Rails Business Podcast (again)

How AI has changed my day-to-day as a developer.

Conducting Rails

I've been using @conductor_build heavily for weeks now and it's completely changed how I ship Ruby on Rails code when working with Claude models. The multi-workspace, multi-process model feels unusual at first compared to a single editor flow, but once you handle the Rails-specific quirks,

Rooted & Reaching Podcast Interview

I recently sat down with Marty Mechtenberg on the Rooted and Reaching podcast to talk about my entrepreneurial journey, from struggling through my first programming class at Bethel to building multiple SaaS businesses while staying rooted in the South Bend area. The Early Days: Learning to Code (the Hard Way)

What makes you different

Something that's been on my mind lately: Why is a customer going to choose my product? There's tens to hundreds or even thousands (looking at you CRM's) of every app for every problem. Why would someone choose mine? Price? I'm a firm

Self-Made is a Myth Podcast

Podcast interview where I share my journey building lasting SaaS businesses, the power of partnerships, and why I'm obsessed with onboarding, risk reduction, and hiring ‘batteries included’ people.

Giant Robots

A few weeks back I joined Chad on his Giant Robots podcast to talk Ruby, Rails and a bit of business – including our acquisition of Fireside last year. The episode just went live and I hope you enjoy it. Fun fact: their podcast is actually hosted on Fireside – inception! You

Rails Business Podcast

I had a nice chat with Brendan and Ryan on the Rails Business podcast a few weeks ago and now its live! Search for "Rails Business" in your favorite podcast app or you can listen at the following link: John Nunemaker - Rails BusinessIn this episode, Brendan and

Ruby on Rails Podcast: Taking over Fireside.fm

I was stoked when I discovered that the Ruby on Rails podcast is hosted on our platform – fireside.fm. So I reached out to Elise for feedback and to volunteer Garrett and I for an episode. We recorded last week and its already live today. Our chat covered taking over

Episode #4

It's out and it's stout. Actually, I don't know if it's stout or not. I just like to rhyme (all the time). My 3 Fav Quotes “What if instead of discounts, we focused on lowering the risk for customers to try podcasting?

Episode #3

For those that haven't subscribed to the fireside blog or the podcast, I figured I'd update here as well. We released episode #3 on Mastering Prioritization in SaaS last week. Give it a listen and subscribe in your favorite podcast app. At some point I'

Episode #2

Episode #1 went out last Thursday. Now here we are on Tuesday and ANOTHER EPISODE FOR YOU. I know right?! Christmas came early this year. On today's episode, we hit on a few topics: 🙋 Customer feedback. 😖 Podcasting pains. 🆕 Future features. 🏆 Recent wins. Just hit play... you know you

Episode #1

We did it! The Fireside crew went through the entire process of setting up a podcast and recording our first episodes. #1 is live wherever you enjoy podcasts (probably). I never would have guessed how tedious it would be to get your first episode out the door. Now I have