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Ever wonder why “I can build it in a weekend” becomes months of maintenance debt? We sit down with TypeSense CEO Jason Bosco. We get honest about developer psychology. Yes, you can build it—but not the years of nuance: typotolerance, geo search, semantic relevance, faceting, and the thousand edge cases you only learn from a large, vocal user base. We talk through when it’s smart to build (their cu...

Summary In this engaging conversation, Adrian and Amanda discuss the evolution of Ruby events, particularly focusing on Railsworld and the innovative Ruby Passport initiative. They explore the challenges and successes of organizing community events, the importance of creating memorable experiences, and the collaborative spirit that drives the Ruby community. The discussion also touches on future p...

At the Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam, Avo creator Adrian Marin and Plume CTO Adrien Poly announced a new initiative - physical Ruby passports to track your conference attendances Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails

Hey folks!  It’s Yaro here, and in this episode, Adrian and I are super pumped to chat about the upcoming Ruby triathlon and the conferences we’re super excited about: Rails World, Friendly RB, EURUKO.  We dive into the agendas, shout out the awesome keynote speakers, and get into the juicy stuff like Rails 8 updates and performance tweaks.  We also talk about why the community vibe and networking...

In this special crossover episode, hosts from The Friendly Show , Indie Rails , and Code with Jason come together to share the unvarnished truth about organizing Ruby conferences. Adrian (Friendly RB), Jeremy (Blue Ridge Ruby), and Jason (Sin City Ruby) open up about their journeys from conference attendees to organizers, revealing the financial realities, emotional highs and lows, and unexpected...

DEAR FRIENDS MERRY CHRISTMAS THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.  THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.  WE LOVE YOU! - Adrian & Yaro This episode highlights the blend of coding, family, and festive reflections as we discuss personal milestones and the role of AI in development. We talk about the importance of community, the challenges of learning to code, and our plans for AVO and SuperRails in the New Year.  •...

Ever wondered how a simple Dutch treat became a beloved symbol in the Ruby and Rails community? Join us as we chat with Wes Oudshoorn, co-founder of AppSignal, who shares the delightful story of sending stroopwafels to conferences and customers since 2013. From nearly 500 kilograms of sweet goodness shipped this year alone to our serendipitous meeting in Thailand at Bangkok RB, Wes takes us throug...

After a busy conference season Yaro & Adrian take the time to talk about ongoing projects. AVO Black Friday deal: https://avohq.io/deals SupeRails Black Friday deal: https://superails.com/deals 0:00 Conferences 1:49 Avo Guest Blogposts 4:07 Rails 8 8:38 Avo Registration Flow 13:16 Avo Office Hours 15:25 SupeRails Office Hours? 16:47 SupeRails PRO 19:10 Hotwire Native 24:15 Moneygun 28:50 Avo D...

Tom Rossi runs HigherPixels and Buzzsprout - the best podcasting app. We actually use Buzzsprout for this podcast! Buzzsprout has a very professional podcasting booth at Rails World. We are recording this episode from there! Buzzsprout also recently launched a mobile app using Hotwire/Turbo Native! Ever wondered how a tech company thrives by prioritizing teachability over experience? Higher Pixels...

What if you could transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality with just a few strategic moves? Join us as we sit down with Andrew Culver, Chief Product Architect and Chief of Staff at ClickFunnels, during Rails World 2024 in Toronto 🇨🇦 Discover the inspiring journey of how Andrew transitioned from creating and eventually selling Churn Buster, to developing an open-source SaaS boilerplate, B...

Cirdes Henrique (@cirdesh) is the organiser of Tropical RB in Brazil 🇧🇷🌴 This year Adrian visited the first edition of the conference where met Cirdes and gave a talk. From the moment they met, Adrien knew Cirdes has that FRIENDLY DNA! Anyway What happens when a beachside tech gathering moves to the bustling urban landscape of São Paulo? Join us as we sit down with the dynamic Cirdes, co-host of...

Discover the inspiring journey of Caleb Porzio, a pivotal figure in open source innovation, as he reveals the secrets to balancing a career fuelled by passion and financial stability. Transitioning from a conventional full-time job to a flourishing career centered around open source projects, Caleb underscores the significance of financial readiness and the autonomy that freelancing affords. His j...

