Episode

503: Seeing the Graph for the Trees

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The Bike Shed
Published
Jun 23, 2026
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2472
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Summary

Aji and Joël join forces to discuss graph and tree structures, and their connection to the emergent properties, attributes and qualities you can find from a largely connected group of data. Joël dives into their recent graphs and tree work through a contracting system, whilst Aji looks back at when he previously tried to serialise a graph or tree to a database. — Watch Joël’s Blue Ridge Ruby talk here, or Matheus’ Ruby Internal talk from last year here. There’s still time to secure your place at thoughtbot’s upcoming UK meet ups over the next month. London Tech Leader Meetup - Tuesday June 23rd Brighton Tech Leader Meetup - Wednesday June 24th Brighton Ruby - Thursday June 25th Evolve - Friday June 26th Your hosts for this episode have been thoughtbot’s own Joël Quenneville and Aji Slater . If you would like to support the show, head over to our GitHub page , or check out our website . Got a question or comment about the show? Write to our hosts: [email protected] This has been a thoughtbot podcast.  Stay up to date by following us on social media - YouTube - LinkedIn - Mastodon - BlueSky © 2026 thoughtbot, inc. Support The Bike Shed