👋 Hey friends! We're taking a break for the month of April and plan to start recording again in May. See you soon!

IndieRails | John Nunemaker - The Conductor John Nunemaker is a Rails developer, entrepreneur, and indie hacker behind Flipper Cloud, Boxout, and Fireside. He joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about managing a portfolio of products at...

Episode 75 just struck up the band. 🎺 John Nunemaker (@johnnunemaker.com) returns to chat with us about how AI has transformed his development workflow and the unique opportunity that this moment in tech represents.
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IndieRails | Rémi Mercier - The Stained-Glass Master Rémi is a former stained-glass master turned freelance Ruby on Rails developer. He writes extensively on software topics on his blog, and he recently wrote a reflection on his return to freelancing...

Episode 74 has been carefully set in place. 🥽 Rémi Mercier joins us to share his journey from stained-glass master to Ruby on Rails developer, and to reflect on his recent return to freelancing. Thanks for the great conversation, Rémi! 😊
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IndieRails | Jared Norman - Building Super Good Software|Teams|OS|companies|.* In this episode, Jared Norman joins us to talk about his journey from aspiring game developer to founder of Super Good Software, an agency specializing in e-commerce and Solidus. Jared shares the s...

Episode 73 is now in stock! 📦 Jared Norman (@jardo.dev), founder of Super Good Software and Solidus core team member, joins us to talk about building and running a consultancy in the Rails e-commerce space. Thanks again, Jared! ☺️
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IndieRails | John Athayde - Guiding Design in Software In this episode, John Athayde joins us to chat about how a student of architecture ends up in software, finding the Ruby and Rails community, working at the intersection of design and development, ...

Episode 72 just sprouted! 🌱 John Athayde (@johnathayde.com) joins us to chat about how a student of architecture ends up in software, guiding design in software development, consulting in user experience, and his work on the Rails Guides refresh project.
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IndieRails | Jared Brown - From Indie to 33 million in ARR In this episode of IndieRails, Jess and Jeremy interviewed Jared Brown, co-founder and CEO of Hubstaff.The conversation began with a serendipitous meeting at XO Ruby, where an early-morning parking...

If you're back to a regular commute or workout and need to catch up on podcasts, we put out 2 episodes bookending the holidays…

An interview with Jared Brown, CEO of Hubstaff.
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And an unedited 1-on-1 chat to kick off the new year.
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IndieRails | Ernesto Tagwerker - OmbuLabs on AI After more than two years, Ernesto Tagwerker returns to IndieRails to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Ernesto is the founder of OmbuLabs, makers o...

Episode 69 just came out of the lab! 👨‍🔬 Ernesto Tagwerker (@etagwerker.bsky.social), founder of OmbuLabs and FastRuby.io, returns to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Thanks for catching up with us, Ernesto! 🙏☺️
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IndieRails | Brian Casel - Teaching Devs to Build with AI In this episode, Brian Casel joins IndieRails to talk about how AI is reshaping the day-to-day reality of software development and why full-stack Rails developers might be uniquely positioned to th...

Episode 68 was just handed off to a subagent! 👨‍💻 We chat with Brian Casel (@briancasel.com) about building software products, managing a portfolio of projects, working with AI, growing a YouTube channel, and his latest venture: Builder Methods. Thanks again, Brian! 🙏
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IndieRails | Wale Olaleye - Helping Founders with Tech Wale Olaleye of Rails Fever joins IndieRails to talk about what it really takes to build a consulting business. The conversation spans everything from refining your message and brand, “I help found...

Episode 67 has a bit of a temperature! 🌡️ In this one, we sit down with @wale-olaleye.bsky.social, founder of Rails Fever, to chat about building a software consulting business, marketing and sales outreach, refining your messaging, and the value of being local and in-person.
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IndieRails | Anthony Eden - Making Business Look Simple In this episode we’re excited to be talking with Anthony Eden, founder & CEO of DNSimple.For those who haven’t come across it yet, DNSimple is a service that makes managing domains and DNS simple a...