We meet with the hosts of "Indie Rails" & "Code and the Coding Coders who Code it" in the Rails World podcast booth to share our emotions about the conference & what's coming in Rails 8 What happens when the best minds in the Rails and PHP communities come together? You get an unforgettable live recording at Rails World, Day 2! We're joined by Jeremy and Jess...

Ever wondered how one of the most popular PHP frameworks came to be? We've got you covered with an exclusive conversation with Taylor Otwell, the mastermind behind Laravel, recorded live at Rails World 2024. Taylor takes us on a fascinating journey from Laravel’s early days, inspired heavily by Rails, to its unique path with game-changing innovations like InertiaJS and Laravel Livewire. We di...

We talk about: Adrians' worldwide conference tour in the first half of 2024 (Tropical RB, Singapore, Sin City) Yaro & Adrian spending time together at the French Riviera Upcoming conferences (EURUKO, Rails World, FriendlyRB) FriendlyRB plans & speakers Avo future plans (marketplace, no-code/low-code) Hiring for Avo Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro di...

Since the first moment I met Genadi I felt “this guy is great to be around“! In this episode he talks about the 🇧🇬 ruby community, organising conferences, his current work and open source history. Find Genadi http://gsamokovarov.com/ Balkan Ruby https://balkanruby.com/ Join Sofia local ruby meetup https://rubybanitsa.com/ Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with...

Nick is one of the most fun exciting people to be around! He has a few superpowers: 1. Developing unique Ruby tools way ahead of their time He created Trailblazer as a better way to structure business logic in Rails apps than Services. Way ahead of DDD! https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer He created Cells that inspired ViewComponent https://github.com/trailblazer/cells 2. Presenting on stag...

One more cool cat from BalkanRuby! This time we talk to Rado ex-producthunt head of engineering, building his own product - AngryBuilding.  He is the only developer and has a team of non-devs doing business stuff. He kindly reminds me that you don't always need reactivity, and full-page reloads are good. Enough for many B2B cases! You can learn a lot from Rado about building businesses with R...

This week we are visiting Balkan Ruby in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this surprise mini-episode we discuss making $$ on dev tools with Irina Nazarova, CEO of very very Evil Martians! Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails

RailsConf is happening on 7-9 of May! And Ufuk is the lead organizer! He recently joined the Ruby Central board of directors. He is on the Shopify infrastructure team, working on making Ruby on Rails a better ecosystem 💪 We discuss: What makes RailsConf 2024 special? What is "RubyConf Hack Day"? Where does the ticket price come from? Why is RubyCentral so important to our community? Bui...

Steven is on a mission to make SQLite good enough for production. We talked about SQLite and Litestack contributing to open source being "the guy" in a niche, creating your own luck Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails

Join the dialogue with Amanda Perino, CEO of the Rails Foundation, as we unpack the intricacies and excitement of Rails World 2024.  Amanda brings her unique perspective to the table, revealing the behind-the-scenes of organizing a top-tier conference in Toronto and how they're shaping it to be an even more engaging and community-driven event.  We reminisce about past encounters that birthed...

Join the conversation with the serial conference organizer Andy Croll, where we talk about how he started Brighton Ruby, why he's still doing it, how he's helping organize RailsConf this year, and about First Ruby Friend and why you should hire junior developers. https://brightonruby.com/ https://firstrubyfriend.org/ https://railsconf.org/ Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 1...

Season 1 finale! Today we talk about: our reflections about 2023 and plans for 2024 Rails 8 features Highlights: 👶Being a young father ⛵️Sailing ✈️visited 5 Ruby events together 🍻met new Ruby friends 🎙️10x FriendlyShow podcast episodes 🎬68 videos & ✍55 blogposts 🥑All-in on AVO Will there be a Season 2? Let us know if you want one! Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster...

Mariusz is an old friend of ours. Over the last few years, we've chilled 🍻 at many events around 🇪🇺 He works at an iconic ruby consulting shop in Warsaw, Poland ( Visuality ), where he was recently promoted from CTO to CEO. Mariusz gives back to the 💎 community by organizing local meetups (Warsaw, Lodz) and organizing conferences. In July 2023, he organized the first "Warsaw Community...