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Friendly ShowWhy Developers Resist Paying For ToolsEver wonder why “I can build it in a weekend” becomes months of maintenance debt? We sit down with TypeSense CEO Jason Bosco.We get honest about developer psychology. Yes, you can build it—but not the years of nuance: typotolerance, geo search, semantic relevance, faceting, and the thousand edge cases you only learn from a large, vocal user base. We talk through when it’s smart to build (their custom observability agent for cost and resource constraints) and when buying is the rational choice. The rule of thumb: tie every build decision to a clear customer benefit...
2025-10-241h 01
Friendly ShowHow a playful “passport” united three Ruby conferences and sparked a new way to connect the communitySummaryIn this engaging conversation, Adrian and Amanda discuss the evolution of Ruby events, particularly focusing on Railsworld and the innovative Ruby Passport initiative. They explore the challenges and successes of organizing community events, the importance of creating memorable experiences, and the collaborative spirit that drives the Ruby community. The discussion also touches on future plans for the Ruby Passport and the impact of community engagement on event success.TakeawaysThe Ruby Passport was developed to enhance attendee experience at events.Community engagement is crucial for the...
2025-10-1043 min
Friendly ShowRails World 2025 Ruby Passport - Adrian Marin and Adrien PolyAt the Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam, Avo creator Adrian Marin and Plume CTO Adrien Poly announced a new initiative - physical Ruby passports to track your conference attendances Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2025-09-0816 min
Friendly ShowExploring the Rails World 2025 talks. FriendlyRB and EURUKOHey folks! It’s Yaro here, and in this episode, Adrian and I are super pumped to chat about the upcoming Ruby triathlon and the conferences we’re super excited about: Rails World, Friendly RB, EURUKO. We dive into the agendas, shout out the awesome keynote speakers, and get into the juicy stuff like Rails 8 updates and performance tweaks. We also talk about why the community vibe and networking are so key, plus the killer lineup of speakers you’ll get to meet. This episode’s your perfect warm-up for an epic conference s...
2025-08-2948 min
IndieRailsRegional Ruby Conferences - A Crossover EpisodeIn 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 near and dear to our hearts: organizing regional Ruby conferences. Adrian is the organizer of Friendly.rb in Bucharest. Jason is the organizer of Sin City Ruby in Las Vegas. And as long-time listeners may know, Jeremy co-organized Blue Ridge Ruby in Asheville, NC back in 2023.
2025-05-271h 28
Friendly ShowThe real cost of small Ruby conference organizing: Success stories and financial risksIn this special crossover episode, hosts from The Friendly Show, Indie Rails, and Code with Jason come together to share the unvarnished truth about organizing Ruby conferences.Adrian (Friendly RB), Jeremy (Blue Ridge Ruby), and Jason (Sin City Ruby) open up about their journeys from conference attendees to organizers, revealing the financial realities, emotional highs and lows, and unexpected challenges of creating memorable experiences for the Ruby community.What You'll Learn:How much it really costs to start a conference (spoiler: more than you think)Why hotel blocks can financially destroy small...
2025-05-261h 33
Friendly ShowAdrian & Yaro: Christmas Classics, AI coding, SuperRails & AVO updates 🎄 Unwrapping 2024!DEAR FRIENDSMERRY CHRISTMASTHANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. WE LOVE YOU!- Adrian & YaroThis episode highlights the blend of coding, family, and festive reflections as we discuss personal milestones and the role of AI in development. We talk about the importance of community, the challenges of learning to code, and our plans for AVO and SuperRails in the New Year. • Enjoying holiday movies and traditions • Reflecting on errors in coding tutorials and real-world impact • Exploring the influence of AI on coding skills
2024-12-2437 min
Friendly ShowWes Oudshoorn - AppSignal's Stroopwafel Adventures 🇳🇱 Sprinkled with Community Love!Ever wondered how a simple Dutch treat became a beloved symbol in the Ruby and Rails community? Join us as we chat with Wes Oudshoorn, co-founder of AppSignal, who shares the delightful story of sending stroopwafels to conferences and customers since 2013. From nearly 500 kilograms of sweet goodness shipped this year alone to our serendipitous meeting in Thailand at Bangkok RB, Wes takes us through AppSignal’s journey of blending tech, community, and stroopwafels. We also dive into the core mission of AppSignal—providing developer-friendly application performance monitoring—and the logistical challenges of shipping these treats internationally. Plus, we get a tast...
