Friendly Show

Ever 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 choi...

Summary In 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. Takeaways ...

At 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

Hey 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 ...

In 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...