From Rails to AI: How MoMA Powers 200,000 Artworks with Ruby and Human Vision
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Rarely do you get a peek behind the curtain of one of the world's most iconic cultural institutions, but this episode delivers exactly that. Rick Van Michelen, who has spent nearly twelve years at the Museum of Modern Art, joins Valentino Stoll and Joe Leo to unpack how Ruby on Rails quietly powers moma.org and its catalog of over 200,000 artworks.
Because each curatorial department describes art in its own unique way, MoMA requires genuinely bespoke technology solutions, and Rick explains why off-the-shelf platforms simply cannot cut it. (The MoMA Sans font, dating back to…
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