2024-12-0312 min
Friendly ShowFriendly Show November 2024. Black Friday deals, SupeRails PRO, Hotwire Native, Office HoursAfter a busy conference season Yaro & Adrian take the time to talk about ongoing projects.AVO Black Friday deal: https://avohq.io/dealsSupeRails Black Friday deal: https://superails.com/deals0:00 Conferences1:49 Avo Guest Blogposts4:07 Rails 88:38 Avo Registration Flow13:16 Avo Office Hours15:25 SupeRails Office Hours?16:47 SupeRails PRO19:10 Hotwire Native24:15 Moneygun28:50 Avo Directory App, Avo Demo websites32:00 Black Friday34:00 Yaro is available 🦄Join us as we explore the vibrant world of tech events through the eyes of Yarrow and Adrian. After an ele...
2024-11-1936 min
Friendly ShowCelebrating Rails World 2024 with Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout. Rails conventionsTom Rossi runs HigherPixels and Buzzsprout - the best podcasting app.We actually use Buzzsprout for this podcast!Buzzsprout has a very professional podcasting booth at Rails World. We are recording this episode from there!Buzzsprout also recently launched a mobile app using Hotwire/Turbo Native!Ever wondered how a tech company thrives by prioritizing teachability over experience? Higher Pixels' commitment to Ruby on Rails reveals the magic behind their rapid and successful app development. Learn about their trust in Rails conventions and their exciting adoption of Hotwire Native, which led to...
2024-10-2818 min
Friendly ShowAndrew Culver: BulletTrain, ClickFunnels & Family Adventures 🚀 Live from Rails World 2024!What if you could transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality with just a few strategic moves?Join us as we sit down with Andrew Culver, Chief Product Architect and Chief of Staff at ClickFunnels, during Rails World 2024 in Toronto 🇨🇦Discover the inspiring journey of how Andrew transitioned from creating and eventually selling Churn Buster, to developing an open-source SaaS boilerplate, Bullet Train, which paved his path to becoming a key figure in the Ruby on Rails community.Not only does Andrew discuss his impressive career trajectory, but he also shares the personal side of his...
2024-10-1816 min
IndieRailsRails World 2024 CrossoverOn Day 2 of Rails World, Jess and Jeremy join with Drew Bragg of Code and the Coding Coders Who Code It and Adrian Marin and Yaro Shmarov of the Friendly Show to chat about the conference. Enjoy!
2024-10-0826 min
Friendly ShowCirdes Henrique, Tropical on Rails 2025 organizer. Live from Rails World 2024Cirdes Henrique (@cirdesh) is the organiser of Tropical RB in Brazil 🇧🇷🌴This year Adrian visited the first edition of the conference where met Cirdes and gave a talk. From the moment they met, Adrien knew Cirdes has that FRIENDLY DNA!AnywayWhat happens when a beachside tech gathering moves to the bustling urban landscape of São Paulo? Join us as we sit down with the dynamic Cirdes, co-host of Tropical on Rails, live from Rails World 2024 in Toronto. We share the electric atmosphere of the event and discuss how Tropical on Rails has not on...
2024-10-0615 min
Friendly ShowCaleb Porzio: Crafting Open Source Dreams and Financial Freedom with Flux 🚀Discover the inspiring journey of Caleb Porzio, a pivotal figure in open source innovation, as he reveals the secrets to balancing a career fuelled by passion and financial stability.Transitioning from a conventional full-time job to a flourishing career centered around open source projects, Caleb underscores the significance of financial readiness and the autonomy that freelancing affords.His journey sheds light on how this path may be more attainable for younger individuals, who often have fewer commitments.Caleb's strategy of intertwining free open source tools with paid projects not only ensures sustainability but...
2024-10-0411 min
Friendly ShowLive from Rails World 2024! Featuring Jess Brown, Drew Bragg and Jeremy SmithWe meet with the hosts of "Indie Rails" & "Code and the Coding Coders who Code it" in the Rails World podcast booth to share our emotions about the conference & what's coming in Rails 8What happens when the best minds in the Rails and PHP communities come together? You get an unforgettable live recording at Rails World, Day 2! We're joined by Jeremy and Jess from Indie Rails, Drew Bragg from Code and the Coding Coders who Code It, and Adrian and Yaro from The Friendly Show to celebrate the groundbreaking announcement of authentication in Rails 8. Feel the festival-like...
2024-09-2929 min
Friendly ShowTaylor Otwell: How Rails inspired Laravel 🚀 Live from Rails World 2024!Ever wondered how one of the most popular PHP frameworks came to be? We've got you covered with an exclusive conversation with Taylor Otwell, the mastermind behind Laravel, recorded live at Rails World 2024. Taylor takes us on a fascinating journey from Laravel’s early days, inspired heavily by Rails, to its unique path with game-changing innovations like InertiaJS and Laravel Livewire. We discuss the evolution of Laravel's ORM, routing systems, and its impressive event-based system, job queues, and real-time functionalities. Taylor also shares his excitement about Rails 8's innovative approach to using databases by default, a philosophy mirrored in La...