Episode 65 is now registered! ✍️ We chat with @anthonyeden.bsky.social about building @dnsimple.bsky.social, the DNS/domain industry, the importance of the Ruby community, remote teams, and life/work on hard mode. Anthony, thanks again for the enlightening discussion! 🙏
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Big thanks to Buzzsprout for sponsoring the Rails World Podcast program, and allowing us to record this special episode from their podcast booth on Day 2 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam! ❤️

IndieRails | One Person Wishlist - Rails World Roundtable This special episode was recorded from the Buzzsprout podcast booth on Day 2 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. Our guests (and fellow Rails World attendees) are Jesper Christiansen, Olly Headey, an...

Episode 64 has been seated. 🪑 In this roundtable discussion, we chat with @jesper.dev, @olly.world, and @whysthatso.bsky.social about our wishlist items as Rails devs toward the one-person end of the spectrum.
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Big thanks to Buzzsprout for sponsoring the Rails World Podcast program, and allowing us to record this special episode from their podcast booth on Day 1 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam! ❤️

IndieRails | Mariusz Kozieł - Wizards and Kings This special episode was recorded from the Buzzsprout podcast booth on Day 1 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. Our guest, Mariusz Kozieł, is the CEO of Visuality, a Ruby on Rails agency based in Po...

Episode 63 has entered the realm of legend. 🧙‍♂️🤴 We chat with Mariusz Kozieł, CEO of Visuality, about his progression from developer to CEO, and his work fostering community with Ruby Europe and the Ruby Community Conference.
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InidieRails (Jess & Jeremy) will be in ATL next Saturday at @xoruby.com

We'd love to connect and reconnect.

HI everyone, did you miss us? We're back after a short summer break. We'll be publishing new episodes every other week the remainder of the year!

IndieRails | Jason Bosco of Typesense - From Shaving Faces to Shaving Milliseconds docs.search(

Episode 62 is live and ready to query! 🔍 We chat with Jason Bosco (@jasonbosco.bsky.social), co-founder of Typesense, about going from Dollar Shave Club to democratizing search, building indie/bootstrapped + customer-funded, and showing up every day until it works.

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Hey friends! 👋 Jeremy & Jess are taking a podcast break for the rest of July and August. But we'll be back with new episodes in September!

In the meantime, you should check out these podcasts, new in 2025:
www.railsbusiness.com
onrails.buzzsprout.com
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IndieRails | Matt Swanson - The Product Engineer In this episode, Jess and Jeremy chat with Matt Swanson, CTO of Arrows, author of Boring Rails, and host of the YAGNI podcast. In addition to his blog, Matt shares a lot of his knowledge about prod...

Episode 61 has been unloosed! 🏹 We chat with Matt Swanson, CTO of Arrows, author of Boring Rails, and host of the YAGNI podcast, about software dev at Arrows, the product engineer, working with generative AI, and publishing technical content.
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IndieRails | Rhiannon Payne & Justin Bowen - Agents of Change Rhiannon Payne and Justin Bowen are one of the very few couples working together in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem. Justin is a long-time Rails developer, consultant, and AI and computer vision speci...

Episode 60 has made the drop! 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️ We chat with Rhiannon Payne (@rhiannon.io) and Justin Bowen (@tonsoffun.bsky.social) about their work (individual and collaborative) in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem, and their latest project: Active Agents, an AI framework for Rails.
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We're excited to be recording at Rails World in Amsterdam in September! Got some ideas cooking for conversations we'd like to have!🥘

Thank you to Buzzsprout for making it possible. 🙏❤️

IndieRails | Zeke Gabrielse - Build for Your Users Without Obeying Them In this episode we talk to Zeke Gabrielse, solo founder and owner of Keygen, a licensing and distribution API. We get deep in the weeds of running a solo business (much can be applied to any solo-t...

