IndieRails

Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith
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IndieRails

Jeremy and Jess interview indie developers who have a passion for the Rails framework and bring their hustle and creativity to building a business. They strive to understand the challenges these developers face and how they are overcoming them to create successful businesses.

  1. One Person Framework with Justin Searls

    OCT 15

    One Person Framework with Justin Searls

    In this episode, Justin Searls (open source author, speaker, and co-founder of Test Double) joins us in-person at Rails World to talk about his career, speaking, consulting, the One Person Framework, and building a web application for his wife's fitness business, Better with Becky. Follow JustinWebsiteTwitterMastodonLinkedIn Relevant LinksThe Empowered Programmer talkTest DoubleBreaking Change podcastFred BrooksRubyKaigiThe One Person Framework

    42 min
  2. Rails World 2024 Crossover

    OCT 8

    Rails World 2024 Crossover

    On Day 2 of Rails World, Jess and Jeremy join with Drew Bragg of Code and the Coding Coders Who Code It and Adrian Marin and Yaro Shmarov  of the Friendly Show to chat about the conference. Enjoy!

    27 min
  3. Hanging with Remote Ruby

    OCT 4

    Hanging with Remote Ruby

    In this crossover episode, Jeremy and Jess join up with Chris & Jason from Remote Ruby podcast to discuss Ruby programming, indie development, and the challenges of building and maintaining software as solo developers. We dive into the origins of Indie Rails, share our individual career journeys, and explore Jeremy's project, Liminal, which aims to replace traditional forums and Slack with a more modern solution. The group reflects on the frustrations with current platforms, their experiences with indie development, and the importance of marketing alongside coding. They also compare Rails and Laravel, talk about the "one-person framework" concept, and the challenges in maintaining open-source libraries. Throughout the conversation, they emphasize the value of transparency in product development and the need for community support. They wrap up with thoughts on the importance of events like Rails Hackathons and the continued evolution of Rails for solo developers. Hit download now to hear more!

    1h 19m
  4. Justin Duke - Building the Product You Want

    OCT 1

    Justin Duke - Building the Product You Want

    Justin Duke is the founder of Buttondown, an email platform with first-class Markdown support. Justin is also a partner at Third South Capital, where he and his partners buy and grow existing software products. We chat about his background in marketing and software development, bootstrapping Buttondown while working at Stripe, the Buttondown tech stack (Django, a cousin of Rails and Vue), and his latest endeavors with Third South. JustinWebsiteTwitter ButtondownWebsiteTwitterChangelogStackOpen Source Third South CapitalWebsiteTwitter Relevant LinksMarkdocbabelmarkCurtailing the free planWork on what matters

    1h 8m
  5. Landon Gray - AI Consulting with Ruby

    SEP 17

    Landon Gray - AI Consulting with Ruby

    Landon Gray is a Rubyist, speaker, strategic advisor, and AI engineer. In May, he left Test Double to found Identus Consulting, where he helps companies with generative AI and machine learning. We chat about his love for consulting, how he got into AI, and how he's working with clients these days, using a blend of technical and project management skills. Follow LandonTwitterLinkedInRuby AI TwitterIdentus ConsultingCurious CentroidForecasting the future: Intro to Machine Learning for weather prediction in Native Ruby Relevant LinksTest DoubleGreat LearningClaudeJeremy HowardTorch.rbTransformers.rbPandasJupyter

    53 min
  6. Job Boarding with Jason Charnes

    SEP 3

    Job Boarding with Jason Charnes

    Our guest will be no stranger to most of our listeners. He’s been around the Ruby community for many years. He’s spoken at conferences, hosted conferences, hosts a "pretty good" podcast, author of courses, a staff engineer at Podia and more recently the co-founder of a successful SaaS: Job Boardly. Enjoy the show with Jason Charnes! Related LinksPersonal Website X Job BoardlyPodiaRemote Ruby

    59 min
  7. Getting Performant with Nate Berkopec

    AUG 20

    Getting Performant with Nate Berkopec

    In this episode, we are thrilled to host Nate Berkopec, a renowned author, speaker, trainer, and consultant. Nate runs Speedshop, his Rails performance consultancy, and is the author of "The Complete Guide to Rails Performance." He also maintains Puma, the most popular Ruby web server, and somehow finds time to be an avid cyclist. Nate's journey from a junior Rails developer to a leading performance expert is nothing short of inspiring. Join us as we dive into his story, insights, and expertise. Links: XPersonal WebsiteSpeedShopThe Rails Performance Workshop. A four-week program that makes your Rails app faster and more scalable. Attended by over 500 developers so far. Team and solo editions.The Complete Guide to Rails Performance, an in-depth 370 page reference manual on making Rails apps faster.Sidekiq in Practice, a workshop for teaching you how to scale Sidekiq from 0 to 10,000 jobs per second.The Ruby on Rails Performance Apocrypha, a short book about the ins and outs of scaling RailsSpeedshop Blog, the number one Ruby on Rails performance blog on the 'net.The Speedshop Newsletter, a weekly email newsletter that talks about issues surrounding optimizing and scaling Ruby web applications.

    1h 5m
  8. A Fresh Take on Old-School Forums

    AUG 6

    A Fresh Take on Old-School Forums

    In this episode, Jeremy shares his latest product idea (Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums) with Jess and gets his raw, unfiltered feedback. At the end, Jeremy makes a commitment to Jess to launch an MVP by November 1.

    50 min
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About

Jeremy and Jess interview indie developers who have a passion for the Rails framework and bring their hustle and creativity to building a business. They strive to understand the challenges these developers face and how they are overcoming them to create successful businesses.

Information

  • Creator
    Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith
  • Show Website
    IndieRails

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