In this episode, the hosts interview Adrian Marin, the creator of Avo, to discuss his journey from PHP and Node.js to Ruby on Rails. Adrian shares insights into the development of Avo, an internal tools and operations framework for Ruby on Rails apps, and the challenges he faced transitioning from a developer to a business owner. He also touches on the importance of positioning, marketing, and sales in building a successful product. Furthermore, Adrian talks about organizing the Friendly RB conference to foster community and knowledge sharing in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:19 Discovering Ruby on Rails
01:34 The Birth of Avo
03:39 Challenges in Marketing and Sales
04:49 Transitioning from Developer to Business Owner
06:32 Insights on Business Development
08:35 TinySeed and Team Expansion
11:29 Understanding Avo's Use Cases
16:41 Integrating Avo into Existing Apps
17:27 Engineers' Weekend Experimentation
18:26 Building and Transitioning to Avo
20:24 Challenges and Benefits of SaaS
23:23 Managing Feature Requests and Development
27:03 Organizing the Friendly RB Conference
32:42 Conclusion and Contact Information

LINKS

– Adrian's X/Twitter

– Adrian's LinkedIn

– Friendly.rb

– Avo.cool

– Ryan's Website

– Brendan's X/Twitter

– Brendan's Bluesky

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