Rails Business

Jess Brown

Brendan Buckingham & Ryan Frisch Episode 12

In this episode, Jess Brown, shares his journey from freelance consulting to becoming a Rails developer and business owner. Topics covered include Jess's origins with development and Rails, his roles in his businesses, Bootstrap upgrades, mobile apps and more!

00:00 Introduction to Jess Brown
00:12 Jess's Journey into Development
01:05 Transition to Rails
03:29 Business Ventures and Roles
07:30 Building and Managing Apps
12:46 Challenges and Solutions in Development
16:46 Upgrading and Modernizing
19:34 Bootstrap and Rails Upgrades
20:35 Dependency Management Challenges
23:16 AI in Development and Code Review
27:14 Using Videos for Task and PR Reviews
29:27 Buying and Growing Businesses
34:50 Conclusion and Contact Information

LINKS

- Jess's Blog

Jess's X/Twitter

- Indie Rails Podcast

- CSePub

- Tract

- Ryan's Website

- Brendan's X/Twitter

- Brendan's Bluesky

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