Rachael has been livestreaming programming games and open-source contributions on Twitch since 2019. This has led her to contribute to many projects, voice act in an indie programming game, One Dreamer, and build an app for meeting up with friends at conferences - meetanother.day. She's been a software engineer since 2012, 3x Team Lead, and manages a few open-source projects.

Currently available for work! Please check out my resume.

  • 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.