Hammerstone - Bootstrapping a Software Company

Hammerstone is Growing 👀 06.08.2021 33:06 ↓

Hammerstone adds a new partner.

Railsifying Refine, Torchlight, and the Myth of the MVP 23.07.2021 48:19 ↓

Refine is getting more and more Rails-y, Aaron talks about Torchlight and the Hammerstone thesis, and we debate the merits of the "launch immediately" trope.

Updates, Updates, Updates 16.07.2021 1:01:03 ↓

So many updates! Aaron has twins now, which is a lot of babies. Sean talks about his job changes. We talk about Sidecar, Torchlight, the Laravel ecosystem, and much more.

YNAB For Business? Progress in Rails, Demand for Laravel. 09.04.2021 41:29 ↓

Sean pitches Aaron on using YNAB for our business. We're making good progress in Rails and people want the Laravel version already.

Sales Safari for Torchlight.dev & Wanting to Give Up 08.04.2021 1:10:39 ↓

Sean and Aaron attempt a "Sales Safari" for Torchlight.dev. It gets a little painful because there aren't many results, and Aaron kind of feels like giving up. 

Rough Week, Good Friday 02.04.2021 20:52 ↓

Sean has had an extremely busy week with work, other work, and house stuff. Aaron has torchlight.dev up and running and ready to start selling.

Healing Back Pain, Twitter Coincidences, and Torchlight.dev 19.03.2021 38:52 ↓

Aaron has a bunch of mystery pain, Sean has a fix that's kind of "out there". Aaron runs into the owner of hammerstone.com in a Twitter thread. Launching torchlight.dev.

Rails Integration and Laravel Admin Panels 10.03.2021 25:55 ↓

Colleen and Sean have the Rails integration working, and Aaron talks about Laravel admin panels as a potential marketing channel.

Shedquarters, Refine Refinements, and Laravel Airdrop 26.02.2021 41:59 ↓

Aaron has moved into the shedquarters, Sean can't sleep. We talk Airdrop, Full Stack Panic, and Refine refinements.

Texas Weather, Hotwire Success, and Refinements 22.02.2021 22:08 ↓

Aaron gets pushed out of his house for a week thanks to the freak storm. Sean makes some great progress on Hotwire.

Sean's Birthday, Mental Health, and Hotwire 12.02.2021 37:29 ↓

We talk about being old, and tired. And hotwire!

Andrew from Bullet Train Stops By 10.02.2021 36:14 ↓

Andrew from https://bullettrain.co stops by.

Getting Too Technical 29.01.2021 38:18 ↓

We talk (in great detail) about our product. Too much detail.

What's Your Name? 29.01.2021 32:34 ↓

Figuring it out as we go