Episode

306 - Steve Pike, Co-Founder of Infield

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Code with Jason
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Jan 23, 2026
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Summary

In this episode I talk with Steve Pike, founder of Infield, about dependency management and automated Rails upgrades. We discuss the tradeoffs of taking on dependencies, authorization libraries like CanCanCan versus Pundit, open source maintainer obligations, and how AI is changing the upgrade automation landscape. InfieldOnce a MaintainerNonsense Monthly