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Shrinking a Postgres Table

Ok folks, this is kind of a weird one. I'm going to put it in the "you won't ever need this, but if you do, you are going to be glad I wrote this up for ya" category. As you may or may not

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Founder Quest: Acquiring Fireside

Last, but not least for this week, I was on Founder Quest. I'm doing my best third wheel impression over there and appreciate that Ben and Josh haven't kicked me off yet. We talked about a lot of things but mostly focused on the fireside acquisition.

The Moneyball approach

I joined Adam and Jerod to share my new thesis for acquiring Rails based SaaS apps. The conversation was great! This new moneyball approach (dubbed so by Jess) has been swimming around in my head for a few months now. So it's great to talk about it in

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Code and the Coding Coders who Code it

Last week Drew invited me on his podcast. I loved the format (what are you working on, what are your blockers, what have you learned recently) and suspect I'll become a regular listener. The episode summary pretty much sums it up... Ever wondered why a seasoned entrepreneur would

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How to Find a Business Partner

I've had business partners for every business I've been a part of. Yet, I've never asked myself "Why?". Yesterday someone did. You’ve been fairly prolific over the years, and I was wondering what your thoughts were on taking a business partner?

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Acquiring Fireside

First, let's set the scene. It's Saturday, July 20th in South Bend, Indiana. My kids are playing in the driveway (yes they left their toys out) while my wife and I work on some tweaks to our camper. My phone dings. Just kidding. My phone never

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Founder Quest: Writing and Content Marketing for Devs

Another week and another podcast wthe great group at Honeybadger. This time we covered writing and I think it turned out great. The first 15 minutes we chatted linters, rubocop, standardrb and copilot. But then we went hard on content. The second you feel inspired get it out on the

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Founder Quest: RailsConf Recap

Last week I joined Ben and Josh on Founder Quest to recap RailsConf 2024. As you already know, we had a blast at RailsConf. But even if you read the article, give the podcast episode a listen as we cover more details and several non-RailsConf related items. I also really

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RailsConf 2024

Last week I went to my first RailsConf in forever (2010). That's a decade and a half (almost)! I saw old friends, met more recent online-only friends (in person) and made new friends! Tuesday Tuesday morning I drove to Detroit. 3 hours is a perfect drive. No need

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Cushion vs Flow

Everything in money comes down to cushion vs flow. Cushion is cash (or anything easily and quickly convertible to cash). Flow is money in (and out). To feel good/safe/whatever about your money situation, you need have a cushion large enough to cover your flow (for a good time

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Maintainable: How Scary is this Change?

🎙 Robbie had me on the Maintainable podcast to chat about maintainable software. The description on the site summarizes it best: Robby has a conversation with John Nunemaker, the Owner at "Box Out Sports" and "Fewer & Faster". They dive into the basics of maintaining software projects,

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Ruby Rogues: Flipper Cloud and the Future of Feature Flags

🎙 A few weeks ago I joined the Ruby Rogues to talk about feature flags and Flipper Cloud. They released the episode this morning. This is the whole history of how I got into flags, why I wrote flipper, why I wrote cloud, you name it. So if you aren'