IndieRails: Recent Episodes
Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith
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.
In 2007, young aspiring software engineers Matt & Jason set out to build the perfect startup: a SaaS product. They did everything right. They had plenty of runway, moved in with Jason’s mom and eat, slept and breathed their startup. It had all the right features. It didn’t work. But they knew they could build good software and set out to start consulting. Fast forward several years later and they’re a growing team of friends building products. How’d they do it? Listen in to find out!
Matt Gordon:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Expected Behavior:
Website
Twitter
Products:
DocRaptor
Burndown
Mentioned in the episode:
First DocRaptor site on archive.org
Words with Friends
Get ready for an electrifying episode that will leave you in awe of the incredible Nadia Odunayo! 🎉 Join us as we unravel the remarkable journey behind The StoryGraph's meteoric rise to one million users as a one-woman dev. This conversation is full of inspiration, motivation, and pure fun and a goldmine for aspiring entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts.
Nadia Odunayo
Website
Twitter
Mastodon
The StoryGraph
Rob Frelow (Co-founder)
Website
Twitter
Mastodon
TikTok
Mentioned
Getting to One Million Users as a One-Woman Dev (RailsSaas)
The Case Of The Vanished Variable - A Ruby Mystery Story (RubyConf Mini)
PivotalTracker
The Mom Test
YNAB
FIRE movement
Saron Yitbarek
Join us as we listen in to Khash as he shares his story of startup failures & successes, consulting and employment in between and navigating political, economic and geographical constraints.
Khash Sajadi - Founder & CEO
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In this episode Jess walks Jeremy through a retro of Blue Ridge Ruby, a first ever ruby conference put on by a first time ever promotor. Jeremy gets personal as he breaks down the business of putting on a conference.
Listen in to see what it takes, how much it costs, was it worth it and will there be an 2nd edition???
https://twitter.com/blueridgeruby
https://ruby.social/@blueridgeruby
In this espsode, we dive deep into the world of web application security, marketing, building a company and the delicate art of balancing it all. Our special guest is the remarkable Michael Buckbee, co-founder of Wafris, a new open source web application firewall that helps developers secure their web applications. But Michael isn't just an expert in cybersecurity; he also brings a unique perspective to the table with his extensive background in marketing...something all indie developers and bootstrapers need to tap into. Join us as we explore the journey of Mike and Wafris!
Links:
https://wafris.org/
https://twitter.com/mbuckbee
https://expeditedsecurity.com/
https://elements.heroku.com/addons/expeditedssl
https://elements.heroku.com/addons/expeditedwaf
https://elements.heroku.com/addons/ipinvestigator
https://elements.heroku.com/addons/expeditedcdn
Mentioned:
https://justinjackson.ca/
https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq
https://www.foragoodstrftime.com/
https://app.harmonizely.com/expedited/wafris
https://businessofsoftware.org/talk/how-to-negotiate-the-long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death/
Deploy Empathy
Jeremy & Jess were in cohort 23 of Daniel Vassallo's course, A Portfolio of Small Bets. After a few weeks of letting it all sink in, they share some of the things they learned, key take-aways, and more.