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Ode to RailsConfIrina NazarovaSend us a textIrina Nazarova, head of Evil Martians, shares insights on Rails' enduring value in the startup ecosystem and her journey from Rails user to keynote speaker and community organizer.• Rails and Y Combinator grew simultaneously, with 90% of early YC startups building on Rails• Rails helps startups focus on business risks while keeping technology risks under control• The community still thrives with over 900 Ruby meetups worldwide in the past 12 months• Flexport's migration from 30+ Java microservices to a Rails monolith demonstrates pragmatic possibilities• Local meetups create consistent opportunities for networking, learning...2025-06-1629 min
Code with Jason245 - Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians and Sin City Ruby 2025 SpeakerJason Swett and Irina Nazarova discuss the revitalization of the Ruby community, focusing on the announcement of Sin City Ruby 2025 in Las Vegas. They highlight the importance of small, intimate gatherings for networking, insights from past events, the resurgence of Ruby meetups in San Francisco, and the role of mentorship in fostering growth.- Evil Martians- Martian Events- Sin City Ruby2025-01-161h 24
The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 527: Evangelizing Rails with Irina NazarovaWe all love Ruby on Rails. You may remember that my first episode on this show was about whether Rails was still relevant. In the last few years, there’s been so many exciting things coming to Ruby and Rails. I have felt that excitement in the community. I’ve felt it at conferences and in my conversations with many of you. Today, Irina Nazarova joins us to talk about how we can better evangelize Rails
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Neighbor gem https://github.com/ankane/neighbor
Irina’s Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFYiyFQMU8
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Friendly ShowBalkan Ruby! 👽 Irina Nazarova. Making $ on Dev tools 🤑🤑🤑This week we are visiting Balkan Ruby in Sofia, Bulgaria.In this surprise mini-episode we discuss making $$ on dev tools with Irina Nazarova, CEO of very very Evil Martians! Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails 2024-04-2717 min
Remote RubyIrina Nazarova from Evil MartiansIn today’s episode, Jason, Chris, and Andrew, along with their guest, Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians, engage in a candid discussion that covers the intricacies of using Rails and integrating it with technologies like React, and the challenges of marketing developer-facing products. The discussion also touches on open-core business models, the relevance of Docker in current tech companies, and the future of software deployment. Also, Irina touches on a new tool from Thoughtbot called Superglue, a new open source product called Skooma, and she invites listeners to come to RailsConf and some Ruby meetups in San Francisco co...2024-04-1250 min
Dev Propulsion LabsJono Bacon, former Director of Community at GitHub & Ubuntu, author of “People Powered”Your dev tool needs to harness the power of community — whether you’re building your own or connecting to larger forums. The new episode of the Dev Propulsion Labs podcast is packed with Jono Bacon’s insights on building relationships with your audience: he has built over 300(!) open source communities, including GitHub and Ubuntu, and he still backs many of them on their continued path to sustainability as part of the Community Leadership Core accelerator.Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. The podcast is hosted by Irina...2024-04-0236 min
MaintainableIrina Nazarova - Investing in Innovation: The Consultancy's Guide to GrowthIn the latest episode of Maintainable, Robby Russell has a fascinating conversation with Irina Nazarova, the CEO of Evil Martians, a name that resonates with innovation and bold strides in the software development world. They dive deep into what it takes to maintain not just code, but also the delicate balance between rapid development and long-term sustainability in the ever-evolving startup landscape.Irina shares her unique perspective on the common traits of well-maintained software, stressing the importance of adaptability and the role of technical debt at different stages of a company's growth. With a background rich in...2024-03-1245 min
Dev Propulsion LabsAlice Chen, CTO & Co-Founder at OpenContextWe’re blasting off the third season of our podcast with a new host, Irina Nazarova, CEO at Evil Martians, and a new guest—Alice Chen, CTO & Co-Founder at OpenContext, a platform that drives clarity of context across the organization. Prior to co-founding OpenContext in 2021, Alice rose up in the ranks of massive companies like HP and Informatica. In our conversation, we dug into her strategies to sell open source to enterprise giants—to help you accomplish your next big sell.Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products.2024-03-0635 min
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots482: Evil Martians with Irina NazarovaIrina Nazarova is CEO of Evil Martians, a product development consultancy that works with startups and established businesses while creating open-source products and services.
