FounderQuest

The Honeybadger Crew

Developers building a software business on our own terms.

  1. 03/01/2025

    Will AI replace developers?

    Ben and Josh discuss the benefits and perils of using AI assistants for programming. CursorCodeium WindsurfGitHub Copilot announcementPerplexity

  2. 06/12/2024

    How to Sponsor a Conference

    Ben, Josh, and John Nunemaker are back from RubyConf and take the opportunity to discuss how to sponsor a conference as a small software company. Protip: bring your furniture from home. https://wiki.c2.com/?ResultObjectPattern=https://www.chairigami.comhttps://twenty.comhttps://rubycentral.org/news/make-railsconf-happen/Adam’s Judo Scale infomercialhttps://boxoutsports.com/graphics/multi-format/multi-format-gameday-90-s-serieshttps://boxoutsports.com/graphics/tags/saved-by-the-bell

  3. 22/11/2024

    Why does Bluesky love Alf so much?

    Ben and Josh go off-script for a fun and hopefully-not-too-long chat about their favorite Twitter-like social network, Bluesky. https://faineg.substack.com/p/how-i-accidentally-ruined-blueskyThe hosts of WSUA9 call it skeeting on airAOC endorses “team skeets”Jake Tapper says “skeeted” live on CNNProtocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech by Mike MasnickComposable moderationHow to set your domain as your handleBluesky reaches 20M usershttps://go.bsky.app/HD2Ty2ohttps://go.bsky.app/EGczjGAhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuawood.honeybadger.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/founder.questhttps://bsky.app/profile/honeybadger.iohttps://deck.blue/https://brid.gy/

  4. 25/10/2024

    Selling Metrics Watch with JP Boily

    Josh and Ben reconnect with their friend JP Boily to discuss building his startup Metrics Watch for just over 9 years before finding a new owner on Acquire.com. Bluesky startups & bootstrappers starter packJoin the Honeybadger/FounderQuest Discord server!https://metricswatch.com/https://github.com/topfunky/gruffhttps://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homerhttps://jumpstartrails.comhttps://microconf.comhttps://businessofsoftware.orghttps://rubyconferences.org

  5. 11/10/2024

    Acquiring Fireside with John Nunemaker

    Josh and Ben catch up with John Nunemaker after Rails World and dig into John's recent acquisition of Fireside.fm, the podcasting platform created by Dan Benjamin. What's next for John? In short, he's curating some Very Good Software™. https://www.johnnunemaker.com/acquiring-fireside/https://www.johnnunemaker.com/how-to-find-a-business-partner/https://danbenjamin.com/http://sifterapp.com/https://www.indierails.com/

  6. 30/08/2024

    Pricing

    Ben, Josh, and John discuss pricing, including how to approach pricing, what they do and don't like about pricing, and how pricing works at Honeybadger and Flipper. https://cottonbureau.com/p/9EMACZ/shirt/the-process#/17943854/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-mhttps://blog.flippercloud.io/per-seat-pricing-sucks/https://garrettdimon.com/journal/posts/data-modeling-saas-entitlements-and-pricinghttps://basecamp.com/pricinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversionhttps://statamic.com/

  7. 19/07/2024

    Shipping in Layers with Will and John

    While Josh is on vacation, Ben chats with guests Will King and John Nunemaker about the process and perils of trying to ship reliably.  https://www.wking.dev/logs/shipping-in-layershttps://longform.asmartbear.com/slc/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_producthttps://archive.ph/20130719182750/http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htmhttps://www.amazon.com/How-Fight-Hydra-Ambitions-Destined-ebook/dp/B07J57YF47

  8. 21/06/2024

    Dogfooding, Developers, and Discord!

    Ben and Josh catch up after a few weeks of heads-down product work, and they have lots to talk about—including a new Discord server for FounderQuest listeners! Plus, hear Josh’s thesis on why it’s a huge problem if you’re not using your product to the max. Shape UpSeth GodinBlue Ridge RubyMonitoramaJoin the Honeybadger Discord! https://discord.gg/aQaDVBedRf

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Developers building a software business on our own terms.

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  • Creator
    The Honeybadger Crew
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    120
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 Honeybadger Industries LLC
  • Show Website
    FounderQuest