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Cole Robertson
@colerobertson.dev
CTO/Co-founder @ dScribeai.com -> Analyze any video on the internet with just a URL

Startup and AI enthusiast

Posting about all things web dev. Rocking and rolling with Rails + InertiaJS + React
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I’m incredibly excited to be able to be completely full time on scribesocial.ai

Two days in, it has been incredibly freeing.

I have a long list of plans for the tech and marketing, but what I can ship per day has skyrocketed.

Reach out if you’re interested and I’d love to chat! 🚀
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“Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?”

Absolutely, this is exactly what I did for my startup.

Rails 8 + inertia + shadcn has given us the full modern monolith.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4283...
Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025? | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Has anyone had success with bounties for 3rd party integrations for your app or API?

I’d love to start working with the community on getting both SDK integrations and no code integrations with systems like Make and Zapier going!
January 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
For those using Inertia + Rails, since the routing here is still defined in the server controllers, it’s as easy as bundle add rack-mini-profiler to add SQL performance profiling to your app per page!

I have it set up to have profiling on prod for admins as well!

github.com/MiniProfiler...
GitHub - MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler: Profiler for your development and production Ruby rack apps.
Profiler for your development and production Ruby rack apps. - GitHub - MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler: Profiler for your development and production Ruby rack apps.
github.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Get a co-founder. I see so many indie devs are one person business stories where they either get burnt out or would move so much faster with a co-founder.

Help fill the holes you are missing, have a partner to keep you motivated and shipping.

Your business will flourish. I’m so grateful for mine!
January 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
One thing I’m valuing the most on our founding team is that we have differing opinions.

Often, at least one of us offers a new perspective on the issue or opportunity.

It’s refreshing to have a founding team that is comfortable with this and ultimately it allows us to come to the best decisions.
January 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Take every meeting with people that you can.

Seems counterproductive, maker schedule anyone?

But being able to connect with people that I know or want to has been amazing.

I’m a firm believer in having a breadth of knowledge and connections. Connecting dots later happens in unexpected ways
January 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who’s been going through github.com/campsite/cam... now that it’s open source?

Any golden nuggets anyone’s found?
GitHub - campsite/campsite: The Campsite monorepo
The Campsite monorepo. Contribute to campsite/campsite development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Is anyone using any Zapier or Make flows with LLMs as a core part of their business?

Would love to hear about any awesome examples you’ve seen!
January 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m incredibly excited to be able to be completely full time on scribesocial.ai

Two days in, it has been incredibly freeing.

I have a long list of plans for the tech and marketing, but what I can ship per day has skyrocketed.

Reach out if you’re interested and I’d love to chat! 🚀
Scribe Social
Transcribe any video on the internet
scribesocial.ai
January 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’ve been an “Apple notes for everything” kind of guy forever now.

With Basecamp turning back on their free plan, it’s got me thinking if I should upgrade my project management game.

Anyone have any tools they recommend they use daily to keep organized?
January 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
After working remote for years now, I’m incredibly excited getting an office for our startup.

What are some game changers any startup founders have added to their office?
January 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Has anyone had any success with Devin? The past month we did an experiment to try it out, and our personal results were pretty horrible.
January 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Close the Gap”

From my upcoming post I’m writing on #Inertiajs based on Ryan Florence’s talk “mind the gap”

Really looking forward to putting pen to paper on this concept I’ve been preaching about.
December 5, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Is there a go-to library for interfacing with LLMs in #rails?

With the next/node ecosystem we have the AI SDK and Laravel has Prism github.com/echolabsdev/...

Is there anything similar as the de facto solution for a Rails backend you all are using?
GitHub - echolabsdev/prism: A unified interface for working with LLMs in Laravel
A unified interface for working with LLMs in Laravel - echolabsdev/prism
github.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Every single #Nextjs time project I’ve come into, the team has regretted choosing it as the codebase expands.

Inevitably, there is some background process or more complex backend logic that needs to happen and the project ends up with disparate code spread between Supabase functions, Lambdas, etc
November 29, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Let’s build a starter pack of everyone that is building with #inertiajs!

Would love to get both #Laravel and #Rails folks as well.

Comment here if you’d like to be added and let’s build this community 😃
November 28, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Has anyone switch from #rails to #laravel? What made you switch and anything you miss from Rails?

With the influx of both VC funding and new devs coming in the Laravel space, it’s hard not to compare and build where the community is 👀
November 19, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Who’s building with #Rails and #InertiaJS?

I’ve built mostly NextJS apps with some Rails experience, and this stack fills the gaps with both. Feel absolutely cracked
November 19, 2024 at 4:33 AM