IndieRails
@indierails.com
Jess Brown (@bjessbrown.com) and Jeremy Smith (@jeremysmith.co) interview guests and discuss the intersection of independent business and Rails. https://www.indierails.com/
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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www.indierails.com/67
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...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/67
www.indierails.com/67
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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www.indierails.com/65
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...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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! 🙏
www.indierails.com/65
www.indierails.com/65
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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www.indierails.com/64
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...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/64
www.indierails.com/64
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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www.indierails.com/63
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...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/63
www.indierails.com/63
InidieRails (Jess & Jeremy) will be in ATL next Saturday at @xoruby.com
We'd love to connect and reconnect.
We'd love to connect and reconnect.
September 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
InidieRails (Jess & Jeremy) will be in ATL next Saturday at @xoruby.com
We'd love to connect and reconnect.
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!
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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www.indierails.com/62
IndieRails | Jason Bosco of Typesense - From Shaving Faces to Shaving Milliseconds
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September 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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!
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.
www.indierails.com/62
www.indierails.com/62
IndieRails | Jason Bosco of Typesense - From Shaving Faces to Shaving Milliseconds
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September 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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.
www.indierails.com/62
www.indierails.com/62
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
www.buzzsprout.com/2509083
In the meantime, you should check out these podcasts, new in 2025:
www.railsbusiness.com
onrails.buzzsprout.com
www.buzzsprout.com/2509083
July 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
www.buzzsprout.com/2509083
In the meantime, you should check out these podcasts, new in 2025:
www.railsbusiness.com
onrails.buzzsprout.com
www.buzzsprout.com/2509083
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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www.indierails.com/61
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...
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July 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/61
www.indierails.com/61
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.
www.indierails.com/60
www.indierails.com/60
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...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/60
www.indierails.com/60
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. 🙏❤️
Thank you to Buzzsprout for making it possible. 🙏❤️
June 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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. 🙏❤️
Thank you to Buzzsprout for making it possible. 🙏❤️
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 | 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...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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! 🙏
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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www.indierails.com/58
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...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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. 😊
www.indierails.com/58
www.indierails.com/58
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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www.indierails.com/57
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 ...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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! ☺️
www.indierails.com/57
www.indierails.com/57
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! 🙏
www.indierails.com/56
www.indierails.com/56
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...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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! 🙏
www.indierails.com/56
www.indierails.com/56
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.
www.indierails.com/55
www.indierails.com/55
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...
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April 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
www.indierails.com/55
www.indierails.com/55
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/54
www.indierails.com/54
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...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/54
www.indierails.com/54
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! 🙌
www.indierails.com/53
www.indierails.com/53
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...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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! 🙌
www.indierails.com/53
www.indierails.com/53
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/52
www.indierails.com/52
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...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/52
www.indierails.com/52
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/51
www.indierails.com/51
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...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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! 😊
www.indierails.com/51
www.indierails.com/51
Episode 50 has advanced to the next round! 🏆 Jess and Jeremy kick off their first recording of the year with a recap of 2024 and a look at goals and plans for 2025. Hope you enjoy!
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www.indierails.com/50
IndieRails | New Year Sentiment
Jess and Jeremy kick off the first recording of 2025 with a recap of 2024, and a look at their plans and goals for the new year. We chat about the importance of celebrating milestones, time managem...
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January 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Episode 50 has advanced to the next round! 🏆 Jess and Jeremy kick off their first recording of the year with a recap of 2024 and a look at goals and plans for 2025. Hope you enjoy!
www.indierails.com/50
www.indierails.com/50
Episode 49 has checked in! 🎟️ Paul Campbell (@paulca.com), co-founder and CEO of Team Tito, joins us to talk about his career building software, companies, and events. Paul, thanks again for the great conversation! 🙏
www.indierails.com/49
www.indierails.com/49
IndieRails | Paul Campbell - Look at What You've Done
Paul Campbell is a Rails developer (since v0.13), conference organizer, and the CEO and co-founder of Team Tito. Paul joins us to talk about his career building software, companies, and events. We ...
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January 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Episode 49 has checked in! 🎟️ Paul Campbell (@paulca.com), co-founder and CEO of Team Tito, joins us to talk about his career building software, companies, and events. Paul, thanks again for the great conversation! 🙏
www.indierails.com/49
www.indierails.com/49
Happy new year from Jess and Jeremy! 👋 We're over here now. 😊
January 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy new year from Jess and Jeremy! 👋 We're over here now. 😊