
Brendan Buckingham and Ryan Frisch talk about developing with Ruby on Rails and how to leverage it to build a business.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 33 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessTechnology | |||

The hosts explore whether “data is the new moat” in SaaS and argues that data alone—especially customer data—is rarely defensible as extraction and migration get easier. Instead, moats increasingly come from clear product vision, differentiated appro... more
The hosts once again discuss the recurring theme of AI’s impact on development workflows. They discuss various topics, including:
• Increased PR volume from AI-assisted coding and whether traditional pull request reviews are still necessary.
• Sh... more
In this episode, the hosts discuss building a “universal scraper” for event calendars and a new AI-assisted workflow using a long-running orchestrator.md thread.
00:12 Why Change AI Workflow
01:29 Orchestrator File Setup
04:36 How Memory Persists
07... more
The hosts discuss how AI-assisted coding has massively increased their output, creating a new bottleneck: cognitive load, PR review, testing, and getting work shipped. Ryan discusses splitting time between finishing near-complete work, advancing a fe... more
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The show centers on building and running businesses around Ruby on Rails, with a practical bent toward product, engineering, and process. Across episodes, hosts Brendan Buckingham and Ryan Frisch explore code quality, performance optimization, upgrade strategies, AI-enabled workflows, and practical project management for Rails-based teams. The discussions blend technical guidance, real-world customer and contractor dynamics, and entrepreneurial insights, making it valuable for developers, startup founders, and engineering leaders who want to design better software and more effective teams. A notable pattern is the emphasis on actionable approaches—whether upgrading legacy Rails apps, integrating AI to boost developer productivity, or docume... more
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