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Jess Brown (@bjessbrown.com) and Jeremy Smith (@jeremysmith.co) interview guests and discuss the intersection of independent business and Rails. https://www.indierails.com/

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IndieRails @indierails.com · 9d

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 @indierails.com · 9d

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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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · 23d

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 @indierails.com · 23d

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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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Sep 7

InidieRails (Jess & Jeremy) will be in ATL next Saturday at @xoruby.com

We'd love to connect and reconnect.

IndieRails @indierails.com · Sep 5

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 @indierails.com · Sep 5

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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IndieRails | Jason Bosco of Typesense - From Shaving Faces to Shaving Milliseconds

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IndieRails @indierails.com · Sep 5

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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IndieRails | Jason Bosco of Typesense - From Shaving Faces to Shaving Milliseconds

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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jul 15

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

IndieRails @indierails.com · Jul 8

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jun 24

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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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jun 12

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 @indierails.com · Jun 11

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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IndieRails @indierails.com · May 27

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · May 13

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Apr 29

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Apr 1

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Mar 18

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Mar 4

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Feb 18

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 | 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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Feb 4

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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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jan 21

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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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jan 7

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! 🙏
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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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IndieRails @indierails.com · Jan 7

Happy new year from Jess and Jeremy! 👋 We're over here now. 😊