2024-09-2710 min
Friendly Show🥑 Avo joins TinySeed 🤑! What will Adrian do with the money?We talk about:Adrians' worldwide conference tour in the first half of 2024 (Tropical RB, Singapore, Sin City)Yaro & Adrian spending time together at the French RivieraUpcoming conferences (EURUKO, Rails World, FriendlyRB) FriendlyRB plans & speakers Avo future plans (marketplace, no-code/low-code) Hiring for Avo Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2024-07-0529 min
Friendly Show🇧🇬 BalkanRuby: Radoslav Stankov does not need Hotwire ⛔️One more cool cat from BalkanRuby!This time we talk to Rado ex-producthunt head of engineering, building his own product - AngryBuilding. He is the only developer and has a team of non-devs doing business stuff.He kindly reminds me that you don't always need reactivity, and full-page reloads are good. Enough for many B2B cases!You can learn a lot from Rado about building businesses with Rails.His new startup: https://angrybuilding.com Slides from his conference talks: https://rstankov.com/appearancesP.S. Sorry f...
2024-04-2911 min
Friendly ShowGenadi Samokovarov - Balkan Ruby organizerSince the first moment I met Genadi I felt “this guy is great to be around“!In this episode he talks about the 🇧🇬 ruby community, organising conferences, his current work and open source history.Find Genadi http://gsamokovarov.com/ Balkan Ruby https://balkanruby.com/ Join Sofia local ruby meetup https://rubybanitsa.com/ Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2024-04-2911 min
Friendly ShowNick Sutterer - Trailblazer daddy, ViewComponents grandpa, heart of the partyNick is one of the most fun exciting people to be around!He has a few superpowers:1. Developing unique Ruby tools way ahead of their timeHe created Trailblazer as a better way to structure business logic in Rails apps than Services. Way ahead of DDD! https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazerHe created Cells that inspired ViewComponent https://github.com/trailblazer/cells2. Presenting on stage. So far he did over 100 conference and meet-up appearances! He has a natural charm and can always make you laugh.3. Heart of...
2024-04-2911 min
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
Friendly ShowWhy Detroit?! Meet Ufuk, the secret organizer behind Rails Conf 2024RailsConf is happening on 7-9 of May!And Ufuk is the lead organizer!He recently joined the Ruby Central board of directors.He is on the Shopify infrastructure team, working on making Ruby on Rails a better ecosystem 💪We discuss:What makes RailsConf 2024 special?What is "RubyConf Hack Day"?Where does the ticket price come from?Why is RubyCentral so important to our community? Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2024-03-1445 min
Friendly ShowMeet SQLite Jesus, Stephen MargheimSteven is on a mission to make SQLite good enough for production.We talked aboutSQLite and Litestackcontributing to open sourcebeing "the guy" in a niche, creating your own luck Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2024-02-261h 02
Friendly ShowAmanda Perino: It's RailsWorld 2024 CFP season! How to become a speaker?Join the dialogue with Amanda Perino, CEO of the Rails Foundation, as we unpack the intricacies and excitement of Rails World 2024. Amanda brings her unique perspective to the table, revealing the behind-the-scenes of organizing a top-tier conference in Toronto and how they're shaping it to be an even more engaging and community-driven event. We reminisce about past encounters that birthed our podcast and hear updates on both the Rails community's beloved doggo - Milo, and the technical leaps expected with Rails 8.What's more, we take your feedback to heart, promising more networking woven in...
2024-01-3020 min
Friendly ShowAndy's Tech Tales: The Brighton Ruby Conference, RailsConf Proposals, and Nurturing Junior TalentJoin the conversation with the serial conference organizer Andy Croll, where we talk about how he started Brighton Ruby, why he's still doing it, how he's helping organize RailsConf this year, and about First Ruby Friend and why you should hire junior developers.https://brightonruby.com/https://firstrubyfriend.org/https://railsconf.org/ Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2024-01-2642 min
Friendly ShowThe endSeason 1 finale!Today we talk about:our reflections about 2023 and plans for 2024Rails 8 featuresHighlights:👶Being a young father⛵️Sailing✈️visited 5 Ruby events together🍻met new Ruby friends🎙️10x FriendlyShow podcast episodes🎬68 videos & ✍55 blogposts🥑All-in on AVOWill there be a Season 2? Let us know if you want one! Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2023-12-281h 06
Friendly ShowMariusz Koziel - Ruby community in Poland, how to become CTO and CEOMariusz is an old friend of ours. Over the last few years, we've chilled 🍻 at many events around 🇪🇺 He works at an iconic ruby consulting shop in Warsaw, Poland (Visuality), where he was recently promoted from CTO to CEO.Mariusz gives back to the 💎 community by organizing local meetups (Warsaw, Lodz) and organizing conferences.In July 2023, he organized the first "Warsaw Community Conference".Just 6 months later, he is organizing the second edition of Warsaw Community Conference on 02 Feb 2024.It can be a great opportunity to visit Warsaw and meet old...
