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The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 536: Better With Becky with Becky SearlsBecky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails)
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2025-05-0739 min
Breaking Changev30 - Mall of the Gulf of AmericaIf you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy.
I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast if you don't write in to podcast@searls.co. Give me proof of life, that's all I need. I won't even read it on air if you don't want!
If you're not bored yet, click the links:
Becky did a reel of our twin birthday cruise
Aaron's puns, ranked
Fewer than 200 people bought Resident Evil on iPhone
Apple Invites and GroupKit are gonna save us...
2025-02-012h 42Breaking Changev26 - Luigi's MansionI'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it.
Send your complaints to podcast@searls.co and they will be read on air.
Some bullet points below the fold:
My 90-minute, outdated guide to setting up a Mac
Aaron's puns, ranked
Jim Carrey is 62...
2024-12-143h 24
The Wellness ParadoxFit Pros - Stop Trading Time for Money w/Becky SearlsIn this episode we welcome back Becky Searls to the podcast, who joined us originally in episode 48. She is a former high school Spanish teacher turned personal trainer and fitness coach. In this episode she shares an update to her inspirational career journey. Discover how Becky's background in education seamlessly transitioned into the fitness industry, highlighting the striking parallels between curriculum planning in teaching and program planning in personal training. Becky reveals her innovative approach to breaking free from the traditional time-for-money model, offering invaluable insights for fitness professionals eager to scale their businesses while maintaining work-life balance.
2024-11-1342 min
IndieRailsAlways Something, Never Nothing - Becky SearlsIn this episode, we're excited to introduce our guest, Becky Searls. We recently met Becky at Rails World and learned about her business, Better with Becky—a fitness training program focused on people with a growth mindset. Over the past year, she worked with her husband Justin to build her first product, Build with Becky, a personalized workout program and fitness app built in Rails, which launched publicly during the conference! We chat with Becky about her professional journey starting as a K-12 educator, becoming a fitness instructor, building her own business, and now moving into the product owner ro...
2024-11-1256 min
Merge CommitsIndieRails: One-Person FrameworkRecorded an episode of IndieRails with Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith live at Rails World 2024 in Toronto about my final talk and Becky's new app.
Appearing on: IndieRails
Published on: 2024-10-24
Original URL: https://www.indierails.com/45
Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? podcast@searls.co
2024-10-2442 min
IndieRailsOne Person Framework with Justin SearlsIn this episode, Justin Searls (open source author, speaker, and co-founder of Test Double) joins us in-person at Rails World to talk about his career, speaking, consulting, the One Person Framework, and building a web application for his wife's fitness business, Better with Becky.Follow JustinWebsiteTwitterMastodonLinkedInRelevant LinksThe Empowered Programmer talkTest DoubleBreaking Change podcastFred BrooksRubyKaigiThe One Person Framework
2024-10-1542 minBreaking Changev21 - Not From BackupGet ready for a three-hour-plus Breaking Change spectacular! Why is it special?
I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to listen.
Remember, money doesn't change hands when you consume this Content™, but that doesn't
make it free! In exchange for downloading this MP3, the license requires you to
write in to podcast@searls.co at least once every
three episodes. Some of y'all are past due, and I know where to find you.
Want URLs? I got URLs:
This useless skinny tree fell over
Becky's first app is live at betterwithbecky.com
I...
2024-10-073h 23Breaking Changev20 - Mandatory StealthThere have now been 20 major versions since the initial release of Breaking
Change, but this is one of the less bad ones. It was substantially improved by
friend of the show, Eric Doggett, who helped out with
mixing!
If you have strong feelings about anything you hear, you know where to stuff
those feelings (other than "deep, deep down"):
podcast@searls.co.
Spicier-than-usual show notes follow:
Kin Euphorics are usually non-alcoholic overpriced cocktails
Squarespace kinda sucks now and a lot of people are worried the new PE overlords are gonna kill it
Build with...
2024-09-152h 56Breaking Changev1 - Initial CommitI finally gave up and recorded a podcast. And now I'm writing show notes. I
tried not to let this happen but here I am typing this and it's happening.
Forgive me.
This is a podcast for anybody who shares my interests and likes passing the time
with a friendly, opinionated voice in their head. I have done thousands of hours
of chores and errands over the years listening to mostly agreeable, sometimes
interesting 1.5-3 hour podcasts to keep my mind busy. Now it's time for me to
give back, I guess.
Here's the deal...
2024-01-101h 47The Wellness Paradox10 Crucial Lesson to be a Successful Fitness Pro w/Becky SearlsEntering any new profession is a challenge. Transitioning into a new profession as a second career can be down right scary. Our guest in episode 48 of the Wellness Paradox Podcast, Becky Searls, knows that well as she transitioned from a career in education to one in personal training. Although this is a scary process, transitioning from one career path to another provides interesting perspective and valuable lessons to apply to your new career, Becky also knows this well, and that’s what we’ll discuss in this episode. Specifically, we’ll unpack a Medium Article Becky wrote entitle...
2022-04-1346 min