Episode 59 has been generated! 🧪 We chat with Zeke Gabrielse about launching and running Keygen, earning customer trust, the worst 2 days of his career, building without obeying, and optimizing your business for you. Thanks again, Zeke! 🙏

IndieRails | Regional Ruby Conferences - A Crossover Episode In this special crossover episode, we make a slight departure from our typical format to chat with Adrian and Yaro from the Friendly Show and Jason from the Code with Jason podcast about a topic ne...

Episode 58 is coming together! 👥👤👥 In this crossover, we chat with @adrianthedev.com and @yarotheslav.bsky.social from the Friendly Show and @jasonswett.bsky.social of the Code with Jason podcast about a topic near and dear to our hearts: organizing regional Ruby conferences. 😊
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IndieRails | JD Graffam - See If They Hug You Back A few episodes ago, Garrett Dimon shared the story of how he sold his SaaS product Sifter. In this episode, we complete the story arc by catching up with JD Graffam, the buyer and current owner of ...

Episode 57 is freshly squeezed! 🫂 JD Graffam joins us to talk about the buyer side of SaaS business acquisition. We dig into his approach to making deals and finding the right people to work with. Thanks for coming on, JD! ☺️
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IndieRails | Radan Skorić - Mastering Hotwire In this episode, Jess and Jeremy chat with Radan Skorić, a long-time Ruby and Rails developer and team lead, co-organizer Ruby Zagreb, and author of the forthcoming book: Master Hotwire. We talk ab...

Episode 56 crossed the finish line! 🏃‍♂️ Jess & Jeremy chat with Radan Skorić about discovering Rails, technical blogging, and writing his forthcoming book, Master Hotwire. Thanks again for the great conversation, Radan! 🙏
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IndieRails | Time, Energy, Capital...LOL This week, Jess and Jeremy get into the nitty-gritty of resource allocation for indie makers: how to make the most of your limited time, energy, and capital. As solo and small-team entrepreneurs, w...

Episode 55 just wandered in... 🐈 Jess & Jeremy chat about a handful of topics, including making the most of limited time/energy/capital, ongoing learning, and personal information management.
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IndieRails | Ben Curtis & Josh Wood - Kids These Days In this episode of IndieRails, co-founders Ben Curtis and Joshua Wood share the origin story of Honeybadger, an application monitoring tool for Ruby on Rails applications (and many others). They di...

Episode 54 don't care, it's just running around eating cobras! 🦡 Ben Curtis (@bencurtis.com) and Josh Wood (@@joshuawood.honeybadger.io) join us to tell the story of starting and growing @honeybadger.io. Thanks again for the great conversation, Ben and Josh! 😊
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IndieRails | Garrett Dimon - A Long Winding Journey Our guest for this episode is Garrett Dimon. Garrett is a developer, author, conference speaker and multi time business owner. With some partners, he’s recently formed a company called “Very Good S...

Episode 53 was nothing but net! 🏀 Garrett Dimon (@garrettdimon.com) shares the journey of his career, from early web standards, to building, running, and selling Sifter, to now partnering up on Very Good. Garrett, thanks again for the stories and insights! 🙌
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IndieRails | Joe Masilotti - Return of the Hotwire Native Guy Our first-ever IndieRails guest returns to the podcast just shy of two years later. Joe Masilotti shares about niching down on Hotwire Native, changes in the related open source libraries, the dire...

Episode 52 has cut loose! ✂️ Joe Masilotti (@joemasilotti.com), our first-ever guest, returns just shy of two years later to talk about niching down on Hotwire Native, and writing his forthcoming book. Joe, thanks again for catching up with us! 😊
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IndieRails | Jim Remsik - Genuinely Desiring Success In Those Around Him In this episode, Jeremy & I are excited to share a mic with Jim Remsik. Jim is the Founder and CEO of a digital agency called Flagrant. He is also a conference organizer…he created and hosts the po...

Episode 51 just came out of the oven! 🥧 Jim Remsik (@jremsikjr.bsky.social), founder and CEO of Flagrant, joins us to talk about consulting, building agencies, design and branding, and his personal mission. Jim, thanks for the great discussion! 😊
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