FounderQuest

Ben and Josh discuss the benefits and perils of using AI assistants for programming.
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Codeium Windsurf
GitHub Copilot announcement
Perplexity

Ben, Josh, and John Nunemaker are back from RubyConf and take the opportunity to discuss how to sponsor a conference as a small software company. Protip: bring your furniture from home.
https://wiki.c2.com/?ResultObjectPattern=
https://www.chairigami.com
https://twenty.com
https://rubycentral.org/news/make-railsconf-happen/
Adam’s Judo Scale infomercial
https://boxoutsports.com/graphics/multi-format/multi-format-gameday-90-s-series
https://boxoutsports.com/graphics/tags/saved-by-the-bell

Ben and Josh go off-script for a fun and hopefully-not-too-long chat about their favorite Twitter-like social network, Bluesky.
https://faineg.substack.com/p/how-i-accidentally-ruined-bluesky
The hosts of WSUA9 call it skeeting on air
AOC endorses “team skeets”
Jake Tapper says “skeeted” live on CNN
Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech by Mike Masnick
Composable moderation
How to set your domain as your handle
Bluesky reaches 20M users
https://go.bsky.app/HD2Ty2o
https://go.bsky.app/EGczjGA
https://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.com
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuawood.honeybadger.io
https://bsky.app/profile/founder.quest
https://bsky.app/profile/honeybadger.io
https://deck.blue/
https://brid.gy/

Josh and Ben reconnect with their friend JP Boily to discuss building his startup Metrics Watch for just over 9 years before finding a new owner on Acquire.com.
Bluesky startups & bootstrappers starter pack
Join the Honeybadger/FounderQuest Discord server!
https://metricswatch.com/
https://github.com/topfunky/gruff
https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer
https://jumpstartrails.com
https://microconf.com
https://businessofsoftware.org
https://rubyconferences.org

Josh and Ben catch up with John Nunemaker after Rails World and dig into John's recent acquisition of Fireside.fm, the podcasting platform created by Dan Benjamin. What's next for John? In short, he's curating some Very Good Software™.
https://www.johnnunemaker.com/acquiring-fireside/
https://www.johnnunemaker.com/how-to-find-a-business-partner/
https://danbenjamin.com/
http://sifterapp.com/
https://www.indierails.com/