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Jun 2009
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Episode 69: 113: Ryan Singer of 37signal...

Elise Shaffer
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This episode was originally published on June 3, 2008.

Ryan Singer of 37signals talks about Rails, design, and “touching the magic wand.”

From RailsConf at the Heroku booth.

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