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 can listen wherever you consume podcasts or on Fireside (below) or youtube.
How AI has changed my day-to-day as a developer.
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,
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)
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