FounderQuest

Will AI replace developers?

Ben and Josh discuss the benefits and perils of using AI assistants for programming.CursorCodeium WindsurfGitHub Copilot announcementPerplexity

How to Sponsor a Conference

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.comhttps://twenty.comhttps://rubycentral.org/news/make-railsconf-happen/Adam’s Judo Scale infomercialhttps://boxoutsports.com/graphics/multi-format/multi-format-gameday-90-s-serieshttps://boxoutsports.com/graphics/tags/saved-by-the-bell

Why does Bluesky love Alf so much?

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-blueskyThe hosts of WSUA9 call it skeeting on airAOC endorses “team skeets”Jake Tapper says “skeeted” live on CNNProtocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech by Mike MasnickComposable moderationHow to set your domain as your handleBluesky reaches 20M usershttps://go.bsky.app/HD2Ty2ohttps://go.bsky.app/EGczjGAhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuawood.honeybadger.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/founder.questhttps://bsky.app/profile/honeybadger.iohttps://deck.blue/https://brid.gy/

Selling Metrics Watch with JP Boily

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 packJoin the Honeybadger/FounderQuest Discord server!https://metricswatch.com/https://github.com/topfunky/gruffhttps://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homerhttps://jumpstartrails.comhttps://microconf.comhttps://businessofsoftware.orghttps://rubyconferences.org

Acquiring Fireside with John Nunemaker

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/