent events and dive into their experiences with various conferences. They discuss their travels to Brazil, Philly, Chicago, and Vegas, sharing the highlights and challenges of each trip. The conversation then shifts to technical topics, including insights from the Tropical on Rails conference, live translations, the impressive quality of Hotwire's functionality, and the fun time they had reuniting and hanging out with Jason in Vegas. They also tackle complexities and changes in Stripe's API integration, debating the pros and cons of self-hosting versus using hosted services. Hit the download button now to hear more!
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