2023-12-0846 min
Friendly ShowAndrea Rocca, Hotwire Cookbook, Rails UI, and flying foxesSurprise surprise: we invited our friend Andrea to the FRIENDLY show!We talked about:💰 How Andrea switched to programming and became CTO🙆♂️ Everybody needs a Paul in their life!👨🏻🍳 who stole the Hotwire Cookbook?💅 Rails UI libraries🦘 Ruby AustraliaAndrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilrock__Andrea on GitHub: https://github.com/ilrockHowire cookbook: https://hotwirecookbook.com🦊 Flying foxes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2023-11-1839 min
Friendly ShowWhat are our plans for Brovember? Wait, since when is Brovember a thing? I think it was one of our most chill, relaxed episodes.Take a break and join us as we discuss:Building a new Rails starter kit?Rails UI frameworks?GoodJob vs Sidekiq/Redis?Best way to do Multitenancy?Devise vs other authentication approaches?Avo 3 release date, Avo-2025 UI features Providing feedback to softwareHow to make superails.com better?Show notes:Get Helvetic.rb tickets: https://helvetic-ruby.ch/Helvetic.rb fondue evening RSVP: https://ruby.social/@marioschuettel/111296355470789293Notion sharding article: https://www.notion.so/blog/sharding-postgres-at-notionPhlex UI: https://www.phlexui.c...
2023-11-0236 min
Friendly ShowAdrian and Yaro talk about RailsWorld, EuRuKo and FriendlyRB Adrian and Yaroslav completed a Triathlon by visiting 3 Ruby conferences in the span of 3 weeks! Today we meet to share our fresh emotions after visiting these amazing events. - EuRuKo (European Ruby Conference) took place in Vilnus, Lithuania (550 attendees) - FriendlyRB that was organized by Adrian in Bucharest, Romania (130 attendees) - The first ever RailsWorld conference was in Amsterdam, Netherlands (700 attendees) - Adrian gave an unconference talk about "Build Rails apps 10x faster" at EuRuKo - Yaroslav gave a talk "Hotwire Cookbook" at RailsWorld about common usecases and patterns for Hotwire
2023-10-0936 min
Friendly ShowAndré Arko and how we got RubyGems and Bundler. RubyConf 2023: what to expect? André is a long-term maintainer for RubyGems and Bundler - fundamental tools of the Ruby community that we usually take for granted.🎙️ He joins us to tell the exciting history of how RubyGems and Bundler were created and matured over the years, the challenges of working how the longevity of these tool💰💰💰 Maintaining a LARGE open source project can become very expensive ($500,000/month) and about where this money comes from.André also talks about RubyCentral (organization that organizes RubyConf, oversees RubyGems and Bundler) and RubyTogether (the financing arm of RubyCentral) We also get to hear...
2023-09-211h 25
Friendly ShowJonathan Markwell talks about SaaS, validating ideas, and Conferences Jonathan Markwell talks to us about the early days of SaaS, Remote work, and Brighton Ruby. He told us how Brighton Ruby came to be, how he met Andy Croll, and how they hosted two conferences in the same week 🤯Jon shared the SaaS tool he’s been working on for a while now, and we brainstormed the cool and useful things a SaaS founder might use it on.The Skiff co-working space in Brighton.Cogrid - Monitor the Companies You Work WithPlainScaling - Make your first million in calm revenue....
2023-07-1151 min
Friendly ShowThe Ruby On Rails Interview Bible - Author Nezir Zahirović talks about his book Today we speak with Nezir Zahirović, author of The Ruby On Rails Interview Bible, about how his first contact with technology and how he got started with development, about the tools he used, and more importantly about a few ideas of what to do to stand out in your future job applications.What is Nezir's favourite gem?deviseThe Interview BibleNezir Zahirović on LinkedInNezir Zahirović on Twitter Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2023-06-2133 min
Friendly ShowAdrian and Yaro visit the RailsSaaS Conference in Athens, Greece Today we talk about our awesome times at the Rails Saas conference in Athens last week. We touched on how well the conference was organized, the great talks, and the fantastic people we both met. We felt like in the presence of stars and online friends.We also spoke about how important it is to have activities planned outside the conference too and how the people make all the difference.Yaro making the slides on the spotRuby philosophasionEmmanuel from Rails ChangelogBeach photo by Julian ChealAvoSupeRails
2023-06-0629 min
Friendly ShowWho are Yaro and Adrian? This is our clumsy but spontaneous attempt at podcasting. We had a call on Sunday, scheduled for Thursday, and just went on the call to see how we fare. The rest is history.SupeRails YouTubeSupeRailsAvo admin for Rails Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRails
2023-05-2524 min