Victoria talks to Irina about getting a sense of what people are interested in learning about or what kind of problems they have, how consulting and product development complement each other, and of course, the question on everyone's minds: Is Evil Martians really evil? 😈
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Code with Jason188 - Sin City Ruby Speaker Irina NazarovaToday I welcome back Evil Martians CEO Irina Nazarova for a discussion of her travels, the relentless march of time, changes we expect to see in the future of large language models, preparing for AI tools of the future, the most effective ways of using ChatGPT, AI as a performance enhancing drug, the upcoming Sin City Ruby conference (March 21-22, 2024), the support of the Ruby community and the importance of surrounding yourself with open, positive people.Irina Nazarova on TwitterIrina Nazarova on LinkedInArtificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter NorvigEvil Martians.comRazom for UkraineNova UkraineWorld...2023-07-031h 17
devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software DevelopmentIrina Nazarova - Evil MartiansThis week we're joined by Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians. Evil Martians is a consultancy that has created and amazing open source catalog with projects like PostCSS, AnyCable, and ImgProxy. We talk about her background, stepping into leadership, and commercial open source.
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Remote RubyRemote Ruby RailsConf 2023 Panel This is a special episode from RailsConf 2023 Atlanta, where we’re having a Ruby Community Podcast LIVE! Today, we have on the panel Brittany Martin, Co-host of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, our very own Jason Charnes, and Paul Bahr, Audio Editor from Peachtree Sound, who edits over a dozen tech podcasts. We also have some great guests joining us: Aaron “tenderlove” Patterson, Irina Nazarova, Justin Searls, and Britni Alexander, who was selected by the audience to be our fourth guest. Today, our guests share some stories about who they are and what they do, give shout-outs, and answer questio...2023-05-1037 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 469: Railsconf 2023: A Ruby Community Podcast Live!Listen to Brittany Martin (The Ruby on Rails Podcast), Jason Charnes (Remote Ruby) and Paul Bahr (Peachtree Sound) as they interview guests from the community on a live podcast at Railsconf 2023 in Atlanta, GA.
Guest #1: Aaron Patterson, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify
Guest #2: Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians
Guest #3: Voted on by the community in an online poll: Justin Searls, Meta Programmer at Test Double
Guest #4: Voted on by the community live at this session: Britni Alexander, Senior Software Engineer
Our Vanna White of Guest Selection: Danielle Greaves, Lead Web Developer...2023-05-1037 min
Code with Jason176 - How to Build a Feature with Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil MartiansThis week, Irina Nazarova and I discuss the way we think about building features. We get into the kinds of questions you should ask at the beginning of a project, using feedback loops to make sure you understand the user's needs, the propensity of users to muddle through using software rather than reading documentation, releasing smaller chunks of work frequently to limit risk, and focusing on helping the user rather than on the tech. We also discuss upcoming conferences and our travel plans.Irina Nazarova on TwitterIrina Nazarova on LinkedInEvil Martians.comDon't Make Me Think by Steve KrugA D...2023-03-271h 41
Code with Jason168 - Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil MartiansThis episode, I'm joined by Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians for a discussion of her time in Portugal, her time with Evil Martians and her previous experience with startups, my hair salon software, and how focusing on the user can influence design decisions.Irina Nazarova on TwitterIrina Nazarova on LinkedInEvil Martians.comNova UkraineRazom for UkraineWorld Central Kitchen2022-12-2258 minThe Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 428: From Developer to CEO with Irina NazarovaIrina Nazarova is the CEO of Evil Martians, a consulting company known as authors of PostCSS, AnyCable, imgproxy, and many blog posts and tutorials. She and Brittany discuss both her developer and CEO origin stories, sustainable opensource, leading really talented developers and Google Apps Script.
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