Rails Business

Ryan Castillo of Knowatoa

Episode 6

In this episode, Brendan is joined by Ryan Castillo, co-founder of Knowatoa, a platform dedicated to optimizing business visibility and accuracy across AI-driven search engines. Ryan shares insights on his background in software development, and how his journey led to the creation of Knowatoa. They discuss the origins of Knowatoa, and Ryan also shares experiences with AI tools like ChatGPT and Cursor that have been integral in their development processes.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

01:18 Ryan's Background and Journey with Rails

04:00 Technical Insights: Ruby, Rails, and Redis

09:37 Scaling Challenges and Solutions

12:45 Networking and Community Impact

16:15 Development Cycles and Marketing Strategies

19:00 AI Integration in Development

22:47 Origins and Evolution of Knowatoa

25:32 Conclusion and Contact Information

Links:

- Knowatoa

- Ryan Castillo's Blue Sky

- Ryan Castillo's LinkedIn

- Wafris SQLite Blog Post

- Ryan's Website

- Brendan's Bluesky

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